The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-22
WILL IT BE FUSl0N2
The Pierce County Peoples
Party Convention Today.
BOTH FACTIONS ARE SILENT
n MN Take q Test Vote 60 Decide
Whether The Made ~ the Road
Vesl~ws Are the SfrsaGes.


Thcoma. June ss--speeni.-fn TIE Pierce
county Peoples party convention tosa0r-
row there wsA fskelY be an anfrnaseo
scrap between ttls f4ssonists. whe are
seliehing the fruits Of the combination
with shs Democrats IN the late aaussiclpaa
can palgn. and the middle 4 h@-fosd Pop
siIAta who were denied admission 70 TIE
fssst presided over Ly Mayor Fawcet.
The convention will assemble tn ArHcry
hall NJ y O'Clock fou1oFros- u VIII De
called 10 ORDER sy Thomas Z. DonsFfF.
chairman Of the county ssntnS commit
Zee.
The middle f-she-roa6 Popuilsfs are led
BY Councilman Matthew u. BaAGsr, wao
IL also chairman Of the State COMMITS tee
Mr.. 3uiser ia q Grin believer IN al the
cardinal principles OF the Peoples party
and he Is SLOW 10 surrender them Ia order
TO enter an alliance with another POLITICAL
party. This was the position as TOOK ~
The late municipal fEat. and the conas-
Quenc. is that the fusloni4is among the
1soyuissss look a. askance a. 1f. BulSer.
when they want 10 talk uolii8es ttsey 80
of IN a corner by themselves.
Siding In with Dir. Buigsr are the ma
sorify Of the country delegates. among
whom the feeling against fusion aud
everything else Democratic il very strong
The fight IN the city has been handled
very quietly. The delegations elected at
the primaries last week are mixed 70 q
large extent. Nsither the fusion delegates
for the strafghf-out Pops arc free IN their
speeeh, SO II will require test vots In the
convention 10 establish the relative
strength Of the opposing parties.
The test Of strength VIII probably come
when the seating of certain delegates Is
passed upon. These are men who have
been elected delegates at the primaries.
but who are disqualified fTsm sitting IN a
convention under a fundamental rule OF
the Peoples party. promulgated at the
Omaha convention whereby all holders OF
office. whether national. stale. county Or
municipal are prohibited from acting al
delegates In any convention held 10 the
party. Among those who have been
chosen delegates and are under the ban
are: Guvnor Teats, OF the c!vn ssrvice
commission Assistant City Attorney W
IT. H. Kean. John p. Hartman. council
man from the Fourth ward. and the blttee
political enemy OF Chairman Bgiger. ana
s. A. Wolf, a clerk la one Of the city de
psrtmenss.
That the fusion question will come up
In the convention seems absolutely GER
tain. Besides ei~ctfng a delegation 10 the
district convention to be held In this city
to send delegates To the national conven-
ton. the county convention viii select a
new county committee 10 handle ths fall
cafnpaien. The fusionists have carefully
laid their plans 20 capture this commit
tee. or name It's members. IL the straight
outs win. the new committee will dectd-
ed1y not favor "A combination with the
Democrats In the fan election.
Much the same tactics are pursued hy
the advocates OF fusion among tho Popu-
lists as characterized their work IN the
municipal election. Leading populists who
arc not favorable 20 combination are
piacatcd with offers OF place or nonina-
ton on the county ticket In this con-
nection. the name Of O.. ". Race OF this
city. has been mentioned as possibility
for the nomination OF sheriff. the most
important Office on the county ticket aside
from the tudgeshIp.