Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-05-12

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fearing an attempt by certain King
county delegates to take part in the
movement to submarine the pre-con-
vention slate, S. A. Perkins, Repub-
lican national committeeman and a
candidate from at large to the nation
al convention, gracefully withdrew
his name on the floor of the cOnven-
ton late Saturday afternoon. Per
kins is not a delegate. In his place
he urged the selection of Willard T.
Harrison and this recommendation
was ratified. In turn, Perkins was
again recommended for national COM
mitteeman.
Perkins withdrawal as a national
delegate helped smooth out the rough
spots in the Republican state cOnven-
ton at North Yakima last Saturday.
With but one or two slight wobblings,
the pre-convention slate went through
without hitch and the convention
was successfully carried through the
day without a serious fight. When
the convention was called to order the
hard work was over.
\ Standpat Convention.
1t was strongly standpat conven-
ton. This was shown from the start,
when word was received that Thomas
p. Fisk and l.. D. McArdle were the
chairman and secretary of the plat
form and resolutions committee The
old warehouses; of the party predomi-
mated and when the younger genera
ton awoke to the fact there was a
convention on the older heads were
too deeply entrenched to be ousted
without battle which would have
wrecked the convention.
One of the most amusing develop
ments of the convention was the en-
thusiastic adoption of a plank in the
platform denouncing the nonpartisan-
ship issue and the immediate action
of the convention in selecting the
sponsor for the nonpartisanship issue
as one of the party's national dele
gates. The issue really came from
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and af
terward was given added emphasis by
Governor Ernest Lister.
When it came to the election of
delegates, the pre-convention slate
went through without hitch. Those
from at large are Charles Lund, Spo-
kane; Scott c. Bone, King; Ed A.
Sims, jefferson; Willard T. Harrison,
Tacoma.
The alternates are A. S. Bradley,
Chelan county: w. T. Burleith, Seat
tie; William H. Overlook of Kent, and
Sam Hill, Maryhill.
District delegates are: First
E. C. Hughes and c. D. Bowles of Sc
attic, delegates; Miller Freeman and
Robert Hesketh, alternates.
Second district-Howard Taylor
and T. B. Summer, delegates; Pat
Halloran and Frank P. Christ, alter
mates.
Third district-Alex Poison and N
B. Coffman, delegates; C. Curley and
Lee F. Jones, alternates.
Fourth district-John D. Ankeny
! and A. D. Sloan, delegates; Leon w.
Curtis and j. c. Hubbell, alternates.
Fifth district-A. L. Rogers and
Alex Alexander, delegates; H. w.
Stull and G. I. Jones, alternates..
Former Governor M. e. Hay want
ed to go, but was turned down.
The presidential electors were Sc
lected as slated. They are: First
district, Warren H. Lewis; Second
district, Luther P. Weeden; Third
district, E. E. Beard; Fourth district,
J. Henry Smith: at large, J. A. Per-
kins, r. M. Buttle.
Delegation Favors Root.
The national delegation was unin-
structed as to the presidential candi-
date, but a poll of, the delegates
showed all but two of them favoring
Elihu Root as their first choice,
Hughes being the favorite Of these
two, while Roosevelt was the third
choice of only two of the delegates
Lund and Bone. Burton, Weeks
Hughes, Cummins and Harding were
given as the second or third prefer
ences of the other delegates.
The state platform is devoted
almost entirely to national issues
there being only brief reference tc
the Democratic state administration
1t is as follows:
The Republican party of the state
of Washington, in convention assem-
bled, affirms it's faith in, and alleg
lance to the great principles OF gov
eminent, social order and progressive
legislation for which it has Away