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The election of 1910. In this election we find Yakima County still true to her republican predilections. William L. LaFollette was chosen congressman by 3,535 to 946 for Harry D. Merrit, the democrat. For the legislative ticket we find Frank J. Allen for state senator and Walker Moren and C. W. Cham- berlain for representatives. For the local officers we find for sheriff, J. W. Day; for county clerk, A. W. Barr; auditor, W. B. Newcomb; for treasurer, Frank Bond; attorney, J. Lenox Ward; assessor, B. F. McCurdy ; superintend- ent, F. S. Busch; for engineer, H. F. Marble; for coroner, Fred Shaw; for commissioners, Jim Lancaster and Martin Olsen. By act of legislature in 1911, two Superior judges were assigned to Yakima County. E. B. Preble was chosen to one judgeship and Thomas M. Grady was appointed to the other by Governor M. E. Hay.
With the year 1912 we find ourselves again in a presidential election and one of the most momentous of the entire series. In this election Washington was entitled to five electors. Contrary to the result in the nation, Yakima County cast her vote for the republican nominees, but by a very scanty majority compared with the previous majorities, being 3,304 to 3,209. One of the most important votes of this election was that on the adoption of the Initiative and Recall amendments to the constitution. These had a majority of nearly 3,000 out of a vote of something over 6,000. The representatives to Congress at large
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chosen in the county (though not in the state) were J. E. Frost and Henry B. Dewey, both republicans, while W. L. LaFollette was reelected from the third district by a majority of nearly 2,000. M. E. Hay received a vote of 4,569 for governor, but was defeated in the state at large by the present governor, Ernest Lister. The successful candidate for state senator from the fifteenth district was Henry H. Wende, the democratic candidate. The successful candidates for state representative were C. E. Lum and Walker Moren, both republicans. Of the local candidates we find J. Metzger, a democrat, chosen sheriff; for clerk, C. Roy King; for auditor, W. B. Newcomb; for treasurer, James F. Wood; for attorney, Harold B. Gilbert; for assessor, B. F. McCurdy ; for superintendent of schools, Rodney Ackley; for engineer, H. F. Marble; for coroner, Fred E. Shaw; for commissioners, James Stewart and William Stahl- hut. E. B. Preble and T. M. Grady were elected to fill the Superior judgeships for the full four-year term.
The election of 1914 presents some especially interesting features. Per- haps the most so of all was the vote of the state upon the prohibition amend- ment. Yakima County gave an overwhelming vote in favor of this amendment, being 10,192 to 5,086. There were a number of other interesting amendments proposed but the vote in case of all of them was adverse, showing a generally conservative disposition on the part of the voters of the county. In this elec- tion, William L. LaFollette was reelected representative to Congress by an in- creased majority over Roscoe M. Drumlieller, the democratic candidate. For representatives to the State Legislature from the twentieth district., W. P. Sawyer and C. E. Lum were chosen. The successful local candidates were as follows: For sheriff. W. P. Murphy; for clerk, C. Roy King; for auditor, Charles E. Barrett; for treasurer, James F. Wood; for prosecuting attorney, Harold B. Gilbert; for assessor, W. D. McNair; for superintendent, Rodney Ackley ; for engineer, O. E. Brashears; for commissioners, Jim Lancaster and William Stahlhut, all republicans.
ELECTION OF 1916.
