The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-04
THE OUTLOOK IN YAKIMA.
Mr.. Snively Not Likely to Garry His Own
County.

NORTH YAKIMA, Oct. 3.-tSpeciai. 1-"Snively,
499: Young. $50" Those are the figures in the
result OF the 1890 election in Yakima county,
IL. j. Saively, the Democratic nominee for gov
ernor, ran against Frank Young for the state
Legislature And thereby hangs tale Out of
those 499 votes for Snivey fully e-fourth OF
them were cast by Republicans, who were vio-
iently opposed to the candidacy of Mr. Young
before the convention, and who fought him un-
mercifu!ly in the interim between the day OF
the convention and the election. Mr. Young
was. therefore, very weak candidate. Almost
oil of his feilow-candidates on the Republican
ticket were elected by small majorities, he and
one or two others alone suffering defeat He
knew to whom to attribute his overthrow, and
he was very bitter in his Genuneia,iOa of the Re-
publicans who worked against him. The facts
are well-xnown and may easily be verified here
III Yakima. Now, the moral is plain. H. }.
snively. whom his Democratic friends persist
in declaring such popular fellow" "eyery.
body's friend" etc. in Yakima county, his own
home, succeeded in 1890 In being elected to the
legislature by bare majority OF nineteen votes
over the weakest man OH the Republican ticket;
and there are those in Yakima county who do
not hesitate to predict his overthrow here on
November s. 1892.
While he is u favorite among his intimate
friends, yet he is not generally popular. In
deed, not q few Democrats in this vicinity are
openly working against him, some of them even
putting q considerable sum of money into the
campaign to accomplish his defeat On the
other hand. very few Republicans are allowing
the cry "Elect Yakima man" to have any Of
feet upon them. They honored him in sending
him to the last legislature. where, if he accom-
pilshed anything at all, it was nothing re-
bounding to iakimas glory. He worked hard
for the agricultural college, of course, but auy
representative would do the same thing for his
constituents.
As said before, he is not considered q strong
man here. Even among his most ardent sup
porters in this city there are those who admit
that "Dude" Lewis would have polled a larger
vote and who wish, in their hearts, that the
opportunity of voting for him might have OBJ
tanned.
The fact OF the matter 10 that the whole county
Democracy Is in a terrible state, from a stand
point of harmony. The campaign is being con-
Quoted 30 far in a manner highly disgusting to
those conservative members of the party who
oppose "ring rule" The leaders of the sun
washed" here. with but one or two exceptions,
are men of little weight in the community, and
their political antics far not calculated to
throw the Republican forces into confusion.
Ever since the Democratic primaries and con-
vcntion the tactics adopted by the 'sring' have
been severely criticised and opposed by men OF
good standing in their own party. who were
summarily sat down upon in the early days of
the fight, and relcgated to the rear in tho cOun.
ellis and caucuses held These men state that
they do not purpose tamcly submitting to the
will OF the few. Just what the result will be
cannot positively be determined; but it ls safe
to predict that the whole Republican county
ticket will be elected. This prophecy is given
strength from the fact that our own party in
this county has never before been in such mag
nificent fighting trim. Not disgruntled men,
Der can be found In the ranks, and
the unparalleled enthusiasm now OBJ
tanning is something unprecedented In
Yakima Republicanism. At every public
meeting held by the Republican Club the opera
house is found inadequate in its seating capac-
ity, and the long Lines of uniformed, torch
bearing voters on those occasions add further
testimony to the spirit OF the participants. On
the whole, we have cause to congratulate our
selves and to condole with the brethren OF the
opposite political persuasion that such things
can be.
An amusing example of the practices obtain
ing among the Democrats is that existing in the
fight over the county prosecuting attorneyship.
The Democratic county convention failed to
nominate u candidate, and they are now. not
withstanding their open censure of the Peoples
party, attempting fusion on that organiza-
tion's nominee, as against the choice of the Re-
publicans, Hon. J. A. Rockford. His Peoples
party opponent is an erstwhile Republican, who
was "read out OF the party" for cause, and
whose strength may be said to consist of "A ''cor-
poral's guard of yotef. Rochford's election is
certain, and the Republicans all along the
county line will work for the same "consum-
nation devoutly to be wished"-for every man
on the ticket, from Hon. John II. McGraw and
John l.. Wilson down.