The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-23

over . gathering ike thisY II yo1 viii
consust the records Of tsss war department.
you will fnd that jim Shields wsas
through that experience. bat. thank 1ods
am here to contradict ths record.
TIE speaker here n ade an application Of
the story. and referring 70 the loyal Demo
Gratis thai elected him chairman. &c con-
tinued:
II an . Democrat ] am addressing .
D<snoevaffs eonvensson- We have good
reason 70 bs proud Of being Democrats.
! am gIEd 30 De living under 81 admins
trafson hevinz 81 rs bead that idol OF the
Denocratic heart. Grover Cleveland. But
We are not here ia discuss nafsonsl poii-
tics. We srs here 20 abolish nee8iess
ecmEnisssons IN This state and 10 frnstrate
an ADVANCE the actions similar % those OF
certain gentleman who has recently
been carrying commissions around 10 nis
pocket. We are here 10 represent the tax
payers and 70 zee 20 10 thai no grand 1ury
whlsexashlng shall be necessary hope
this convention viii Be Q convention OF
seton. assure you thai i will do AL in
my power 70 satisfy your wishes a. eh2if-
man"
The peculiar stress placed By the speaKer
on the words "Dsmocrat" and Demo
cratic" created . Stir among the Collins
Thompson faction. and they evidently feit
that iE Was intended a. . thrust as tbs
sorehead fusion movement. Tie aliusion
70 Cleveland provoked storm OF cheers
ED HOT wRAssLE
Morgsnstsrn vas elected temporary sec
retary and G. Byies assistant secretary.
The election Of committees was announced
in order and on motion Of John Burns the
chairman announced that the committees
would bs appointed by the chair. This
brought James r. McElroy TO bis feet and
he declared that the majority, having
elected their chairman. were now endeay-
oring to gag the minority. The discussion
grew hot and the chairman pounded the
table Ia vain.
Debate became furious and general, ana
for time it looked as though tights were
imminent. An amendment to the amend
ment carried that each ward from the city
and each precinct from the county elect
It's own mem bers Of the committees, and a
recess of I'VE minutes vas taken in which
20 hold cauenses. After recess the roll call
showed that the following committees
wers elected:
THE COMMITTEES.
Credentials First ward. A. u. Warner:
Second ward. FL kennan; Third ward.
w f. Biackman; Fourth ward. j. ].
Burns; Fifth ward, Michael Phillips.
SIKH ward. IL. l.. Stohl, IT,; Seventh
ward. John r. Condon, Eighth ward. W.
r.. Collins; Ninth ward, Il. +. Bennett,
South district. i. NJ Sayder. j. G. Merit
Eeid. r. 81. Goss. ]. 4. kelso. North dis
trict Asa Gardner. G. Z. Philson, s. II.
Gustip. W. L. Newton.
Platform and resoIutions-First ward,
A. Hemrick: second ward, John Y. os-
srander; Third ward, ID. +. Durie: Fourth
ward. Josiah Collins: Fifth ward, Alfred
Battle; Sixth ward. ii. 4. Barry: Seventh
ward, Frank NJ. Sullivan; Eighth ward,
W. VI. Whittlesey, Ninth ward. Dr. Pat
terson; South district, W. W. WaddeIl. J.
y. Jenny. Z. G. Hayes c. Y. Lockridge:
North district, II. W. Harold, w. III. DiIi,
ii. Hayes. Mr.. Turner.
Permanent organization, rules and order
OF businsss--First ward. A. u. Lane; Sec
ond ward, Edgar Lennon, Third ward.
VIII IL Thompson; Fourth ward. Falcon
Josiyn; Fifth ward. T. J. Nash; Sixth
ward James p. Sweeney; Seventh ward.
Fred Rice Roweii; Eighth ward, Lee b.
Hart; Ninth ward, A. +. Ernst. South dis
trict, Jacob Julien. John Kelley, J. w.
Brown, A. II. Gould; North district. Judge
Tut. J. X Rutherford, William Blair, III.
Wood.
IL now being o'clock, an adjournment
was taken until s.
jim x'KLsoY crrs MAD.
The Sixth ward cast 1871 votes for Nc
Donald and ~ for Thompson. This dele
cation 10 . solid phaanx against fusion,
with the exception of The fraction repre-
scented by Jim McElroy. who. after the
election Of the chairman. got the floor.
moved his arms like . windmill and In
tragic tones denounced McDonald's first
ruling As subversivs Of Democratic princi-
pes and calculated to betray the party
into the hands OF frauds, swindlsrs and
ward politicians Only in Republican con-
ventions. MeElroy said. were states toler-
atsd. and he, for one. proposed to smash
thssiate represented By the victorious Just
ss soon ~ he could get = crack ut it.
The fractional vote of the Sixth Is due
20 tic vote for McEiroy, A. ]. Murray
and J. N. Gilner. Murray was not at the
morning session Of the convention and
the half OF the one-third vote was divided
between tho fusion and anti-fusion repre-
sentstives. The little third Of vote,
however. gave McElroy the floor, aud
enabled him TO tell the assembled war
raors his opinion or any man who did not
bow before Tho Collins idol.
During roll call on the vote, n. r. Ben
nett. of the Ninth ward. frequently arose
and east the vote from some outl ying pre-
cinet. always for Mcdonald. This grew
monotonous 10 the doughty little chair
man OF the central committee. and,
finally. on numerous points of order, he
decided that Bennett could not cast any
vote except bis own. This threw the Nc
Donald men into a dire CONFUSION. and
from al sides came vigorous protests
Bennett is possessed OF a good pair OF
lungs. and he gained the door. dramatically
waved q telegram over his head, and
In stentorian tones proclaimed that he
held the proxies by virtue of the authority
vested by the dispatch. and proposed TO
Inns In reply produced a dispatch from q
delegate who eoald no. attead, aud de-
elared that his telegram was Of as much
force as Benefits. Fiaaliy cries OF
''votel votel" came from all corners and
quiet was restored. The tnmult had led
OF seniis decay. Bennett, however. was
not allowed 10 cast any more proxies fer
AeDonaia.
The ecaKMxSs AT WORK.
In the afternoon great tsoaale was ex-
perlenced By the COMMITTEES on credentials
In handling the delegates from the various
precincts and, although the convention
had adjourned 90 meet at s o'clock, il was
AIS before the committee sas ready to re-
poTk Tho Collins crowd worked hard
with the committee. nxiag ~ the eTeden-
tials, sndeasortng 10 force cat such dele
gates as were opposed 70 them and cut ont
proxies thas would he used against then.
The anti-ColIins faction was also hard as
work endsavovtng 30 eAlk their manen-
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