The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-19
THE UNROPED ARENA.

There is q disposition in certain quarters to
belittle the candidacy OF Colonel win l.
Visscher for congress, but Colonel Feighan says
the other colonel is right in it-no dark horse at
all.
The Wala Walla Union-Joarnd, sees through
the Blalock boom and says: ''The Seattle TEE
graph comes out for Blalock, but this is prob
ably only still hunt for any one to beat Colo
mel James Hamilton Lewis"
number of Irish Americans met last even
ing and decided TO issue call for all the Irish
American Republicans of the city to meet on
Tuesday evening, June %, at Republican head
quarters, rooms 2O2 and 2o4 Butler block, for the
purpose OF organizing club.
The Centerville Leader says: "George Hazard
did not resign his position as secretary to the
Democratic state committee, as good many of
his opponents hoped he would, when that body
met Hazard is wide awake, and knows ex-
actly what he is aiming for. He went to the
committee meeting in q jolly mood, wearing a
button showing the facs Of David B. Hill and
bearing the motto, 4 am a Democrat We ex-
pect that some OF the Cleveland advocates will
be after his scalp at the next meeting at Olym-
pia."
Hon. John L Wilson will be a candidate for
denomination before the Republican state con-
vention. He Is now serving his second term,
and the people are well satisfied with his work.
No other member OF the House has had so large
and populous q district to look after-the great
state of Washington, OF which every county is
demanding new postofices, quicker mail SER
vice, public land surveys and opening of Indian
reservations. The session OF congress Just
ended has not been inclined to do anything for
the West, yet Mr.. Wilson has secured passage of
the bill opening the Colville Indian reservation,
which awaits the presidents sig nature; has OBJ
tanned q settlement OF the Port Angeles townsite
reserve trouble. and has talked the House into
increasing the appropriation for public land
surveys. There are two other candidates from
Eastern Washington, both citizens OF Spokane,
but it is not likely that the contest will have
any of the bitterness of two years ago. The
primaries are to be held July %.
The Oympion says: "The Telegraph is deter.
mined to beat James Hamilton Lewis for the
Democratic nomination If possible, and failing
in that it now looks az If the big organ of the
Democratic party intended the greater treason
of trying to beat him at the polls. The silvery
tongue and auburn whisker of the bowling
colonel are held to be a potent factor
In securing his election. If he be nomi-
mated Lewis hopes to greatly improve his
chances of election by a complete canvass
OF the state. The convention that will nomi-
nate Mr. Lewis to meet his purposes
tand so those of his party should do its work
early enough to permit him to go all over the
state: but the Telegraph crowd have set it so far
in the future that he will hardly be able to make
the circuit. Thus the war goes merrily on,
Lewis with his bland smile and fmpenetrable
nerve on one side aud the Telegraph on the
other How beautiful is the harmony existing
among the Democratic brethren"