The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-14
Groomers Of Dark Horses at
Olympia Are Stumped.
THE SWIFT srEEos ARE. WARY.
And the Seductive Salt of Promise
Has Lost Its Pungency.
Moe Too Moore, Charley Laughton, NJ.
c. Sullivan and the Rest OF That Ilk
ConnIving in Fruitless Effort to
Down John b. Allen.

OLYMPIA, Feb. 13.-[Special Mot Q sim
gle dark-horse prediction of the ami Allen
false prophets was verified today, and to-
morrow these brazen inventors of cock
and-buil stories of coming breaks in the
Allen ranks will meet the same union
ored fate. The stable boys sent out by the
disorganizers into the dark horse pasture
have offered tempting dishes of
salt to the steeds grazing there,
but SO far they have been unable to get q
halter on more than couple of these rep
resentatives of the political equine race
Even the horses that were caught have
been turned loose, as no one could be in-
duced to back them for entry in the sena-
torial race. Notwithstanding the utter
failure of the scheme TO divide the Allen
men. by urging the nomination of local
favorites, the managers of the bureau for
the dissemination of incorrec: informa-
tion, conducted in the Turner head
quarters. have had the effrontery to send
out. for publication in the papers TO which
their canards are welcome, statements
that certain representatives. whose names
were given. were about to leave Alien for
new men. These recent announcements
stated that the first break in the
Allen line would be made TODAY.
but it presented solid front. Again,
tonight, the enemies of Senator
Allen are predicting that tomorrow
he will surely lose votes, and again the
names OF the men who it is claimed will
leave him are given. Conversations had
with the members who are reported to be
ready to 60 to the support Of local candi-
dates enable the Posi- sr-INrELLrGENcER cor
respondent to state that the predictions
are all false.
From the time when the anti.Allen
plotters commenced to work the dark
horse dodge by attempting to win over the
four Allen men from Whatcom county to
that jet PAGER. Senator Richards. down
to their fruitless search tonight for
man who is willing to enter the
contest and can secure votes, their schemes
have met with disaster. The story is re-
peated tonight that Judge Humes will be
nominated tomorrow, and it is claimed
that he will get at least one vote, that of
Senator Brown Of Knsap. The statement
as to Mr.. Browns intentions 10 a fabrica-
tion. The scheme worked in the attempt to
influence him illustrates the present poll
icy OF the wreckers. Blanks containing a
petition to Senator Reoyn to help. break
the deadlock by voting for any good
third man was sent to Island
county. which is in Browns dis
trict. and signatures were secured on
the plea that Allen could not win and q
compromise candidate was tine only hope
of the party. After he received the petit
tions. the signatures to which were OBJ
tanned by false pretenses, it was
suggested to Senator Brown that
he ought to support Judge Humes.
That is the whole foundation for the story
that Brown will abandon Allen tomorrow.
He has from the beginning been earnestly
reputation as a stalwart in the fight for
the maintenance of majority rule.
A desire to break up the strength of
Allen in Southwestern Washington was
the cause OF the plan to put Henry Long
forward as candidate. He has been
asked to believe that he can be elected, and
industrious work has been done in Lewis
county to cause him to become a
candidate. An Olympian named Lane
was sent from here to organize q petition
campaign in the principal precincts of
Lewis county, and petitions have been cir
culated in them asking the representa-
tives from that county to vote for
Long. The people have been told
that he can win if he becomes
a candidate. and his friends have.
as matter Of course. signed the petition
for O local favorite. But they have been
misled as to the situation here. for it Is
certain that even if the Lewis county
members should feel constrained to pre-
sent his name he could not get
any other Allen votes. The bold
statement has been made by the anti-Allen
conspirators who want to make use of
Henry Longs name without the least in
tention of doing him any service, that
Brock of COwlitz and Bush OF Pacific
would vote for him. Both of these gentle
men have been absent for several days at
Portland, consulting with some Ore
gon Legislators in relation to
the protection Of the Columbia river
fisheries. and on their return TODAY
were indignant over the uuWarranted use
that has been made of their names, and
they openly declare their intention to
stand by Senator Allen unialteringly.
Senator Horr, of Thurston; Representa-
tives Mckenzie, of Thurston and karr. of
Chehalis, have also been SPOKEN of as
likely to vote for Long, but ali three are
unwavering in their presen: position as
supporters of the regular Republican
nominee. Representative Pierce, OF Lewis.
appreciates at its true worth the motive
that has inspired the enemies of Alien 10
suggest Long. He said tonight: Henry
Long is too good man to he slaughtered.
His name will not be presented tomorrow,
and will not be AT ail unless he Is assured
OF enough votes Ia justify il"
Representative Tucker, of San Juan.
who is grooming }. :. McMllin. OF his
county, for the race, was asked tonight
how much truth there was in the report
None at all" he replied in his
characteristicaliy straightforward man.
ner. The leaders OF the Turnerites.
who are known by that name for
convenience, though Turner has nracti.
caliy withdrawn, have been making siren
nous attempts 10 get a number of Lower
Sound Alien men 10 bring out McMillin.
but without success. The J. ". Hill
boom has also collapsed. Hill IS q citi-
zen of Pullman. who was thought
by some of his friends 10 be an
available third man. and II was
supposed by them that his candidacy Was
lust the kew tina. would al. the deadlock.
To start him IL was necessary that he
should have The votes OF the Republican
members from his county. Speaker ARA
smith ami Anderson. Bat these represen-
ta;lves refused 10 he syeryed from their