The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-02
ROUSING THE PEOPLE.
Republican Candidates Wei
coined on All Sides.
Popul,sT wRATH sReAks LOOSE
They Breathe Threateniags and S.augh-
tsr-chspin Strikes Frost" In
the First ward.

The Citizens Municipal League held .
meeting last evening in the cold. vet. barn
ike room over the Montana stables. In the
First ward. and for nearly three hours the
champions of the movement harangaed al
unsppreciative audience OF twenty-five Or
thirty. The meeting was addressed by
Herman Chaplin. candidate for mayor; T.
r. Padden. candidate for city treasurer on
the Democratic ticket; Alfred Battle. can
didaie tor corporation counsel on the
Democratic ticket; William ID. Wood.
William II. White and E. +. Blaine, but
the audience declined TO enthuse. and
whenever speaker gave vent ID an e'o-
au-nt peroration he waited for the ex-
pected burst of wild applause. but he was
doomed to disappointment, for the HAND
ful of listeners sat with hats on, coats put-
toned up and expressionless faces, just
like so many Egyptian mummes- L.
was without doubt ore OF the cold
est, most poorly attended political
meetings ever held in this city.
The meeting should have been called 10
order at 80 O'Clock, butt no one was in
the hall at tina. hour except a hobo who
had been employed to keep up fire III a
dilapidated stove which gave out little or
no heat, and the chairman of the meeting.
William Johnson. Al O'Clock few
saloon hangers-on struggled in and q little
later Mr.. Chaplin and the rest OF the lights
OF the movement: arrived. At 8 O'Clock
Mr.. Wood was called upon TO speak and
kill time until the crowd should gather,
when the candidates would have an oppor-
tunity 10 proclaim their respective virtues.
Mr.. Wood lifted up his voice and the
crowds loafing in the saloons in the yicin-
i,y. attracted by the strange noise, went
out 10 investigate. After Mr.. Wood had
spoken for nearly an hour about
the patriotism of the American people
and the politics OF Tacoma he was
interrupted by an unearthiy noise at the
foot of the stairs. The snare drummer
and the clarinet player from John Cons-
dimes variety theater band, who had been
generously loaned for the occasion, were
giving r. noisy but lively rendition of the
''Girl LET, Behind Me-" and Mr.. Wood,
remarking that he would give way TO the
other and better performance, sat down.
The music" attracted great number OF
Idle men, but when they found out that
the disturbance was merely made to at
tract attention to the meeting upstairs
they went away. together with half Of the
original audience, which had come down
to see what all the noise was about
The Populists held meeting at Turner
hall last evening. presided over by p. p
Carroll, and the room was fairly we'll filled
By men who wanted to hear the candidates
Of other parties roasted. The speakers de-
voted their time to this amusement, with
frequent hings at bankers and corpora
tons, and to praising the ability of A. w.
Piper as . carIcaturist. In taking the
chair Mr.. Carroll spoke briefly and vas
followed by John w. Gibson. Then it vas
John B. Harris turn and his gesticulations
indicated that he was trying to take fall
out of somebody. A portion of his speech
was devoted to roasting L. {. Gilman and
amcs Hamilton Lewis and defiantly
challenging them both to an open discus
sion on any subject in order to prove his
own competency for corporation counsel.
NJ. +. Knox went through his accustomed
contortion act. upholding the principles of
his party and announcing the election
Of the Popuiist ticket as q certainty.
The last speaker Of the evening was
Richard Winsor. who claimed that the
whole battle at the coming election was
between the Populists and Republicans.
and that the Democrats were mot in IT.
Then he devoted himself to abusing the
Republicans. the PosT-INTELIIGEScER get
ting the Hons share. the candidates the
remainder. He called the Citizens move.
ment a scheme of the Democrats, and
oracuarly foretold that they would call
Chaplin oil the night before election. Mr..
Winsor was particularly venomous against
the bankers During his speech he stated
that he had telegram from Portland an.
nouncing that Gov. Pennoyer would adj
dress a Populis. meeting here next Mon.
day night.
One OF the largest end most enthusiastic
audiences ever assembled in Ranke ball
at political meeting was that which at
tended the rally of the Fifth Ward Repub-
iican CLUB last night The speakers we're
BYRON Phelps. W. r. Gay. S. II. Plies. NJ.
G. Winstock. ". W. Wiltshire, Andrew +.
Burleign. q. A. Lafayette. William +.
Scott. II. II. Stewart aud John W. Corson.
Mr.. Phelps received an ovation IS he ap-
peared in the hail. He said that, being a
plain man. he could not make a plausible
plea for the sufifages of the people, even
II he would. lie felt tha; his forte was i'm
doing rather than taking. If elected he
pie, and that was the only p.sage
he could make in asking the votes
Of those who had confidence in him
from, his record. NJ. Piles made one o.
his rousIng speeches. and when he referred
&c Gov. Met;raw the applause Was ire.
mcndous. Mr.. Gay. Mr.. Wlnstock and
Mr.. Wiltshire eioQuently set forth the issues
OF tie hour and urged upon Republicans
their duiv 10 get ou; and vote on election
day. Mr.. busleiEa made one OF his grand
speeches. and aroused great enthusiasm.
q. A. Lafayette made q rafting talk IA
~orkingmen. showing whY they shonld
vote the Republican ticket; Mir. Scott dis
eussed the charter amendments 10 he voted
GA and some of those which the Demo-
cratic council refused TO submit 10 the rec-
pie Mr.. Cosson roasted the Citizens
movement for assuming u possess al! the
political virtue and wisdom of the people.
The Republican central committee YES
teFday chose Frederick H. Hard to sue
coed NJ d Haynes IS nominee 20. dele
gate from the Filth ward, Il having been
discovered thai Mr.. Haynes lacks a few
days Of having lived the necessary length
o. time IN the ward Mr. Hurd il Of the
trm Of Hard & Hills. commission mer-
chants a, Iil0 Ihlrd street lie was barr,
IN Cllatoa, Conn. ~ lsi3. and lived there
nn:1t ne ~as u years et age. when lie vent
into The Array 0; the Potomac in the Four.
tenth regiment Of Connecticut vo!un.
tsers sad served until the cnd Of the var.
one "a which M. Hurd trst heard
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