The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-25
THE LUCKY O'TOOLE.
Announcement That He Is APP
pointed Register.
LOCAL DEMOCRATS cHAoRlnED.
The King County Politicians Get slap
in the F.es-aeifaer Pat Himself
sqaareiy on Record.

crats OF Seattle, broken only by one scls-
tary oatspoken protest The announce
ment that Captain W. ID. 0sTooge had BEEN
appointed register Of the land Office IN
Seattle. although rot officially confirmed.
seemed to be more truthful than the pre-
mature dispatches which had been wired
from Washington City with view TO
scare of opposition
Last night w. z Crews, one Of the Kid
committee. and friend OF O'TooIe, re-
ceived dispatch stating that the skagit
mans name had been sent into the senate
By President Cleveland. Up to late
hour the present register, T. VI. Reed. IT.,
had received no information, bus the Dem
ocrsts generally gave it creience and are
silent on the subject now that the ap-
pointmentis made. Most OF them wish il
forgotten that they ever opposed the sue
cessfai applicant, who il expected 70 use
the whip freely over the local politicians,
Capt. O'Toole owes his ..pnii" at Wash
ington City to the influence of his brother
inlay, JEFF Chandler. of 81. Louis, who Is
an active local authority and has made
his influence felt In party councils.
The only active Dem0cra. who could be
prevailed upon to speak on the subject yes
terday wasr. q. Hcifner. chairman of the
city central committee and secretary OF
the board of public works. He made no
secret Of his disappointment and disgust.
He said:
Capt 0'Toole's appointment was slap
at the Democrats OF King county which
they ought 10 resent. III such appoint
ments can be made with IMMUNITY the
Democracy of King county becomes a
mere cipher. So iar as l know, 0TooIe is
a good Democrat, but by no mode of
reasoning has he any claim for this posi-
ton. The deal made recently BIZ certain
Sunday school politicians and Mug
wumps has apparently been successful.
They are, am told. among the purest and
shrewdest and best men that anybody
ever knew. But, as 1 said before, this last
act of Grover Cleveland is an outrage TO
the Democracy OF Seattle and King county
aud il should be met With such storm of
indignation and disapproyai as to reach
through the thick skin of the gentleman
now bathing in the sea at Bnzzard' BAY.
Cleveland can make more voters for the
Republican party than any man in il. IL
the Democratic party was not immortal
Cleveland would have disrupted IL long
ago. Thank God there are some Demo
Gratis in the senate. and am in favor of
going before that body and asking that
this appointment, and one or two others.
be not confirmed. The Democrats of Seat
tie must not submit to this contemplate
indignity."
If the dispatch received by Mr.. Crews
be true, there is no hope of the senate
failing to confirm. So sure have o'Toole's
friends been of his appointment that his
bonds are already prepared, although
bondsmen have not yet been secured.
Capt. 0'Tooie, who is a retired army
officer, came to the Coast about eight
years ago in company with Mr.. John
Arthur. He started a company for the
manufacture of ice in Seattle, but did not
identify himself with the Democratic
party. His first appearance in poll
tics was during the independent
movement, which resulted in the
election of William Cochrane as sheriff
Alter that he became Democrat, bnt has
been suspected of having frequently asso
ciaied himself with the Republican party
After spending some time n Seattle, hi
went to Skagit county. where he has beer
actively engaged in politics. He received
the offer of good position in Washington
City. but he pleaded for an appointment
in the state OF Washington, following let
Wis dP py q saoAs w w Nity
where he now Is.
John Y. Terry, who is candidate fol
receiver of public moneys in the land of
flee, has heard nothing officially of the
appointment, although his candidacy
makes him very interested individual.
Col. G. G. Lyon. now receiver at Seattle
was equally uniformed, but spoke In
pleasant terms of the new register. whom
he has known for some years. He saic
yesterday that although Can't. O'Tooi,
could probably furnish bonds in Wash
ington City, he would probably be required
TO furnish them from among residents o.
this state, in which case it may be thre,
or four weeks before they can be provided
and approved in Washington City.
The polite silence which has fallen
npon the Democrats of Seattle is only
smothering of the fires of indignation
Taey are deeply mortified at the deliber
ate policy of the administration III ignor
ing their wishes They have earnestly
urged that Seattle man be appointed.
and were willing that either Robert L
Thorne or ex-Judge S. s. Carlisle be Sc
lectec. The resentment against those Sc
attic Democrats who have allied them
selves with Hugh Wallace and the Piercs
county contingent is deep and abiding
and any one of them who ever puts him
self forward for any political preiermen
will be ineontinantly knitted"