The election of 1916 was signalized by a number of efforts on the part of the liquor interests to evade the results of the prohibition amendment. This was done by several initiative and referendum measures. Yakima County became the banner county of the state in turning down these attempts to defeat the pre-recorded wish of the people. One of these measures showed a vote against of 7,973 to 1,350 for. From the presidential standpoint, this was one of the most exciting elections ever held and the state of Washington, with other western states, seems to have determined the balance of the results. Yakima County, however, was still true to her first love and cast a republican majority, although a scanty one, being 7,188 republican to 6,136 democratic. In this election the senator, chosen by popular vote, was Miles Poindexter by a vote of 8,560 to 4,485 for George Turner, the democratic candidate. William LaFollette received the majority vote for congressman. Ernest Lister received a vote in the county for governor of 7,625 to 6,661 for Henry McBride, the re- publican candidate, but aside from the governor, almost all the republican state
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candidates were elected. For state senator D. V. Morthland was chosen by a large majority. For the state representatives, William P. Sawyer was reelected and Ina Phillips Williams was chosen. Of the local candidates we find the following: W. P. Murphy for sheriff, Frank D. Clemmer for clerk, Charles E. Barrett for auditor, J. F. Peters for treasurer, O. R. Shuman for prosecuting attorney, W. D. McNair for assessor, Anna R. Nichols for superintendent, O. E. Brashears for engineer, Dr. H. R. Wells for coroner, A. Lundstrum, W. L. Dimmick and A. E. Turner for commissioners. In this election George B. Holden and H. M. Taylor were chosen Superior judges.
The election of 1918 was marked by the rather singular feature of calling out but forty-two per cent. of the estimated registration of 14,400, as stated by Auditor C. E. Barrett. The result in Yakima, as in most parts of the country, was a republican triumph.
The following are the returns :
For convention 2,169, against convention 1,297; for referendum 3,256, against referendum 1008; Congress-John W. Summers 3,561, W. E. McCroskey 2,277, Walter Price 119; legislature-W. P. Sawyer 4,285, H. C. Lucas 4,201, Lucy M. Cooper 264; sheriff-Samuel Hutchinson 4,116, Ward W. King 1,931 ; clerk-Frank Clemmer 4,574; auditor-Ruth Hutchinson 4,893; treasurer-J. F. Peters 4,732; prosecutor-O. R. Schumann 3,036, Guy O. Shumate 2,966; assessor-L. D. Luce 4,421; school superintendent-Anna R. Nichols 4,890; engineer-W. C. Marion 4,548; coroner-H. R. Wells 4,593; commissioner, 2d-W. L. Dimmick 4,541; commissioner, 3d-A. C. Turner 4,522; judge, six years-John R. Mitchell 3,130, Wallace Mount 2,527, John F. Main 2,470, W. H. Pemberton 1,359, W. O. Chapman 1,327, Edgar G. Mills 1,190; judge, four years-Kenneth Mackintosh 2,636; judge, two years-War- ren W. Tollman 2,307.
It may be noted that the referendum measure was the question of the "bone-dry" prohibition law, passed by the legislature of 1917. In the state, as in Yakima County, the law was overwhelmingly sustained.
Yakima has had its full share in the politics of the state and nation. The most conspicuous contribution to national politics has been Senator Wesley L. Jones. Coming to Yakima from Illinois in 1889, Mr. Jones devoted his first years to the upbuilding of a large law practice, and in 1898 was chosen repre- sentative to Congress. Four successive elections as representative followed. In 1908 he was designated by popular vote and therefore chosen to the Senate. In the election of 1914, he was reelected to the Senate by popular vote.
One of the very interesting historical points in the political history of Senator Jones was his famous encounter on the platform at Walla Walla with "Dude" Lewis. This occurred on October 22, 1898, and was practically Mr. Jones' introduction to the political world. He was relatively unknown at that time, while Congressman Lewis was the most noted as well as most picturesque figure in Washington politics. Moreover, Mr. Lewis, in spite of his "pink whiskers" and incredible number of flaming neckties and vari-colored pairs of trousers, was a man of great ability and had a reputation as a brilliant orator and effective debater which made him hard to beat in any political arena. While (20)
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opinions differed as to the honors in this famous contest, the wit, good nature and argumentative skill of Mr. Jones against his wary and skillful opponent were such as to carry him at a jump to the front rank of political orators and to give him a standing which played no small part in his election two weeks later.
