The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-16
THE pops" ARE FIRM
They Will Not Vote to Increase
the Debt.
slnoLE-TsxeRs TO FAVOR IT.
Popuiists Oppose Any Further Issue OF
Bonds or Warrants Until They
Arc In Control of tho City.

popul.sfs ana single takers assembled
last evening at the Peoples cnETcn 70 az
enGeaYor - grasp the question u the &C.
OAR river water supply. Moat % ne speak
ers confessed that they "a not understand
the question and had DOT read the orli-
nance and on that account ". VI. Holmes
was APPOINTED to read IL. While no Inc
OF action was settled upon. q became ap-
parent that asEg-e takers favor the
city euasGciI scheme and Popniists oppose
II. There we're about - present at the
beginning. but shey walked out oy twos
and threcs until there were not more than
fttfg at the close and then they fore
stalled 4 motion 70 adjourn IS departing
IN an nproar. Notwithstanding the vigor-
Gus protest OF the secretary, VINO feared
the hal would be closed Il d 81 gas BIZ
VAS not paid.
! III. Todd a raneher from Mason coun-
IS. wh.ied away an hour. because % Dr.
Jordan'g mona ppearance IN general Fopl-
Est oratory. lie claimed the credit OF the
Kentucky victory for the PopDl.sts, saying
they had driven Republicans and Demo-
Gratis TO vote the same ticket. Al the
opening he boasted OF having been a
knownothing. and sad he knew bur very
little now.
NJ. NJ Holmes. when thu discussion of
the Cedar river ordinance began. sad: II
never read the ordinance I'll yesterday.
and I don't understand Il yet, and ven
sure TO say that not s.x persons tn the
house have ever read II.
H. r. Hess wanted 20 know u bonds
we're 10 he voted upon, or was the election
merely for the purchase of a rlght-of-wayf
L. w. Kidd did not think the Popalsts
understood the question
" J. Iarkins said: II know that DIR.
Jordan il on a committee 70 investigate a
steal that - going on in connection with
the feeding of city prisoners. and could not
DC here tonight"
W r. Wilson disclalmed any knowledge
of the present ordinance, and said that he
had once proposed plan. but II had never
been given a wide scope by the critics and
newspapers. He opposed the present plan,
and said there was something rotten
somewhere. lie was sorry that DR.. Jordan
was not present 70 explain about the Sc
crct meetings. and IL he was in the steal
h. should be there to let tae meeting know
OF II. The Post-IntellIgencer. he sad, al
ways favored bonds, and he could not un-
dersiand why II does not now. Mr.. Parry,
the Post-Iuteligepcer's most ardent sup
porter, wrote the report 81 that secret
meeting 70 go on 10 New York. and dis
eussion was needed to find out where the
Post-Intelligeneer does stand. He then
read his report. as superintendent OF the
water department, for 1892. but did not eN-
plain To what object. The city had taken
xSDa to build the firaboat without author
ity, as the people had voted the bonds for
q specific purpose. He thought that the
scheme OF the company IS hut bluff I'VE
had better fool EN-" said MIR Wilson.
How can We do it?" asked some one in
the audience. by voting against the
proposition was the answer "and then
the company can't borrow a dollar an it,
w. ]. Larkin said II was very evident 10
his mind that Mr. Wilson had not given
~
reiterated what the Post-lnfeiligencer had
said. II had been stated that tho COM
rany would put I'm s3e0. 600. and that was
held out by the Post -Tntelligenccr as a
bait 90 get votes against the scheme OF
the city. II the city does not get IL now
the company will. aud IL Is pot "A question
% bonds, bat OF warrants. Wilson would
fool EN-" by cutting on his nose n spite
BIS face. When it suits the Post lntellt-
Geneer 10 have bonds. IL wants bonds. but
now IL does not sli5t.
what ls the difference between bonds
and warrants; except the nance" asked
~. n Holmes.
Tho difference is that in one the whole
CITY Is pledged. and in tire other IL is not"
responded t.arkin.
II r. Hess said ne wanted 20 state that
he bad not Rad the ru~t-Iutelllvenc.
AID had never heard the ordinance before
bat u was the -'damnedeSt rottenest''
thing he had ever heard. Tie could drink
Lake Washington water for counlo OF
years longer. till tie Pops" got there AS
was predicted by Mr Todd He thought
that tho 'warrants were hat a little
iHhricatiug oil 20 hone" the Eepublicsn
party into power. tie had favored sim
liar scheme IN Spokane. and the Post-in-
teiligencer thought Il could swing the
fopulists into line by pretending 20 op-
pose II. yet he Thought IL n rao1 rule 20
4
geucer favored.
Mr. Wilson Mr. Hess would you rather
keep the water rights Ia the hands 90 the
people or vote for them and let the pres
ent administration give tb.s very company
the ccntractq"
Keep it IN the hands Il tbe people by
sll means. until e ropuiist administration
can give out tho contract" responded
HeSa. with a prompf somersault
l.. ". Kidd said Jordan Had neNrr hrar,t
the ordinance read untH the utEhf he
voted against g. II WAS % hulIsorlns.
scheme either way. snd BE- was only to
keep The present party 'u powrr. ike the
Hemocratto sewer construction ar two
wears since There IS stream above &C.
OAR river that would o. as wen he sttl.
and Cedar river could be abandoned
Mr.. Albright said that two ul.n had
filed a claim or hair ~ Cedar river. and
We're willing 70 give up'' So tbt rttv ami
why not buy ~ them as w.u las Mr Nir-
Mickene Was no< ghe5r half az the river
JuSt "a good
'eWho are chose two men, was asked
u avn not al Iheyty % give tre.~
names answered. AIhrsght
Robert Hrldges spcke at lerntn. an3 az
ViSed procept5oe at ONCE hy any means q,
sc.,ure the system. and Thought t-e mower
furnished fer elevators in building Woald
pay the &,-apa.