The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07
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CASHMERE CONVENTION
Nomlnates Winning Republican
County Ticket Last Saturday

The republican County Convention
was called to order at Cashmere, Sept
ember /, at II O'Clock, by county chair
man L. NJ. Hull. A. V. Wells was elect
ed temporary chairman and VIM. En-
merson, of Chelan, temporary secre-
tary.
The committees on credentials, res
olulions and order OF business were
then appointed and the convention ad-
journed TO o'clock.
On the convention reassembing the
matter of permanent chairman was
taken up and II. c. Keeler, of Lakeside
was made permanent chairman, and
Mr.. Emmerson permanent secretary
A majority and minority report was
submitted from the committee on
credentials. After some sparring
the majority report, which RECON-
mended that every precinct in the
county be represented by full delegs-
tion except Stehekin which failed to
TO elect delegates, was adopted.
Leaving out the two votes of Stehekin
there We're SO votes in the convention.
The report OF the committee on order
OF business was ammended by adopting
a substitute so that the representative
would be balloted on first instead OF last.
After the report of the committee ON
resolutions was adopted the real work
of the convention began.
The Wenatchee delegation placed
Mr.. John a. Gellatly of Wenatchee in
nomination for representative, and the
Leavenworth delegation placed their
fellow toWnsman, Judge j. j. King, in
nomination for the same place Judge
King was nominated on the first ballot
by Al votes to % for Mr.. Gellatly. Mr..
Kings nomination was then made un-
animous
The balance of the ticket was nom
mated in the following order as provid-
ed for in the report of the committee on
order OF business.
The Cashmere delegation placed
Elmer (. Stowell in nomination for
sheriff. Having no opposition he was
elected by acclamation, as was the next
also from Cashmere, ].
Leigh Campbell, for county clerk.
Carl Christensen, of Wenatchee, and
f. A. King, of Leavenworth, were then
placed in nomination for county auditor
by the Leavenworth delegation. When
Leavenworth precinct was reached, the
delegates being under the unit rule the
chairman announced, after taking
poll of the delegation, that the II votes
of Leavenworth were cast for (. A.
King. A member of the delegation
asked the chair for permission to take
another poll ,and this being granted, the
other precincts were called. When all
the precincts but Leavenworth had an
swered the vote stood, Christensen AZ,
E. A. King 8. The Leavenworth vote
then being called for was announced
by the chairman as cast for Carl Christ
ensen.
he DdlduCe vi IHe llChel Was lLcH
nominated in the following order by ac-
For county attorney, Henry
Grass. of Wenatchee; for assessor, M. +.
Spencer, of WenBtceee; forsuperintend-
ent of public schools, Prof. E. G. Bower
sox, of Chelan; for county surveyor, |.
A Navarro, OF Lakeside; for county
coroner, Dr. Il. A. Saunders, of Wen
atchee.
The different precincts then got to-
gether and nominated three county
Wenatchee nominal
ed w. A. Sanders; Lakeside and Chelan
nominated Capt Joe Darnell and
Cashmere, Peshastin,
Blewett, Chiwaukum, and Wenatchee
Lake, H. w. Otis OF Peshastfn.
John A. Gellatly, of Wenatchee. was
was unanimously chosen county chair