Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-24

EDExoR RoET-kNIxExzazRCHn:
We ere on ths eve q q general sise.
fion. Less than Zen days vii bFlug g
that eEsnsful oooasien, and yet. strange
20 aay, she DemoaEa1io party o. King.
tie moas populous sud biggest cited
county Of oar IeErifsgy. has no Demo
GRATIS eouuty tiokst ID ths field; not
even ths ssmblanoe % one-not even q
fragment % oae--aot even candidates
for he Legislature. Mhat pretty state
Of affairs haFe We hsFei What Al out-
fsRsE Wso IL FcsDoaslbis fnE this2 Not
BoFiah Brown aiono. bot more largely
biz aidaxs and abattora; they who en-
aiBearad and oaptained TIE JOB and
heiped Brown 20 eomplete II; and they.
too. ~ the Ooanty DemsofaSio C0HTou-
ton. uhe Gat paesivaly b. o. smiled
oOm plnoa14lY In enoe1EaEomont when
that apology for chairman, Bf0wn. eel
every Parilamantafy rale ~ deaa1ae,
shat % debate, refused b have tbs ayes
and uees called alad non -memberad, "
II mag be pafoeaed he expFes9Ion, tke
miBoTi8g, of uhoSa ! nag mention par
iiaulaEiy =. II. blatnes 4. *. dnydeR and
myaaifs Mo. hrcWn aottag IL this In
stance more ne q petty raid pe8lifoageE
than 3 courteous, faff aHd aantsenaanlg
presiding ofieeF. whether be intended
10 do 90 know not, bot be certainly, b.
hts apoeeh and general eoueas, threw
himself eompie8eiy ouieide Of ths Dem
OcEktie party, and there he stands.
PoFhaDs he deserves aono credit for
nnooE6Fing himself thus boldly, theoW-
lna OF the mask 80 thoroughly, when
others who were ID harmony with him-
otheEs Who claim 70 Be suck full and
eafnas1 Domoorafz--othors Who have
asked official appointmsn1 &C the hands
Of President Cleveland, sat 90 nuts and
eladsone. Strange as Il may sesm %
many nupoated Democrats, let zoe give
them the fact that with the " Brown
side Of thai Convention we're ]. b Mst-
calle, chairman Of she late Territorial
Convention that nominated Voorhees,,
and my friend Captain DeWelfa, King
county member Of the DemaeFatir Ter
ritorial Committee. A Demoorat Of the
trus stamp might very naturally suppose
that these gentlemen, aotiag as delo
gates IL q Democrats County Oouven.
ti0n. would hardly give approval 70 an
iueendiaFy and anti Democratic speech
from the chairman against Nr. Cleva-
lands administration. coupled With 90
compauying outragea. but faeta show
thai ID sach superstition be would Be
terribly mistaken. Why were they thus
silentf Why was this eAg Law % easily
gone throuah WITH Il u NOT evident
thai the program was aet 10 Ia advanced
BFewn himself has said that BE- was
there 20 adjourn that Convention, and
he vas going 90 do IT, There's free
action and free speech for you, With q
vengaAncei Bat Why this proceedina7
What was the motive for ~ There
mast have been aou1a fOa tickle me
aud fsll tickle you 30 u; noms agree
meut, some giving and taking, some
baEleFing and trading, soms swapping
or promising Of inhaen1e, whereby tha
Democratic party organization Of King
county was 20 BE- silenoed Ia the iniaresl
Of 4 new nedeed party, whose OPENING
platform proelaims the National Demo
cratic party corrupt" and uot % Be-
trusted What poWorful psmocratio
leader managed this dainty thing, this
trailing Of the Demooraiio banner Ii
the dnslf and what Democrat oe Dom
oerata aFe 30 be oenefitedl lait possible
that this outrage il for the SOLE benefit
% oar Democratic candidate fer Dele
gate 70 ConRrossG Has il come 20 this.
that al she local Interests OF our party.
all yotos il selecting candidates Of their
own kind for ccanty official positions,
all Dam0urattc representation In the
Legislature for shaping and making
laws, and other important business. are
% Be given up, abandoned end iQnor 4
IN the interest Of q uaBgFesaional Dele.
gate Who has not even the honor Of a
vate IN The Congressional HOUSE. Of
which be IL Q mere halfway mamberP
Why, one single member % the 10 a.
bgnneh Of q home Legislature & fse.
Quentiy worth ten times more 10 q PARTY
o. local interests than seventeen Terri
ioEiAl Delegates
But whai q spectacle DO ws present.
Ne, the dtahanded Democrats Of Kina
countys We Who claim - Be part and
parcel Of che great National Democracy
Of the Unioa. what q spectacle 60 Ne
present 70 she eyes 81 the National
Democratic Administration. and What 4
bid do We make 10 = Democratic Boass
Of Representatives for Territorial "a.
mission into the unions FouE nouin-
ated LEGAL tickets IN the Aeld, and the
Democrats Of The great ooaney Of King
uitAont q single ceunty nomlne %,
Nhai = party shame and disQrsoe!
Well some GOOD sonnd Democrat
may say. the evil - done -tha OUTRAGE
has been porpetrated what can We a.
ahoat iig" Ny answer ia, Ia ahis matter
every good Democrat noR carries q lFss
lance, eAn vote a. be pleassa, has no
party harness % bind o. hamper him;
lee htna. then, nee 30 q thai be HEIRS 10
FaeuAe the oonepiratora AZ ne palfa.
Win 0euacrafs do thiaf We ahail -.