The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-21
A FIGHT ON FUSION.
The Issue Joined at the Demo
cratic Primaries.
COLLINS LEANS TO soREHEaos.
"a want. to Give Them Nearly Every
thing, but the Kids Want fopniis
Tusioa he Result

uere held last evening from 10 0 CLOCK,
aud outside Of the facsleral agfsts TOT rep
resensation ia the convention there was
nothing 10 indicate that the Democrats
were livsng. John Collins and bis adj
visers. L. q. Gilman. James Hamilton
Lewis and John Fairfield, carried the First
warsi for fusion wiih the soFshsad kepnb-
licans. through the iins work OF Lieut. A.
G.. Lane. bus up IN the Fourth
ward things we're different The
influence of the kid commttee.
which i. for fusion with the Popaists on
certain candidates, was felt and to the sur
prise and dismay OF the Collins faction,
T.. q. Graves. T. A. Sadeau, Fred f. san
der tonce the mogai Of the partyb. and +.
~. MeGiinnis were told 10 stay 81 home.
G. q. Heifaer wss responsible 20 great
extent for the defeat OF the regular ticket.
but he had lots OF fan working against
Nell Affair and r. J. Foster. who sers try
ing to run in the regular ticket. The
Eighth ward. while apparently nou-cofn-
INITIAL. viii support John d. Hart, the
popnlist candidate for prosecuting at
torney, and try - kill the nominee of the
Collins faction for sheriff
Dosn in the First wsFd things went as
smooth as John Collins and his iienten-
ant. A. q. Lane could desire. Lane pulled
the string and the slightest signs Of dis
content disappeared. Since the grand
break up in the party at the last municipal
campaign Lane has been working night
and day 10 bring the disgrgntled Conroy
MoArdle element into the fold and last
nights proceedings ere conclusive evil
dsnce that he has accomplished
bis purpose The First ward cast
about 800 votes, aud Oh. few that were
against the Collins element, did not
amount 10 anything more than fly
speck. Clarence OBrien had ticket OF
his own in the Third precinct. but when
Lane whispJ red in his ear honeyed words
the tickets were shelyed. and things went
smoothly once more. John Elms. +. Far
reii and man named Linstrom bobhed
mp at the Second precinct with few
printed tickets. but Lane Was again on
hand. and declared that they were repre-
scented on the ticket. and the waters were
Immediately smoothed again.
The liveliest fight occurred in the Sixth
precinct Of the Fourth ward. where the
regular ticket with A. blackstone, |. A.
Nadeau. Il. O. Graves. Fred T. Sander and
Il. W. McSinnis, eli staunch Democrats
and the slated delegates for the conven-
tion. were turned down by c. O. Heifner
and C. W. Turner.
In the Fifth ward only one ticket was
placed In tho field and no contest took
place. The sorehead fus.orisis were all
out and had everything their own way and
voted every one in sight There were a24
ballots cast altogether and very little
scratching was done.
In the Sixth IL was claimed by John
Meagher ans A. q. Murray that Collins
and considine sent up n lamb TO stuff
the box, rs thirty seven ballots in a bunch
were found with the names OF the men
that Collins aud Consdine wanted from the
ward at the convention. Meagher, who is
the central committeeman Of the ward,
WAS on hand and secured possession of the
tickets. Murray and Meaghcr are and
have been. bitterly opposed TO fusion Of
any kind. and claim that Collins has been
trying 10 throw them down At the club
meeting last Wednesday night twenty-six
names were selected, of which the nineteen
receiving the highest vote were TO repre-
sent the ward in the convention on Satur-
day. Shortly after the polls opened MUIR
rag and Mesgher discovered that ticket
was IN the field without their names
on il. They Immediately had = batch
printed, and then the fun began. A
short time remained bat every
man In the ward that could he got, poll
ties not figuring, was voted. and with these
only ninety-threo votes were cast alto
gether. At the conclusion of the count, il
was found thai Meagher just got in. but
Murray was enc shy. lie will be in the
convention, however. on a proxy. and says
he will make himself heard. Some one
remarked that no heard some OF Collins
good money was in the wsrd, when a good
Democrat said: Where is it, I've been
here for two hours. aud haYent got cent
yet"
In the Fourth precinct OF the Ninth
ward n. T. Rennett tried to ran things
and brought in about twenty voters from
the new university building, Ravenna aud
Fremont 10 swamp the unpleiged ticket.
rewarding them with whisky or cash. as
occasion required. Thus. although there
are only about twenty legal Democratic
voters ia the precinct. neSrly forty votes
were cast and the Bennett ticket was
elected, 10 the disgust oi the resident
voters.
Following is the list OF delegates elected,
30 far as could be aseertained last night:
rIssr Warn
Frs precinct ~Hlliorv Butter q. John
ESsn - john Patterson 50. A. VI. ksrkel
81 Louis he fsalt 81.
Second precinet-A. W, oliver =, James
RYAN -. Louis 6necehl 81
Third psseinct-~J, ]. Clarke a. Harry
nevst a.. Nelson Levi g.. T. Dahl a.
FOURTH prseinci-A. g. l.aae ii2. Dr.
Ryan III. A. n Warner IL. Andv kshoe
Ill. Thomas Fleming Ill. Albert Johnson
Ill.
Fifth precinct J. 4. MeseAlse a. Ter.
renee o'Rrlea ~, James Nonogue a..
l.eauder Muller -, Harry Lowegy "a. James
Francis a
Sixth preclnes-H. l. Conrey u. WILL
lam Moore -. John Downs -. ]. c. Helms
"a. John ksnsston "a
Seventh ColmAn Coaroy 3. L
{. Stewart s., Alvin hemriea So
sEcoNp wAKR
First precinct X. Sparr sa. EIrar Lem
mon 81 A. NJ. Enrich. g.. -. NJ. NJ
Teaser 81. J. y. ostrsnaeg s.. T. MoFgaa-
stern "a
Seeana nrecinei~i- KAN e.. Wallam
keykaN ~ j. +. Cameron ga
ThsFd prvctnes- E1~ard keunsu a. r
Robertson A.. Ii, Z. RoheFtson e.. ". H.
Middleton q.
Foar,A preelnet-C. A. Cram So. Jane.
Mcnamara "a James AmeseaTy 81. a.
ktry keF "a
sutRR WASH,
FIRST preeincf~W. h. Riackmsn. H. F.
paFie 0orten 4. Rice. Timothy RYAN.
Seeona pEeeinei- aea1ss y nsri'h, Z.
Y. LYMAN, George II. King. +, u Ogden.
L. . NaEA
fhFd pseelnet~w. II. Thompson. Il. j.
kssraon. Hen hsanv.sY
Fourth pFvclnSt--E. SCallsn.
FOURTH wAxh