The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-27

Reply OF the Harrison Club to Nelson
Rennett's Insulting Resolutions

TACOMA, Oct. 26.-lSpecial. THE county Re-
publican committee. which refused on Monday
to rescind the resolutions. which were origi-
nally conceived for the purpose OF secretly knit
ing Seattle and the Hon. John II. McGraw, is
being called to account by the Spartan Repub-
lican voters who do not take sides with the
enemies Of Seattle and OF Mr.. McGraw They
are not interested in any personal fight against
Mr.. McGraw They say il is none of their busi-
ness If Mr.. McGraw has proved that he is an
abler business man than certain Tacomans
That he is good business man, they say, is all
the more reason why they should vote for him
for governor.
The Harrison Republican Club is composed of
Spartan Republicans OF the city and county
This club has sent the following reply:
Mr.. +. W. Taylor, Chairman of the Republican
County Committee-Dedr SIR: Your communi-
cation of October % has been received aud con-
sdered by the club. A reply thereto, which you
evidently quite properly expect, has been de-
terred in pursuance TO your request until the
full county committee acted upon the objection
able resolutions. That action, are informed,
was taken yesterday, and the county committee
declined to rescind the action OF the executive
COMMITTEES, Since, In your own words, ''the
only BODY that has authority to speak in behalf
of the Republican party has bv official action
emphatically and positively placed the Repub-
lcan organization of Pierce county IN an atti-
tuds of direct hostility to the Kepubi party
of this state, we have no doubt that you and all
other true Republicans can no longer think that
our action Is ''Oased upon II Misunderstanding
OF facts" but must sympathize cordially aud
heartily with the object and policy of the Harri-
son Republican Club.
We appreciate your efforts to bring to their
sober senses those who seem to think that n
political organization is out together on the
principle of mule team, "to gee and haw, pull
or stop, as the driver may wlIi, but since I'M
fortunately those efforts have met with CON-
plete failure, hardly feel called upon to
prove false to our manhood aud attach our
selves to this balky mule team. about whose
VI "a
cracks in the attempt Of the driver to force Ii to
pull over into the Democratic camp
You are quite right in saying that this con-
sistent and studied neglect OF the national and
state ticket by county nominees aud speakers
"will engender strife and trouble for wears to-
come and should be ground In the neither stone
OF public contempt" But what 10 the remedy
The county committee by resolution has bound
candidates aud speakers to oppose the Repub-
lican state ticket some candidates and many
members of the committee lose no opportunity
to voice this opposition. What effect can this
unprecedent ted action have upon the Repu blic-
ans of thi. state other than to call upon Pierce
county the contempt and Indignation OF the
whole state? What can your committee do to
prove this contempt unmeriied, bound hand
and foot as you are by this monstrous. treason
able resolution? What, then, is the remedy? 1t
| is the Harrison Republican Club.
The character and number of our membership
has been unparalleled in the organ cation of a
Repu blcan club in this city, and the success our
stswart adherence to the Republican party and
the Repub blican candle is meeting will prove
TO the Republicans OF this state that there still
remain In Pierce county hundreds of true Re-
publeaus W ho cannot lie driven by the whip OF
| the mule driver into a traitor0us assault upon
Republican nominees
The Harrison Republican Club is organized as
a true Republican club and proposes TO con-
| tinue to do active work for the Republican
national and state tickets, aud Tor every kepub-
! lican nominee on the county tieke, who proves
| his Republicanism by supporting the nominees
| OF the national and state conventions. We can
| not support any Republican candidate who IS
not true 10 the whole ticket, nor can we sup
port any Legislative candidate VINO IL pledged 10
| support Democrat for the aited States senate
| We are thoroughly consistent Republican
| Can you say as much for tie county committee ?
Respectfully, j. ". ACCAULEY. President.
| Nj Taylor is also Spartan Republican. He
| will vote the Republican ticket straight, from
| A 10 L. He never wore n collar.