The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-02
Democrats Claim to Have Salts
factory Pledges From Him.
He WILL NOT BE A REPUBLICAN.
Anti-Allen Democratic, Peoples and
Republican Fusion Confirmed.
Seat Contested by His Defeated
Opponent-POrt Townsend Democrats

PoRT TOWNSEND. Dec. Especial. l.
The candidacy of Nelson Bennett for the
United States senate is assuming shape.
The scheme has been brought to light in
this county, where two Democratic repre-
sentatives were recently elected to the
legislature. The idea is to cultivate public
opinion and the Democratic party gener-
ally to the proposition of fusion of the
Democrats, Peoples party and anti-Allen
Republican members Of the legislature,
port of Bennett. The following remark
able editorial appeared in the Evening Call
tonight:
The election to choose a successor to q. g.
Senator John b. Allen promites to be the excit-
ing feature of the coming legislative session, as
1t was two years ago, whes w. c. Squire was
lifted into the upper house of congress to sue.
ceed himself. fthe 112 votes which will con-
stitute joint ballot. the Republicans will have
a majority of not less than seventy FIVE. This,
under ordinary circumstances, would indicate
Aliens easy success. The Walla Waila states
man, however, has serious opposition in his
own party. The combined Democratic Pop
ulist strength will not be less than thirty
seven. This vote taken in connection with the
strength Of the opposition to Allen in Pierce,
Spokane and other Republican gtrongholds.
would easily defeat that gentleman. This same
strength might even, were it properly organized,
dictate If not elect Aliens successor. In
view OF the peculiar status OF the
matter, the Gail offers q suggestion,
which, if 1t is acted upon, will result in
the election of an honest and able man to the
position OF United States senator, and one who,
in the recent campaign, was too clean politically
to be considered by the big machine to be good
Republican. Let the anti-Allen Republican
strength aud the combined Democratic Populist
strength In the coming legislature vote for Hon.
Nelson Bennett for senator He is really a
pretty good Democrat. low tariff and free
silver man, and Is opposed to force and all kim
dred bills. pledge can be secured from Mr..
Bennett that If elected he will represent the
whole state, also that he would act with the
Democracy in organizing the senate, and that
he would further vote against the Republicans
in all matters pertaining to party politics ard
party measures. The next United States senate
will be nearly tie politically. The Democracy
OF Washington here have an opportunity to
save their party the control of this important
branch of the national government.
The Call is the only Democratic daily
paper on the Lower Sound. Its political
editorials for some months past have been
under the personal supervision Of II. L.
Tibbals, jr., candidate for collector of Gus
toms and chairman of the Democratic
central county committee, and Albert
Searl, the local correspondent of the Ia
coma Ledger, Benefits organ. Tibbals
was in Tacoma yesterday when the Demo-
c-Populist-anti-Allen deal is presumed
to have been consummated.
The recent visit of George Hazard to
this city and his conference with the local
leaders of the Democratic party was
solely in the interest of Nelson BENEFITS
candidacy. He told certain Democrats
that Bennett would pay all the expenses
of the Democratic representatives in the
late campaign. AS it is, Bennett sent
$1,000 to the Democratic central COM
mittee for campaign purposes. Hazard
laid BENEFITS proposition before The JEFF
ferson county Democratic legislative dele
CATION. Tibbals was then sent to Tacoma
to hold personal conference with Ben
nett and to get his personal pledges,
which was evidently accomplished.