John McGraw's War Record and the Packed Armory

A Democratic exchange, with a trifle of sarcasm in its make-up, rises to inquire: "Where was John H. McGraw during the war?"

He was in the loyal state of Maine doing what a boy could do to assist in the support of a widowed and poverty-stricken mother. He was 11 years of age when the war began and 15 years of age when it ended. He was a loyal boy, his home was in a loyal state, and the ideas which he imbibed while the great struggle for the Union was in progress were those of loyalty and patriotism.

The people of Seattle, regardless of politics, turned out to the big ratification of John McGraw's nomination, at the Armory, Saturday night. The big building was packed to suffocation. John McGraw will receive over 3,000 majority in King county, or we miss our guess.

There is no brainier man in any party in the state of Washington than John McGraw. He has come to the front in business and politics solely by his own efforts, and today stands the peer of any man. Mr. McGraw has the benefit of a successful career, with the admitted fact that his word is as good as his bond, either in business or politics.