The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-21
A DEMOCRAT OF nerve
Hutchinson Refuses to Obey
Corporation Dictation.
he IS FIGHTING RAILROADS
A Candid Explanation of His Course
in BOlting Griggs.

Another Scheme Of Anti-Allen Men
saries Are Badly Ratified BY the
Temper Of Legislators.
no Democrat followed Senator Hutchin-
son when he stepped out of the Griggs
ranks today, number would have been
delighted to do so, but for fear that they
would injure their political standing by
bolting tie action Of their caucus. An ef-
fort is being made to make it ap-
pear that Hutchinson was influenced
by his aspirations for Federal Office to
take the course he did today, but to
thus account for the change does him an
injustice. The fact is that he took the
step after having been vigorously told that
1t wonld be injurious to his chances for an
appointment. The real reason for Hutch
inson's action is found in his strong hos
tility to the Northern Pacific company.
He was originally opposed to Griggs. pre-
ferring James Hamilton Lewis or Louis
4. Church, and since the nomination Of
the Tacoma capitalist he has chafed under
the caucus rule that required him to vote
for Griggs, whom he very properly re-
CARDS IS in league with the Northern Pa
cific.
Hutchinson came here for tho especial
purpose Of opposing the company. To be
tied up to a candidate who is railroad IA
vorite became intolerable to him and he
therefore burst his bonds. He may
have physically trembled today while
using defiant language. but it is
plain that he has more moral
courage than the twelve or fifteen
other Democrats who talk against
Griggs. but vote for him. and who might
in caucus, if they had the nerve, over
throw the Tacoma Northern Pacific
Griggs-Judson combination that they con-
denim. Even Mays, who INDUCED IN a
fling at his departing brother today, has
not been noted for his devotion to the
Democratic nominee. The ..rebuke from
Garfield" has been fertile in inventing plans
to break the deadlock, which were not de-
vised for the benefit of Griggs, and yet he
was the first to cast stone at ''Hutch."
The latter will not limit his vote to
Browne. but will compliment other prom.
inent Democrats, and the time may come
in the balloting when he will feel it to be
his duty, in order to defeat the Northern
Pacific schemes. to vote for Senator Allen.
Judge Turner. whose journey to Spo-
kane was heraided rs having been taken
in obedience to beseeching appeal from
his CITY to save it from reduced freight
rate schedule. returned 10 day. It il de-
clared by people familiar with the situa-
tion at Spokane, that the trip was
for theatrical display and to make
it appear that he is the only foe the rail-
road companies now have to deal with.
This knight, who was described as having
gone forth to fight railroad corporations.
is back thus early assisting in promoting
Northern Pacific plans.
1t becomes every day more apparent
that the Northern Pacific desires to keep
up the deadlock until it is prepared to ex-
ecute such a movement as it carried to
success today in North Dakota. where the
company's influence elected Democrat to
the senate, though the legislature of that
state has a Republican majority of thir-
teen. It would like to work the same
scheme here in the interest of Griggs,
or some other man who would be equally
serviceable to it. be he either Democrat or
Republican. The deadlock assists it in
forming its plans. and by promoting the
deadlock Turner is playing into the hands
of the servants, agents and employees" of
the corporation. Its plain purpose is
to delay an election, in the hope
that by hidden manipulation it can
concentrate tho Turnerites. Populists and
Democrats on some man who will be
friendly to railroad interests. The scheme
is q bold one. but though it has worked to
the company's advantage in North Da-
kota, it will fail here. An attempt in the
joint convention to effect the proposed
combination would result in the election
of Allen, with several votes to
spare. Moreover. any material change in
the plan of the campaign of the anti
Allen forces would release enough men,
bers now voting for other candidates to
elect Allen at once. hence the prediction
stands good that if John B. Allen is not
elected by this Legislature, no one will be-
1t is likely that ono of the schemes of
the anti-Allen combination will not be al
lowed to work much longer. This is the
pairing scheme. The proposal that pairs
should be allowed was introduced by Tull,
ofSpokane. 1.-THE original Turner man" The
proposal was adopted because it seemed to
be SIMPLY for the convenience of everyone.
After awhile it began to be noted that
every pair included an Allen man. Later
still it leaked out that it was the
caucus rule Of Turnerites, Populists and
Democrats that they should all pair
with supporters Of Alien. The reason for
this was plain, for If six Turner men and
six Griggs men should pair. for instance,
the vote Of the joint convention would be
reduced to l00 in which case Aliens 81
votes would elect him. Such too, would
be the result in case of pairs between the
Democrats and Populists, or the latter and
the Turner men. which reduced the
total vote below 101. Naturally a Demo-
crat could pair with . Turnerte. but the
combination FORBADE this to be done. The
result has been heretofore that whenever a
Turner man or Democrat wanted TO 20
home, he simply sought and obtained an
Allen pair. leaving the Allen man here
unable to vote while the other was away.
Under these circumstances it will readily
be seen that it will make no difference TO
an Allen man whether he is paired or not.
but it makes great difference to the
other parties. Today. for example, there
were out of the total pairs no less
than six pairs made for the convenience
of their opponents by the Alien men who
were here, their pairs being absent. If
these six Allen men had refused to pair
with the men who were absent. and
who were forced to be absent,