The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-16
PROHIS WILL WAIT.
Delay to See What the Seven
Wise Men Will Do.
"cITIzENs" LOOKING FOR MEN.
The Wards Will Name Counciimen-
Latona Republicans Endorse Andrews
-Afro-American CIub-Mcetings.

The Prohibitionisss have decided to wait
| and see " hat the Citizens League wiii 90
| before putting a municipal ticket In the
| field. About 20 of the party assembled
/ in mass convention at o'clock yesterday
| afternoon in Olympic hall pursuant to
| call tor the purpose OF nominating
| city ticket. Rev. +. f. Dunlap was made
| chairman and \. A. Thompson secretary
| Rev. E b. Sutton thought from the size
| of the gathering there were severai non
| Prohibitionists present. and, at MS sug-
| cestion, the members of the party Hooked
| together in ward groups.
Before any business could be begun
| Everett Smith arose and made motion
| to adjourn until next Thursday, and made
| a speech tending TO show that 1t would De
| good policy for the party and wise action
| as citizens to await the result OF the nom
partisan movement.
| The proposition was strongly antago-
| nizei by ]. NJ. Rex and George Hodgdon,
| who were in favor of standing by the prin-
ciples of the party and putting ticket IN
| the field.
Rev. Clark Davis favored the PROPOSE
| ton and said that Prohibitionist5 should
not degenerate into hide-bound PARTISAN
ship.
J. w. Range said that the non-partisan
movement was dying out, and that before
election time it would be corpse.
g. s. Dudley said that Prohibition
ticket would not poll more than fifty or
severty-iive votes. and would rob the re-
form movement of just that much
strength.
J.. ID. Mcintyre favored postponement, as
the Citizens League would thereby be
strengthened, and it was good policy to
get the enemy divided into as many camps
as possible.
Rev. L. B. Sutton ridiculed the idea that
a party as old as the Prohibition party
should have to stand aside for one newly
born. He was for standing in the middle
of the road, and ifany indorsing was to be
done, let the municipal league indorse the
Prohibition ticket rather than the Prohi-
bitlonists indorse the comparisons.
g. A. Goddard thought that the present
emergency was net good time TO agitate
partisanship.
C. w. Tenney said that they might get
some Prohibitionists elected on the citi-
zens' ticket, but there was no chance on q
separate one.
George Parrott thought that the party
could make haste by going slowly.
Christ Carlson wanted To see city cam
paign with all the good people united on
one side and all the bad people divided
into three separate camps.
The question was then put and carried
by n small majority.
In case the action of the seven wise men
should not be considered acceptable. at the
meeting next Thursday full ticket will
be nominated. Those mentioned as likely
to head the ticket are Rev. Z. L. Dunlap.
Col. J. d. Mcintyre, Rev, Clark Davis and
Judge Roger S. Greene.
At mass meeting of the colored people
of the city last evening in the municipal
court room the Afro American Protective
League was organized with seventy-one
members 1t was at first intended To call
the organization the Afro American Inde-
pendent Club, but in an effort to make it
as non-partisan as possible politics was
left out of the name. I. G. Collins acted
as temporary chairman, but was sue
ceeded by j. A. Coleman. the ex-dog-
catcher. III. Ray was elected vice-presi-
dent. Will Maeks. secretary, and s. ID.
Jones' treasurer.
c. A. Rideout, the colored attorney, IN
speech jumped on the Republicans and
SAID that E. f. Mackiell was no good"
while he lived in Arkansas; that his record
was bad. Mackien vigorously denied the
impeachment, and declared Rideout's
claira TO have been member of the legis-
lature in Arkansas was untrue
DIR. Samuel Burdette made a hot speech,
in which he roasted Rideout and the Dem
ocratic party. Coleman, who apparently
forgets that tho Democratic party APP
pointed him dog-catcher only to take the
Office away from him. compelled Burdette
to sit down. A. A. Garner followed next,
and got into hot dispute with DIR. Bur-
| dette. The chairman avoided bloodshed
by declaring:
''This meeting now adjourns sine die.
to meet again next Thursday night in the
same place!'
The seven wise men composing the nom-
mating committee of the Citizens Munich
pal League have not vet completed their
work OF making ticket for the campaign,
but they have made enough progress to
make it certain that on Saturday evening
they will be able to make a report. At
trst il was their intention to nominate
the aldermen snd delegates from the vari-
Gus wards, but they will now let the dele
CATION from each ward make those nomi-
nations. This has very much relieved
them in their work. and they are now de-
voting their entire time to hunting for
men who will consent TO run upon their
ticket
The Republicans of Latona and Brook
lyn, constituting the Fourth precinct OF
the Ninth ward. held caucus last night
and nominated Henry Cowan. c. E. Hor-
ton and J. +. Bell as candidates for dele
gates 10 the Republican city convention.
J. II. Wooding. J. L. Williamson and Z.
l. Bolton were elAetei as alte-nates