The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-06


He concluded BY saying thai the Cstazeas'
movement had been called foriorn hope,
but he predicted that 100 voters would
rally around il today.
A hymn Vas thea sung hy male chorus
led by l. J. colman.
Herman Chaplin then said . few words
pledgine himself to carry out the nrin-
cipies Of that body 50 truly represented By
the Seven Wise Men"
Alfred Battle, :Le Democratic candidate
for corporation counsel. eave history OF
the different charters. prefacing his re-
marks By saying he had not socgh: the
nomination
Mr.. Denny next introduced Dexter Hor-
ton. saying Horton had come to his house
forty years ago looking for work, hun
cry. eadaverous-.coking fellow whom he
didn't think there was much work in
But he had set him to work chopping
wood, and he was . good chopper. He
had also packed slabs in a saw mill. bat he
bad never seen him wear kid glove.
Mr. Horton astonished everybody BY
making the longest speech o. the evening.
He had been bottled MP for thirty years.
and he couldn't shut off the penl-up dow
OF talk when it got started. He aid that
IN addition to the work Mr.. Denny had
spoke of his doing he had driven an In
dian out of a JOB and took his place Wheel
ing sawduss.
Prot. Sharpe sang q couple of hu rnorous
songs and was followed by Roger s.
Greene. who talked against partisanship,
saying that ali parties had uiteripr pur-
poses other than the securing OF good gov
eminent.
William H. White stated what the OBJ
jects Of the various political parties were
in national affairs, and made an argu-
mcns to show that to grant them con-
troll Of local municipalities was to impose
upon this country the centralized fern of
government common in South America.
which would transfer the seat of all gov
eminent to Washington City.
William ID. Wood admitted that both
the Democratic and RepuI Aican parties
had put up good candidates and therefore
no man who had originally favored the
Citizens movement need fear that bad
man would slip in if perchance Mr..
Chaplin should be defeated.
Thomas Burke was the last speak Ter. He
admitted that both the Republican and
Democratic candidates. for mayor were
good men. and claimed for the municipal
league large share of the credit therefor.
He made an artful appeal to Republican
members Of the league to stick 10 il by
reading criticism of municipal political
methods by Edward Everett
The Democrats held their final rally on
Pioneer place last night and shivered
through two hours of oratory with lament
able lack of enthusiasm. Had it mo, been
for James Hamilton Lewis and mis- "nig-
ger Jokes" j: would have been truly heart
rending. About 400 of the faithful cooled
their heels around the stand, and IS many
more Republicans stood on the pavement
and looked on.
The unlucky star of the party must
surely have been in. the ascendant. At Z
o'clock the First Regiment band came
around and played eight tunes in quick
succession TO little knot of street gamins.
1. was nearly an hour later before anv of
the warhorses appeared. For some reason
there were no lights. and the bhnd could
not see to play longer. Edgar Lehman,
A. d. Warner and Phil White, who were
the first on the scene, thought that A. G.
Lane, of the campaign committee, was to
blame. Capt. O'Toole came around and
the situation was discussed. Just then
Lane sauntered up with an innocent air.
Lehman rushed up to him and began to
upbraid him. Lane was about to resent
and had his nose elevated for battle, when
Statesman J. w. Considine rushed up
with:
"For Gods sake. boys. don't; there is a
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES man just behind YOU"
Capt. O'Toole suggested more music. but
the bandmaster said that it was useless:
the crowd would not come. A small boy
asserted 1t was too cool for an open arr
meeting and suggested that the hand play
once more and go home. Finally Lem
man coaxed the band back and the "High
School Cadet March" filled the air. The
shivering orators buttoned up their over
coats and sat on the platform like q row of
birds on a limb and Capt O'rooie came to
the edge of the stand. He made good
stump speech, appealing to the prejudices
of the crowd.
Lehman and Lane reappeared from be-
hind the coal palace and were joined by
John y. Ostrander, who wanted to know
why some one didn't get torches. Consi-
dine moved TO borrow from the Salvation
Army. and Ostrander posted of down
town, leaving the captain to hold the
crowd. Presently Lehman got from
somewhere four torches and two big coach
lamps. which cas-, a feeble light around
the stand. The crowd warmed up little
under the oratory. but the band clustered
around a Pile of red fire Lane had touched
off 10 attract a crowd, warming their
backs and shiv.ring. About 500 people
were now present. and Capt. O'Toole sat
down with a quite respectable burs: of
applause from the crowd.
The next speaker was Col. Riley BOYD.
who smoothed his classic brow with a
troubled air and delivered n good free
trade speech. While the colonel was be.
waiting the downtrodden condition of
American labor. James Hamilton Lewis
came upon the platform, bat the crowd
was too cold TO notice him. The over
sight was atoned for, however, when
Col. Boyd sat down and cries of
Lewis" filled the air. The colonel
thanked the people for waiting
So long for him. but said that he was go-
ing TO speak only . few minutes, and
would not tell any ''ntgger Jokes" SO
there would be an opportunity for every
body 10 leave. But 1.-THE idol o. the work
ingman" did speak a little longer than he
had promised, and also told several witty
dialect stories. The one of the minister
feeding the calf. which had a tail like a
letter - aud big pretty eyes like two
poached eggs" created the mos; mirth
and no one paid particular attention 10
The colonies argument for free trade
lie closed by explaining why he didn', at
tack the Citizens ticket. In the first place
IL was because II seemed little too good
and holy, and the second Vas Ike the an