Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-10-06
FOGARTY
STATE CHAIRMAN
DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMIT
TEE REPUDIATES STATE CON.
VENTION AGREEMENT.

Regulating an agreement entered
into between the state and federal
factions at the state convention at
North Yakima last May, the federal
forces at the meeting of the Demo-
cratic state central committee in Sc
attic last Friday reelected John B.
Fogarty of Everett state chairman,
by vote of 10 to 18 over julius A.
Zittel Of Spokane, the state candi-
date, in spite of the fact that all but
one of the candidates in the current
campaign preferred Zittel. Governor
Lister did not attend.
The election of Fogarty came only
after a bitter struggle between the
federal Office holders and the state
ticket supporters, and was decided
by Geographic proxy received by
the Fogarty forces from the state
committeeman of Klickitat county
while the roll call was being taken.
This proxy vote came while the vote
stood 18 to 10, and was cast by the
holder for Fogarty, deciding the tie.
Troy Leads Lister Fight.
Thurston county, through it's COM
mitteeman, Attorney P. M. Troy Of
this city, led the fight of the Lister
forces, while A. r. Titlow of Pierce
county carried on the struggle for
the federal forces. All attempts to
compromise the struggle, offered by
Titlow, were refused and the strug'
gle went to a vote, with the majority
in the hands of the Fogarty men.
The Zittel forces held four of the
IL proxies at the session, having been
resting on their oars since the North
Yakima convention, believing that
the craftsmanship struggle would not
develop because of the tentative
agreement which had resulted in the
election of Hugh c. Wallace, at North
Yakima, as national committeeman,
and which was planned to unite all
factions of the party in this state to
present solid front in the campaign
this fall.
The call for the meeting was unex-
pected by the Zittel and Lister forces,
the original gathering having been
fixed for October 2 at Colfax. When
the call came for the sudden meeting
at Seattle, the Zittel people discov-
cred that the Fogarty forces intended
to repudiate the North Yakima agree
ment. and were scurrying the state
for proxies.
Candidates Favored Zittel.
A special committee appointed at
the meeting reported that all but one
candidate favored Zittel, fact which
prompted Mr.. Troy to point out:
1.-THE procedure in the Democratic
party, and, in fact, in all parties has
always been to allow the state ticket
to select the state chairman and the
campaign committee"
The Fogarty forces, however, re-
pudiating the agreement and ignoring
the wishes of the candidates, forced
the issue and reelected the Everett
man. Mr.. Troy then moved that the
election be declared unanimous.
George Ryan was offered the unan-
imous vote Of the committee for re-
election as state secretary. but re-
fused to consider it. He was given
rising vote Of thanks by the commit
tee. The naming of the secretary was
left to Chairman Fogarty. George
Christensen was elected treasurer.
The Zittel people were given the
support of Mason. Grays Harbor, Pa
cific, Thurston and other counties In
the Southwest. King and Spokane
counties went to Zittel also, but the
Fogarty forces had the southeastern
part of the state pretty we'll in hand.