The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-25

"All talk of a frame-up by the
committee says Terry Ross, lis rot.
The primary was duly advertised
and sufficient notice given of the
caucus. The fact that only a few
progressives appeared was no fault
of anybody but themselves. Those
present cannot be blamed for put
ting up and electing their choice. 1t
is true that the notice of the caucus
did not appear in the World until the
night preceding the caucus, but in
a precinct as small as this such mott
fication should be sufficient. A story
regarding the Thursday caucus was
given prominence on the first page
of the Wednesday World. Whether
this was insufficient notification to
comply with the law, l do not know,
but it certainly shows that the COM
mittee had no intention of putting
anything over on the other fellows"
This whole trouble" said Sam
Sumner, secretary of the county cen
trail committee, to the World re-
porter, lis due to the fact that DR..
King, Mr.. Kemp and others of the
progressive leaders have not had
much experience with the workings
of the present primary law. The
committee made no formal resolu-
lions other than regular motions,
which were put and carried as appear
in the minutes. Reports of such &C
tions were given in substance to the
newspapers. I regard this full COM
pliance with the law"
Put Up Dummy List.
1t has also developed that the last
half Of those named by the small
caucuses Thursday night were put
up to be knocked down. In Wenat-
chez precinct this list includes the
following: c. A. Sterling, L. J. Crol-
lard, w. W. Gray, F. C. Lemon, S.
w. Kimmel, w. A. Buttles, ]. E.
Throw, G. H. Armstrong, M. H. Ba-
sore, C. C. Cook, Sam Mills, H. Mills,
Fred Morrison, r. G. Osborne, Jr.,
Frank d. Case, F. A. Rogers, Jr., L..
R. Tice, E. NJ. Upper, H. H. Whit
aker, E. A. Wyman, L. H. Breese,
John Clapp, Gunther Carlberg, John
Duff, S. D. Griffith, George Geist, L..
E. Hutchinson, Hyman Harris, Jas.
Jack, J. H. McEldowney, J. A. Sea-
men, l.. Finch.
LudingtOn Makes Statement.
r. S. Ludington, who was elected
chairman of the meeting held Satur-
day to protest the action of those in
charge of the ballot box and those
who fixed the ticket, has given the
following interview:
The city clerk and registration
officer had not given the notice that
would entitle him to close the regis
tration books, yet refused to make
registration of those who were de-
MED the right to vote because not
registered, and this notwithstanding
he had registered several voters that
morning. AS the law states that a
party who has the qualifications of a
voter is entitled to vote at primary
and as registration is not defined by
the statute as one of the qualifica-
tions, ] could not understand why
those in charge of the election should
refuse to accept the ballots offered
them by myself and other republi-
cans unless they desired to be unfair
and to prevent a representative vote.
For a good many years l have lived
in the district dominated by Billy
Lorimer of Illinois, but it has never
been my fortune to run into any,
thing there quite SO rank and I'M
called for as has seemed the acts
leading up to and during this pri-
mary. / have immense faith in the
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