The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-24
PROHIS HOLD OFF.
Will Not Nominate City Ticket
Till Others Act.
MAY ,NcoRse hoN-PARTlsANs.
Cold Water Party Postpones Action
and Favors Independent Ticket
-Wreekers Denounced.

Although Prohibition mass cohFeH-
ton 10 nominate q ticket for the coming
city election had been called TO meet at
Olympic hall yesterday. and some seventy
five or eighty people of that party assem-
bled, no ticket was put in the field, ana
strong opposition to such a course was
developed among the leaders OF
the party, who hope to
ally their party with an independent nom
partisan reform movement There are
nine members of the city central COM
mittee. but the cali for convention was
signed bv only three members. neither of
whom was chairman or secretary, and was
issued without meeting of the committee
being held.
As soon as the meeting was called to
order Rev. Clark Davis got the floor and
offered the fol owing resolution:
WHEREAS. Hasty and untimeiy nomf-
nations are unwise, impolitic and would
justly submit our party TO the charge of
sacrificing an opportunity to advance our
cause for the mere love of notoriety and
the desire for professional agitation, be-
sides. entailing unnecessary and long con-
tinued campaign expenses without hope
of results, therefore
:" Rcsof,sd, That as Prohibi;ionists of Sc
attic We believe our first duty is to our
own city, and do hereby request the city
central committee to effect working or
ganization of their committee as speedily
as possible, and that they also take i'm
mediate steps TO organize ward clubs
throughout the city and arrange for the
necessary primaries for the election of
delegates TO q regular city convention to
be held not more than two weeks preced-
ing the election. And be it further
''Rssoi,ed. That this meeting do now
adjourn. ana that We pledge the commit
tee our hearty support in the organization
of the forces throughout the city that
stand for sobriety, personal and political
honesty and economical administration OF
the affairs of the city,"
Objection being made that considera-
ton Of the resolutions could not be had
until the meeting had been formally or
eanized. Rev. r. Z. Dunlap was chosen
chairman and III. f. Kelsey secretary of
the meeting. After prayer by Rev. Clark
Davis, Rev. Mr.. Dunlap made short ad-
dress on the need of reform in political
methods. especially IN municipal affairs.
Rev. Clark Davis then reintroduced his
resolution, aud stated that the call for the
election had not yet been issued by the
city clerk. He considered that the action
of the committee had been hasty, to say
the least
c. A. Goddard, a member of the city
central committee who had not signed the
call, seconded the resolution. He said
that the only notice he had received of
the calling of the convention was reading
the call in the observation-disclosures of
the three members signing the call, he
said. one had tod him he did not know
what il was he was signing.
John Busheli moved the adoption of the
following substitute, prefacing it with the
statement that the chairman of the city
central committee, J. Z. Randolph, had
left the party. and the secretary, George
+. Cotterill had declined to sign the call
for fear it would injuriously affect his re-
tention of a position under the present
city government. The substitute was as
follows:
"WHEREAs, The municipal affairs of Sc
attic are in q depioraoie condition; the
public funds are being wantonly squan-
dered under the pretext ofproviding work
for the unemployed; men who demonstrate
by their actions their utter unfitness for POI
sltions of trust are, through the most ils-
grant partisanship. given places which
should be filed by those qualified by train
ing and integrity TO properly I'LL them;
and.
WHEREAS, Past experience having
shown that no more reliance can be placed
upon the Republican party as such than
upon the machine Democrats now con-
trolling this city, be il, therefore.
"Rtsoirtd, That We. as citizens of this
state and city. as members of the Prohihi-
ton party, which is based upon the prin-
ciples of sound and pure government, a
party opposed 10 corruption in any and all
forms, do most emphaticaily protest
against and condemn the present manage
II ~ kfa =. i. .,E - -
We did and do the clty government pre-
eeding the present one and the lack of the
proper enforcement of law by the same:
and
"WHEREas, The present alarming condi-
ton OF municipal affairs calls for the most
careful actions upon the part of all true
and loyal citizens, whatever their political
party affiliations, as a mistake at this time
may bring great and lasting disaster TO the
peopie of Seattle, be il, therefore.
"Resoired, That We proceed at once to
the most perfect possible organization of
the Prohibitionists of Seattle, but post
pone the nomination of candidates until
called by the city committee, believing
that the best interests of the Prohibition
party and of the people of Seattle will be
advanced by this course. ="
II. E. Kelsey explained that the call had
been issued after consultation with lead
ing men in the party and after s vain ef.
fort 10 get the committee together.
J. ". Range said that this was the lsrg-
est city convention of the party he had
ever attended and he thought that no bet
ter time could he found for making the
nominations.
Explanations 50 TO how the call was
made were given by Rev. Clark DAVIS.
Rev. E. p. Sutton, G. y. Hodgdon and II.
T. Kelsey. in the midst OF which Rev.
Clark Davis said that he and Everett
Smith had come 10 the conclusion that if
there was great widespread citizens
movement, ana If union of ali the re-
form forces could be made q would Re
tuardaA Hirhast I