Yakima County, like most irrigated regions, with its predominance of small land holdings and intensive farming, and generally high-class rural life, and the accompaniment of good schools, churches and general diffusion of intelligence, has always been progressive on moral and reformatory measures. We are not surprised, therefore, that in spite of some strong centering of predatory inter- ests in the city, the power of the outlying precincts was so great as to secure an overwhelming support for the three great sets of amendments to the con- stitution ; woman suffrage in 1908, initiative, recall, direct primary and refer- endum in 1912, and prohibition in 1914. While professional politicians have sneered and railed at these measures, there can be no question that from the viewpoint of the genuine permanent interests of the people, these and their correlative measures outweigh infinitely the little squirming jobs hatched out by peanut politicians in legislative lobbies and in the back rooms of gambling dens, and which necessarily make up the staple of politics unless the real producers of a country assume their rightful responsibilities and take possession of their rightful heritage, and, in short, run their own government. Communities such as are generated by the conditions of life in Yakima, and indeed mainly in the state of Washington and the Northwest, are sure to do this in the long run. They are, therefore, the very bedrock of those principles which will "make the world safe for democracy."
From the standpoint of the historian, the record of ille territorial officers from 1853 to 1889 possesses permanent value, and we accordingly incorporate it at this point.
GOVERNORS OF THE TERRITORY
Isaac I. Stevens -- 1853 to 1857.
J. Patton Anderson-1857. Did not qualify.
Fayette McMullen-1857 to 1859. R. D. Gholson-1859 to 1861.
W. H. Wallace-1861.
William Pickering-1862 to 1866.
George E. Cole-1866 to 1867.
Marshal F. Moore-1867 to 1869. Alvin Flanders -- 1869 to 1870.
Edward S. Salomon-1870 to 1872.
James F. Legate-1872. Did not
qualify.
Elisha P. Ferry-1872 to 1880.
W. A. Newell-1880 to 1884.
Watson C. Squire-1884 to 1887.
Eugene Semple-1887 to 1889.
Miles C. Moore (seven months) -- 1889 to statehood.
TERRITORIAL DELEGATES IN CONGRESS
1853-Columbia Lancaster, dem. 1861-William H. Wallace, whig
1854-William H. Wallace, whig 1855-J. Patton Anderson, dem. 1857-Isaac I. Stevens, dem.
1863-George E. Cole, dem.
1865-A. A. Denny, rep.
1867-Alvin Flanders, rep.
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TERRITORIAL DELEGATES IN CONGRESS-Continued
1869-S. Garfielde, rep. 1880-Thomas H. Brents, rep.
1870-S. Garfielde, rep.
1882-Thomas H. Brents, rep.
1872-O. B. McFadden, dem.
1884-C. S. Voorhees, dem.
1874-Orange Jacobs, rep.
1886-C. S. Voorhees, dem.
1878-Thomas H. Brents, rep.
1888-John B. Allen, rep.
UNITED STATES SURVEYORS GENERAL IN THE TERRITORY
James Tilton-1853 to 1860.
A. G. Henry-1864 to 1866.
Selucius Garfielde-1866 to 1869.
E. P. Ferry-1870 to 1872.
T. H. Cavanaugh-1889 to statehood.
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS IN THE TERRITORY
J. S. Clendenin-1853 to 1856.
H. R. Crosbie-1856 to -.
J. J. McGilvra-1861 to 1867. Leander Holmes -- 1867 to 1873.
J. S. Smith-1857 to 1859. Samuel C. Wingard-1873 to 1874.
B. P. Anderson-1859 to 1861.
John B. Allen-1875 to 1886.
William H. White-1886 to statehood.
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UNITED STATES MARSHALS IN THE TERRITORY
J. P. Anderson-1853 to 1855.
Philip Ritz-1869 to -.
G. W. Corliss-1856 to 1858.
E. S. Kearney-1870 to 1874.
Charles E. Weed-1859 to 1862. Charles Hopkins-1875 to 1886.
