The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-30
THEY HAVE OPTIONS.
Cheasty and Whittier Can Be Po-
lice Commissioners.
SOME OTHERS ARE WILLING.
The Central Committee Panied to Lose
the Distribution of Patronage
Tips for Tacoma.

The two vacancies in the police commits
sion caused by the designations of w. E.
Ledgerwood and G. o. Guy. and the va
cancy on the park commission due to the
absence of Otto Ranke from the city. have
been a fresh incentive to the faithful
Democrats whose vocation, avocation and
diversion is struggling for office. The fact
that according to the charter Mayor j. T.
Ronald will have to appoint Republican
10 fill one of the police board
vacancies has caused considerable
woe among the stalwart spoilsmen; but
tears have been unavailing. The place on
the police commission as involving, for
the present at least, the distribution of
more patronage, has been in much greater
demand than the place on the park board:
but those to whom any office is better
than 10 Office are willing to receive the
latter honor. 1t is fairly well settled that
3. c. Cheasty will be the lucky Democrat
to 60 on the police commission, and 4. f.
Wittler-f he will consent-the Republi-
can. Yesterday afternoon C. d. Stevens,
Of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship
Company, thought his services to the DEM
ocratic party were quite as valuable as
those OF Mr.. Cheasty, and he was in hot
chase after the Office. As the shades of
evening fell he realized that he was not in
the race, and so he withdrew. The friends
Of John Collins were of the opinion that
his political toes were getting very cold,
and he ought to be allowed to come in and
warm them; but Mr.. Collins has not been
invited to a seat by the stove. w. P. Boyd
was also talked of as good man for the
place. but he was not at all anxious to as
mme the duties.
Several Republicans were willing to bear
the load which will probably be laid upon
Mr.. Writers shoulders. NJ w. Willis, a
member of the last house of delegates. an
piled for the task because ne was simply
aching for chance to help decapitate
Chief Bolton Rogers; but he said yester-
day that since Rogers was out he would
make no effort to get the appointment.
|ADr c. A. Gay and James Neatly, the first
whom wanted to be appointed when
lhmuel L. Crawford's name was presented
6hy Mayor Harry White, were also skirm-
'Ghing for positions yesterday.
There is much pain IN the hearts of the
Democratic central committee and the
members of the campaign committee be-
cause Mayor Ronald is making the ap-
pointments pretty much as he pleases.
Consequently these party workers are not
distributing the loaves and fishes they
had fondly hoped all along to do. These
men who toiled through the CRIME and
dust of the campaign make to the
mayor their little recommends
tons for office; and then if he
chooses he adopts the suggestion,
and if he doesn't choose the committee
men can suck their thumbs till they re-
cover from the disappointment. There is
likelihood that L. D. Ross, the only man
on the committee who has been pushed
for an Office, will have to yield to ]. M.
Carson in the comptrollership.
Yesterday Percy W. Rochester, c. G.
Heifner and l.. d. Ross went over to Ia
coma to weep together and tell the Demo-
Gratis there how to run a campaign.