The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-07
Enemies Unable to Throw Him
in Sent0rial Wrestle.
HIS PARTlsANs SOLID roA MAN.
No Caucus Necessary to Bind Them to
Faithful Adherence.
Mestly Go 70 McCroskey-The Ander-
son Railroad Bnl-Revenus and
Astrspelitan Police Bills Debates.

OLYMPIA. March 6-lSpecial. EThs proposed
caucus was not held this evening It was not
necessary. The purpose Of the Alien men did
not require the agency of q meeting to make it.
self manifest Even those who doubted at
the last caucus no longer question the
expediency Of voting for Senator Allen. The
determination Of all OF his supporters to stand
by ohim until the hour of final adjournment
comes, II necessary, was 90 apparent
today that tho intention to hold an
other conference in accordance with the
vote taken at last weeks caucus, was abandoned
BY general consent The Allen men outside OF
King county are so iuvincibly committed to
the support OF ths party nominee and
have 80 enthusiastically pledged each
other to stand together, that even If the
King county delegation should break the defcc-
uon from Allen could do no dark horse any
good. But the me,ubers f:om King will not
break. They will present solid front against
the foo of their county until the contest
closes with the election OF Allen or the
adjournment Of the legislature Allen will
therefore have. a. has been claimed for weeks,
as least dfty-one votes on the last ballot. He
will. consequently. a. has also been from time
to time predicted in these dispatches.
Do elected or one will be at this
session 1t remains now for the minority Re-
publican members to say whether the legisla-
ture shall elect or whether, by continued mex
cusable revolt against the party will. choice is
to be prevented.
State Flower Fairweather, who has returned
and has taken charge Of the anti ALLEN cam
paign, relieving John Holderman, a Spo-
kane supporter of Turner, who has
been In command for several days.
makes another "blind" caucus suggestion
that the seventy-four Republican members
meet and continue to vote until some candidate
receives ffty-seven votes. The Allen men will
not accept the proposition and the Turner men
are not all agreed in its favor.
What was probably the last Democratic eau
Gus OF the session was held tonight after the
house adjourned. Sixteen members were In At
tenance They quickly decided not to At
tempt to take any hand a. body in the dis
tribution of Federal patronage. bat the
senatorial question was taken up and the result
all absolved from further allegiance to Griggs.
that is, except . few who refuse to bs
absolved. Four of the Pierce county men,
Anderson, Campbell, Foss and Leo, are expected
to continue voting for Griggs. Mays will also
vote for the Tacoma man. The others. iuclud.
ing Judson, will support Senator McCroskey to-
morrow. After this they will follow the
lead OF Cowan, who 10 the first Demo
crat, except Anderson OF Pierce, who Is
named on the senatorial roll cali 1t Il prob
able that on Wednesday the complimentary
vote will be given to Senator Shaw. Democrats
like Hutchinson and McNauus, who left Griggs
some time ago. and especially McManus. who
has been voting for AcCroskey. are elatsd
over the action of the caucus, which they re-
gard IN indorsemsnt OF their course Mays.
however. says that those who are leav-
ing Griggs arc making . grave mis-
take, and the Garfield expounder OF
the constitution confidently asserts that "those
who vote for Griggs to the end will b rocog-
nized, sir, the loyal Democrats OF the state By
the national administration" Mays 10 un-
doubtedly greatly shocked by the way
In which his rivals Tor the United
States marshalship, McManus, Hutchinson and
Judson, are cutting their political throata
There was not suggestion In the caucus that
it might be wise to try to break the
deadlock by voting for . Republican,
and several of the Democratic members declared
after 1t adjourned that none OF their number
would vote for any one but . Democrat And
yet stranger things have happened in politics
than the voting Of several Democrats for John
B. Allen.
Great interest IL felt in the result of the vote
on the Anderson railroad bill, which il to be
considered a. q special order tomorrow
Those favoring . scaling down of the proposed
reductions from Is to Is per cent. a. rec
commended in The majority report of the railroad
committee. and asked for BY the railroad COM
pantes. claim to be confident that the amend
ment will be made. The champions
OF the bill have not lost hope.
however, and will make . valiant fight
Speaker Arrasmith, Representative Anderson
and Senator McCrosksy, who are taking deep
interest in the measure, declare that they will
accept no compromise - the rate fixed
by the bill 10 mono too low.
If the senate amend the bill in accordance with
the recommendation ON the majority report Of
the committee, the house will refuse to concur
In the amendment aud the bill will 60 to con-
ference, and the outcome will be uncertain.