USA > Washington > Kittitas County > An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington > Part 66
USA > Washington > Yakima County > An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington > Part 66
USA > Washington > Klickitat County > An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington > Part 66
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For delegate, John B. Allen, Republican, 792, majority in the territory 7,371 ; Charles S. Voor- hees, Democrat, 776, Roger S. Greene, Prohibi- tionist, 51; brigadier general, A. P. Curry, Re- publican, 778, J. J. Hunt, Democrat, 778, S. B. Vrooman, Prohibitionist, 66; adjutant general, R. G. O'Brien, Republican, 772, Hillory Butler, Democrat, 777, Henry M. Brown, 70; joint coun- cilman, Lincoln, Douglas, Franklin, Adams, Yak- ima and Kittitas counties, J. M. Snow, Repub- lican, 831, majority over Fruit in the district 161 ; Clay Fruit, Democrat, 696, H. C. Walters, Pro- hibitionist, 86; joint representative, Yakima and Kittitas, Dr. I. N. Power, Republican, 771, ma- jority in district 57; Daniel Gaby, Democrat, 760, J. W. Brice, Prohibitionist, 69; prosecuting attor- ney, W. J. Milroy, Republican, 612, H. J. Snively, Democrat (elected), 958; sheriff, J. L. Brown, Republican, 707, A. A. Meade, Democrat, 701, S. T. Packwood, Independent, 159, L. L. Palmen- teer, Prohibitionist, 46; anditor, H. M. Bryant, Republican, 848, Charles Miller, Democrat, 66r, W. R. Newland, Prohibitionist, 102; treasurer, P. C. Williams, Republican, 723, Henry Rehmke,
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Democrat, 823, R. Breese, Prohibitionist, 57 ; pro- bate judge, F. S. Thorp, Republican, 620, John Davis, Democrat, 895, D. G. C. Baker, Prohibi- tionist, 61; commissioners, Ist district, W. J. Gray, Republican, 746, J. W. McDonald, Demo- crat, 807, A. J. Rader, Prohibitionist, 61 ; 2d dis- trict, T. L. Gamble, Republican, 762, J. W. Wil- mot, Democrat, 716, T. T. Wilson, Prohibitionist, 92; 3d district, J. N. Hatfield, Republican, 788, John L. Amlin, Democrat, 739, J. L. Mills, Pro- hibitionist, 80; surveyor, B. C. Bonnell, Demo- crat, 692, A. F. York, Republican, 870; coroner, Dr. N. Henton, Democrat, 751, Dr. W. H. Har- ris, Republican, 817; superintendent of schools, J. L. McDowell, Republican, 766, George W. Parrish, Democrat, 754, J. E. Denton, Prohibi- tionist, 89.
Again, for the year 1889, the year that brought statehood to the territory, and with that dignity a special election in October, the election records in this county are missing. This elec- tion was of especial interest to North Yakima and Ellensburg, because of their candidacy for the honor of being the state's capital. Had El- lensburg received the united support of the region east of the Cascades, there is little doubt but that today Kittitas county would possess the capital, but the candidacy of North Yakima and the political deal made by the southeastern por- tion of the state with the Sound region, threw the prize to Olympia. Of course, Kittitas county, almost as a unit, voted for Ellensburg. The total vote received throughout the state by the three leading candidates was: Olympia, 25,488, North Yakima, 14,707, Ellensburg, 12,833. E. T. Wil- son, Republican, was elected state senator from Kittitas county; I. N. Power and J. P. Sharp were elected representatives; all three were Re- publicans. Carroll B. Graves, of Ellensburg, a Republican, was chosen district judge, Hiram Dustin, Democrat, of Goldendale, being his op- ponent. The county went strongly Republican ; no county officers were elected at this election.
