The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-19

Fight followed fight in quick succession.
When the delegate muddle was fixed up,
it was found that the report of the COM
mittee on organization stated that the of
ficers of the convention should call the
convention to eject county officers, and
that report had been adopted. Stephen
Jndson denounced this procedure. and
asked for its reconsideration. Frank
Smalley, who stood in with the old heads,
helped hold up Mr.. Judson's hands. Mr..
Judson said he had no. in thirty-fve
years. experience heard of such propo-
sition. He wanted to know what the
county Democracy had a county central
committee for if not for the purpose Of
calling conventions? Why leave it to one
man, the chairman of the conventionf
He did not impute bad motives, but
thought it little "scarey." Still. he was
not aware of the provision in the report
allowing Dowd to call the convention.
Many others did not know it either.
After lighting around for five minutes.
an adjournment for five minutes was Sc
cured, during which time the youngsters
energetically sought to adjust matters. A
division and roll call had been demanded
on the proposition to delegate to the
officers of the convention the right to call
the next convention to name county
officers. The five minutes interim brought
an understanding, which was that the
youngsters should not insist upon the pro-
vision giving the chairman and secretary
power to call the convention. Still the
young men could have carried everything
if they so elected. The matter was patched
up, allowing the county central committee
to act with the officers of the convention
in calling the next county convention.
Some of the remarks of the disgusted
ones were:
We came here to indorse the action of the
slate. 1t was a farce convention. We had no
say at ALL
will not be sat upon in any convention and
made puppet Of Today the kids ran things,
and simply put q few representative men upon
the delegation simply to quiet them and shut
their mouths.
Mr.. Leiber created much merriment by
demanding: "For what are We here forf
We have nothing to do and have no bal
lots. For what are we here? He is a
German and, with several Of his country
men, could not understand the snap cut
and-dried work of the machine.
While the delegation is not instructed,
it is expected to support Lewis unless
Lewis brings the Lake Washington canal
up for indorsement. In that event, it is
said. Lewis will be abandoned.
The Peoples party is gathering many
Democrats into the fold. At today's con-
vention Thomas Dougherty, prominent
Fourth ward Democrat, and a delegate to
the convention. sent a messenger boy to
Chairman Dowd declining to serve and
stating that he had Joined the Peoples
party. He requested Dowd to read his
resignation in the open convention, but
his request was not needed. Later the
Peoples party sent around man to dig
up Dougherty's letter and have it read.
The letter had been torn up. Dowd said
it was all right for Dougherty to ''jump
the party" but he would not advertise the
fact. He says Dougherty wanted. the
nomination for sheriff, over which nomi-
nation the Democrats are at IoggeFheads,
there being several candidates.
The Peoples party say Alexander Park
er was allowed to address them the other
night with the understanding that he
would join the party. Parker now claims
he did it in order to make Democratic
speech and denounce the Peoples party.
Referring to the dissatisfaction of the
country delegates with the selection Of dele
gates by committee. the young Demo-
Gratis say that when the old Democrats
were in possession at the last convention,
they gave the country only five delegates,
while today the country was given nine.
including McAllister.