Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-07-06
HARMONY PREVAILS IN
EVERGREEN DELEGATION


Editorial Correspondence
The trip down to San Francisco
was a very pleasant one on the
Schley, particularly after we got out
side the strait, when the rolling of
the sea made the waves very SLOPPY.
Several of the delegates and other
passengers were seasick the frs.
night and part of the day following,
but all recovered in time to enjoy the
excellent meals provided by the Pa
cific Steamship Co.'S boats.
The Schley went off shore about %
miles and then turned south, keeping
out of sight of land until We came to
Cape Mendocino. From thence on
ward the bare, dry, parched hills Of
California were in evidence.
The Golden Gate was reached in
the night, so we did not see its beau
tbs but will do so on the return trip.
San Francisco has a wonderful
convention auditorium. 1t was built
at the time of the exposition and is
called the Exposition Auditorium. Il
is a commodious structure seating
many thousands, and has the best
acoustics l have ever known in SC
large hall. Everybody who speaks
can be readily heard in all parts Of
the vast auditorium.
So far as the convention matters
are concerned, the Standard readers
have all read the large daily papers.
which have reported from day to day
the proceedings of the big cOnven-
ton. But they do not tell the truth
about things political, particularly
some Of the correspondents of the
Washington papers, who tried 10
make it appear that there was disscn
sion in the ranks of the Washington
delegation.
Effort was also made to indicate
that the delegation was not as dry as
it should have been. All the dele
gates recognized that the Spokane
conventions instruction should be
obeyed, and discussion of the wet
and dry planks elected the informa-
ton that personally there were only
four of the % that are vets, and they
deemed it most inexpedient to put a
wet plank in the platform this year.
Two others were slightly moist, and
the remainder were bone-dry in sen
timent. But all were united in obey
ing the instructions from home.
The members of standing commit
tees were selected as follows: Gre
dentials, Geo. E. Ryan; rules AMI
order of business, j. NJ. Tadlock; per-
manent organization, Martin MalonCy !;
resolutions, NJ. A. Langhorne; steer
ing committee. Mrs. j. M. Simpson
lchatrman). r. l.. Proctor. ]. r.
Keller, Ed Conner and H. Davis.
Every caucus the delegation has
had has been marked by harmony of
action
of Mountain View, Calf, four men,
bers of the Washington contingent en-
joyed a most delightful drive DOM
the peninsula south from the city.
through Palo Alto, Mountain View
and other cities to San Jose, return
ing yway of Los Gatos. The jour-
ney was through one of the finest
fruit sections near here. and included
the Stanford University and many
other points of exceeding interes'.
The writer was included in the num-
Der invited through the courtesy Of
George Garfield, late assistant super
visor of the census for the Third dis
trict. Mr.. Garfield and Mr.. Hartley
are old-time Minnesota friends. Mr..
Hartley is a brother of Col. Rolarf
Hatley of Everett, a well-known citi-
zen of this state.
At this writing the platform COM
mittee are still celebrating, and
promise to make their report at 3
O'Clock this evening.
]. M. TADLOCK.