The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-20
THE BREACH WlDENS.
Independent Pops Will Not
Support the Stuffed Ticket.
OPPOSITION IN EVERY WARD.
sub-Co,nrnIttee Formulates Plans - a
Great Meeting Tonight Ga
the Jordan Machine.

Echoes from the ant-Jordan meeting
held in Masonic hall Saturday night coh-
iInued 70 res0uRd Throughout tA+ ctss a.
Intervals yesterday. and some bhac'-l' i"iiS
were borne far out toward me siiois "a
lake washington where the speclai conf
rnttfee OF eleven appointed saturday night
-, Win J. J. Holman on Jackson street.
The Sabbath vacation from daily ton save
the politicians ample sway ior iooD$ii's
and caucusing and street gossip ana most
OF them seemed Wiling 10 aFsA tlf@it'71i'' -
OF the opportunity.
'sThey were talking polite around ny
coruaf when / vent 10 bed al o CLOGS tnls
morning said Pike street cigar oeaisF'
.and when / got up TINS morning al : 'hsS
were sfIll at h..
Throughout the Second, Fifth. sixth,
Eighth and Ninth wards the intense ieel~
Ing that mad manifested Itself in o2pos'=
lion 10 Jordan a. the noninee o. ine fop-
ulists for mayor burned with Q steady
glow which showed clearly that f5e mag
nation Of Saturday night was not mere
ltful and neeting blaze Of enoticn-
Glad 20 ~ Ria OF s-Graf ers.''
Indeed the Indignation appears 70 have
crystallized into a sentiment which the
Jordan men probably have not anticipat-
ed. the more respectable element OF the
Topuiists il beginning 10 congratulate II
self already on the split that has taken
yesterday were pattiug Themselves ca the
back AT the idea Of having gotten rld or
Jordan and his crowd.
Il DO not miad saving TO you" said j. G.
1.eKold. who was gagged at the convention
and who later was elected secretary OF tie
anti-Jordan meeting Saturday night, that
We are heartily glad that the split has oc-
Cured. for one believe that IL Will re-
suit in purging the rolls OF the Peoples
party OF an Objectionable element. The
loss which We may sustain IN this way
numerically will De more than made Up by
the good men who viii rally 70 our sup
port. and who have thus far been kept out
OF our ranks on account Of the very crowd
that manipulated the convention, The
very presence OF that crowd in the conven-
lion hall kept some Of our best men away.
Others actually came into the hall, but
would not STAY 10 associate with the card
sharps aud toughs gathered there. Now,
Fortunately for US, ! think, these men have
drawn the line OF distinction.
Dissentients rIItnx Up Votes.
"The outrages which they have com
United n manipulating the wards and the
convention will DE OF no avail 70 them. /
venture 90 predict that Jordan VIII not
command more than 500 votes from the
Peoples party. on the other hand the
ranks Of the opposition TO Jordan viii be
steadily filed by most desirable class Of
men. our committee charged with
ranging for the meeting tomorrow night
IS holding a sort Of preliminary meeting
today. and the meeting Is sure to be a sue
cess. We have thirty days yet ahead OF
us. and within that time you will see our
rolls containing the names Of a fine body
az men Throughout this whole section
OF the city" waving his hand up and down
Pike street I'VE expect 20 get hold Of the
very best men, and I feel confident that
within a month our rolls Nili show nearly
q thousand names. The popular feeling
against Jordan IS stronger today than II
has ever been. and while / have nothing
whatever against him personally. / am
not blind "a the fact that he is popularity
charged with all the dirty work that has
been done. For instance. il Is charged
that there was a direct bargain with Way
20 turn over so many delegates from the
First ward for a consideration Not being
a party myself 10 the bargain I can not
assert just what took place. l am simply
telling you what people believe and think
they have good reason for believing.
Honest Pops and the Machine.
ElseW here. up and down the streets, in
hotel corridors and In shops and saloons.
the sentiment was repeated which was
voiced on Saturday hv James Moran. tho
deposed secretary of the Firth ward club.
that the majority OF the machine conven-
ton d.d not fairly represent the best sem
tment or the Popuiists. az as he put Il.
For the frst time In the history of the
Peoples party. the great hulk II The dele
gates seated rs the central committee are
stranger ami the real Popuilsts comprise
the audience"
Il have talked with dozens OF populsts
TO-DAY" said member OF the party yester~
day" and while Il IS natural that l as an
ant.-Jord8u man should hear chiefly that
side OF the question, II is remarkaHle that
I have heard absolutely nothing on the
other side The sentiment of the best Gle
mcnt in the party Is stronger today against
Jordan than 1t has ever been"
+. Ciavson, sr, was still warm under
the collar yesterday as ne thought of the
unfair treatment the anti-Jortan men had
received on the preceding day. ''fhe men
who met AZ Masonic hall last n ght' he
rala. "are representative men apart from
rhetr PARTY connections 7 mean that they
stand out as representative men En- the
community as citizens. and that they con-
sttfute q distinct class from enc gang sur
Y,1rsinr Jordan. Tho one sentiment which
snost strongly unltcs them just now .s
shrir opposition 90 Jordan AMI their de-
termination 10 defeat him.
To Perfect Organization Tonight.
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