Both the Republican and Democratic parties held their state conventions the week beginning September 8, 1889, the former meeting in Walla Walla, the latter in Ellensburg. The Ellensburg convention placed in nomination the following ticket: Member of congress, T. C. Griffitts, Spo- kane; governor, Eugene Semple, Pierce; lieu- tenant governor, L. H. Plattor, Whitman ; secre- tary of state, W. H. Whittlesey, Jefferson ; auditor, John Miller Murphy, Thurston; treas- urer, M. Kauffman, Pierce; attorney general, H. J. Snively, Yakima; commissioner public lands, M. Z. Goodell, Chehalis; superintendent public instruction, J. H. Morgan, Kittitas; su- preme judges, W. H. White, King, J. L. Sharp- stein, Walla Walla, John P. Judson, Pierce, John B. Reavis, Yakima, Frank Ganahl, Spo- kane; superior judge, Kittitas, Yakima and
Klickitat counties, Hiram Dustin, Klickitat. The Walla Walla convention nominated the follow- ing candidates: Member congress, John L. Wil- son, Spokane; governor, E. P. Ferry, King; lieu- tenant governor, C. E. Laughton, Okanogan; secretary of state, Allen Weir, Jefferson ; treas- urer, A. Lindsey, Clark; auditor, T. M. Reed, Thurston ; attorney general, W. C. Jones, Spo- kane; superintendent of public instruction, R. B. Bryan, Chehalis; commissioner public lands. W. L. Forrest, Lewis; supreme judges, R. O. Dunbar, Klickitat, Theodore L. Stiles, Pierce, John P. Hoyt, King, T. J. Anders, Walla Walla, Elmer Scott, Garfield; superior judge, Kittitas. Yakima and Klickitat counties, Carroll B. Graves. In the election the Republicans secured majorities for all their nominees.
In 1890 the Republican county convention was held in Ellensburg, September 2Ist; the Democrats convened at the same place Septem- ber 2th. Both conventions adopted resolutions indorsing the national policies of the parties they represented, and it was along these general lines that the campaign was waged. The second and final capital election took place at this time, Olympia being victorious. Hopeless disorgan- ization in eastern Washington and a well- planned, energetic campaign on the western slope decided the result. Olympia secured 37,413 votes, Ellensburg 7,722, and North Yakima 6,276. The vote cast in this county election day, November 4th, was as follows:
Permanent location of the state capital, EI- lensburg, 1,319, North Yakima 160, Olympia 91 ; issuing bonds to fund the county debt, yes 924. no 521; congressman, John L. Wilson, Repub- lican, 878, Thomas Carroll, Democrat, 791, Rob- ert P. Abernathy, 68; representatives in legisla- ture, Nineteenth district, John Davis, Democrat, 940, J. M. Ready, Republican, 878, W. H. Hare .. Republican, 762, A. L. Slemmons, Democrat. 736; county attorney, D. H. McFalls, Repub- lican, 974, C. V. Warner, Democrat, 829; county- clerk, T. B. Wright, Republican, 1,009, E. J. Mathews, Democrat, 813; county auditor, J. E. Frost, Republican, 1,050, Martin J. Maloney .. Democrat, 781 ; sheriff, Anthony A. Meade, Dem- ocrat, 990, J. L. Brown, Republican, 868; treas- urer, John F. Travers, Democrat, 947, O. Peter- son, Republican, 839; commissioners, Ist district .. M. Haran, Republican,. 909, Martin Michels, Democrat, 798; 2d district, J. W. Richards, Re- publican, 835, James Heron, Democrat, 732; 3d district, J. C. Goodwin, Republican. 893, A. M. Stevens, Democrat, 744; assessor, P. M. Mor- rison. Republican, 897, John Foster, Democrat, 828; superintendent of schools, J. H. Morgan, Democrat, 959, W. T. Haley, Republican, 817: surveyor, E. I. Anderson, Republican, 918, A. F. York, Democrat, 890; coroner, J. H. Lyons, Re- publican, 950, A. F. Fox, Democrat, 816.
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A special election was held in this legislative district, February 7, 1891, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative John Davis, who died January 17th preceding. It was estimated that only half the normal vote was cast, W. H. Peterson, Democrat, being elected by a vote of 545 to 405 for J. P. Sharp, the Republican. Both candidates were placed in nomination by the county central committees.
