The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-09
STATE

The Port Townsend Cal, Democratic, suggests
the name of Nelson Bennett TOR United States
senator to succeed John B. Allen. This Is no
doubt highly satisfactory-to N~elson-and, in
deed, worse men have been and might be Sc
lected for that position. The Populists, how
ever, will no doubt vote for Judge Reid, or some
such -MontCsGao Economist
The campaign is over, and the Enterprise WA
In hopes that the disagreeable features that de-
veloped themselves had been settled by the vote
of the people. This does not seem to be so, how
ever. The spokane Repie,D, which so v~iciously
stabbed the Republican party, does not seem to
be contented, but continues to harp on settled
questions and to create dissensions in the Re-
publican party in the senatorial contest.-Rock
ford Enterprise
The sooner Mr.. Turner and his friends permit
the mangled corpse OF their party to be hidden
from sight the sooner the recollections of their
guilt will fade away They have proved to the
complete satisfaction OF the public that they
were good Republicans just SO long as they
could have the offices ana manipulate the ma.
chine. That IL all there is to the defeat in Spo-
kane county. The publi3 comprehends the case
quite clearly. Spokane Eeuaw, Nor 8, 1890.
1t il true that the Democracy has only twenty
nine votes and ffty-seven are needed. But
there are the eight from Tacoma and the eight
Popuiists, who together will mako forty five
and possibly this difficulty may be overcome
by importing some votes from Portland. At
any rate Bennett should have the compliment
tary Democratic vote. That will hold him SOL
idly in the Democratic ranks, where he is SO
badly needed. and relieve future Republican
conventions both OF his presence and inHu.
ence. By all means LEI Bennett be the Demo-
cratic candidate for senator. Spokane Spokesman
And now comes the Port Townsend Cal, q
Democratic paper, with che proposition for the
anti-Allen Republicans to unite with the Pop
ulists and Democrats and elect a United States
senator. This would not be an unusual or as
founding proposal il the. Call did not point out
the man Tor the fractions of the legislature to
unite on. But when We read that that man is
Nelson Bennett, who occupies the peculiar po-
sitlon of being the member OF the national Re-
publican committee for Washington and the
owner Of the Tacoma Ledger, which fought the
Republican state ticket and did not have a word
to ssy for Harrison, the proposal OF the Call be-
comes unworthy of serious notice Wdld
Union Journal
Mayor Ronald, OF Seattle, and his fellow dele.
gates warned the convention that q denuncia.
ton OF the canal would. be construed by the
Democrats of their county as q cruel and DELHI
crate insult which they could not forget, but
the warning fell upon deaf ears and was
drowned by the proiuse promises made in be-
half OF Pierce county Republicans. The Demo-
cratic convention, with the hope of making
friends among enemies. deliberately drove true
and loyal friends into tha ranks Of their oppo.
nents. The great argument in favor of the anti
canal plank was that Republicans demand il"
This should have been tie strongest possible ar
gument against it. OF course Republicans de-
msnd it. and there is little doubt that no one in
the state was better pleased at its adoption than
John H. McGrsw. -Pdiogse Netps, Dem