The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-27
CAN'T DIGEST FUSION.
Democrats Still Hope to Unload
the Soreheads-
THE FIGHT ON JOHN COLLINS
A.s,-Vassssssss Hope the state Conven-
,,ou viii Denoasee Bfm-Ths
COMMITTEES Fight
~elr. .. full Ifgi.Is.l,e .icke. q sood

.gsve as full lsgisl alive ticket Of good
DEMOCRATS. vas the demand OF the anti
frssopis;s yesterday, and IL found approval
"a The minds Of many zesIous members OF
The uarty who say they cannot BY any
mean. be induced TO support Republican
or Popullst nominee when Is comes to .
question Of state politics. A number OF
active di.senters are already preparing 10
yfFse; the fusion scheme By laying zines 70
control the county central committee when
that body is called together and organized.
aad already there has gathered the ctoud
that before many days Is 10 burst In fuA
fury upon the devoted head OF Collins.
The grave doubt of his being able 70 con-
frsl the country members has given rise
among his adherents 20 feeling AKIN 10
fear that tire pc. scheme Is yet to fail
There vas no end OF comment yesterday
~ 70 the King eountY apportiorment, and
when the true purpose Of sending hfty-one
delegates to Yakima became apparent
very few expressed hope that the snares
TO entrap the state organization and de-
liver IL bound into the hands OF the fusion
asts songd be successful. king is entitled
20 only forty-hve under the call. SAID
one. ''and that ought to suffice There
would be no end of confusion IL each county
ia the state were allowed to determine It's
own superintendent Carson vas right IN
saying that King county sas entitled on
an average of the votes 10 jast forty-two
delegates, yet We get forty-hve. stiH Col
Inns sits down on Carson in the convcn-
ton, demands fifty-one. and ffty-one are
chosen. IL Is amszing what spell Is cast
over the Democrats of King when the
wizard stands no aud waves his wand.
the ness that the state convention had
decided TO .eat forty-five delegates and no
mere created little surprise. and there
were few Democrats abroad last night
who said they expected nothing short of
a resolution eensurng King county for
the manner in which the late convention
was conducted Some of the most radical,
and most disgusted, are blindIy hoping
that the entire fusion scheme will be de-
nonnced, the ticket declared nnllity and
. new convention ordered. with instruc-
tons 20 make nominations for all the Of
fees and countonance no Republican what
ever. The oid-iine members approve
such q course. though they hardly know
how IL can be accomplished. The truth is.
they are willing 10 do anything to be rid
Oh fusion.
At the custom house everything is Sc
rene. Clerk Burns smiled complacently
yesterday, but had nothing To say. lie is
running the Office while Deputy Collector
Mcdonald il watching the Collins fight in
the Yakima convention. No more news.
paper attacks are expected until Editor
John Fairfield returns.
Some speculation is TO be heard as to
who will be placed on the ticket in case
John Y. Ostrander withdraws from the
race for sheriff. Ostrander has many
friends among the members of his party.
aud they wonld like TO see him run il it
were not for the fact that the ticket was
put up by fusionists. The most probable
successor TO ostrander. In case he with.
draws, is Sam %. Dustin, who Is popular
with the country, and who. backed by his
friends from the north. made n gallant
fight for the nomination.