. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . ND PROGRESS .>I3Li - dgft^eWnts could ,73vt3 ? B9 grit E> anp tX&^rflR^Jftfe As girl bxi*. mid ot fcau Oftt© interest Was torial conven- le time of its rioved from dates for won, Cali- uions here he had ild requireparty, and heHe was made of that which • memorial When it i and still is, he left the chair tempora-;ainst it, and it was defeated. caster v ure even a majority,minated, with mpetitors, ch on i ittingnti >n, recited nan of parts, would easily n the terri- mtimely death. The. OF AN AMERICAN STATE 2
. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . ND PROGRESS .>I3Li - dgft^eWnts could ,73vt3 ? B9 grit E> anp tX&^rflR^Jftfe As girl bxi*. mid ot fcau Oftt© interest Was torial conven- le time of its rioved from dates for won, Cali- uions here he had ild requireparty, and heHe was made of that which • memorial When it i and still is, he left the chair tempora-;ainst it, and it was defeated. caster v ure even a majority,minated, with mpetitors, ch on i ittingnti >n, recited nan of parts, would easily n the terri- mtimely death. The. OF AN AMERICAN STATE 223 entire poem of six stanzas was listened to by the conventionwith the attention that every speaker regards as the fullestevidence of approval, and at the conclusion receivedhearty applause. Colonel W. H. Wallace was nominated by the Whigs,who held their convention at Olympia. There were severalcontestants for the nomination, but Wallace, who had onlyarrived in the territory that year, won it. He was a lawyerof no mean ability, and had held several places of trustand prominence in Iowa, the State from which he came toWashington. The campaign was conducted with the spirit naturallyto be looked for, following the activity with which it hadbeen begun. Lancaster was elected, receiving 698 votesto 500 cast for Wallace. Simmons, who ran independent,in spite of the fact that he had sought the nomination fromthe Democrats, received only 18 votes. This Bancroftattributed to his lack of education,* though it seems morelikely to have been nothing more than the result which
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