The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-07

Internationally declared his admiration for
Cleveland, yet the King county delegation to
Vancouver, selected by John Collins, was quiet
ly opposing the endorsement of Cleveland. w.
ID. OToole, oil skagit. man commonly supposed
to be for Hill, was chosen chairman Then the
proposal was made that the chairman appoint
committee of i've on platform. 1t safe to assume
that had this motion prevailed committee
would have been named from which would have
come no resolutions referring directly or indi-
rectiy to the ex-prasident The motion was
amended, however, 50 that each county had
man on the committee. and thus Cleveland was
saved so far as the Washington state Democratic
convention went. Kings member of this COM
mittee was none other than J. T. Blackstone.
whom the untutored outsiders fancied was
Cleveland man to the backbone. Yet, oddly
enough, when the doors of the committee-room
were closed, he stoutiy opposed any plank in
the platform indorsing Cleveland. Mr.. Blaki-
stone. the fdus Achates of James Hamilton
Lewis, brought forward the timeworn argu-
ments that Cleveland would be knitted by Hin
and Tammany in New YORK; that many re-
garded Cleveland as little better than Mug
wump. Louis K Church. the Snohomsh
county member OF the committee, a
man who probably knows moro about
the Cleveland Hill feud than anyone else in the
state OF Washington, took up the cudgels for the
ex-president Mr.. Church battered at Mr..
Blackstone, and as majority of the committee
were Cleveland men at heart, Mr.. Church car
ried the day. Mr. Church further declared that
IL King were found opposing endorsement OF
Cleveland, it was possible that Mr.. Collins
would remain at home. Thus It was that the
committee presented o Cleveland platform to
the convention. There is an interesting story
connected with Mr.. Church's providential ap-
pcarance on the scene He came here two or
three years ago, having just closed term as
governor Of Dakota. He had been for several
terms member OF the New York Legislature:
he was an unusually clever politician, and he
stood close to Mr.. Cleveland. Accordingly he
received the appointment OF governor of the
territory OF Dakota When he came here the
word was quietly passed around among the local
Democrats that Church was not to be let in; for
IL be attained political prominence here, and
Cleveland should ever again be president, Mr..
Church would have too much to say about the
patronage. Accordingly Mr. Church has been
out In the cold, but the truth IL that he prob
ably did not even notice the slight Whether
he did or not, he has had his revenge. 1t so
happens that he has considerable property at
Everett, and he viii make his home there in a
few weeks. As he had few hours of leisure on
his hands he thought he would like to go to the
Vancouver convention with the snohomish
county Democrats. He was made chairman Of
the committee on permanent organization, and
a member OF the committee on resolutions.
In the latter he did not little toward securing
the resolution for his old friend Cleveland, and
he also gave several quiet digs to the brethren
of King who had turned him out in the cold.
King county Democrats apparently left their
politicians at home when they went to Vancou-
yer. while Pierce county took her dexterous
plotters. Pierce secured the chairmsnship Of the
national delegation, the member OF the natgonal
committee and the member OF the congressional
committee. There was nothing else worth pick.
ing up or asking any one else to pick up for her.