The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-09
APARTY OF PATCHES,
Sorehead Republicans and DEM
ocrats Nav Combine.
COLLINS INCUBATOR PRODUCT.
They May Pat Up . Dolly Warden
Ticket TO Defeat the straight
Republican Candidates

There Il q well denned movement on 1903
TO form q Dolly Warden yoseph's coat
ticket. II Is 10 be q thing OF shreds
and patches, and appears 10 be the
creature of John Collins In other
words, the scheme Is TO get up fusion
ticket made of sorehead Republicans and
rs many of the Democratic party as can
be induced 20 throw overheard their DEM
ocratic principles and to vote for the polit-
ical monstrosity which it is proposed to
bring forth from the political incubator.
The movement has been talked of for .
long time, and on Friday evening the
first move was made by calling q meeting
of the faithful in the Occidental
block. Here the scheme was unrolled
10 about 100 Democrats who were present.
Among those said to be in attendance
were John Collins, James Hamilton
Lewis, Lettsr-writter ]. NJ. Carson. E. Il.
Blaine, L. c. Gilman, ]. Y. ostrander,
John Y. Terry. II. NJ. Teeter
and other lights of the Demo-
cratic world. 1t was stated by
the speakers that 1t was bad year for the
Democratic party and that there was but
little hope of winning IL the party tried to
stand alone. It was thought by the most
sanguine that the Democrats would hardly
elect man If they put ticket in the held.
There was one hope, however, and that
was to fuse. The Populists intended 10
keep in the middle of the road and the
Democratic hopes in that direction
were knocked into q cooked hat
There was chance for the
party. and that was to unite with the dis
satisfied Republicans and put before the
Ia Ok al -
put no Democratic ticket in the field.
The idea would be to let the
dissatisfied Republicans take the lead in
the matter and for the latter to quietly
give the Democrats half the Offices. The
ticket was to be called the King
County Citizens or Taxpayers ticket.
It was thought that it would be
impolitic to nominate legislators on this
ticket. for the reason that by doing so the
United States senatorial tight could be
kept out of the contest and Republicans
could not urge their brethren to vote the
straight Republican ticket on the plea
that they were losing senator for the
party by voting the Dolly Warden ticket.
After long pow-wow IL was the senti-
ment of majority that such movement
be entered into and committees
were appointed to wait on the
dissatisfied Republicans to see what
could be done. 1t was stated
at the meeting, however. that there were
some Mugwumps who were ready to enter
into the alliance proposed. The meeting
adjourned till Tuesday evening. It is
further said that at later hour
conference was held in the
Bailey block, where there was gathering
of dissatisfied Republicans who promised
to do all they could to further the scheme
as outlined by the Democrats.
Yesterday, il Is said, the Dolly Warden
movement assumed more form and pro-
portion. The dissatisfied Republicans
seemed to be pleased with the scheme,
and the following plan was outlined,
It was proposed TO fairly load
the ticket down with the
heaviest taxpayers In the hope of catch
ing votes. The call for the convention,
they think, will be issued on Monday or
Tuesday. and in the convention there will
be given the widest and freest
chance for individual opinion. Just
how the delegates will be selected for the
convention has not yet been decided.
They do not know as yet whether prima-
ries viii be necessary or not, but it 10 al
most certain that there will be a conyen-
ton. The idea. they say. Is to place in
the field ticket that will be acceptable
to the taxpayers. acceptable to the dis
gruntied Republicans. acceptable to the
Democrats and which will even catch
few Populist votes. With this hybrid
ticket the Dolly vardens expect to Sc
cure enough votes to defeat the regular
Republican ticket 1t was rumored that
a subscription paper was being circulated
for the purpose OF raising funds to furnish
sinews of war for the Dolly Warden ticket,
and that the list was headed with a 8, 900
subscription made by prominent Repub-
lican. Just who the Republicans are who
are aiding in the movement IL is hard TO
learn. There cannot be a large number of
them, as among great number asked
none would acknowledge that they were
connected with the movement.
Democrats of principle dscry the move
ment and say they would greatly prefer
to have straight Democratic ticket in
the field, and declare that they will refrain
from voting rather than support a hybrid
ticket. They predict defeat for the move
ment