The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-06-22
FIRST TICKET NAMED
Democrats in Convention Rstify
Primary Nominations.
Was Quiet Gathering, in which
Many old Time Leaders Did
Not Participate.

For state senator, Sth district-Chas. l..
Mackenzie of Colfax.
For state representatives, 7th district-M
W WhltIow Of Pullman, II. ID. Smith OF
Endcott.
For state representatives. 8th dstrict-G
u kincaid Of Palouse, J. J. Stephens Of
Thornton.
For county commissioner, "a district
August Rach, Cniontown.
For county commissioner, Sd district. G.
Bains OF Pleasant Valley.
For county sheriff Fred s. Ratlitf Of st.
John.
For county prosecuting attorney-M. s.
lamar Of Pullman
For county auditor j. Welty Of CoIfax
For county clerk Hugh Q. Todd of Pull
man.
key of Colfax
For county assessor-R. H. Duff of Colfax.
For county school superintendent-Ph
! kreuger of Albion.
For county surveYor-O. H, Horton of
| Pullman
For county coroner-Dr. w. A. Mitchell of
Colfax.
| The democratic convention which on
| Saturday last became sponsor for the
! above ticket, named under the direct
! primary method, was the tamest affair
| Of the kind ever held in Whitman county.
! and the cut and dried program could
| have been carried out by fewer delegates
| than were present. Many OF the old
| wheelhOrses Of democracy, who do not
| approve Of the new departure and who
| decline to take their orders from the
| captains nf the GOODYEAR wing Of the
| party, we're conspicuous by their absence.
| So lar as the direct primaries were
concerned, everything apparently worked
smoothly, with but few, if any, more
| votes cast than at the primaries in
former years under the old system The
total vote pOlled in the county as shown
by the contest for the county clerkship
| nomination. which carried the highest
vote, was 661. In eight OF the precincts
interest was lacking and no primaries
were held.
The Convention.
At II O'Clock the convention was
called to order by Chas r. Hill, chair
man of the county central committee,
who asked for nominations for tempo
rary chairman. d. F. Anderson of Ro-
salia, was nominated and elected with
out opposition. He was introduced to
the convention as zone the rock ribbed
democrats Of Whitman county" no
v
vintage. Mr.. Anderson accepted the
gavel, although taken by surprise" by
the action Of the convention Eugene
Brown Of COlfax, was elected temporary
secretary.
Then followed the reading of the call
and the appointment OF committees
Some confusion ensued over the latter,
as some of the delegates whose names
were on the list for committee positions
happened to be not in town. After sever
al changes the matter was Strengthened
out and the committees announced as
follows:
Committees Named
Credentials-J. g, Conger of Farming
ton, 7. c. Miles of Oakesdale, W. A.
White of PalOuse
Permanent organization and order of
business-JOhn Pattison of Colfax. j. H.
Martin of La Crosse, c. E. Wakefield of
EndicOtt.
Platform and reeolutions-Wm Good
year of COlfaX, NJ. Meuli Of ROsalia, K. c.
McCroskey OF Garfield, Thos Keyes OF
Sunset, ]. B. Holt Of Pullman.
Canvassing primary election returns
Z. E. Paddock of Pennington, Thos
White Of St. John, NJ. Schultheis, Jr, Of
Uniontown, Z. j. MahOney Of Tekoa, o.
IL. remington OF st. John.
Adjournment was then taken to 1:3O
D. m, which extended to 2:15 before the
committee on credentials was ready to
report. It's report Was adopted.
The committee on permanent Organiza-
ton and order of business recommended
that the temporary organization be
made permanent, with the following
order of business: Report of committee
y,Io Of
canvassing committee; nominations to
fill vacancies; election of state commit
teeman for Whitman county. The re-
port was adopted.
Next came the report of the committee
on platform and resolutions, as follows
The Platform
We, the democrats of Whitman county, in
convention assembled, ask the support of the
voters on the following declaration OF princi-
pies:
We pledge and instruct our legislative can
didates, if elected, to use all honorable means
to secure the passage Of law providing for
the direct primary system for the nomination
of United States senators, members of con
gress and and all state, county and municipal
officers
We demand the passage of a bill dividing
the state into congressional districts, in &C
cordance with the plain mandate of the consti-
tuition.
We favor the election of the county fruit
inspectors by the direct vote of the people.
We favor the repeal of the existing road
law and the enactment Of law bringing road
construction and repair back closer to the
people, and the election of road supervisors by
the people.
Resolutions.
Resolved, that this convention proceed to
! elect the chairman of the county central COM
mittee for the ensuing two years.
| Resolved, that inasmuch as the apportiOn-
| ment of delegates to the state convention has
| not been made vet, this convention elect 20
! delegates to said state convention and author
! iZe them, or those OF them who attend the
! convention, to cast the vote of the entire num-
Der of delegates apportioned to the county.
4 The committee appointed to canvass
| the returns of the primary election sub
mitted its report, motion to accept,
and that the candidates who had re-
ceived the highest number Of votes be
declared the nominees of the convention
prevailed.
WhitIow CapituIates.
At this point NJ. W. Whitlow Of Pull
man, who had previously declined to be
a candidate for the nomination fOr state
representative from the 7th district, but
who was nevertheless voted for. his name
beng on the ticket, took the floor and