The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
WILL NOT ATTEMPT STEAL
Delegates to National Convention
To Be Named as Usual.
No Need for a Special Session

There have been rumors ahoat that
the Washington State National Repub-
lican Committee, which is strongly
''stand pat, would endeavor to name
delegation to the national convention
without going through the formality of
calling a state convention. This report
has caused the progressives of the state
to become active in demanding spe-
cial session of the state legislature for
the purpose of enacting presidential
primary law.
According to the announcement of the
chairman Of the state committee, given
below, the progressives have been
needlessly alarmed, and there will be
no attempt to railroad through steal
of the state delegates:
B. w. Conner, chairman of the Repub-
lican state central committee, is pre-
pared to go on record pledging that
delegates to the national convention
will be elected by state Republican
convention, under the old caucus and
primary plan.
In no event will Republican delegates
from this state be selected either by the
state central committee or by the exec
utive committee of the state committee
This will give Washington chance
to send either Taft or La Toilette
delegation to the National Republican
convention next spring. The complex
ion of the delegation will depend en-
tirely upon the activity manifested by
the supporters of the aspirants for the
Republican nomination and the support
each group of prospective delegates re-
ceives from the voters at large.
Conner has assured Governor M. E..
Hay personally that no attempt will be
made by the state committee to select
presidential delegates friendly to Presi-
dent Taft. That such an attempt would
be made has been charged by La Fol-
lette supporters.
81 expect Mr. Conner to be at the
meeting in Tacoma on December when
petitions will be presented for special
session of the legislature" said Gov
ernor Hay Saturday.
"Last Wednesday Mr.. Coiner assured
me that on that date he will put the
state committee on record, either by
personal appearance or by letter, as in
favor of selection of presidential dele
gates by state convention. The dele
gates to the state convention will be
chosen at the various county conven-
tons, and the delegates to the county
conventions will be selected by the vot-
ers of the party at primary.
eff the voters care to exercise their
rights they can be sure Of selecting in
this manner delegation to the national
convention that will record the people s
presidential choice.
''The chief objection to the last state
convention was that the King county
delegation, representing almost one
fourth of the delegates, was hand
picked, selected without county con-
vention.
with county conventions in all
counties, however, the state convention
can be made truly representative of the
wishes of the masses of the voters. -
The Art of Poisoning.
Professional prisoners arose early in
our era. 1t is recorded that Agrippina
"a. D. 26) refused to eat apples at the
table of her father-in-law, Tiberius,
through fear Of poison. The notorious
LOcusta f1ourished in that epoch. 1t
is charged that she supplied with ap-
propriate directions the poison by
which Agrippina rid herself of Clau-
dius. She also furnished the poison
that was administered to Britannicus
by order of Nero. This crime was
committed in quite a conventional
manner. The Romans were accustom-
ed to drink hot water at table, but the
same temperature did not appeal to
all. A slave offered hot water to Bri-
tannicus. "Too hot" he remarked
The slave added cold water Britain
nicus drank, gasped once or twice and
died. The cold water was poisoned
either with a cyanide or with prussic