The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-12
talk OF DARK HORSES.
Desperate Anti-Allen Plotting
Of More Nefarious Schemes.
A Scheme Of Nelson BENEFITS Il Re-
vamped for Possible Use.
1ufner and His 1ollowoPe for Their
Action n Ca1sing the Dsadlsck n
the Legislaturo-Doarth Of NembsRsAs

the Logislaturo-Doarth Of NonbersAn
OLHNrrA. Feb. 1l-rSpecial. 1.-The plan
OF campaign Of the anita people now
ID to trot out - many dark horses early
next week a. it is thought will draw votes
away from Senator Allen. Turner and
his intimate advisers do not expect to
elect any Of these sable racers.
They appreciate tho fact that it 10
impossible to elect an opponent of Senator
Alien. But being fearful that Allen may
get six more votes and 20 b elected the
conspirators are determined to work every
possible scheme to win away some Of the
senator's present supporters in the desper.
ate hope that they may be able to prevent
An election by this legislature.
The plotters have convinced themselves
that senate controlled by Democrats and
Popuiists will not admit an appointee Of
Gov. McGraw and 90 feel that they will
have accomplished their purpose Il they
can but defeat an election. With this end
in view. it is understood that Nelson
Bennett has put money into tf.s rsrnss.
campaign of late. and is ready Co furnlsh
more to prolong the contest. A consults-
ton is in progress at Tacoma tonight,
relative to the order in which the new
candidates are to be presented and to make
IN estimate of the amount Of funds that
will be needed to keep up the war. Thus
the conflict that the anti-Allen plotters
propose to wage henceforth,, 10
traitorous one to prevent the
state from having its full representation
in the United States senate during the
next two years. OF course those who
have been invited to cooperate with Tur-
uer and his lieutenants in the matter Of
bringing into tho contest numerous new
candidates are asked to believe that
their favorites respectively. can be
elected. and many promises OF
solid delivery Of the Turner strength are
being made to inspire the dark steeds and
their grooms with hope, but, as stated, the
fellows on the inside of the plot do not ex-
pect to elect new man. Turner and his
''last ditch" worthless have reached the
point where they think there would
be glory instead Of infamy In tieing mp
legislature for q whole session and pre-
venting an election. Turner wants to gain
fame. If not by success in seeking public
service. by having been the cause Of .
deadlock that could not be broken.
It reported, however, that some Of the
Turner members have become 20 hostile to
Allen and to tho Republican party in tho
contest that they are willing to vote for
Democrat, II the Democrats and Populists
This scheme could not win with
would be to wait until some day when 90
not in the plot had paired, that 50 to 40
votes would elect. and then execute the
coup d'etat. This proposition 10 in line
with one Nelson Bennett il reported to
have suggested in his own interest
that is to have the Democrats and Popu-
lists agree upon him a. their candidate;
then to have all the thirty-six representa-
tives Of those parties and the four Repub.
icans from Tacoma refrain from pairing
until the time came when by the absence
of other members forty votes would elect.
when Nelson could be run in. This
scheme is not regarded with respect
The usual Saturday exodus has left but
few members of any of the three houses IN
sight this evening and consequently
there il no practical effort to dis
turb the senatorial situation. A
good many members have gone away
to make official visits to various
institutions and others are in Portland to
consider the Columbia river tishing inter.
ests with the Oregon legislators. It is not
probable that there will be . full attend
auce in either branch Of tho legislature
until the end Of next week, il then, as the
committees to visit Eastern Washington
institutions will be gone several days.
The senate today had but bare quorum
and 1t il not at all improbable that there
may be days next week when, for lack
Of majority Of its members, the
senate will be unable to do busi-
ness. In the joint convention today
less than . quorum Of tho senate
voted, and the question raised by the
point Of order made by Mays that the bal.
lots were therefore not regular. - an inter.
esting one. The membership Of both
houses being liz. . majority Of the joint
convention 10 81, and consequently 81
members constitute quorum of the con-
vention. But that the quorum of the
convention must represent . quorum of
each house. that is to say, eighteen mem-
bers of the senate and forty of the house,
is evidently not tenable proposition, for
if so. the quorum of the convention would
be fifty-eight On the other hand il fifty
seven members, regardless Of the
proportion Of each house. constitutes q
Quorum, such . number could be in at
tendance, even If no senator at all was
present, in which case the convention
could hardly be considered . joint one.
Owing to the absence Of 80 many members
important legislation will not be pushed
until their return. The consideration of
several railroad measures has been FORM
ally deferred until the institution visitors
get back. It il therefore not probable
that any leading measures before the leg
islature will be enacted yet awhile. But
twenty-five working days remain for this
legislature before the expiration Of
its session on March or rather
early on the morning of March 10
aud much of its business must necessarily
be pressed through in a short period
Though but three or four bills were made
ready for transmission to the governor
this week, . good many have been re-
ported by committees ana the calendars Of
bills ready for confederation are now fairly
lengthy.
IN JOINT CONVENTION.
Fifty-ninth and stxtlsth Ballots with.
out Kssult-Ninsteen Pairs Announced.
OIYNPrA Feb. u-fSpecial But "a