The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-05
POP CONVENTION SET
Jordan Supporters Name Jam
nary 18 as the Date.
ONLY ONE DAY AFTER PRIMARIES
s.stuffed Committee Follows the Lit
tie Sapoleonr-schutt Bobs Up
and Again Is Given the Lie.

The Jordan faction OF the Populist city
central committee mas executed It's coup
/ d'etat, and the next convention or that
party will he held in this city January i,
the day following the election OF delegates
az the primaries. This IS the decision OF
a meeting Of the stuffed committee held
night before last IN the basement OF the
Peoples church. at which the Little Ma
poleon OF Seattle politics Was consp-ca-
Gus figure.
As might have been anticipated. the
gathering was anything but harmonious, Tor
despite the weed.ng-ouL process oy when
the committee mas been made almost soma
for the candidate for mayor, there re-
NAMED few outspoken ami emphatic IN
their opposition When the meeting was
called together by jacob Davidson there
were eighteen committeeman II the room.
and that number was soon increased untA
nearly the entire membership was present
But among those in attendance was A. H.
Schultz. OF the Sixth ward, who made
bitter though unsuccessful fight against
the multitude
Removing Obnoxious Populists.
The great stroke OF policy by which the
Jordan men hope TO gain control or the
convention was. first. TO remove the oO-
noxious oid-tiIne Populists from the cen
trail committee aad supply their places with
more plastic material which object, IL Is
said. has been accomplished almost 10 the
entire membership second, 10 dominate
the primaries. and 10 hold the convention
at the earliest possible date; third, 10 pack
the convention and 10 force the nomination
OF Jordan before the rank and HE OF the
party would nave a suspicion OF what was
happening or before they would have an
opportunity TO checkmate the move. How
successful has been the scheme viii ep-
pear below.
When the Populist brethren met in their
council hall there was nothing that would
have indicated 10 an outsider the approach
OF a storm. Everything was as placid as
Puget sound on a summer day, until the
committee took up the question OF pr
nar.es and convention. That matter Aad
been referred 10 q committee made up OF
Jordan. Hueney and Taylor, the nrst
named being chairman, and II recommend
ed that the primaries be held January "a,
and the convention the day following. On
being questioned as 10 the reason for sucn
unseemly haste. the chairman explained
that it was necessary so that the enemy
could not get in its work on the delegates,
as he charged had been done on the moor
Of the Populst convention last IAN, When
500 had been used. Proceeding with the
recommendations of the committee, ne
took the ground that the precincts OF the
city should hold caucuses at some place to
be appointed By the committeeman IN each
precinct on Monday evening, January 10,
10 place in nomination men to be voted Tor
at the primaries 10 be held IN the several
precincts January l.. The report also gave
a basis OF apportionmeut the vote Tor
Piper for mayor in 1894, the representation
to be one delegate for every ten votes or
fraction thereof in excess Of i've, making
d convention Of 80 delegates.
Jordan i'm Debate.
Accompanying the report was resolu-
ton embodying the statements outlined
above and its submission was followed by
a debate. ia which Jordan led, as TO
whether the committee was obliged 10 hold
precinct elections In accordance with the
primary election law. The discussion also
took up the question OF the additional
safeguards TO be thrown around the cleo
ton of delegates, the manner OF signing
the ward club rolls the length OF time
members name should be on the rolls.
and the number of ward meetings TO be
held previously TO the primaries 1t was
| decided 10 hold two open meetings. the
| last one 10 be on date at least three days
/ before the primary election. ana the quail
fiCatiouS for signing the roll were that
! respective member should be "A qualified
/ elector Of the ward and should subscribe
/ to the Omaha platform.
All this time Schutt, whose efforts 10
/ block Jordan I'm his race for the mayorai-
I ~ nomination have made him, along with
/ :. NJ. Allen. a leader of the opposition, was
I sitting quietly in his seat. a silent specta-
/ tor Of the scene. But now, in his estima-
/ ton. the time for action had arrived. and
/ h. offered an oral substitute. providing it
b. the sense of the committee that the
/ Peoples party should not hold its primar-
les until after the charter commission
/ should have finished its labors. Schutts
! substitute brought Jordan to the floor.
and he made a pointed speech substantial
/ ~ as follows:
! 81 see the emissaries OF the enemy al
/ ready in our midst. The brother comes
/ here with a resolution as furnished him
! by those who are anxious for our defeat,
/ ready 70 block any proceeding which this
I committee may see 1T - take The dis
/ guise is SO thin no member of the COM
/ nittee can help seeing through il. and l
think the proper thing is TO vote ii down"
/ In Schutts opinion the above remarks
( were rather personal. and he asked per-
said 10 have driven home. was in part as
/ follows:
! schultz Answers Jordan
/ ~ consider that the greatest enemy the
I Peoples PARTY Of tho city Of Seattle has
/ today IS Or j. Eugene jordan Never
/ have 7 been accused Of having bo1tea "a
/ Peoples party nomination. bUt always
/ have done the hest my efforts would allow
/ in which I have had the honor 20 take
! part How different has hern the practice
OF my distinguished opponent only two
/ wears aCo pr. Jordan came before the
! Fopuitst convention asking for the n0ni-
nation for MAYOR. a8d that convention in
: IFS wisdom saw ~ to turn him down and
. to nominate f7r tho place sought hy him a
. gentleman whose character needs no eu-
. lnEy from me-. but the honorable E,otIes