The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-08
THE BALLOT BOX SUFFERS WIN.
Griggs Declares for Cleveland, and tho
Wallace Men Are Nowhere.


Wallace Men Are Nowhere.
TACOMA, May 7.-[Special. THE G. W.
Griggs faction carried everything in the
Democratic county convention today. ex-
cept immediate reorganization Of the
county committee. The Griggs men at the
start asked for three committees of five
each on credentials, organization and
nominations. Wallace's representatives
desired committee Of fifteen on creden-
tials, but mustered only thirty-nine dele
gates to support it, while sixty or more
rallied around Griggs. Stephen Judson, q
Pierce county pioneer, was made chair
man without dissension, and Frank A.
Smalley secretary, Gwin Hicks, w. B.
Kelley. A. G. Campbell. William Foy and
II. G. Patrick composed the committee on
credentials, before which body the Wal
lace men laid charges of ballot box stuff
ing and counting out against the Griggs
men. No specific charges were made,
which proved fatal omission. Of course
there were affidavits in support of manifest
illegal proceeding. but those who have adj
mitted of actually stuffing the boxes for
Griggs were not there to confess lawless
acts.
NJ. NJ. Taylor, r. R. Christie, w. J.
Bowman, J. P. Judson and DR.. McClel-
land composed the nominating committee,
George w. Van Forsen, ]. Vincent
Browne, Joe Rigney, e. G. Crabb and
Michael Dowd were named for organiza-
ton and rules.
Mr.. Griggs was present and SO was Mr..
Wallace. The former let it be known that
the impression that he wanted Hill for
president was misleading. He said it was
apparent Cleveland was the man, therefore
he favored him. Delegates from the coun-
try generally thought Mr.. Griggs deserv-
ing of any favors that could be granted at
the hands of the convention. Mr.. Wallace
was conceded to be bright young Demo-
crat, who could strengthen himself by now
jumping in and yielding to the old men,
now vastly in the majority. He should,
the graybeards said, order his following to
support Griggs and the majority. By so
doing his future would be assured, they
said, but the Wallace boosters did not ses
it in that light, and SO the fight went on.
In addition to this, and aside from saying
that the caricaturing of the alleged corrupt
methods of the Griggs men by the Wal
lace faction was disgraceful, and that it
would "surely be Cleveland and Blaine
graybeards had nothing to say.
Four no urs of waiting for a report of the
committee on credentials exhausted the
patience of the county Democratic con-
vention, and at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon
L. E. Post, J. G. Campbell and Louis Bird
were sent to invite it to come in and re-
port. The committee had some hard nuts
to crack and begged for twenty min utes
more time in which to separate the sheep
from the goats.
Finally Tom Carroll was put upon the
platform to diagnose the perplexing case.
He asked what was the matter. Doodle"
shouted one. "Hoodoo," proclaimed an
other. ballot box stuffing." exclaimed
third, and then the Wallace faction
cheered. j. Vincent Brown admitted it
was a conundrum. Mr.. Carroll said ifany
of those charges were true, the wrong
doors should be summarily kicked out of
the party. Generous applause spurred
him on to further suggestion. He then
reverted to anecdote and said:
dog chased q wolf, and the owner OF the dog
followed up aud asked a stranger If he saw dog
chasing a wolf The stranger said no, but he
had seen the dog race he had ever seen in
his lfe
NOW, II you uont look out you Will
have the - dog race in Pierce county
that the county has ever SEEM" Another
anecdote was:
girls reform school prof essor polled tho in
mates on their presidential preferences. The
Garfield Hancock campaign was on, and all but
one of the girls stood up for Garfield. Mary
Maloney favored Hancock The professor
questioned her, drawing out the remark that
Democrats must not be looked for in penitsn-
tiary or state reform school.
This, Honest Tom said. pointed the
moral that there are no "boodlers" or
"ballot-box suffers" among Democrats.
He wooed harmony tenderly by getting
all factions to cheer for Cleveland, and
therefore concluding that unity was in
camp.
Ex-Mayor Wheelwright, an ardent Wal
lace faction man, helped along the warm
ing-up process. He interpreted Mr.. Car
rolls girls reform school anecdote to sig
Nifty that he (Wheelwright) was Mary Ma
loney, thus evidently implying that the
Griggs faction consisted of the erring
ones.