The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-18
DELUXE OF TICKETS.
Spotted Eggs Nominate One
Another With Alacrity.
SOME OF THE TICKETS ILLEGAL.
Harry white and Hart Working Every
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Espabiiesn
ward Meetings

County Auditor TwichelI was fairly
tnried yesterday in the great NUMBER Oh
nominating certificates filed in bis once
the two day. preceding, and vEs busy
Until Isfe hour last night evolving order
cut of the chaotic mass. A cursory exam
jsafion o! the certificates of nomination
reveals the fact that many Of them are not
in compliance with the regulations and
will be rejected These defective certifi-
Gates cause much additional work. but are
instructive in that they give an insight
into the Ignorance and lack Of qusiinca-
ton Of many Of the men whom the yearn-
ing for ofsies has carried 70 piacs before
the voter.
Auditor Tx!ehsll Is far from being
pleased az the workings Of the statute gov
erning nominations. For the past two
dav. there has been q food OF seif-consti-
tutsd candidates pouring into his Office,
and the majority of them seem TO have
manipulated combination 20 secure for
each other places on the king County
Ticket" II is extremely doubtful Il their
signing and eountessisninx 10 lawful. and
many Of the tickets may be thrown on: for
this reason.
list 81 candidates, accompanied by ceT-
tificate that they represented Peoples
party principles. II contains the name OF
HAIRY Whites man Wallace for county
clerk instead Of John Z Carlson. the reg
ular Populist nominee. Its tate will prob
ably be that OF all the other tickets OF the
sarae kind.
Just before the aiing Of the Popuiist
"a.
the members Of that party opposed
TO DE-. Askam for coroner 60 force
him of the ticket and substitute
the name OF DIR. Van Dyke. The
Askam men successfully resisted all as
saults. and the ticket now stands as fin
nished by the convention. During the
few weeks since tie Popniist delegates
gathered in Turner hall fierce and pro-
lonsrd battles we're waged between the
con.ending factions, Grst. to force of
Maple and substitute Jordan. one of Eu-
gene Ways single tax men; second, 90
displace Carlson and indorse the spotted
egg Wallace: third. 20 drop Meyer and
indorse ostrander. and fifth. 20 dissipate
the rainbow-hued and vanishing Askam
and make place for Van Dyke. These we're
nothing but side issues compared with the
frantic. but nnavaiIing efforts OF some OF
the Populsts TO secure an Endorsement by
the spotted eggs OF John b. Hart for
prosecuting attorney. The contamination
most devoutiy wished for by John Collins
was the closing of the deal To force Maple
from the held. In order TO make room for
Jordan aud his sack.
James Jones. Populist candidate for
commissioner from the second district,
has leased a forty acre tract of school land
on White river, west of o Brien, and al
though an advocate of white labor in
theory. Is quite the reverse in practice. To
clear 1t he has employed a force of ten
Japs. who are to make the land ready for
the plow aud fence IL for SIS an acre. This
rate Is far below living wages for white
men, and Mr.. Jones Is called upon by
voters to explain his position. In his
theories he expresses a preference for
white men: In fact. he employees the cheap
est labor.
Frank Pierce. spotted egg nominee for
representative from the Fortieth district
will he remembered as an aspirant for the
Republican nomination for prosecuting
attorney at the last convention. For sew
erai weeks preceding the convention he
flooded the city with iavender-tinted
card bearing his portrait and announcing
In conspicuous letters Republican eandi-
date for prosecuting attorney" lie made
an active canvass. and entered the contest
desni,e the eounseis of his friends, who
considered that he had not been sufii-
GENTLY tried and was not well enough
known 10 make the race. In the conyen-
ton fioree's own ward, the Fourth, was
loyal TO him. and on. of twenty-eight votes
on the frat ballot gave him TWENTY-FIVE
two going to Pratt aud one TO White.
His total vote on the first ballot was
foFsy-soyen. showing that he lacked an
even lob of the nomination. He received
only twenty two votes In the country The
next ballot he received one vote in the city
and nine in the country; on the third bal
let he was dropped from che list without a
single vote. He had overesiimated mis-
strength. and the decision OF the eonven-
ton net to make him standard bearer
caused him extreme disappointment
Yesterday Mr. Pierce said that the ''nom-
inatlon" on the spotted egg ticket had
been brought about entirely without ef
fort on his part. and that the only thing
that he had donu was 20 yield 90 the i'm
rorsuniiies OF his sorahead eoansellors.
He was not vet willing TO give his reasons
for his Course.
The following appointments for October
have been made for the Republican cam.
paign orators:
HeYmen ". craven--S unnydale. Oeto-
her i, AvondRle - Redmond -. Christie
phsr "a. Monohan -. Reaton NJ WI T..
Humphrey Boise Is hraiu IA. Nashon
~. White River -, Menohsn ~ Suiss
Creek -, pes Moanes -. Sam Piles
Black Diamond ~. Franklin 81 Orange
jacobs Kent -. Arthur Griffin Enutn-
claw ~ W. Il. 1ay-kent ~. Arthur ii