The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-19
Candidates Who Will Be Urged
Sub Rosa on Cleveland.
FAcTloNAL WAR IN PROSPECT.
The Committeeman Are After the
Fat Offices Themselves.
Yielded to tho Clamor OF Party Nom
bers, but Will Seen to Establish .
Political Patronage Controlling Ring
Strictly on the Quiet.

TACOMA. March 1s-rSpecial. The
slate was and the slate is:
Collector. .....J. {. SAUNDERS. Port Townsend
L. :. Marshal. -..... Nj. ]. MALONEY. Whstcom
...'-'-.....H. - j. sNIvELY. North Yakim.
Surveyor geueral-.-..-C. H. WARNER, Coltax
Only Cleveland can smash it. And
Cleveland will be given plenty of good
cause for so doing.
Beginning with Thursday midnight, a.
announced in the Posr-INTELLIGENcER on
Friday, the state Democratic central COM
mittee weakened and weakened until to-
day, when it resolved not to indorse.
Starting with slate, and q total of
twenty-three out of thirtv-four committee
men in favor of indorsing the slate, the
committee petered and petered, until the
swarms of place seekers forced it to the
wall. Still the ghost of the machine that
was to be has not gone up. The fight will
90 on. The scene will shift from WASH
ington state to Washington City. 1t will
be every man for himself and. as has been
said before, .let the devil take the hinder
most"
In place of the committees Endorsement
the slate will have the Endorsement of the
president and secretary of the state organ
zation. Only one man will be indorsed
py these two officers of the committee. and
such ndorsement will be q notice to Dan
Lamont and President Cleveland that the
state committee desires this or that man
appointed. Of course matters will be
badly mixed. What will be the result
only time can tell. OF two things hap
pening there is a certainty, viz:
~
will, ii possible, be pitched into political limbo.
and they will be taught . lesson by the state
committee, and the object OF that lesson will be
TO inspire rever ence for the state organization
and the value OF machine
On the other hand, the apti-machino men
will 60 on to Warrington City and lay before
Mr.. Lamont and President Cleveland the con-
mutual admiration" society, which convened
a, Tacoma with its pockets stuffed with petit
tions for appointing itself to once or the ap-
poiotmeut OF its boon friends.
And the qestion, as it has been in the
past. will be:
Are Hugh Wallace, J. J. Malone, president of
the local Tsmmauy-ths Tiilicum Club: Chair
man Drum, of the state committee, through
whom much 10 accomplished, and Charles de
France, secretary, going to control the patron
age, or il that other wing Of Democracy, with
Col chauncey ". Crigek in shs lead, going TO
do il?
Opposing Saunders will be several prom
inent Democrats with A No. backing.
Saunders has Wallace, Louis X. Church
and John Collins on his petition. and Tib-
bals. as representing the opposition, has
ex-Congressman Charles Vorhees and
others supporting him. Dick Hutchinson,
for marshal. has the state committee in
dividually at his back, while Steve JUDI
son will start off with Col. Griggs, the
Democratic caucus nominee for United
States senator. and the bulk of the state
legislature in his pocket. Sharpstein will
have majority of the state committee.
while Snively will no doubt have the sig
nature of President Drum and Secretary
De France.
Under such circumstances can anybody
conjecture who will win?
Those who have the state committees
personal Endorsement think they are win
ners; those who have not such indorse-
ment say:
D. the state committee. Its indorsement
is not worth . suap OF the fuger. When Clevs-
land understands the situation il will be q detri-
meut rather than an assistance to be indorsed
by il.
Without going into details, it is proba-
bly, safe to say that two-thirds Of the state
committee wants to get into office itself.
and has circulated petitions to that effect,
while in ali four-hiths of it either wants
office or stand personally pledged to boost
somebody else into place. Later on the
names of committeeman as office seekers
can be given. but in Jumping off the com.
mittee the above is a correct estimate.
While both Snively and Sharpstein held
proxies and were present at the committee
meetings. the burden OF comment for such
indellcacy was thrown upon the former
He vas censured for being present. as the
committee was to consider MS and other
Endorsements. This censure came mostly
from those who feared he was to be taken
care of by the state organization. At
the same time little was said about
Sharpstein's presence. Inasmuch as
Sharpstein held proxy. Snively de-
sired TO hold one also. in order,
his friends say, 10 see that his
rival did not coquette with the committee
in his absence. Snively held sam Vim
cents proxy, while sam was in the city
and could have been present if he wished
to. sam is slated for Maloney'. deputy.
II
lowed to hold proxy under the circum-
stances. but it Was averted. Sharpstein
held proxies of ont Of town delegates. and
II he had not been present SniveIy would
also have stayed away. >nively seems
satisfied and confident. although the rival
Griggs faction say he is the weakest man
OH the WalacsDrum-M NJ alone slate.
That Sniveiy Is weak, IL j. said was
shown when Steve o Brien introduced a
resolution into state committee today for
the Endorsement OF United States district
attorney, marshal. surveyor and collector.
Steve. i. is said - II be deputy United
States attorney II the state is not broken.
His resolution met with storm OF disap-
provsl, and charpste n threaten ed TO With
draw from the committee if IT Wa.
adopted. Now, IL Is held that if Sniyeiy
was sure OF being indorsed, q Brien's reso-
luton would have been brought TO vote.
As i; was, after many committeeman had
explained that they had come here intend.
ing TO indorse, but finding the situation As
explained in today's Posr-IsTELLTsgNcER
with committeeman already dovetaiiesi
together by personal lndorsernent and
combines, they had decided 10 onnose the
Endorsement, he was permitted 10 with.
draw MS resolution, prov ded tina, no
other resolutions touching on indorsenen,
were introduced.
While on the face of IL lt seems ,ha, the
seidshness of committeeman in seeking
positions had proved fatal 10 carrying eu,
the machine Endorsement p.an, sIill the