The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-07
DOWN WITH B0SSISM!
Mass Meeting of Honest Section
of Tacoma Democracy.
FREE BEER AND SANDWICHES.
Two-Per-Cent. Parker Apologies to
Wallace, Idol of His Party-Griggs
Ballot Box Suffers Must Go.

TACOMA, May 6.-fSpecial. IA painfully
futile effort is being made to make the
young Democrats OF Tacoma wash of
their war paint and lay aside their feath-
ers Last nights demonstration at the
Tacoma theater, at which the warhorses
Of Democracy urged harmony, has served to
fire the bucks anew. They berate the coun-
ellis of the chiefs as all oue-slded, de-
rnand for harmony in accordance with
ballot-box stufing and counting ont Of
Hugh Wallace's faction. The sort of har-
rnony desired by the young men is that
which obtains after the Griggs men have
been rebuked for the corruption alleged TO
have been countenanced by them at the
primaries. This evening the Ners inserts
this caustic paragraph:
man who would accept the untiring and
unpaid for services OF his fellow parrisaDs and
when defeated abuses and viilifes them, gives
conclusive proof that he is unworthy OF high
honor
The significance of this is, of course,
commonly understood to be, that Alexan-
der Parker stepped on the toes of the
young men at the Griggs meeting last
night, when he intimated that certain
faction--young mems faction-had sold
him out at the city election. The mass
meeting at which Mr.. Parker spoke is re-
ported thus In the same newspaper:
Last evening at the Tacoma theater pleasant
reception was given TO Colonel C. w. Griggs by
o large number Of political friends.
Tonight at n rnass-meeting held in Ger
mania hall the Wallace men rebuked the
alleged corrupt methods of the Griggs fac
ton. One of the inducements held out to
insure big crowd, was a promise of
supply of 1000 sandwiches and all the beer
that could be drunk
Five hundred greeted Wallace. The
walls were decorated with banners and
notices denouncing corruption at the
polls and a repetition of the frauds of 1876.
and aliuding TO Wallace as the idol of
the people" The beer and sandwiches
were served in a side room. Many made
speeches denouncing ballot box stuffing,
and the contingent frauds of the Griggs
faction. Ex-Mayor Wheelwright, chair
man of the Democratic city convention,
said he could not be called kid" or
'silk-stocking aristocrat. He wanted
harmony. He admitted the ballot box
stuffiing, and declared the Griggs faction
mistook the metal OF the Wallace men If
they thought they would countenance
corruption. No delegate should be chosen
to the national convention who was
elected by fraud. Wallace said he would
abide the decision of the convention to-
morrow. The Wallace faction will
send contcsting delegations to the conven-
ton. Asitis held that Chairman Slaughter,
who is opposed to Wallace, can not
select a committeeman on credentials from
ward where there is a contest and the
Wallace men having won in the Second
ward. thereby defeating nearly all the
prominent Griggs leaders, they will in any
event be able to control the committee on
credentials and secure the admission of
Wallace men. Alexander Parker an
nounced by letter, which was read, that
he did not reflect upon Hugh Wallace in
his speech last night. but on the contrary
reposed confidence in him. Parker failed
to single out any other of the young men
faction for meritorious mention.
The resolutions adopted pledged the
Wallace following to insist upon delega-
ton favorable to Wallace for national del
egate.