It is said by those competent to judge that the campaign of 1892 was the hottest, not except- ing that of 1896, ever witnessed in Washington. Many circumstances combined to make this so. First, it was a presidential year, and Washington was taking its first part in a national campaign ; second, Populism swept into Washington that year with a tremendous impetus that shook the very foundations upon which the old parties rested, and immediately attained such growth as to give it rank with its older opponents; third, the gubernatorial fight between Snively of North Yakima and McGraw of the Sound reached fever heat through the bitterness of the personalities indulged in; and fourth, the election of a United States senator was scheduled for an early date. The campaign was a spectacular one and no one who passed through it has any difficulty in re- calling it to mind. The Populist party that year received the largest vote cast by any third party in a quarter of a century.
The People's party was organized in Kittitas valley early in the year, and June 8th held its first county convention, nominating a full county ticket. On the 25th of the month following the state convention was held in the Ellensburg armory, and a state ticket nominated. The con- vention adopted an exceedingly strongly worded, scathing platform, demanding a host of reforms in both state and nation. The Kittitas county Democrats met August 20th, the Republicans July 30th, both convening in Ellensburg as usual. The official canvass of the vote cast follows :
For presidential electors, Republican, 855, Democratic, 789, Populist, 569 ; members national house of representatives, Thomas Carroll, James A. Munday, Democrats, 771 and 719 votes re- spectively ; John L. Wilson, William H. Doo- little, Republicans, 873 and 828 votes respec- tively ; M. F. Knox, J. C. VanPatten, Populists, 593 and 586 votes respectively ; justices state su- preme court, William H. Brinker, Eugene K. Hanna, Democrats, 723 and 717 votes respec- tively : Thomas J. Anders, Elmon Scott, Repub- licans, 849 and 821 votes respectively; G. W. Gardiner, Frank T. Reid, Populists, 584 and 486 votes respectively ; governor, Henry J. Snively, Democrat, 783, John H. McGraw, Republican, 774, C. W. Young, Populist, 724 : lieutenant gov- ernor, Henry Willison, Democrat, 743, Frank H. Luce, Republican, 813, C. P. Twiss, Populist, 631 ; secretary of state, John McReavy, Demo-
crat, 743, James H. Price, Republican, 868, Ly- man Wood, Populist, 607; treasurer, Harrison Clothier, Democrat, 728, Orno A. Bowen, Re- publican, 854, W. C. P. Adams, Populist, 601 ; auditor, Samuel Bass, Democrat, 631, Laban R. Grimes, Republican, 723, Charles C. Rodolf, Pop- ulist, 591 ; attorney general, Richmond W. Starr, Democrat, 725, William C. Jones, Republican, 853, Govnor Teats, Populist, 597 ; superintendent of public. instruction, John H. Morgan, of Ellens- burg, Democrat, 921, Charles W. Bean, Repub- lican, 742, James M. Smith, Populist, 641 ; com- missioner public lands, Freeborn S. Lewis, Dem- ocrat, 732, William T. Forrest, Republican, 858, T. M. Callaway, Populist, 689; state printer, Jo- seph A. Borden, Democrat, 721, Oliver C. White, Republican, 841, A. J. Murphy, Populist, 576; superior judge, Frank H. Rudkin, Democrat, 515, Carroll B., Graves, Republican, 1,018, Lawrence A. Vincent, Populist, 677 ; state senator, eleventh district, W. H. Peterson, Democrat, 803, Charles I. Helm, Republican, 807, John T. Greenwood, Populist, 582; representatives, Samuel T. Pack- wood, George W. Kline, Democrats, 665 and 718 respectively ; John H. Smithson, F. E. Madigan, Republicans, 862 and 666 respectively, J. F. Le- Clerc, John Catlin, Populists, 643 and 683 respec- tively ; sheriff, Anthony A. Meade, Democrat, 931, P. M. Morrison, Republican, 785. W. M. Stinson, Populist, 575; auditor, Elmer