The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-20

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The necessary number to eject was IS.
and i vii thus he SEN that squire re-
eeived 3 and Alien y more than enongh.
The result came about naturally. and no
one who was Al al familiar with the siEua-
ton ever expected anything else.
When the House convened this morning
i Sas proposed by resolution that the bal
lots be separate. ard that not more than
one vacancy be ElIed 81 one tine. OF
course there vas no objection to this. ss1d
after Gre or tao amendments, and because
ct the disiRclinaii0n eE the He1se to dis
turb the present arrangements. the resoIas-
ton was killed by aujozrning. 1t was
thoroughly agreed. however. thai when the
Honse did begin 70 ballot. oae senator only
sAould he votea for. aad the only question
was 80 avoid conflict hetw the forces
CT Alien and squire This wgz accom-
plished BY shs skllliul manipulation Of
Grant Of King. who refused bring out
his candidste in opposition 20 Allen after
tie Walia Walia candidates name was
proposed.
In this way the neat scheme concerted
by the managers of Sprsgue was utterly
defeated. Il Was presumed By them that
Alien and Squire would both be nominated
Tor election on the first ballot, ard IL was
intended 10 keep SpFague ous and throw
all bis strength 20 Alien. If everything
had worked 10 their satisfaction, the Alien
and squire forces would thus have been
thrown In = direct contest, and they sgures
IL out thar Allen would be elected frsf and
squire beaten for election on this ballot. 50
that when his name was proposed
second time he would come
before the legislature as . defeated
candidate. Ii was counted, further. that
the Allen men, grateful for the support OF
the Spragae adherents, would vote for him
as against Squire. and he. having lost
prestige as leading candidate. could
thereby be defeated. This very etherai
scheme. il il ever had possibAe chance Of
sneoess. vas completely panctured by
Grants refusal TO nominate Squire after
Allan had been presented
The vote developed no surprise. and dis
closed eniy Aow remarkably aenn.
rate were the estimates of both
squire and Allen. One man only.
Coleman Of Yakima, who had been ex-
pseted 60 vcse for Squire vent to the oppus
aaEioEa. every othNr nnan who NAs ! reszs-
dent supporter oz Squire having east ballots
accordingly. At least I've, Huntington.
Blaekfan. FArris. Forsythe ard wilsar,
who were considered douhtgul were for him
at first senator's Fairweather and Ture
originally voted for Sprague and changed
70 Squire. and Senators Long and Preston
likewise transferred their ballots from
Thompson % Squire. leaving the Tacoma
man with no votes IN the senate.
Not q single member who was sccounsei
an Allen man disappointed his ealcnla-
tons. while two. Msnkler and Essenx, who
were doubtful, and one n0n-cosa nlittas,
Hamilton, voted for the Waila Walla can
dsdafe.
The candidates of the opposition received
less than was actually conceded them. and
the result shows hew utterly baseless we're
sheir claims Of large votes. Brents vas
net even nominated. and hsd last one vote.
his other supporter. 0xines. in the senate.
casting ballot ter Squire twice.
Convey received q vote also. There i a
little secret about how he cane 90 get il
thai may - well be disclosed. TharSton
eoanay. With It's three v0aes. feared 10 an
tagonise any western city hy ali voting for
candidates from one place. although il Is
Sell known thai &ll were for Squire. No il
Nss agreed thst one, OEinEs, should vote
for squire. his preferences. Shiis Rotch
voted fer Spraeue OF TaooEnA. and Bush
gave . complimentary vote 10 Cover. at
hoae. The same dsgllculty cid not con-
tront the delegation vita reference To the
eastern candidate.
Ine Democrats unanimously supported
voorhees, sna eiriees. bus Il Fnars than on.
ballot hsa been taken for each candidate
they doGbtleSs would hare scattered
amongst the Republicans.
The entertaining feature Of the day was
the nominating speeches. Tbs effort of
Grant OF kiag n nominating Squire Ia the
House aroused much applause. and Was
considered one of the hest. HssTea Of Lexis.
IN secending The nominAtion. made happy
sf@ech- La the senate squire was nornia-
asess 6y kinnear Of kiag, and seconding
speeches were made by Wood cf King.
Mhallsy OF Whitman ansi 0xinxs of Thurs
sen- Geoghegaa's short speech IN aomin-
atsng Allen IN tie House was enthusiast
eAsly received. No nominating speeches
wsFs nste ~ tas senate for th:s haslot
Fissy-6ve members voted io- both alien
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