Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-10-20
COUNTY CENTRAL Committee
Names CANDIDATES.
DEMOCRATIC APATHY is WAKED
ABEL TO RETAIN HOLD ON
COUNTY OFFICERS-HE SEES
DEFEAT OF ROSMOND

AT hOtly contested meeting of the
Democratic County Central commit
tee, c. n. Wilson, of Montesano, was
yesterday nominated for county com
missioner for the first district in place
of J. j. Anderson, of Elma, who re-
signed. The nomination of a strong
candidate against Rosmond, the Abel
candidate, was not accomplished with
out a struggle. Accustomed for ten
years to give orders in the county
offices, Boss Abel sees his elimination
in the defeat of Rosmond, and he
spared none of his old time efforts
to fOist a dummy on the democratic
ticket.
The committee meeting was called
for Tuesday at Montesano, and but
few attended. most of the members
thinking that little of interest would
come before the meeting. When the
meeting assembled it was noticed that
somebody had been active, and that
a number of Abel's workers were there
with proxies from absent members of
the committee, for the purpose OF
nominating A. J. Jackson, OF W,noo-
che, a democrat who laboIed assidi
uously in the republican primaries
for the nomination of Rosmond
When the meeting was called to
order, by Chairman l.. B. Bignoid the
first thing done was to rule proxies
out The position was taken that
under the primary law, committee
men were statutory officers and could
no more delegate their authority than
could city councilman or member of
the legislature This was disappoint-
ing to the RosmOnd forces, disguised
as democrats, but their activity was
able to prevent a nomination. The
democratic democrats, who desired a
strong candidate to defeat 3osmond
placed c. N. ('Bud') Wilson, of Mon
tesanO, in nomination, while the Ros
mond push named A. J. Jackson.
1t was found that but twelve mem
bers of the committee. qualified to
participate, were present, and they
were evenly divided, more than 20
ballots standing and 6. Nearly two
hours were consumed in this deadlock
when ]. M. Bowes moved to adjourn
to meet yesterday afternoon in Aber
deem, and the motion carried by one
vote. This adjournment alone prevent
ed the nomination of Jackson, as the
Rosmond forces had wired an Alb
erdeen member to hurry to the res
cue, and he reached Montesano ten
minutes after the adjournment.
This meeting opened the eyes of
the real democrats to the situation,
and they became busy. Messengers
were dispatched from Aberdeen Tues
day night and early yesterday morn
ing, to notify members of the commit
tee of the urgent need Of their pres
ence, to prevent dummy candidate @
being named in the first district for
commissioner. Those sent for We're
mostly old line democrats, many of
them grown gray in fighting for democ-
racy in Chehalis county, and they re-
SpOnded, so that when the roll was
called yesterday afternoon, 20 duly
qualified members answered, as fol-
lows: Aberdeen-A. S. Brecht. j. NJ
Bowes. S. b. McCracken, w. f. Gil
breath and J. J. Carney; Hoquiam:
John Richardson, A. S. Hodgdon, c.
w. Hodgdon, C. Daniels, Ed. NJ. Hoov-
er and Jas. Martin; Montesano: ID.
w. Fleet and l.. B. Bignold; Ema:
NJ. NJ Wakefield and A. j. A. Nc
Speritt: Cosmopolis: n. O. Fry; Fair
view: John Est; Wishkah: John
Landers; Grove: Will Turnow; Oak:
vile: J. Z. Fitzgerald; Porter: J. S.
Butler; Summit: Jas. Beck; Vesta;
S. NJ. Kegley; Wynooche: A. J. Jack
son.
After some preliminary sparrns,
the Rosmond forces saw their pain
was overturned, and Jackson threw
up the fight by Withdrawing his name
in favor of j. f. FITZGERALD, of Oak
Vile. Fitzgerald declined to accept
the withered boQuet, and Bud Viii
son was nominated by acclamation,
without a dissenting voice.
ID. w. Fleet, of Montesano. and w.
+. Gilbreath, of Aberdeen, were then
nominated for the legislature from
the Goth district. A. J. Stewart having
been named at MontesanO as the can
didate for commissioner from the sec
ond district After naming the fol-
lowing executive committee, with
power to fill any vacancies on the tick
ct that may yet occur, the meeting
adjourned: l.. b. Bignold, A. S. Hodg-
don. j. NJ. Bowes. n. o. Fry and J.
j. Carney.
The following is the democratic
ticket as nominated at the primaries
and by the central committee:
Democratic Ticket
State SenatOr-A. >. HOdgdOn, OF
Hoquiam.
Legislature, 3Oth Distrlct-Fred
Straub, of HoGuiam.
LEGISLATURE, Goth District-D. w.
Fleet of Montesano, and w. F. Gill
breath, of Aberdeen
County Treasurer-W. b. Ogden,
Hoquianr.
County Assessor-John Richard
son, HoQuiam.
Commissioner, first District-C. \.
Wilson, MOntesanO.
County commissioner, second Dis