E. Sala- day, Democrat, 652, J. E. Frost, Republican, 1,067, C. W. Dibble, Populist, 505 ; clerk, Alonzo L. Sowers, Democrat, 846, Martin Cameron, Re- publican, 887, Robert A. Turner, Populist, 504; treasurer, John F. Travers, Democrat, 986, J. H. Dixon, Republican, 760, J. M. Montgomery, Pop- ulist, 495; county attorney, Eugene E. Wager, Democrat, 945, D. H. McFalls, Republican, 818; superintendent schools, Fred O. Seaton, Demo- crat, 565, G. M. Jenkins, Republican, 959, J. M. Traughber, Populist, 615; assessor, Perry Cle- man, Democrat, 738, W. A. Stevens, Republican, 907, C. J. Tennant, Populist, 526; surveyor, An- drew Foldin, Democrat, 703, E. I. Anderson, Re- publican, 929, L. F. Ellison, Populist, 543; cor- oner, George W. Hoxie, Democrat, 704, I. N. Power, Republican, 913, I. S. McGuire, Populist, 547; commissioners, Ist district, George S. Mil- ler. Democrat, 696, Alexander Pitcher, Repub- lican, 705, George Charlton, Populist, 584 ; 2d dis- trict, Peter McCallam, Democrat, 768, H. L. Mack, Republican, 734, H. P. Fogh, Populist, 536; 3d district, Adam M. Stevens, Democrat, 748, Herman Page, Republican, 746, William F. Lewis, Populist, 583. . The Republicans carried the state by a majority averaging 2,500.
By 1894 the Populist party in Kittitas county had so gained in strength that it was able to cap- ture three important county offices and one legis- lative office, distancing the Democratic party and running neck and neck with the Republican.
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Compared with the previous and the succeeding campaigns, that of 1894 was of only ordinary in- terest, its one phase of special interest being the rapid ascendancy of the People's party. The People's party held its county convention Sep- tember 8th; the Republicans convened next, Sep- tember 13th, and the Democrats met September 22d, all in Ellensburg. November 6th was elec- tion day. The vote was as follows :
For representatives to congress, William H. Doolittle, Samuel C. Hyde, Republicans, 851 and 820 votes respectively, N. T. Caton, B. F. Heus- ton, Democrats, 383 and 394 votes respectively, W. P. C. Adams, J. C. VanPatten, Populists, 794 and 780 votes respectively ; supreme court jus- tices, Ralph O. Dunbar, M. J. Gordon, Repub- licans, 859 and 816 votes. respectively, Thomas N. Allen, John L. Sharpstein, Democrats, 439 and 462 respectively, H. L. Forrest, J. M. Ready, Populists, 745 and 697 votes respectively ; state representatives, B. F. Barge, F. M. Scheble, Republicans, 882 and 801 votes respectively, John J. Jones, Clyde V. Warner, Democrats, 395 and 600 votes respectively, John Catlin, I. J. Leavis, Populists, 820 and 656 votes respectively ; sheriff, P. C. McGrath, Republican, 687, C. S. Palmer, Democrat, 706, W. M. Stinson, Populist, 811 ; treasurer, Dexter Shoudy, Republican, 893, Mi- chael Linder, Democrat, 619, John C. Ellison, Populist, 643; auditor, J. M. Baird, Republican, 908, John J. Suver, Democrat, 479, S. T. Sterling, Populist, 736; clerk, Martin Cameron, Repub- lican, 821, L. F. McConihe, Democrat, 555, H. W. Eldred, Populist, 777; attorney, Edward Pruyn, Republican, 645, Eugene E. Wager, Democrat, 766, L. A. Vincent, Populist, 721 ; superintendent of schools, G. M. Jenkins, Republican, 956, Mrs. S. F. Montgomery, Fusionist, 813; assessor, W. A. Stevens, Republican, 877, Charles Kenneth, Democrat, 409, I. E. Curtis, Populist, 766; sur- veyor, A. F. York, Republican, 894. Andrew Flodin, Democrat, 365, L. F. Ellison, Populist, 751 ; commissioners, 2d district, L. W. Kribs, Re- publican, 172, Peter McCallum, Democrat, 241, J. F. Brown, Populist, 333; 3d district, John C. Goodwin, Republican, 306, Adam Stevens, Demo- crat, 214, S. T. Packwood, Populist, 301 ; coroner, I. N. Power, Republican, 777, Charles E. Finberg, Democrat, 459, Theron Stafford, Populist, 780.
