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two members of Congress are elected by the State 

 at large. 



The llepublicans held their first convention at 

 Ellensburg, April 5, elected delegates to the na- 

 tional convention, and instructed them for Presi- 

 dent McKinley. The resolutions were mainly ex- 

 pressions of approval of the policy of the admin- 

 istration. The second Republican convention met 

 at Tacoma, Aug. 15, and adopted a platform com- 

 mending the national administration and the work 

 of the State members of Congress, and said fur- 

 ther: 



" We favor the building of railroads within our 

 State as an essential means of its development and 

 growth, and we also favor the adoption and en- 

 forcement of just and equitable iaws regulating 

 and controlling them. 



" We stand for loyalty to the flag; for the old 

 standard of value for all our money ; for protection 

 and reciprocity; for the Nicaragua Canal, owned, 

 operated, and defended by the United States; for 

 the election of United States Senators by direct 

 vote of the people; for the further enlargement 

 of our trade and commerce; for such discrimina- 

 tion and national aid as shall speedily result in the 

 upbuilding of our merchant marine: for the rigid 

 enforcement of the law against trusts; for the 

 loyal and liberal support of the nation's defenders 

 the army and navy both in peace and in war; 

 for the uncompromising suppression of the rebel- 

 lion on the island of Lvizon; for the unlimited 

 defense of every foot of territory under the flag, 

 and for the protection of every citizen in the land ; 

 for the immediate rescue of the people imperiled 

 in China, and for ample restitution for loss of 

 life and property therein; for a territorial form of 

 government for Alaska, including protection to 

 navigation-, opposing relinquishing soil or sover- 

 eignty of any part of that district; for the con- 

 struction of good and permanent wagon roads 

 throughout the State; for the rigid enforcement 

 of law and order and the economical administra- 

 tion of public affairs, national, State, and county." 



Following are the nominations: For Governor, 

 J. M. Frink; Lieutenant Governor, H. G. Mc- 

 Bride: Secretary of State, S. H. Nichols; Treas- 

 urer, C. H. Maynard; Auditor, J. D. Atkinson; 

 Attorney-General, W. B. Stratton; Land Commis- 

 sioner. S. A. Calvert; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, R. B. Bryan; Judges of the Supreme 

 Court, Wallace Mount, R. O. Dunbar : Presidential 

 Electors, Frank Hastings, S. G. Cosgrove, Charles 

 8weeney, J. M. Boyd ; Congress, Francis W. Cush- 

 ninn, Wesley L. Jones. 



The first Democratic convention, at Spokane, 

 May 19, elected delegates to the Kansas City con- 

 vention and adopted resolutions denouncing the 

 attitude of the administration toward trusts and 

 on bimetallism ; opposed imperialism and the Porto 

 Rican tariff; expressed sympathy for the Boers; 

 opposed unrestrained Japanese immigration; ap- 

 proved the record of United States Senator Turner ; 

 commended the State administration: instructed 

 the delegates for William J. Bryan, the " great 

 commoner of the present day, who ranks with and 

 will have a place in history with Jefferson, Jack- 

 son, and Lincoln " ; and recommended James H. 

 Lewis for Vice-President. 



The Democrats, the Populists, and the Silver 

 Republicans held conventions at Seattle, Aug. 27, 

 and after conference met in a union convention, 

 agreeing to pass under the Democratic name. The 

 more significant declarations of the platform were: 



" We oppose trusts and combinations which 

 corner the products of industry and levy tribute 

 on the people, and we denounce the Republican 

 policy which corruptly creates and fosters these 



harmful combinations. We are against monop- 

 olies of all kinds, and especially view with the 

 gravest concern the attitude of the Republican 

 administration in creating the greatest of all mo- 

 nopolies in its delegating to the national banks the 

 sovereign right to make and issue the people's 

 money. 



" We witness with shame and humiliation the 

 cowardly and inconsistent action of the present 

 Republican administration in hauling down the 

 American flag that for a third of a century has 

 floated in honor and unchallenged over the Por- 

 cupine mining district of Alaska. 



" We demand sucli legislation as will insure to 

 the farmers and producers of the State of Wash- 

 ington a reduction of freight rates and fares to 

 a just basis. 



" We demand the inauguration of such measures 

 as shall give the people the right to express them- 

 selves, when they so elect, upon all important 

 questions, by the system known as direct legis- 

 lation. 



" We commend the official conduct of all our 

 State officers, and call attention to the contrast 

 between the present excellent financial condition 

 of the State ana the blight and ruin prophesied 

 by the opposition to surely result from the elec- 

 tion of our State officers." 



The ticket follows: For Governor, John R. 

 Rogers; Lieutenant Governor, William E. Mc- 

 Croskey; Secretary of State, James Brady; Treas- 

 urer, W. E. Runner; Auditor, L. J. Silverthorn; 

 Attorney-General, Thomas M. Vance; Superin- 

 tendent of Instruction, Frank J. Browne; Land 

 Commissioner, O. R. Holcomb; Judges of the Su- 

 preme Court, E. C. Million, Richard Winsor; 

 Members of Congress, F. C. Robertson, J. T. 

 Ronald. 



The candidates of the Prohibition party were: 

 For Governor, R. E. Dunlap; Lieutenant Gov- 

 ernor, C. I. Hall; Secretary of State, J. W. McCoy; 

 Treasurer, C. C. Gridley; Auditor, A. W. Steers; 

 Attorney-General, Ovid A. Byers; Superintendent 

 of Instruction, A. H. Sherwood; Land Commis- 

 sioner, J. C. McKinley; Judges of the Supreme 

 Court, Everett Smith, Thomas Young. 



The Socialist-Labor party named : For Governor, 



- McCormick; Lieutenant Governor. Matt 

 Matson; Secretary of State, William J. Hoag; 

 Treasurer, Eric Norling; Auditor, F. B. Graves; 

 Attorney-General, John Ellis; Superintendent, 

 Raymond Bland; Land Commissioner, W. L. 

 Noon; Judges of the Supreme Court, Frank Mar- 

 tin, D. M. Angus. 



The Social-Democrats nominated: For Governor, 



- Randolph: Lieutenant Governor, E. S. 

 Reinert; Secretary of State, James H. Ross; Treas- 

 uter, J. J. Fraser; Auditor, Charles S. Wallace: 

 Attorney-General, David W. Phipps; Superintend- 

 ent, John A. Kingsbury; Land Commissioner. Jer- 

 ome S. Austin; Judges, J. H. May, W. H. White. 



Gov. Rogers was re-elected, the vote standing: 

 Rogers, 51,944; Frink, 49,860; Dunlap, 2,103; 

 McCormick, 843; Randolph, 1,670. 



For all the other State officers and for members 

 of Congress the Republican candidates were 

 elected. The Legislature elected has 26 Repub- 

 licans in the Senate and 60 in the House, and 

 8 Democrats in the Senate and 20 in the House. 



A constitutional amendment was submitted to 

 vote at this election. It authorizes the Legisla- 

 ture to exempt from taxation $300 of personal 

 property for every head of a family. It was car- 

 ried by* a vote of 35,398 to 8,975. 



The State voted for President as follows: Mc- 

 Kinley, 57,456: Bryan. 44,833; Woolley, 2,363; 

 Debs, '2,006; Malloney, 866. 



