The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-24
WILL sor SWALLOW TUsroS.
strsighf-out Democrats ard FepHitss
Fustonists Denounee the Ticket

when ti,sf body showed disposition TO
stand by its principles and nominate
Democratic ticket. have aroused the
s,raight-ous Democrats OF the county TO q
pitch OF indignation which was openiy
expressed on the streets yesterday. TWAS
charged without hesitation that the fusion
report OF the committee on order Of b1si-
ness had been carried By = resort 70 the most
diserediiabie means. and many leading
Democrats vowed that they socld vote the
straight Republican ticket rather than sup
port such a hybrid collection OF candidates
as Mr.. Collins Offered for their sutfrages.
They we're not the only angry ones. tor
Lee Hart aud c. q. Heifner, the cham
p!ons OF Populist fusion. were open IN
their predictions OF defea; for the COM
bination ticket. The opinion vas general
among both the disseminated elements that
the tieEst would lose as many Democratic
votes as IL would gain among the sore
heads, and that the party would come out
on election day with its oid-time minority.
An ardent supporter Of Temporary
Chairman Mcdonald said:
Talk about gag law and brazen at
tempts TO control the convention by
Democrats from the custom house, Why,
Collins and Considine. with their heesers.
rode rough-snod over many city delegates
and the entire representation from the
country, who went there 10 nominate good
men. who could stand upon straight out
and-out Democratic principles. The only
organization We had was made TO hight
fusion as hard as we knew how. That Was
johnny Burns position. He did not have
any particular man in view for nomina-
tioa, bur he did want q full ticket with
n representative Democrat for each office.
he. a fuz in al ftfrhs N a
election OF temporary chairman. You re-
member the vote stood 1901 10 i2s1a. and
We had with US ali the country dele gates
but twenty-six Now. thar IS a correct in
dIcation OF the sentiment Of King county
Democrats on this fusion proposition. and
even after the proxies had been hxed up
by the Collins men IN the committee
room We still had forcSs enough at our
command 10 down fusion, as any one can
see By examining the vote on the adoption
of the minority report Of the committee on
platform and resolutions The vote then
stood i50is to 1917. and Thompson ar
bitrarily refused TO have the total vote of
the Sixth ward recorded, while Warner
chairman Of the First ward delegation,
cast six proxy ayes.
while matters thus stood, before the
vote was announced, Thompson declared
the convention adjourned till s 80 clock,
allowing the heelers and ward-workers
ample time TO influence the country dele
gates. just what that influence was | am
not inclined 10 state, nut | can tell you ii
was far from being moral suasion. What
was the result2 Well, when the conven-
ton was called To order for the evening
session one man with proxies from half
dozen country precincts changed his votes
for fusion. and number OF other delegates.
like so many sheep after beilwetner. fol-
lowed his lead. until the corrected vote
~ n do
1t was a covert attack on US, and We realize
that our forces were betrayed by the subtle
influence of Collins gold.
How do you think Johnny Burns looks,
in his efforts TO put up good Democrats,
side by side with John Collins. who nomi-
mates anybody or does anything and every
thing to control the county oitiees?"
Another delegate, who will long remem-
Der how the Democratic machine ground
out the nominations with fusion tax on
them, said:
There is material point on which the
fusionists have reckoned without their
host. These country delegates who have
been born and bred TO look upon q SIMON
pure Democrat the only person fit TO
hold office Are very sore at having fusion
ist' branded upon their brows, and are
going to stay at home slection day rather
than support the ticke> ydt up at the die
disaffected 10 more than compensate for
the withdrawal of soreheads from the Re-
publican ranks. some of my feilowDem-
ocrats laugh at me when 1 talk this way,
but cannot support the ticket, ana will
demonstrate how weak and foolish the
movement ia when the returns come in
after election day. IL Is the fatal mistake
Of the King county Democracy"
A Fourth ward delegate, " ho has no use
for Col. James Hamilton Lewis. spoke in
no uncertain tone of the favorite son of
the Seattle Democracy. He said:
Lewis says he was sick and for that
reason could not attend the convention.
Nonsensel Didn't You see him up here
last night, bowling and scraping. and wav-
ing his arm like ilaxhrake7 He couldn't
talk. either. he felt so bad Lewis is
not sick; he Is foxy. The only reason on
earth ne was not in the convention is that
he was afraid some proposition would
come up upon which he would have to
take decided stand. He won't do it.
Lewis can't afford 20 commit himself 10
anything"
Among the sorest Democrats in town
were c. G. Heifner and Lee II. Hart. who
were turned down on almost every propo-
sition they fought for, and the defeat OF
John II. Hart for prosecuting attorney
was emphatically CALLING to his brother
lee. Heifner, who was warm In second
ing Hart's nomination. wants the predic-
ton published far and wide that HASTE.
the Republican nominee for district attor-
ney, aiil be elected. lie says that he told
the convention HASTE would he elected
unless Hart was nominated, and now he
evidently proposes 10 see that his
sanguine prophecy comes true, even
~ Incomes htrr,
10 work for the nominee. Demo-
Gratis claim that any proposition
Endorsed by Heiiner Is sure OF defeat
and. IL thus be true. is would probably be
we'll should be find that Mr. HASTE can
set along very vel without aid from him.
But the Hsrt-Heifner crowd Is not the
only one which predicts a clean Repub-
licsn victory other Democrats do
not profess to believe the Republicans
will win. but nothing would please them
better than al overwhelming Democratic
defeat
The claim Of John Collins that Tempo
rary Chairman Mcdonald endeavorea 70
gag the convention Saturday appears ludi-
erous 20 those who were present when the
election Of temporary chairman "a as being
made. Collins. as chairman Of the county
central coumlttee. called the convention
70 order aad usei cvssy effort in his power
~ secure she nomination OF his man. VIII
IL Thompson. h. r. Bennett. Of tne
Ninth ward. held proxy from she Jaa-
nita delegate aud voted q for Mcdonald
Then = redhesded. be a hiskered individual
in another part Of the hall arose and
claimed 10 represent the delegate who was
absent An argument onSued and Collins