The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-09
/ FIFTEEN PUZZLE.
The Game Collins Plays With
His Spotted Eggs.
MAPLE rs NOW HIS CANDIDATE.
Peter Declines Hs Sominsften--sno-
auaimfs Democrats hsveis
Against the Ticket

John Collins Is planning ffteen-prxxle
With the spotted eggs, and the VARIATIONS
and com oinations are Infinite and oewla-
derfng IS q scent piece and the rattle OF
o erofalus in Kaleidoscope Every day
brings its changes. and still the little
blocks Of sood in the puzzle box DEFY sosn-
rion. While he Is thus amusing himsesi
the straight Democrats oil the county are
openly reprdIatlng his ticket and decisr-
ing ia writing that they will have nothing
70 do With H.
Since Ralph simon vent on the ticket
the most striking scene in the shifting
panorama Of Office seekers Is the appear
ance among the spotted eggs OF ). w Ms
pie. Popalist NOMINEES for treasurer. Ma
Die could not be forced from his own
ticket, and Collins took him up. seeing no
hope for Dir. Jordan, Who camps at the
Telegraph Office most Of the time after III
O'Clock at night Who Is next IN line Tor
the nomination viii depend on Collins
nckering Judgment. Ii Maple should
still refuse to yield up the 1900 due the
corruption fund DIR. Jordan may jet be
allied with the spotted eggs.
Collins stiii goes on nominating. and %
far rs appearances indicate stands secure
amid the violent dissension he has raised
in the ranks of the Democratic party. The
only demonstration he makes at all on
hearing q withdrawal Is said to be harder
bite at the omnipresent "snipe," and that
10 only q gritGing Of the teeth in resolve
70 I'LL out the spotted egg ticket even If
the Democratic organisation goes to pieces
There In another vacancy on the list;
that IL. there was last night. and Collins
Will have TO hunt mp another nominee
for senator from the Twenty district.
w. II. Peter, Of Ballard, was surprised
yesterday TO find that Collins was running
him for tho Legislature, and he made haste
20 decline. He has written to the PosT-
IHrEILIsEscKR as foliows;
ITO THE Enron: see by the telegraph
that my name 10 placed on the hing
county Independent ticket for senator In
the Twenty-ninth district. l want to say
that I never knew that there was such q
ticket until October 4, 1894, aud my name
II put there without my consent or knowl-
edge. and therefore withdraw my name
from that ticket"
Peter has already made record In his
eight against fusion. He made one OF the
best speeches delivered in the late county
convention, and later In the so-calied
he tried hard 90 elect as chairman
John J. Burns, OF the custom house,
but his eioquence awaited moth
ing on Consid,ne and Lane aud the
other supporters of the Collins faction.
IL was after listening 10 this speech. and
witnessing Burns withdrawal and other
proceeding In the meeting that . radical
anti-fusionlst exclaimed. IAN that Is nee
t. e. 3tx.. A.. h.
ton and for Lane TO second land il
goes" In the convention and In the
committee room Peters theme was. IL am
. Democrat" and his withdrawal shows
that he opposes fusion strongly - ever.
But Peter and the others are only In
dividuals, and so far they have acted
singiy and alone. But the dissension
raised by Collins convention and Collins
central committee has provoked an or
gsnized protest. The straight line Demo-
Gratis in snoqualmie--there arc no spotted
eggs and no snakes in that nsighborhood
have broken out in an open revolt
against what they term the undemocratic
and arrogant behavior of the party die
taior. The organization I'm the precinct
has gone TO pieces and the members have
reorganixed themselves into society to
cry out for their rights. They take an
uneqnivocai stand. and have issued to the
Democrats OF King county the following:
1--WE, the Democrats of Snoqualmie pre-
einct. in mass meeting assembled, hereby
renew our allegiance to the Democratic
party.
1--WE indorse fully the actions of our
delegates TO the late county convention,
and applaud the stand taken by them for
the nomination Of q straight Democratic
ticket.
1--WE deplore the action of SAID conven-
tion in placing before rs PopuIisIs and dis
affected Republicans for our support We
regard such action as impoliiic.
I'VE. furthermore. protest aud deplote
the action of the ex-chsirman OF the
county central committee ia his call for
the late meeting Of said committee I'm this.
to-wit: That the call was made and pub
lished for the first and only time
Asiden ~ tie n<sfs coftusas of the Seattle
Telegraph OF September -. for the meeting
To be held tho following Monday after
noon, thereby depriving the committee
men from the north end of the county
from attending said meeting. owing To the
shortness OF time between said call and
meeting.
I'VE regard such action as being an IN
Justice 10 outlying precincts. IL not AFRO
CANT
1--WE condemn as an Democratic and un-
fair the action of certain Democrats in en-
deavorsng to force from the Democratic
ticket Thomas T. Hardin, the nominee for
prosecuting attorney. As Democrats we
ask him 10 remain sieadiast. pledging
unto him our undivided support.