There have been few more exciting or spec- tacular campaigns in the United States than that of 1896. For the first and only time in its history as a state, Washington went out of the Repub- lican column; Kittitas county went completely under the control of the Fusionists, they electing every candidate and carrying the county for the state and national tickets by majorities varying from 200 to 300. The state gave Bryan 50,643 votes, as against 38,573 for McKinley, and elected both Fusion candidates for congress.
The opening note in the local campaign was
sounded by the Republicans May 9, 1896. On that day they organized the Lincoln Republican club, electing as officers: Dr. Bean, president ; C. R. Hovey, vice-president; J. G. Boyle, secre- tary; Albert Tjossem, treasurer; there were twenty-nine charter members. The Republicans held their county convention at the courthouse Friday, August 21st; the ticket was nominated upon a platform indorsing the national one adopted at St. Louis.
The silver forces, as had been expected, united, forming a fusion party composed of Populists, Democrats and Silver Republicans. Each party elected delegates to a county convention, the three meeting in Ellensburg, Monday, August Ioth. After a two days' session, prolonged by a disagreement regarding a division of the offices, the conference report was accepted and the inter- ests of all merged. According to this agreement the joint convention nominated Populists for one representative, sheriff, auditor, clerk, a commis- sioner, county attorney and assessor; the Silver Republicans received the nominations for su- perior judge and state senator; and the Demo- crats were represented by one candidate each for representative and commissioner, and candidates for treasurer, surveyor and coroner. The latter party held a ratification convention Septem- ber 12th.
But the great event in Kittitas political his- tory in 1896 was the fusion convention held in the city of Ellensburg. This convention was composed of more than 1,200 delegates alone, divided into three sub-conventions, those of the Populists, the Democrats and the Silver Repub- licans, meeting in the armory, the opera-house and the courthouse respectively. The city was taxed to its utmost to entertain this great host of delegates and their friends, but nevertheless a citizens' committee was appointed to look after accommodations and did its work well. The con- ventions met Wednesday, August 12th. C. E. Cline was elected chairman of the Populist gath- ering, Steve Judson presided over the Democrats and George W. Thompson held the gavel at the courthouse. Of course such an enormous body as the combined delegations made could not be easily handled, so each convention appointed a conference committee consisting of one delegate from each county, and this committee did the real work of the convention. The Fusionists adopted the name of the People's party. As to be expected, the most serious proposition before the delegates was a harmonious fusion with an agreeable division of the offices. There were those in the Populist party who foresaw the.be- ginning of the end, the moment fusion with the Democrats should be completed, and these men, termed "Middle-of-the-Roaders," persistently fought the movement. Four days they fought successfully, then yielded to overwhelming odds,
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accepted the slate and within a short time the great convention, in mass meeting, ratified the nominations and adjourned. The Populists re- ceived eight offices, including the governorship, the Democrats five offices, including the con- gressman, and the Silver Republicans, two offices, including the remaining congressman. The memory of this convention will live long in the minds of the Kittitas people.
