The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-05
PROCRESSIVES
AS ONE FOR 7. R,
State Platform for Prepared
ness. Women Suffrage.
and Nonpartisanship
ROAST G. o. p. SOLONS


There were . few proEress!vcs
at tho state convention held at the
Press club Thursday who were
willing To amalEamate with the re
publicsns at any price.
But after the debate ragged for
more than al hour an TO whether
the convention should declare IT.
self on state matters. tho oppo'
nents OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
won tho day.
As tho progressive platform is
finally written. therc is definite.
anmiAtAkAbla roAst OF the rcpub-
lican majority of the last ieKisia-
turc. which foisted upon this state
some OF the rottenest pieces OF
legislation In history.
There IL also plain Statement,
indorsing the principle OF state.
county. and city nonpartishnship.
The platform also commsnds tho
progressive members OF tho iegis-
lature for fighting tho corrupt ma
chine.
The fight against involving the
platform In state issuea was waged
chiefly from Spokane county. otto
A. Case. w. u. Lane and Ole Han.
aon, OF Seattle. led tho fight for the
insertion OF state as well as nation.
oil issues in tho platform. regard
less OF whether the amalgamators
would find II harder 10 anal.
gamate with the state republicans
or not
o.. .~... ~esus - .c,.rS.rn,,
TO tho original platform. and II
was voted down because OF It's
length and multiplicity OF PROPOSE.
tons. Thomas Il. Murphine then
offered a simple amendment en-
bodying tho nonpartiaan principle.
This was carried. Hanson then Of
fered an amendment. rapping the
"standpatters" I'm the Legislature.
and this also carried.
Tho platform declared firmly for
preparedness az the national issue
and looks TO Theodore Roosevelt
as tho only virils American TO be
considered for the presidency.
IL also provides for "A SMALL
standing army OF not less than n
quarter of million" and also
calls for universal military train
ing, and government manufsctur.
OF munitions.
II indorses tho woman suffrage
amendment and a nonpartisan tar
iff board
The following delegates TO Chi
cago we're elected:
List of Delegate.
DsisRates-Rt-isrKs 49, Thomas y.
Murphinc. Seattle. and Clinton COT
| fin. Spokane.
| AiternRtss-at-isrs J. C. Out
| ton. Seattle. ana George w. Stevens.
First diatrict-w. @. Hyatt. Byron
Phelps. Edgar q. Mills. Mrs, Charles
g wharton and Austin ". Griffiths
| Seattle. and Gus +. Rust, Kitaap
county. alternate-. Mrs. u. NJ.
Rhodes. Isaac =. Hutchinson, Emil J.
Brandt. W r. Becka. r. Michigan
and Richard Mansfield white.
Second district--C. v. Congleton.
/ King county A. T. McCabe. Sno-
/ r. Noel Snohomish county. and Mrs.
/ Frances G. Axtel. Whatcom county.
| Third district stanton Warbur-
/ ton. Walter J, Thompson and H. NJ
| Weir. Tacoma, and y. L. Hubbell,
Kelso; alternates. DR. Media Jelidon
/
/ q. Thompson and Mrs jennie H.
| Packard all Of Tacoma.
Fourth district. u. Smith. wnlla
| Walia. Mrs Wallace williams, North
/ Yakima. T. Claude Bennett Wilson
/ Creek, and r. g. Elliott. Walla
/ WAlla. altornAtos Andrew Brown,
I Prosaer; NJ. A. Peacock. North Yak
] ina. clark Black. Pomcroy. and
! Mrs. !. u. Smith, Walla Wniln.
fifth district Mrs. Sarah Flana
/ gan. spokane. !. G. Keller Elmira
| and r. -. Ludlngton. Wenatchce
altcrnatcs, Mrs Nettle Rice, Spo-
/ kane, George Wilson. Wilbur. and
| Philip II. Ward. Malaga.
| Each district named presidential
electors. as follows. Mrs. Emily NJ
| Peters First. Sam Walker, Second .
! Il. r.. Hopkins, Third; Frank A.
| KEGS Fourth. and - w. King. Fifth.
L. Roy slater ana Mrs s. +. Woody
were named presidential oleotors-at-
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