The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-19
ALL EYES ON TACOMA.
Democrats of the Whole State Co
tributing Money to Carry That City

Democrats OF the whole state Con-
tributing Money to Carry That City.
TACOMA, March Especial. will the
Democrats carry the Tacoma city election
April 5? Many residents of Tacoma, re-
CARELESS of political leanings, seem to
think it rather strange that people who
come here from the four corners of Wash
ington, and especially those who come
here from other states, should take so
much interest in debating the result of the
April municipal election. Everybody, is
talking about it; in hotels, restaurants, on
the streets and on street cars the CONVEX
sation tends to political conjecture.
When the Democratic state committee
met here few weeks ago, the scheme of
that body to carry the state for Democracy
was outlined in the Posr-ISTELLIGEycER
That was prior to the Seattle
election, and the pith of the story
was to the effect that if Seattle could be
carried by the Democrats the state COM
mittee could rouse enthusiasm and rustic
up enough money to carry the Tacoma
city election, and with Seattle and Tacoma
Democratic the Republicans would be on
"the rum" and the state would go Demo-
cratic in November
Several days before the Seattle election
Secretary George Hazard, of the state
Democratic committee, evinced unusual
confidence-even for HMM Democratic
victory. So confident was he in his prog
nosis that, before the election took place,
he was over in Eastern Washington ar
ranging for the sinews of war which were
promised if Seattle went Democratic.
Hazard is still in Eastern Washington,
and the Tacoma Republicans who have
been musing about the Seattle landslide
are beginning to think that that agent of
the Democratic state committee is doing
his duty for his employers and the indica-
tons are that the money contributed by
the state Democrats, with the assurance
of representation on the state ticket and
Democratic success, will be sent to Ia
coma to barter election certificates. It
appears that Hazard and another still
more trusted instrument of the Demo-
cratic state committee, approach promi-
nent Democrats, and with much palaver
about "sure thing" this fall, they solicit
the signing of q note payable to the treas
urer of the state committee. As an in
ducement to liberal Offering, this note, it
Is stipulated. is not to be cashed for sew
eral months. When the signature is Sc
cured the ''sure thing" men move on to
the next hopeful. In the meantime the
notes are forwarded to headquarters and
Immediate payment demanded.
Tacoma Republicans say immediate pay
ment of these campaign corruption notes
means that the money realized will be
used to buy the Tacoma city Democratic
ticket into Office. One of the Democrats
whom the sure thing" pair hypnotized
into sir
amount has protested against paying up
until the date agreed upon. He pleads
that he cannot raise the money, and vet he
has not dared to let his note go to protest.
If the Republican taxpayers of Tacoma
are permitted to name ticket the corrup-
ton fund will be of absolutely no avail.
depression in business, a charter with
the machinery for a metropolis and high
taxes have forced demand for retrench-
ment Democratic speakers and ward
workers, having sized up the situation
months ago, began the retrenchment ha-
rangue. The personification of retrench-
ment is Two Per Cent" Parker. Those
who do not like this gentleman-Mr. Alex
ander Parker-are being cudgeled into
submission, in the hope of the state
Democratic ticket being elected this fall
should Tacoma elect him.
Mr.. Parker says he Will be elected. and
just now it does not seem ut all probable
that the Republican taxpayers will be
allowed to set up the pins in the Repub-
lican city convention.
The total registration has reached the
total Of 800, which is !. 100 more than in
1901. The books will remain open ten
days longer.
The Republican primary caucuses will
be held tomorrow night.
The case of Chairman O'Brien. of the
Democratic committee. charging CITY
Clerk Haskins with refusing TO register an
applicant for registration. has been post
poned one week. Haskins appeared in
court in response to the warrant. and was
released on his Own recorniyance.
o'Bfien's applicant could not produce his
first papers, and proposed TO register on
the strength of having voted on the adoD-
ton of the state constitution. Even if il
was proved he had voted for the copstitu-
ton, Haskins would not register him
without an exhibition of first paners or p
transcript thereof. O'Bren's action is
/ considered impo!itic.