Kittitas county's official vote :
For presidential electors, Republican, 1,044, Fusionist, 1,296, Prohibition, 40, Gold Democrat, 23, Nationalist, 3; representatives to congress, James Hamilton Lewis, William C. Jones, Fu- sionists, 1,304 and 1,280 votes respectively, Samuel C. Hyde, William H. Doolittle, Repub- licans, 1,003 and 1,012 respectively, C. A. Saylor, Martin Olsen, Prohibitionists, 23 and 22 votes respectively, and Charles E. Mix, Nationalist, 3; justices supreme court, James B. Reavis, Fu- sionist, 1,310, E. N. Livermore, Prohibitionist, 29, John P. Hoyt, Republican, 1,000; governor, P. C. Sullivan, Republican, 988, John Rogers, Fusionist, 1,287, R. E. Dunlap, Prohibitionist, .77; lieutenant governor, Thurston Daniels, Fu- sionist, 1,274, John W. Arrasmith, Republican, 1,013, T. A. Shorthill, Prohibitionist, 36; secre- tary of state, Will D. Jenkins, Fusionist, 1,271, James H. Price, Republican, 1,029, C. L. Hag- gard, Prohibitionist, 32; treasurer, C. W. Young, Fusionist, 1,275, J. A. Kellogg, Republican, 1,026, John Robin, Prohibitionist, 30; auditor, Neal Cheetham, Fusionist, 1,231, J. E. Frost, Repub- lican, 1,089, C. C. Gridley, Prohibitionist, 21 ; at- torney general, Patrick H. Winston, Fusionist, I,250, E. W. Ross, Republican, 1,041, Everett Smith, Prohibitionist, 37 ; superintendent of pub- lic instruction, Frank J. Browne, Fusionist, 1,286, E. L. Brunton, Republican, 1,013, C. E. New- berry, Prohibitionist, 36; commissioner of public lands, Robert Bridges, Fusionist, 1,287, William T. Forrest, Republican, 1,023, A. E. Flagg, Pro- hibitionist, 27; state printer, Gwin Hicks, Fu- sionist, 1,269, O. C. White, Republican, 1,024, Homer L. Bull, Prohibitionist, 31; superior judge, Yakima, Kittitas and Franklin counties, John B. Davidson, Fusionist, 1,284, Carroll B. Graves, Republican, 1,033; state senator, Elev- enth district, Daniel Paul, Fusionist, 1,278, Hol- lis L. Stowell, Republican, 1,036; representatives, B. S. Scott, Fusionist, 1,270, Theron Stafford, Fusionist, 1,294. J. P. Sharp, Republican, 1,04I, C. B. Reed, Republican, 964; sheriff, Isaac Brown, Republican, 1,077, W. M. Stinson, Fu- sionist, 1,260; clerk, Frank Martin, Republican, 1,053, E. L. Evens, Fusionist, 1,276; auditor, S. T. Sterling, Fusionist, 1,166, J. M. Baird, Repub- lican, 1,163; treasurer, C. H. Flummerfelt, Fu- sionist, 1,297, Dexter Shoudy, Republican, 1,041 ; county attorney, Kirk Whited, Fusionist, 1,218. Edward Pruyn, Republican, 1,103; assessor, J.
C. Ellison, Fusionist, 1,220, James Lane, Repub- lican, 1,095 ; superintendent of public schools, W. A. Thomas, Fusionist, 1,223, C. H. Hinman, Re- publican, 1,107; surveyor, Andrew Flodine, Fu- sionist, 1,226, E. I. Anderson, Republican, 1,095 ; coroner, William Edwards, Fusionist, 1,242, J. C. McCauley, Republican, 1,081 ; commissioners, First district, R. S. McClemans, Fusionist, 1,206, O. C. McManus, Republican, 1,040; Second dis- trict, John M. Newman, Fusionist, 1,262, J. C. Goodwin, Republican, 991. The office of auditor was contested by Mr. Baird, he alleging mis- counts in the precincts of South Ellensburg, Lib- erty, South Kittitas, East Kittitas, North Kitti- tas and West Kittitas, all of which gave Popu- list majorities, with the exception of Liberty. Several votes were thrown out on both sides by the court, some slight changes in the figures made, but the result still gave Sterling a ma- jority of three. The costs amounted to $100, which were assessed to the contestant. The court's decision was given in December, 1896.
