The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-16
WALLACE-GRIG FIGHT.
Tacoma's Leaders OF Democratic Fac.
tions Struggling for Supremacy.


Tacoma's Leaders OF Democratic Fac.
tions Struggling for Supremacy.
TACOMA, Jan. 15.-fSpecial. l-Ti,licums
are perched on the top rail of every polit-
lcal fence in Pierce county today. At
heart they hope Chief Wallace will scalp
Col. Griges. Instinctively they are accept
ing one of Steve Judson's Heads I win,
tails you lose' roles. If Col. Griggs ham
dies the patronage the Tiilicums will be
ready to receive his offerings with clean
hands. Ii Chief Wallace nabs his oppo-
nent's scalp lock, they will embrace the
victor.
Such Is the tacit, but not avowed, under
standing. Even should Col. Griggs get all
the honors. Steve Judson will suffer the
penalty of disappointment as to the United
States marshalship, for his Heads win,
tails you lose" sarcasm. So say the Till
Gums. Besides they Will send on word to
the great chief. Cleveland. at Washington
City. and 'show up' Col. Griggs in his
true light. They propose to nalk him,
even if he does get Hugh Wallace's scalp.
by insisting that the Federal patronage
squabbles of the state of Washington must
be left to the Democratic state committee
courier, has no standing with that organ
iZation."
OF course. the Wallace men believe he
could bag more favors for Washington
should he be given senatorial honors, than
could Col. Griggs. Col. Griggs' friends
repeat the same argument. Each says the
other faction has no standing with the
administration-to-be. and both claim to
stand closer than brother to Cleveland.
dialogue between the factions assumes
thi5shape:
Griggs iaction-Col. Griggs has business in
terests in seventeen states.
Wallace faction-He has a string of states on
the Northern Pacific railroad, aud that is all.
Griggs faction-,Griggs has sat in three con-
veations with Grover Cleveland. and is a friend
Of the president-eect. and of William G. Whit
ney and of all prominent Democrats of national
reputation. He has influence.
Wallace faction-Co.. Griggs' only interest in
Cleveland is d letter which he exhibits IRON
one Stetson, who was at one time "A law partner
OF Cleveiard's. Stetsons interest in the colonel
is purely commercial. He owns 100 shares in
the st Paul Tacoma Lumber Company. Dur
ing the national committeemen's fight at Chi
cago. William C. Whitney himself settled the
contest by saying, Gentlemen, the proper man
to name is Hugh C. Wallace and Wallace was
named. Wallace aud not Griggs has tie iuflu-
ence.
Col. Griggs' faction credit Wallace with
one thing, at least. They say that he has
a genius for getting himself on the silvery
side of all things he does or talks of doing
into the best spaces in the newspapers.
President Malone. of the Tillicuns, is
disgusted with the personnel Of the legisla-
ture. 1t doesn't suit him at all, and he
says some~ hard things about it. All the
support Wallace got. it Is said was
brought to him through the retutation of
the work of Judge Van Fossen. Others
are expected To break away from the
'cheap liars" and the ''barrel' before
vote is taken for the senatorial SHADOW"
honors.
What is termed "oheap liars" and
dubbed az such, seem to be behind every
tree on both sides of the fence. Behind
some trees they are two and three deep,
and all OF them are going over to Olympia
this week, too.
Wallace's cronies have new PROPOSE
ton. They say Wallace can secure the
general land office mmissIonership at
Washington City for Washington state
man. This they say is what the state
most needs. Wallace, they say, does not
want that honor, but he can. if given the
United States senatorial shadow" hon
ors, secure it beyond doubt.
Wallace, himself, it is officially an
nounced. or officially affected. has bigger
game than the general land office in sight.
After publishing Col. Griggs' autobiog-
raphy in the obituary column, where the
'sick and dead" notices are published. the
Ledger today adds:
The Nelrs says-AlSol. GriGgs would make a
very res pectsble United states senator" This
Is almost as enthusiastic a. the New York
SUMS famous Endorsement of Hancock: Gle is