The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-25
ELECT OF THE PARTY.
Democrats Chose Delegates to
Their Convention.
LIVELY SCENES IN The FIRST.
Statesman Considins aud Ha Heeisrs
Euis the Roost-0atss Time Ia
All the Other waras.


las. evening ia the eld-fsshioned way,
free from the trssnmeis OF the primary
election las, and they hardly maintained
the reputation Of the party for MAKING
things Interesting for the iookers-on, fof
aside from the FIRST ward they were very
quiet and therefore dull Statesman Con-
ssdine proved his title 20 BE called boss oy
running things 20 snif himself Ia the FIRST,
despite the violent protests OF bis orpo-
nents. led by William McArdle and
Jack Dsalton. Sill there was only
one fight aud nothing vas broken
but the command not to take tae
name Of the Deity IN vain. In the other
wards things vent all one way. with an
occasional local fight 10 ilvsn things np.
With the primaries talk about candi-
dates for mayor began 10 grow more aeti-
mite. and opinion seemed divided among
d. r. Durie. c. w. Tgrns. and J. d.
Wolfe. the Fnarsyred innocent. for mayor.
VOTES home delegation was instructor
for him, but the majority OF the delegates
appear 20 have been left antronoied Win
pledges, with their votes 81 the dssposai
OF Iohn Collins machine
The bloody" First has maintained It's
reputation for Democratic frauds IN the
manipulation OF ila primaries, and as tho
result Of gross ontrages the John Collins
Coussdine ticket carried the ward By vote
OF ri out Of q total of 3i3. Contemplate
methods were resorted 10 in order TO
crowd away the anti-Collins voters, who
ontuGmbered the Considins crowd four 10
one. and besides that the more serious
charge Of bailo.-box stuffing ~ made
against those having the boz In thcsy care.
Considine was accused Of having his own
men ia she box. who gere said 10 have
managed the affair to snit him. The
Judges were A. q. Lane aud ]. j. Clark,
white Nelson was the clerk.
This IL the last primary I'll ever at
tend" said John Considine, wiping his
political brow At the close OF the count in
his ward al IL O'Clock last evening. "since
She PosT-ISrKIIfsEScKR has elevated me
20 the dignity Of being the originator of
the Citizens League. / feel thas | have
risen in the scale OF political life. and
henceforth | will have nothing more TO do
with ward politics. see?'
All the same considine was inside the
polling place With the judges personally
challenging every voter not wear
ing his colors. and left nothing
uudone to ensure the success
OF his ticket in the bloody" First and If
all the comments INDUCED IN by the hun
dreds of disconnected Democrats who
were forced away from the window aud
lost their vote amount to anything he got
In his fine work in good artistic shape.
The primaries were held in an unoccup!ed
store, go Washington street, with rear
entrance from .'Gene" Ways saloon.
When the polls opened at O'Clock the
sidewalk and part OF the street were
crowded with a mob eager TO get TO the
window. Three officers tried to keep
order, but had finally 10 give il up bad
Job and let the crowd have its own way.
When the doors were first opened the
crowd filed the inner space TO an
extent that threatened the destruction
of the partition. and endangered the safety
Of the judges and ballot box. An attempt
was made To form an orderly line, but had
10 be given up. as a mob of heelers and
workers, some twenty five strong, led bv
half q dozen broad-shouidered fellows,
pushed themselves TO the front and pre-
vented the entrance OF any except those
known TO be Of the right stamp. The
voters soon got on to this mob and de-
nounced IL roundly. 1T Is Considine's
known TO have Consldins's mark" These
remarks were banded about. and the fact
that out OF 3a2 votes cast considine secured
al would lend color 90 that statement. All
grumbling on the part of those showed
away from the window did no good. The
police were called on to clear the sidewa ak
and give the voters chance, but either
the boss or the mob were too strong: a,
hal fAaE~
np 10 . O'Clock. the hour at which the
polls closed, after which they gave wav.
leaving several hundred men who failed
60 vote and who expressed themselves in
unmeasured terms at the outrage For
tunatesy there VAS no serious trouble
AT anytime except one scrapwhich occurred
between Jack Egaa. the proprietor of the
Bureau saloon at Second and Washington
streets. a.si +. {. Nolan. both we're ar
rested and taken 10 headquarters, where
Eean was released on So bali and Nolan
locked up. This was The only open
trouble. though the air was kept sulphur
Gus with the profanity Of the disgruntied
voters. not Oh the Considine stripe.
Two tickets were tn the field, namely.
the consldne. or John Collins ticket and
the straight Democratic ticket The latter
methods already described. The following
Was the Considine ticket. which carried
the day
First precinct. George Stoneman. John
Patterson. Charles Mvliur, Louis Gen.
nechi, wiz Mack, Second precinct, A. W.
Oliver. William James. John Ryan
Third precinct, Frank Yoke
Richie. Charles Do0. James r. Ste
yenson. Fourth precinct. DIR. Em-
mends. u T.. Mulligaa. DAVID Bernhart.
William Morse. Thomas Fleming. 4. Ke-
hoe: Fifth precinct. Thomas +. Drew. h.
+. DeBow. j. ". Cop-iiiue, J va Monogue.
John Bell: sixth precinct. Lcander Mi
Ter. ]. C. Helms. ]. Newman. ~ Wallace.
Mike Ahern. h. FttzHcnry, seventh pre-
cinea A. hcmrick, A. ii. Saith, Henry
oramer.
As only three tickets we're scratched the
eeaat Was quickly made. showing a total
of as Votes. ~ FOR Conssdine and g. for
the straight aekeG
William AeArtse Was seen after the
eount had been announced, and. together
with others 81 the anti Considine eroNd.
expressed himself freely as 90 the fraad
peFpetgaisa on the Democrats Of the First
~ard. THIS Is his story:
Before the polls opened Ne went "a
the judges and asked them 10 a.los Is IN
have two of our Own mra INSIDE with the
judges, namely. William k.AckmAa aud
Z. II. Stevens. MT. Causldtnc. howevsr
who Was in there himself and appe Ared "a
Is running everything, aaGly refused US.
saying; Not bv id sgst
The polling place was 50 con.
stFaeted that only small wicket
was given 10 the voters through
Which 70 pass the uc&st, aad as :hers a as
ne hsht where the voteEs stood they eoa 1
nos see 10 write Or evea read thrlr tickets.