The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-19

re esecsed. each elecsor is emitted "a
vote Tor every osae oi sfsrsn and nat n
De chopped OF os o1e-thiFa hi. right.
i a PARTISAN xEssrxx.
Tuner cuiasiiei VITA nssrhar ard
declared that Warner Was sarawsfr.s-
pailEscs into the Judiciary. III sro
Republicans ara eiss-sssi under War
nsr method and oae Democrat both
VIII he partisan. IS they viii 40 On, ;h.
sns.ysrsae bench either as Republicans
or Democrats.
Sasrpstein believed that every man
ot either party elected under r.aiIs5<a.
methods would f~ either 4 Rsssussls-
can Or Democrat.
ETonne favored Warn.r's amend
rneii aecasise be believed il had true
praEcsp!e IN the government. The
measure was rot Introducing politics
ifso the judiciary. hus siives1ing il af
ponies. The people of the v hole state
sEsekiij he represented on the bench.
r IL Sullivan aid not favor rs1inor-
~ representation. whether on fhe
oeiach or anywhere else. Warmers
/ Proposition. he said, will he sase 10
end in righteousness.
cogxEE az PORK.
starde-ant sail he warse.i @xha'e
/ hog or none"
The majority shall rule sa,a
Weir, lis tie principle upon which
this government is founded; 50 let the
majority, whether Democratic or Re-
publican. elect the judges on the
{ bench.n
/ Goldman did not know whether he
was on Democratic caucus or Re-
publican ca2ces- He declared il was
a question whether or not all the
/ people should he represented. I'VE
I are here, said be, for the very p,ar-
| pose OF seeing the minority proie.fei
! against the encreachmeats Ut the
MAJORITY
oriihtts took great pleasure in echo
ing Godnan's sentiments. He ac-
snoNiessged the force of Starde.ant's
argusient about the hog but hopesi
/ that II would not 80 peTneate the
convention as 10 be insarmountable.
/ Grlfiitis Endorsed views of the other
/ speakers at some length
Alnnear. believing that the majority
would be responsible for the conduct
/ OF the government. favored the doe
/ trine that the he>t man should win,
| irrespective Of party considerations or
affiliations.
TRY IT IN TgxAs
Crowiey's principles would not allow
him TO support the amendment lie
had never heard q partisan decision
under the old system ana never ex-
+ pectsd To. III the gentlemen on other
side who so fervidly support the pria-
cip!e of minority representation are
anxious To try IL, why haven't they
done il In Texas where they have
ample opportunity for the exercise of
their political henevolenee ?H' The
/ Walia Naiia lawyer was warmly aI-
Plauded AT the close OF his speech.
SuksGorf read speech iavoflng the
amendment. and Lilsis declared him.
self strictly opposed Ia il.
Gowey could not add any thing TO
the argument. but he was against the
principle OF minority representation.
DRAW rHfM Ey Lot.
"If YOU want TO withdraw the
supreme cour. entirely from politics, 8
said DR.. Minor, then put the names
of your candidates in hat and draw
them hv lot. believe in parties.
believe that the minority party has
mission 10 perform and that is TO be-
come the majority. Hold each party
TO strict responsibility for its rule, and
when il proves unworthy the people
xill take power from il. /"
Griifitts insisted that the only rea-
son why the Republican party MEM
bers were opposed TO minority repre-.
sentatiois was that they wanted the
whole hog or none. Il want to say
now that | will always be in favor OF
minority representation whether | am
with the minority or the majority.
and there is no telling how soon will
be with the majority" This raised
laugh and Gri;titts explained that he
ment bs that that the grand old party
might be j" the ditch and the Demo
Gratis on top.
THE SAME OLD YELL.
Warner made red-hot Democratic
speech and said his party was always
willing 10 fight for his principles.
Esheiman struck the keynote OF the
discussion by saying that he would, too
support the amendment because he
was Democrat, and he expected
I those who were opposed to ii were OPP
/ posed To il because they were Repub-
| lieans.
/ Turner believed that the supreme
/ bench would be dehauched ii the SUI
I preme indgeships were pareelIei out
/ between the parties.
/ LOST BY PARTY VOTE.
The amendment was then put, and
on division the motion was lost, II
to 49, 1t was strictly party vote.
GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
/ Buchanan then insisted on his sub
stitute 10 sections two and three.
which was read. Ii provides that
there shall be chief justice and two
/ justices, 10 be appointed by the gov
ernor and confirmed by the senate
/ buchanan started on speech in sup
port of his amendment. He read an
essay on the responsibility which he
/ said he had prepared many years ago.
and then. laying down the manu-
( script, the old man declared this the
most solemn hour of his existence.
I He was a component part of that
/ body of the peoples epresentatives
who we're preparing the foundation
upon which the supersiructure of
great state was 10 be built. Continu.
+ ing, he argued against the election Of
( the supreme judges by popular vote.
The voice of the people il the voice
of God, said the speaker. but il is
not the voice OF the rabble III il is,
( then the voice of that great throng in
! Jerusalem who cried oat against Jesus
Cruelty Him. cruelty Him. was the
voice OF God. The same rabb also
sounded the voice OF God a few iays
F before when il strewed flowers ia His
path and cried. 'HosanDa- -hosanna
I In the highest Buchanan then con-
( tinned in his argument that the Judi
ciary should be removed from partisan
elections and placed in hands where
he believed il would he safer.
j EVEN nELEGATK HAS HIs PRICE.
4 In continuing bis speech Buchanan
said: 1T has been said that every
man has his price. This deny. |
know there are many men whom no
hope OF reward could induce 10 sserye
from the line Of duty. believe there
are men on the floor OF this conyen-
ton whom no money consideration
could bay. And. be added qaickiy,
II cannot deny that | think there are
some who could be bought
AMID laughter and applause War.
ner rose to call the delegate to order
+ for casting reflections uron some oi
! the members.
/ II eheerfgily withdraw Rlv re-
marks, said buchanan. II did not
think there was any delegate ia the
convention sho would think referred
+ to bln!." Great laughter
The substitute was pat and lost.
Sgw AMEspNEsTs.
A,,sNv.v, ntrsraS an amend .rssrts Il,