The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-01
Turner Looking for a Chance
to Transfer His Votes.
TO A SWIFT DARK HORSE.
The Judge" Sees He Cannot Win.
and Only Hopes to Beat Allen.
No Likelihood OF . Change To-day
Rival Spokane Editors Poisoning the
'Judge's" Mind - Two More Bills
Ready for the Governors Signature.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 3l.-TSpecial. THE little
caoal that has assumed the management
of the members of the legislature who have
been voting for Turner has been working
a new scheme during the past twenty
four hours. The men who compose this
inside Turner circle concluded that
as the Allen people would not listen to q
proposition to compromise on third man
they would go into the dark horse busi-
ness independently. They selected for
their purpose candidate from their COM
bination, Senator Richards. 1t was rea-
soned that by bringing him out the four
Whatcom members, who are Allen men,
could be induced to make break in the
Allen ranks, and that this would be likely
to demoralize the majority and cause a
stampede. Turner promised to de-
liver all his followers over
to Richards. and for a time the
scheme had a rosy color for the
plotters. But it was discovered that Rich
ards could not win over the Whatcom
Allen men to the support of any such
transparent enterprise, and the plan
fell through today. But even if
the trick had been attempted in
the joint convention 1t would
have been . failure, for the reason
that it is beyond Turner's power to de-
liver his supporters to anybody. He and
those who are admitted into close COM
muniOn with him may think he can, ~
if they do they are making errors in calcu-
lation. The truth is that the minority
principle has been carried to an extreme
in this Turner business. and the scheme
of minority of the Turner minority to
deliver the other Turner voters to Rich
ards is one Of the illustrations of it.
The members upon whom Turner de-
pends to control his forces are Richards.
Claypool, VanHouten, Sherman and Nc
MILAN. Most of his other supporters he
regards as only valuable as voters. He is
afraid to confide in some of the Spokane
members. though he feels that he owns
them all sufficiently to hand them over to
any one be may name. But an attempt
to dispose of his strength solidly to sue
cessor would show that even his home
delegation has independent men in it.
Turner's head must have been turned by
his success in keeping up the
deadlock, or he would not be-
lieve that he owns many of his
supporters. Few of them are like Sher-
man, who has been so carried away by the
excitement of the contest that he declares
that even if Turner should die he would
keep on voting for him.
An amusing comedy is being played
here. in which Durham, of the Spokane
Repiew. and Johnson. of the Spokesman, are
the stars. Each wants monopoly of the
credit, such as it is, for the
Turner boom, and each advises
Trr hat ia fn ho
trusted. Durham insists that the support
of the Spokesman is injuring Turner, while
Johnson says it would help the anti-Allen
cause if the Reeiew would begin abus-
ing Turner again. The play is funnier
than any of the proceedings of the
third house, which held another session
in the Olympia rotunda tonight. with
Speaker O'Donnell presiding, and listened
to reports of the deadlock and other COM
mittee and remarks by Visscher, Laugh
ton. Mays. Judson, Rinehart, Sallee, Sem
pie. Hawkins and others.
The Turnerites again held a caucus to-
night and agreed to stand together for
another day, so it is not probable that
there will be any change in the
balloting tomorrow. After each of
these caucuses the Turner leaders
give out the bluff that it was voted to
''stand pat" to the end Of the session, but
nevertheless it is necessary TO renew the
pledge almost nightly.
Representative Michael Anderson, of
Vhatcom, is in receipt OF many letters
from his constituents approving of his
course in voting for Allen. Following is q
sample of those received today:
stand by Allen till the last cock crows. Never
allow Bennett disorganizer to beat you. The
majority must rule or We will go under. Allen
is undoubtedly the choice of a majority of the
Republicans of the state. stand by him. He
has had experience and Is able to contend with