William Huntington-1863 to 1868. T. J. Hamilton-1886 to statehood.
SECRETARIES OF THE TERRITORY
Charles H. Mason-1853 to 1857.
H. M. McGill-1857 to 1860. L. J. S. Turney-1861 to 1862. Elwood Evans-1862 to 1867.
E. L. Smith-1867 to 1870.
James Scott-1870 to 1872.
J. C. Clements-1872 to -.
Henry G. Struve -- 1873 to 1879.
N. H. Owings-1879 to 1889.
O. C. White-1889 to statehood.
TERRITORIAL TREASURERS
William Cock-1854 to 1861. D. Phillips-1862 to 1863. William Cock-1864. Benjamin Harned-1865. James Tilton-1866. Benjamin Harned-1867 to 1870. Hill Harmon-1871.
J. H. Munson-1872. E. T. Gunn-1873 to 1874. Francis Tarbell-1875 to 1880.
Thomas N. Ford-1881 to 1886.
William McMicken-1886 to 1888.
Frank I. Blodgett-1888 to statehood.
L. B. Beach-1873.
William McMicken-1873 to 1886.
J. C. Breckinridge-1886 to 1889.
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TERRITORIAL AUDITORS
Urban E. Hicks-1858 to 1859.
J. G. Sparks-1871.
A. J. Moses-1859 to 1860.
N. S. Porter-1872.
J. C. Head-1860 to 1862.
John M. Murphy-1873 to 1874.
R. M. Walker-1862 to 1864.
John R. Wheat-1875 to 1876.
Urban E. Hicks-1865 to 1867. Thomas M. Reed-1877 to 1888.
John M. Murphy-1867 to 1870. J. M. Murphy-1888 to statehood.
TERRITORIAL CHIEF JUSTICES
Edward Lander-1853 to 1858.
J. R. Lewis-1875 to 1879.
O. B. McFadden-1858 to 1861.
Roger S. Greene-1879 to 1887.
C. C. Hewitt-1861 to 1869.
B. F. Dennison-1869.
C. E. Boyle-1888, died December.
William L. Hill-1870.
Thomas Burke-1888 to 1889.
Orange Jacobs-1871 to 1875.
C. H. Hanford-1889 to statehood.
TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATE JUSTICES
Victor Monroe-1853. James K. Kennedy-1870 to 1873.
F. A. Chenoweth-1853 to 1858.
J. R. Lewis-1873 to 1875.
O. B. McFadden-1853 to 1858. William Strong-1858 to 1861.
Roger S. Greene-1871 to 1879.
S. C. Wingard-1875 to 1879.
John P. Hoyt-1879 to 1887.
George Turner-1884 to 1888.
L. B. Nash-1888 to 1889.
E. P. Oliphant-1861 to 1870.
C. B. Darwin-1867.
W. G. Langford-1886 to statehood.
B. F. Dennison-1868. Frank Allyn-1887 to statehood.
Orange Jacobs-1869 to 1870.
W. H. Calkins-1889 to statehood.
TERRITORIAL ATTORNEY GENERAL
J. B. Metcalfe-1888 to statehood.
As giving a view of the conditions of this good land in which we live at the great turning point of induction into statehood, the addresses of the last territorial governor, Miles C. Moore, and the first state governor, Elisha P. Ferry, cannot fail to interest our readers of Yakima, Kittitas and Benton counties, along with those of all other sections, and we accordingly include them in this chapter.
"LEST WE FORGET" Notable Addresses on Washington State Admission Day, November 11, 1889
EX-GOVERNOR MOORE'S ADDRESS
Ladies and Gentlemen: A custom has grown up here at the capital city and crystallized into unwritten law, which requires the retiring governor to de-
Richard A. Jones-1887 to 1888.
