The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-09
HooLE's FRIENDS cosF'oeNr.
The POpulist Vote Cannot Ka Manipu.
lated By the Turner Faction.
e. ~. Barton, Antf.AIlen Snxypathixer
Retfres From the Contest aor senate
Secretary and Allen WSr Has a
Clear Field.

Sabbath day. The contest Tor tsle chair of
the house was all day the one great SUBJ
Ject of discussion, and when night fell the
political atmosphere was not Kaore clear
than vas the fog-pervaded air glat envel-
oped the Hotel Olympia, whers a restless
throns continuously crowded t.e rotunda
and In shifting groups planned asid smoked
and guessed. Both houses we-e4airly well
represented at the church services of the
city, and some of the legislator rode out
TO Iuinwater to view the falls, tsle roar of
which was a reminder Of the vecal noiss
they had escaped from.
The question as 10 whethesr or not a
house Republican caucus wot.jd be held
was uppermost i'll the days discussions.
The work of securing signatuses TO the
CAL for caucus, first circulated last
night, was continued, it bejn@necessary
to have majority of the memsars of the
house attend the meeting il ord5r to make
It worth holding. With one Wacancv in
the Pierce county delegation, tlirty-nine
members constitute a majoriry Of the
house. The Mentzer men gelseraIly re-
fused to sign the call, though they in
sisted that their candiaate Fad twen-
ty-tive Republican votes. or : half the
was, of course. en- 5exaggera-
ton, but the MentZer managers syere able
all day to prevent the increase of the
number OF signatures to the nee .a1 thirty
nine. The Peoples party votes were per-
slstenty claimed tor Mentzer b- his lieu
tenants. and these, it was said wizh his Re-
publican votes would elect hing if a eau
Gus was not held. The absurdisy of this
claim was apparent on its face .:as thirty-
nine votes will be needed to:e to-
morrow. Even if Mentzner= should
get the eight PopuIists se would
still require the support .f thirty
one Republicans. The latter r.umber is
SIX more than he needs to secure a nomi-
nation in Republican caucus: But in
addition to the fact that he has not enough
Republican votes TO secure a Caucus NOM
ination. it is certain that he has no such
Populist strength as is claimed. The Spo-
kane people may induce Collin, the Pop
u!ist from that county, tGyote .or Ment-
ger, but even that is doubtful. e'he seven
Others cannot be delivered as proposed.
Representative Scott. OF Kitsaso, one of
the PopuIists. said tonight that tz,e report.
so far as he had any knowledge was ut
terly unfounded. He declared THAT the
Peoples party men were not heGa to vote
for any Republican. The only ft= sion that
would commend itself 10 him wo,zld be one
that would elect a Peoples party man
speaker. Representative Burtois. of Sno-
homish, who was present during =he inter-
view, Endorsed Mr.. Scott's view on the
subject. The Peoples party men-yill hold
meeting in the morning to agrse upon a
line of action, and will doubtless name
one OF their own number as a carsidate.
call for senate Republican Saucus to
be held In the Olympia hotel at e O'Clock
tomorrow morning, for the pl:rpose of
nominating candidates for sena1e offices.
has been issued. All but three o. the Re-
publican senators have signed:the call.
The three are Cooper, of ChehaIs- who has
not yet arrived; CIaypoo, of Pi5rce, and
BeIknap, of Spokane, to whom tha call has
not yet been presented. No opposition has
been raised 10 the senate caucus
c. VI. Barton retired this evening from
the contest for secretary of the Snate on
the ground of i'll health. This leazes Allen
Weir as the only candidate for tie place.
as I. H. Cavanaugh says he is nos seek ns
it. 1t is thought a new candidate will ap-
pear before the caucus is held.
Lieut.. Gov. Laughton arrived ttziay and
will call the senate to order atnoon to-
morrow, as he will he that body presld-
ing officer until Lieut.. Gov. :Luce is
sworn in.
The possibility ola deadlock ovtsr the or
ganization of the house has ca,lsd atten-
ton TO the weakness of the prov:sion of
the constitution requiring the ca.lvass of
the vote for state officers TO be :nade by
-. 8
of the struggle over the spez kership
would delay indefinitely the indls,tion OF
the new state officers.
Gov.-elec McGraw and a numbecr of SEN
ators and representatives attercied st.
Johns Episcopal church this corning,
where Gov. Ferry conducted the service
impressively, and read one of Phillips
Brooks sermons from the text. .'sThatso-
ever man soweth that shall he a :, reap"
Senator kinnear was conspic@ous fi--
ure about the Olympia today, End his
pledge 10 bis constituents 10 act il: accord
ance with their wishes was sl5Diect OF
frequent favorable comment.
A motion will be made in the House to-
morrow to seat Gaskeil, the Re%ub!ican
candidate in the Thirty-third d 5rct, in
which at the November election a5tie was
declared The purpose OF the MOTION Is
TO ignore the election held on Ssturday
last.
Nearly all of the senators and reSresent-
atives have selected seats in their respect-
i've halls. The pan Of drawing f9r seats
has not suggested Itself, but ths choice
has proceeded upon the principaEof first
come hrst served. No conflict has arisen
over this method except in the @ases OF
Hoole and MentZer, who are hav ..lg con-
siderable trouble over particularly de-
sirabie chair.
Ex-Gov. Church and John Colizsls were
added 10 the number of Democra9c not
ables tonight. The Democrats OF Sne SEN
ate and house will hold another Caucus to-
morrow morning - discuss ma:ters of
party policy. 1t is announced t.at the
Democrats ftom Pierce will not XIV: Huga
Wallace any votes for the senatocs5 -. but
will support Col. Griggs. Ex-Gov. "5emp.e
has been urging delay in the selection OF a
Democratic senatorial candidate, A5d ask
ing Democrats not 10 commit theilzseiyes.
The presidential electors Wi. 5Ieel az
noon tomorrow in the governors e*fice 10
cast their votes for president. & ectors
Calhoun and Navarro are candidztes ior
messenger to carry the vote to Wishing
ton City. and the Indications are ts1At Dr.