Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-12-19
DEMOCRATS FORM
TEMPORARY BRANCH
Bourbons of City and County Will
Effect Permanent Organiza-
ton Soon.

"A SeueTdl uleelluS vi lHe DeulOCTdtS
of the city and county, to effect per-
manent organization of the local
branch of the State Democratic league,
will be held in Olympia some time
during the next two or three weeks at
date to be announced later, accord
ing to a statement made yesterday by
George Yantis, temporary president of
the local branch.
The indefiniteness of the date Is due
to the fact that everybody is busy dur
ing the holiday season and it is hard
to select date to accommodate all.
The meeting will be held some time
between Christmas and New Years,
however. or right after New Years and
will be announced long enough ahead
to give it wide publicity. Representa-
tive Democrats from all over the coun-
ty are particularly desired at this
meeting.
The temporary organization effected
last Monday evening after dinner at
the Knox hotel over which Governor
Lister presided, and Ashton Dovell of
Tacoma was the principal speaker, Sc
lected George Yantis, who Is connected
with the law firm of Troy & Sturde-
want, as temporary president, and
Fred Schomber, one Of the lifelong
Democrats of the city and former
county chairman, as secretary-treas-
urer. Some 60 Democrats were pres
ent.
Nearly all of the new Democratic
officials at the state house attended
this dinner. urged the local Democrats
to effect branch organization of the
State Democratic league here, and
pledged their financial and moral sup
port to such all organization after ex-
planning they did not want to take
part in the details of its organization
or in its management.
| The fact that, aside from the head
of the ticket, the rest of the Demo
Gratis on the state ticket a year ago
were defeated by 10000 majority, in
dicating that this lead must be over
come If the party is to remain in pow
er in this state, was cited by Governor
Lister as a convincing argument Of
the need of organization and energetic
preparations for the coming senatorial,
congressional and legislative CAM
paigns. He also expressed it as his
opinion that the question of efficiency
and strict economy in handling the
states affairs will determine what par
tvs ticket will be elected in 1916.
Governor Lister as POSTMASTER in
troduced in order Harry l.. Parr, Tax
Commissioner J. w. Brislawn, E. N.
Steele, J. e. Daley, Public Service
Commissioner Frank r. Spinning,
John S. Lynch, Agricultural Commis-
sioner j. H. Perkins, Il. J. Kegley,
County Chairman James Doherty,
Fred Schomber, C. w. Waters and
Ashton Dovell of Tacoma, vice presi-
dent of the state league for the Third
congressional district who came to
Olympia especially to organize the To-
cal branch.
When the time came for forming
the local brancn, ]. E. Daley expressed
it as his opinion that this meeting was
not representative enough of the Dem
ocrats of the county and that later
meeting should be called for the pur-
pose. The view that this dinner was
the proper time to proceed was upheld,
however, by George Yantis, Harry l..
Parr, Eagle Freshwater, j. S. Lynch
and others and finally. upon A. II.
Chambers motion, it was decided to
form a temporary organization and to
effect a permanent one at later meet
ing, for which notices will be sent all
over the county.