E. C. Fitzhugh-1858 to 1861.
J. E. Wyche-1861 to 1870.
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liver his own valedictory, and also to salute the incoming administration. In accordance with that custom I am here as the last of the race of territorial gov- ernors to say "Hail and farewell." Hail to the lusty young state of Washington, rising like a giant in its strength; farewell to old territorial days. It is an occa- sion for reminiscence, for retrospection. To those of us who have watched at the cradle of Washington's political childhood, this transition to statehood has its pathetic side. It stirs within us memories of the "brave days of old." The past rises before us. .
We see again the long line of white canvas-covered wagons leaving the fringe of settlements of the then western frontier, through tear-dimmed eyes we see them disappear down behind the western horizon, entered upon that vast terra incognita, the great American desert of our school days. At last we see them emerge, after months of weary travel upon the plains of eastern Washing- ton, or, later, hewing out paths in the wilderness, striving to reach that "Eden they call Puget Sound." Hither year after year came the pioneers and builded their homes and planted the symbols of their faith upon the banks of your rivers, in the sun-kissed valleys of your Inland Empire, under the shadows of your grand mountains, and upon the shores of this vast inland sea.
Very gradually we grew. The donation act passed by Congress in 1850, giving to each man and his wife who would settle thereon a square mile of land in this fertile region, attracted the first considerable immigration. It also prob- ably saved to the United States this Northwest territory. The entire popula- tion, which at the date of organization as a separate territory, in 1853, was 5,500, had grown to only 24,000 in 1870, and to 67,000 in 1880.
Still with an abiding faith in the ultimate greatness of Washington, and the attractions of her climate, when her wealth of resources should become known, the old settler watched through the long years the gradual unfolding of these resources, the slow increase in population. At last the railroad came, linking us with the populous centers of civilization. They poured upon us a restless stream of immigration. A change came over the sleepy old territory. These active, pushing emigrants, the best blood of the oider states, are leveling the forests, they are delving in the mines, they are tunneling the mountains, they are toiling in the grain fields, they are building cities, towns and villages, filling the heavens with the shining towers of religion and civilization.
The old settler finds himself in the midst of a strange new age and. almost uncomprehended scenes. The old order of things has passed away but your sturdy, self-reliant pioneer looks not mournfully into the past. He is with you in the living present, with you here today, rejoicing in the marvelous prosperity visible everywhere around him, rejoicing to see the empire which he wrested from savage foes become the home of a happy people, rejoicing to see that empire, emerged from the condition of territorial vassalage, put on the robes of sovereignty.
We are assembled here to celebrate this event, the most important in the history of Washington, and to put in motion the wheels of the state government. Through many slow revolving years the people of Washington have waited for their exalted privileges. So quietly have they come at last, so quietly have we
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passed from political infancy to the manly strength and independence of state- hood, that we scarce can realize that we have attained the fruition of our hopes.
Let us not forget in this hour of rejoicing the responsibility that comes with autonomy. Let us not forget that under statehood life will still have woes, that there will still be want and misery in this fair land of ours. To reduce these to the minimum is the problem of statesmanship. The responsibility rests largely with our lawmakers now assembled here. A good foundation has been laid in the adoption of an admirable constitution pronounced by an eminent authority "as good as any state now has and probably as good as any will ever get." Upon this you are to build the superstructure of the commonwealth by enacting laws for the millions who are to dwell therein.
You have the storehouse of the centuries from which to draw, the crystal- lized experience of lawmakers from the days of Justinian down to present times. To fail to give us good laws will be to "sin against light." "Unto whomsoever much is given of him shall be much required." The eyes of all the people are upon you. It is hoped and confidently expected you will bring to the discharge of your duties wisdom, industry and lofty patriotism ; that when your work is done it will be found to have been well done; that capital and labor will here have equal recognition and absolute protection; that here will arise an ideal commonwealth, the home of a race to match our mountains, worthy to wear the name of Washington.
