The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-20
He Is Gaining Strength and
Making Friends Every Day.
mR. ALLEN IS WILSON'S Hops.
The Seattle Lawyer Is Counted Upon
to Keep Votes Frem Ankeny.
There II No show OF ths Eaeesfos of
the ex-senasor-Extraeraia r-s-
Frtendship For the Railroads asa
Hostility TO sscsragaa Canal.

olympia. Jan. <sr,svsa, MANY cf
the King ard Pierce tsylaiy snemtegs
resmraed hsana tsNfay. both asusases llsy-
ing adjourned until Monday. and tale
hotel lebhies tonight present = deserted
apIesgsgse. All of the senatorial essls-
fldates. however. tugesshsr with thkkr
Eeulssiants. resEatin .saa The siesi 60 sea
that every lsSe Ut atsassS ard dsfNnsa
IS preserved intact for the eEgageasaSss-
on nexE Monday evening. aas engage
ment which may prove fa1at 10 tase
hopes of nsany of the oprusssng fozvsS.
or wllcsl. on s1fc other hand. may p~As-
silssy be merely a preliminary sisagaaxS.i
to the great contest chat is cexssin u
come oiT nn next Tuesday.
The -Ankeny and Wilson forces, pre-
ponderating so largely IN nunshefss.
naturally evfnse tho nHoss asaxlsty ass 10
the final outcome. but tsoth express the
utmost confidence. 10 these not On the
inside. of being able to win sss@ vlctary.
No osle here seriously considers she
clsaauess of Allen. :MesftIis,. Shssw nr
J0sseS. the oa.ay other ayowed carsli-
dates. Net a single wel.-sostesi ngan IN
Olympia csn be found tocay who lnss
an idea that any one 81 the ssist fear
candidates can be elected. Ii IL a square
light hestweesi 9AnlSeny and Wilson. and
even liz BY any gpssils.c chance one of
these two shnaiic not Ire elected. their
followers wouid not go 30 amy af the
other four candidates. hessalsse IL birth
Wilson and Aakans should be defeaged
their supporters would naturally al
the four referred to- and would In sheer
revenge turn elsewhere.
That Ankeny Is far IN the lead Is con-
cesied hy all except the extreme parfl-
sans OF Wilson. The atmosphere ut
this beEicf fsefmeates every nook usld
corner OF the hotel lobby. Even .
large number OF Wilson'S rsauuers adj
init that Anisealy has b. far the better
OF It. but cfaim that Aliens cafdidoey
has impaired sAnkeny's strength. watla-
out weakening Wilson's. AMI THAT x
Anieny il mot elected on eha first ballot
his followers will 81 20 Wilson. and tslsst
the Spokane CONGRESSMAN viii be cssrtest
with a sviss. They snaEntalr that Al
lens work here In the hotel lobby TINS
week has had a slisintegrafing influences
on the Anlzeny forces without affecting
wilson's. and their main hriarf In tho
possibility OF Wilson'S election lies in she
he,r,e that Alien has weakened AnkeTay
TO such AN extent that ne cannot bs
elected ON the first bafsot. and that then
Wilson win have carried the caucus he-
fore any one realizes nc has done II.
He in an adept at this sort Of work.
ard his followers believe he can zrlsais-
spxrlate The caucus ON Monday evening"
sf the Aiken men can only muster
esougls strength TO prevent A11kcnys .
election on the first ballot, and 1t must
he confessed that I'm Aliens Candidacy
lies the cnfy damage to Ankeny. aud
therefore the logical hope of Wilson
Many OF Aliens sincere friends here
depr~cata his attitude In this matter
He allowed the belief 10 secogne preya-
lent throughout the entire state that ne
was rot a candidate for the senate, ard
vet al the last moment he appears at
| Olyr,sysfa and begins MS cainpaigsi For
shx. mast SIX months Ankeny and WaI-
son have been openly and ardiotisiy
working. wsg.e Allen rengeirlxsf silent
He Is now attempting TO reap that
which me has not sown. anil his coliTss
| il being strongly condemned on acccufit
| of rs ex xtreasEe unfaArness.
During the rsast week the seutinlEssst
| favorable 10 Ansseny has been growing,
| This spntssrsssls is based upon personal
! cnntvassf with ff1ss man. His quiet. uss-
| .ss1efstasIeHYs sr1anzfer and sturdy css7s-
| uxyn sssrse have creafed an exceexttnsly
| favors.ble impression. The Taco1in
| ledger. wfsseia Is tke organ or the
| wfssnnttss. and the wiIson4ses tisasi-
| eetves have during asl tnis casnpa1gn
| y4.ns- ths. sffsnress on the cry that this
xys.x a campaign OF 'sl,o0dss and s5TslFz.
| ,ysx&sn. OF course. aetorisng 10 klpxs
/ salsyss, being p,ssessef 81 the brains.
1 even shoaigh the auaqtfsy r like some
| corpogatseans. limited But the impress
/ stxy-l trerafed iy this s1sasler.ialE political
/ statement has been r4satiiy dsss1Tafesl
/ during the rzast We. x. and Taows ttany
| az ti.ss vrlfrTisgss wigs, castns ssern pre5u4
| eicsxf asrstgt@t HIM openly state that sf
| ttas4r constituents could EnIy see Mr.
/ Ankeny as they themselves sa-e him 10
wcsild uslqucxt|atalsiy fsa etrsrger with
/ the pubic than wilson ever was ct tae
/ heyday OF HIS popularity. From time
| fusaserrprsaa this 'csaesp John" cry ot
..bxssfe. has been Fxssed In every sfats
/ fn the Union. whenever and wherever .
| man af r1ssaxss has been a candidate for
| sfs. senate. but IN t4lis srsssanee y ssas
| ffsag,pezrs~f hsfsFe personal tsoftiaft
| with Mr. Anheny ard better kgEowie-sss
| Of the nntn.
The cssnssng OF tfse protests from Ssso~
! kane county asrsirsst wnson's eiectsna
ss avaIs-f with mitch Interest. Thess
..rosexss cs,rs sfn thousands of signatures
az the rnx@a ws1n f5F1n fhe backbone of
| ssrosnarse county. ard they iradAaate tho
| stsfsFrg of Walsum ia his owu cossfsz y /.
among his acqTs5ataxasess aEsi Fgesgf-
her~. axrsnrE tflcssc v9io know him hesss
f,y bong personal cofract. Careful and
/ dliIe.ass Inquiry among the nikissst aEsi
s.esss posted Fssitieanzs1 here fails to re-
! cal q s4ngfe fnssanee sn the history u
| seratariaa elections sss the United states
/ w7sere people of a SENATORIAL sxzngtsdatss'e Z
own fssSgrs arsss,s esa g1assse sexld protested
as-asree his esess8sf. Certain IL S. tfas
In all OF sfsA bitter aerzAfo7sal contests
hi ftsas state nfsffIiExg OF .ke kint faa
evs.r fs.ea knssws1 In eli probability,
xyssEyu viii fry 4o Offset tine effs~st ri
sssssss protests Try claiming tssas tine siT-
rszsts-ss 20 shs protests arss fsssse ~
prstrssss. ard - sgspcFsa1tss, or that other
stale ssks cry that fssey ar- "forgsY<ar, =
fssss the fsx.s u Nrsfxsu kBmseif practical.
" admits the rsuufn< <nc1s OF she ssv.
! natures by asserting shas fsals way os
defeating firn "a nssf warranted BY f1gs
| <s~snkssyxr ssxxss,ie Tfsk. fyssfh e. sh4s pe<.-