The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
NORTH YAKIMA
HEADQUARTERS
Republicans to Center Their Cam
paign for Counties of Yakima,
Benton and Kittitas Here
STATE TO BE DIVIDED
INTO NINE DIVISIONS
County Organization of Republi-
cans Will Be Perfected Next
Wednesday When New County
Central Committee Will Meet

North Yakima will be the head
quarters for one of nine divisions into
(which the state of Washington will be
divided by the State Republican or
ganization for the conduct of the
looming state campaign. Four of
these divisions will be east of the
mountains, and each division will be
presided over by a young man well
known in the district and active in its
political life.
The above detail is part of the plan
of Republican organization as out
lined by State Chairman w. A. Rupp
and adopted Thursday at Tacoma at
a meeting of the candidate of the
state republican ticket and of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Republican
State Central committee.
| Four Eastern Divisions
The four divisions of the state now
vision, with Spokane as the head
quarters and including the eight
counties of Spokane, Adams, Ferry,
Whitman, Lincoln, Grant, Pend
Oreille and Stevens; Chelan division,
with Wenatchee as the headquarters,
and including the counties of Chelan,
Douglas and Okanogan; Yakima di-
vision, with North Yakima as the
headquarters, and including the
counties of Yakima, Benton and Kit
titas; Walla Walla division. with
Walla Walla as the headquarters, and
including the counties of Walla Walla
Asotin, Columbia. Franklin and Gar
field.
| These divisions constitute the east
side campaign arrangements. There
will be five divisions of the west side
which will be announced next week.
Tacoma will doubtless be the head
quarters of one, which may include
| in addition to Pierce county, Thurs
ton county and possibly Mason. King
county may be another division with
Seattle as headquarters. from which
NAV be handled as we'll Everett and
Snohomish, Clallam and Jefferson
counties. northwest division, prob
ably including Skagit, Whatcom'
Island and Kitsap counties, may be
the arrangement for that section.
But one district campaign manager
has been named thus far by Chair
man Rupp, this being Harry ]. Hih-
schman of Spokane for the Spokane
division. Mr. Hibschman is prom
inent young attorney of the east side
and has already settled into his work
with vim.
Work of District Managers
| The plan of dividing the state into
nine sections, proposed by Chairman
Rupp. met the hearty approval of the
meetings and the official approval 81
| the executive committee. explained
| by Chairman Rupp, each DIVISION VIII
! have a separate manager whose title
will probably be district campaign
manager. 1t will be his duty to work
with the county committees in his
division and to aid in the perfection
| of a strong Republican organization
with the precinct as basis. Each
district manager will be a young man
who is well known in his community
Direction of the entire state and ma
tional campaigns will be conferred in
the state central committee, with, as
Chairman Rupp added, every pros
pect of success" This committee
will have the work of providing
speakers for the tickets in this state
and the general governing work Of
the campaign to be waged in every
tiny nook and corner of Washington
from now until after the smoke has
lcIeared away from the election Of
November 5.
Yakima County Organization
The Yakima county organization
will be perfected at a meeting of th'
county central committee which ha.
been called by Chairman Judge r. +
Miroy, to be held Wednesday after
on the third floor of the Miller build
ling The committee consists of TIL,
precinct committeeman elected at thu
rime the primaries were held. At tn
meeting Wednesday there will b.
elected a chairman to succeed Judg,
Milroy, which will probably be Judg'
Milroy himself. a secretary, a treas
urer and the appointment Of severa
committees.
Eight Tie Contests
Results received at Republican
headquarters show that in eight pre-
cincts in the county there was M
: election of committeeman because o
ties between two or more candidates
In several cases the various candi
, dates received two votes apiece, an,
in one as many as four The pre-
, cincts where ties exist and the name
of the candidates tied are as follows
Grandview-D. o. Robertson. c. A
. Barndt.
, Lower Naches--E. L. Collins. Henri
! Mccormick, A. II. Bair. Frank Glaspy
l.. II. Devoir.
Third Ward, First Precinct. Mort
IYakima-Robert MehaffY W. {