Now that I am about to surrender my trust and return to private life, I desire to testify to my grateful appreciation of the uniform kindness, forbear- ance and courtesy accorded me by the people of Olympia, and by all the citizens of Washington, it has been my good fortune to meet during my brief term of office. I shall always cherish among the pleasant experiences of my life the seven months passed here as Washington's last territorial governor.
To your governor-elect you need no introduction ; if not a pioneer, he is at least an old settler. It is a graceful tribute to this class that one of their number was selected to be the first governor of the state. It affords me pleasure to testify to his thorough and absolute devotion to its interests. His every thought is instinct with love for the fair young state. I bespeak for him your generous cooperation and assistance.
GOVERNOR FERRY'S ADDRESS
Fellow citizens of the state of Washington: The 11th day of November, 1889, will be a memorial epoch in our history. It will be known and designated as "Admission Day." Its anniversary will be celebrated and it may very prop- erly be placed among our legal holidays. On that day the territory of Wash- ington, after an existence of more than thirty-six years, ceased to be, and in its place the state of Washington, the forty-second star in the national constella- tion, was called into being. Our minority and our deprivation of our most cherished and important rights and privileges of American citizens continued longer than we desired or was necessary. Many of those around me have looked forward to statehood through years added to years until they almost despaired of the realization of their hopes.
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To those whose residence in our commonwealth has extended only through a short period, the inauguration of the first state government may not appear to be of great importance, but to those whose hair has grown white beneath this sky, to those who in early days crossed a continent by long and weary marches ; to those who planted the standard of civilization and Christianity within its borders ; to those, the ever-to-be-remembered pioneers, it is an event of transcendent interest ; to those it is the consummation of hopes long deferred yet ever renewed. It is the accomplishment of a result for which they have waited with anxious solicitude and which they now welcome with joy and satis- faction.
The inauguration of the state government which occurs today is also a most important event in the history of the commonwealth. It marks the end of one form of government and the beginning of another. So plain is the signifi- cance of the present hour and so evident is its import that those present, young and old alike, feel the weight of the great event and will in future years proudly refer to the fact that they saw the wheels of government of the state of Washington put in action for the first time and that they marked the moment the last act was performed by which the territory of Washington passed into history and the state of Washington entered upon its active governmental career.
The territory of Washington was established March 2, 1853. Its bound- aries then were: The British possessions on the north; the Rocky Mountains on the east ; the Columbia River and the forty-sixth parallel of north latitude on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It was then almost an empire in extent. Those boundaries remained until the formation of the territory of Idaho, March 3, 1863, when our eastern boundary was changed to the 118th meridian, where it now remains.
It is impossible at this time to give even a synopsis of the events which have occurred during our territorial life. The history of the territory remains to be written. To that we must look for an account of the dangers and hard- ships encountered by the early settlers; of the political events that transpired during the territorial period and of the gradual change of a wilderness inhab- ited by savages into a commonwealth possessing all the advantages of the high- est civilization.
The years which have passed under the territorial government have been profitably employed. Washington has, during all this time, been growing stronger financially, commercially and politically. It has gained an enviable reputation. Its resources have been exhibited and its capabilities have been made known. Its ability to assume the responsibilities and bear the burdens of statehood are far greater than at any time in the past. Already it outranks several other states of the Union in population and wealth and is pressing for- ward with giant strides to that high position which it is destined to occupy. Our commonwealth enters upon statehood under circumstances that are most favor- able ; under auspices which assure a prosperous future. Every branch of busi- ness is flourishing. For several years the tide of fortune has been with our citizens, and they have taken the treasure which has floated upon its bosom.
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The attention of the world has been attracted by our commercial facilities, by our agricultural and manufacturing advantages; by our resources of timber, coal, iron and the precious metals, and by our phenomenally pleasant climate. Capital and population are flowing in upon us in an apparently endless stream. Commerce, manufacturing and agriculture, the three great elements of a na- tion's prosperity, are on a firm basis, and the possibilities of their future devel- opment are boundless.
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