Sheriff Stinson died at his old home in Roch- ester, Indiana, August 28, 1897. The vacancy thus left was filled by the appointment, Septem- ber 15th, of L. C. Wynegar, of Ellensburg. As- sessor Ellison died Monday, February 21, 1898, leaving another vacancy in the county's corps of officers; G. C. Poland was selected by the commissioners as his successor. In 1898, Com- missioner Brown went to the Klondyke, and April IIth of that year John Surrell, of Cle- Elum, was appointed to succeed him.
Washington experienced a change of political heart after the inauguration of President Mc- Kinley; in fact, so great was the change that in the election of 1898 the state went Republican by majorities ranging from 5,000 upwards. Kit- titas likewise experienced this change and in 1898 placed the Republicans in almost complete power locally. Fusion was again used to cement together the Populists, Democrats and Silver Re- publicans, though it was not so easy a task as in 1896. These parties held their state conven- tions in Ellensburg September 7th. The confer- ence committee's report was adopted only after a long, hard contest. The Democrats secured one congressman, J. H. Lewis, and one supreme judge, M. M. Goodman; the Populists were awarded one supreme judge, B. F. Heuston ; while the Silver Republicans named W. C. Jones, of Spokane, as the other congressman. At the county convention of the Fusionists, held Mon- day and Tuesday, September 5th and 6th, the Democrats secured only four offices. The Re- publicans held their county convention Septem- ber 16th in Ellensburg and nominated all its can- didates, except those for legislative offices, by acclamation. A week later the state convention met at Tacoma and placed a ticket in the field, which proved successful at the polls.
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CENTRAL WASHINGTON.
The vote cast November 8, 1898, in this county is officially given as follows:
For members congress, Wesley L. Jones, Francis W. Cushman, Republicans, 1,037 and 983 votes respectively, James H. Lewis, William C. Jones, Fusionists, 943 and 848 votes respectively, A. C. Dickinson, C. L. Haggard, Prohibitionists, 19 and 23 votes respectively, Walter Walker, M. A. Hamilton, Socialists, 8 and II votes respect- ively; justices of the state supreme court, T. J. Anders, M. A. Fullerton, Republicans, 1,022 and 1,016 votes respectively, B. F. Heuston, M. M. Goodman, Fusionists, 842 and 841 votes re- spectively, Thomas Young, Thomas Lowry, Prohibitionists, 12 and 9 votes respectively ; state representatives, Eighteenth district, J. P. Sharp, R. B. Wilson, Republicans, 1,092 and 1,047 votes respectively, R. P. Edgington, J. F. LeClerc, Fusionists, 806 and 813 votes re- spectively ; commissioners, First district, Dennis Strong, Republican, 1,060, R. S. McClemans, Fu- sionist, 824; Second district, William Mack, Re- publican, 1,037, H. P. Fogh, Fusionist, 847; sheriff, Isaac Brown, Republican, 1,044, W. F. Patterson, Fusionist, 889; clerk, Harry W. Hale, Republican, 1,014, E. L. Evens, Fusionist, 916; auditor, L. V. Wells, Republican, 946, Simon P. Fogarty, Fusionist, 988; treasurer, W. A. Ste- vens, Republican, 895, C. H. Flummerfelt, Fu- sionist, 1,031 ; prosecuting attorney, C. R. Hovey, Republican, 989, W. J. Welsh, Fusionist, 940; assessor, John W. Richards, Republican, 961, G. C. Poland, Fusionist, 951; superintendent of schools, C. H. Hinman, Republican, 1,058, W. A. Thomas, Fusionist, 856; surveyor, E. I. An- derson, Republican, 1,324; coroner, J. C. Mc- Cauley, Republican, 1,095, J. B. Price, Fusionist, 806; woman suffrage amendment to constitution, yes 452, no 792. This amendment was defeated in the state by a vote of 33,866 to 15,969. Upon the creation of Chelan county, J. E. Burke was appointed to succeed Dennis Strong as commis- sioner, the latter becoming a citizen of the new county.
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