The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-07
A pOPULIST TICKET.
The Democrats Are Given the
Cold Shoulder.
soRoan BADLY SHOWED UNDER.
x..x MnDeu.1a Meets . similar Fate
AmIa Eproar-singfs zAr@Fs
well Represented

taev felt dead sure xould be elected. Ias
convention Nas made up q The usatefiAs
thas - usually 10 be foana 10 Popasass
gathering stalwagt, muscular men
for the moe. part. honest enough o.
purpose, bat with little 20 yIstiy tDest
aspsrstsous 80 the eontros o. county o.
legislative Offices. Their speech Nas efsae
and vOlabie. and had i 10 net been Tor ne
know led re 81 parliament ary rules posssssei
by Chairman Wlnsor ths convention weaia
have detefiorated into farce. As = was,
when she nomination Of sheriff was IN o.
der scene Of turmoil and confusion foi-
Iosea thn. vas strongly suggestive OF q
Democratic ward mestlug
The fusfofsists made strong hRht by
pgisate caacusssng 20 secure control OF
The convention, but were beaten OF At
every point. This vas strongly
emphasized ~ the overwhelming defeat
that Or. T. Eugene Jordan met Nith IN his
attempt 10 get on Tire ticket as treasurer.
The same fate AZ aited Jack Mcdonald In
his effort 70 secure tho nomination
sf sheriff. II Nas middie-of-the-road
Popuiism pare and simple from
nrst to last. The single tax men gained
q great ascsneancy over the convention
and il may bs said 70 have been
virtually in their hands. They
Claimed ell along that they
did not care for any OF the county Offices
except the assessor but wanted
strong representation ia the state
legislature. Ia this they succeeded
and Single Tar Tommy Bevan admitted
that they had not less than fifteen staaneh
single tax men on the legislative ticket.
Many Democrats in the morning were
busy among the delegates. buttonholing
this man and that In the attempt 10 effect
a fusion. Jack Mcdonald and his sup
por.ers we're out IN force pressing
the depuiy's claim for sheriff. William
Cochrane. of White River. was also pres
ent with his friends working for the same
nomination J. 81. Wolfe, ex-Demo-
cratic member Of the board OF public
works. was also engaged nj whis-
pering words Of wisdom in the
ears OF the country delegates. Jack
Thompson and Eugene Way. the gam
blers, we're members Of the First ward
delegation, and were n whole host in
themselves in swinging their fellow dele
yates into line. The claim was made
by some true blue Populists that The
majority Of the proxies we're held by
Democrats. From Black Diamond SIX
out Of twelve delegates we're present.
and IL was charged that one man,
Democrat OF lifelong standing. held
the proxies Of the six absent dele
gates. which he intended 10 use
In Jack MeDonald's favor. Among
the nldc workers were also noted
lee Hart and b. 4. Bennett. Of the ex-
tingulshed hid committee: ex-Mayor
III. White aud many others of like esliber
and political standing Ia Democratic and
Populist ranks.
oARRoLL's OPENING woRns.
Ten o'clock vas the hour set for the
meeting Of the convention, bat owing 70 n
lack of seats for the delegates order out of
chaos was not secured for full half hour,
after which time T.. +. Carroll called the
meeting 10 order Ia place OF ]. J. Hohmann,
chairman of the central committee. who
was absent suffering from bad cold.
Mr.. Carroll made an opening address
cutting the object of the convention in
nominating county. legislative and pre-
clnct ticket lie hoped tho delegates
selected had fully weighed the importance
OF the responsibility placed on their
shoulders. The eyes Of King county, the
state and the country. we're on this con-
vention. There never was time when
the people OF a country thought more for
themselves than they did today. and il
was the result Of corruption in Office in
the Democratic and the so-ealled Repuhli-
can parties. Il wAs the duty OF this con-
ventlon To pat in the Geld good ticket.
wiSsoR FoR CHAIRMAN.
For temporary chairman the name Of
Richard WinsoF brought cut loud cheer
ing. A. q. Seibert's name Was also given
The vote on this question. Single Tax
Tonmy said, should be BY raising vote"
Winsar's name raised" almost the entire
convention 20 ia feet. and III. G.. odeli
and W J. Lsrkin were instructed 10 bring
Mr. Minsor 90 the platform. which they
did amid a storm OF applause.
Mr. Minsor returned thanks for the
compliment This VAS a campaign. he
said. that required work. and nos words.
The work OF the convention was 10 put IN
the Geld ticket that would cause no
man 10 blush. and would hun back into
the faces of their enemies the ISLANDERS
thas bad been pui on the PARTY.
FOR secretary i've names were put in
nomination. and as considerable division
on this question Was apparent. an amend
naent 10 an amendment was carried max
ing the i've nominees secretaries. as iol-
lows. j. &, Leveld Nathan Anderson,
Frank 3. Wright Harry Newman. Lee
Melluer.
The chair announced thai IS there were
no eontessing delegations he would sag-
gest that ia order 10 facilitate matters the
chairman 81 each precinct hand ia his list
of delegates, that the names might he read
from the platform and the delegates by
such action declared seated This. he
said, would save mach time to the commit
tee oa credentials aud 10 the convention
in general
1EE MElirER sxcKpEs
on motion Of Robert Bridges the con-
xentiou went into committee 81 the whole
On credentials aad ths names Mere then
read 81 by precincts Amons the dele.
gates from The Fourth war3 v as Eugens
Jordan. To the list of delegates for the
FOURTH ward As added the following note:
Mr.. 1. Mellner xas also elected As dele
gate 80 this convention. bat he told tne ia
the pre- sence Of a uusnber OF good PEOPLES
t,artv men that he ass nos fopuaSt and
did not believe IN their principles and
upon those grounds have refused - sixa
his credentials Respectfully.
"skNrU noHgIv.
chairman Fourth Narsf ropaliSt C3ah.
IN. n We could not ind the above
name on the roa u the Fourth ward clubs.
"SkNUEL noHKrs"
John b Hart attempted 70 speak GA THIS
foos note. hut as Mellaes's name Wa
among The iiss Of accepted delegates from
that wara the chair decided that be n as
properly seated
TIE delegates s. a holy we're then de-