The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-29
A NEW POPULHT BOSS.
Patrick H. Winston Tries to
Run Yakima Convention.
He SEEKS TO Be SENATOR.
A Disposition to Sit Down on the
Sewest-Fangled Ideas.
HE SEEKS TO Be SENATOR.
Every ssep-Deiegates Delayed by
the Pullman Boyeotf-The Taxpay-
ers' Convention Probably = Failure.


conditions change the Populists are likely
To remain in convention for several DAYS.
Adjournment after adjournment has taken
place TO hear the report of the committee
on resolutions and platform. and still no
report is forthcoming. 1t Is understood
that Rogers, of Pierce county, is trying TO
shape the platform. and that he is being
comDatted by Winston. OF Spokane, ex-
United States district attorney, who has
his own ideas which be wants inserted.
aud on which he proposes 10 stump the
state. Nearly ali the prominent Populists
of the state are here. and the remainder of
them are on the iied-up trains or crossing
the country with teams. No new congress-
ional candidates have been developed ex-
cepting III. W. Boyer, of Pierce, who sud-
denly gres into favor after a characteristic
Populist speech, in which he aimed his
shots at the lawyers and advocated the
nomination for congress of men from the
hearts of the people. A feature of the con-
vention was a telegram from Gen. +. ].
Jeflries, of the Northwest Industrial
Army. sent from st. Paul, in which he
says he army is praying for the conven-
tion's success and that the Populists will
sweep everything before them.
Nothing was accomplished by the con-
vention today beyond temporary organiza-
tion. T. j. Miller, OF Thurston, was elected
temporary chairman, and c. L. Rusk, of
kittitas, temporary secretary. W. Z. G.
Adams, of Seattle; L. E. RAIDER, OF Ia
coma. and W. ID. Mayer, of Garfield, are
avowed congressional candidates. Patrick
Henry Winston could have the nominal
tion from Eastern Washington if he would
accept. but he says that no Office below that
OF United States senator will tempt him.
Carrier and Arthur. of Spokane. and
Arthur n. Jordan. OF Pierce. are candi-
dates for the supreme bench.
The entire evening session was taken up
IN squabble over the provisions of the
report OF the committee on permanent
organization and rules. That body desired
the election of all candidates on .'prefer-
entiai" system. each delegate to vote four
times for four choices for men for each
Office. This provision was voted down after
hot fight. When the convention took
up the question of instructing for United
States senator in the legislature. the plan
proposed by the rules committee was for
vote 10 be cast December by the prefer
ential system, and the nfan so designated
to be the choice Of the representatives in
the legislature. This, too. was summarily
tabled. In discussing this motion dele
gate from kittitas scored Hesse. of King.
who had introduced an amendment sug-
gesting that the PopuIists might not elect
the legislature.
At this hour the convention is fighting
over the disposal of the platform. Proba-
bly, il will be fought 10 finish, as all the
3ata O. Ls.x
peals from the decision OF the chair, much
gavel rapping and discussions galore take
place. The decision Is far from har-
monious, but is being pretty well handled
by Chairman Miller, of Thurston, whose
temporary selection will be made perma-
nent in the report of the committee on
organization. Resolutions will be adopted
tomorrow, if not containing too many
experiments. which the convention
seems anxious TO fight shy of.
Several carriages have just arrived from
Eilensburg containing delayed delegates.
The attendance is now fully 200. many
carrying proxies. Some have been allowed
place in convention only so far as they
represent their own county. No proxies,
other than from alternates of their own
precinct, are allowed, and two men were
thrown out because of being Office hold
ers, in accordance with the national con-
vention ruling.
TACOMA, June 2s.-Ispecial. Ten dele
gates from the southwestern counties of
the state arrived here tonight en- route to
the state taxpayers convention to be held
at North Yakima tomorrow. but are stalled
by the railroad tie-up. They will return
home tomorrow, and do not anticipate
that the taxpayers association will con-
vene. They proposed to adopt resolutions
asking the legislature to amend the school
timber land law aud regulate the assess
ment laws in the interest of taxpayers.