The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-05
WAY Is In CONTROL
Populist Primaries Make Him
Boss Of Convention.
TODD TO HAVE 81 DELEGATES,
ghat II, ff They Keep Fsifh-singIe Tax
Defeats War Horscs-whstcom
safely Republican.

The single tax ring. dominated By Es-
gene Way. has majority OF the ~ eeis-
Gates 10 the Popuilss county convention,
which win meet IN Rznks's hall AZ ies99
tomorrow morning. and that element.
nouuinzliy pledged 10 Farmer Todd VII
have ~ least 81 OF the ~ delegates 80 Ea-
leDsogrg- Ways Fnanspsiations have BEEN
crowned with such success tia; he con-
trois all the wards 81 the city except fbe
fifth. Eighth and Ninth, ard ia these re
had men IN On two or three Of the prscinsS
delexationx The conclusion 10 be drawn
r. that King county at the TOD
sflHt state convention will fzsg
eusion. bat viii demand that the
nomination for governor 90 70 shs
PopuIist party. The des<fafioa. Is
prospective members say. VIII stan1 ny
Todd 10 the last ditch. bat other Pops-
lists. with feelings not fhe kindest toward
their brethrsn. declare that Todd IL a
stool pigeon. and that the delegates will
pc susceptible TO Influence from James
Hamilton Lewis or anybody else who may
be furnished with persuasive power.
OF the shfrty-nIne delegates TO be Sc
1ecsed tomorrow. three from the county
will probably be in favor Of fusion with
Lewis for governor. -Four or I'VE only OF
those 20 ne chosen from the city will be
against Todd. and VIII stand for some
mar from Eastern Washington. most
Ik4Iy Mayer Horafio Belt. OF Spokane.
All the rest will he for Todd. and Il Is said
that out OF the forty-fve precincts In the
city not single delegate VIII be for
Lewis.
The contest between the single tax
ring and the mIddie-of-the-roaf Pcpuiists
IN scnn OF the precincts was remarkably
close. In the Fourth precinct Of the
Fourth ward there were three Delegates
20 be elected. and the returns give Niles
HUNT, p. Wickstrom and n. Hunt on the
ono side, exactly the vote received by r..
J. Wilson, r. Uiln and ]. NJ. Page on the
other. In the First OF the Sixth three
candidates received the same vote. and
each Will be allowed swc-thirds % vote
IN the convention. In the Second OF the
Eighth. supposedly an anti-Way strong
hold. two single tax rsngsters crept IN.
each being given half vote No returns
have been sent IN from several OF the pre-
cinets. notably the First and Fourth OF
the Third. and the Fifth Of the Fourth.
In some OF these no primary was held.
while IN others the returns have been
Withheld. II IL supposed that DIR. ].
Eugene Jordan. whose political residence
II the Second OF the Fourth. was chosen
. desrate. but no veturn has been made.
and the exact condition OF affairs Is not
known.
Many Of the old warehouses; viii SIT In
the coming convention. and at the same
time there are others who viii not Rich
ard Winsor, sr.. who by continued SER
vice has earned the title of THE Perennial
Chairman will he there. and Will prob
ably be called upon again TO preside over
the deliberations. His two sons. Rich
ard tr.. interested I'm the West Coast Pop
ulist and the Tacoma Sun. and A. T.
WfnEor. are both delegates. OF course
Eugene Way viii head the delegation
from the First ward. and be will have
around him score OF lleutenants who
have done battle for him In many a cor
test Thomas Savin. the councilman. will
he there. and 80 will single tax Bob
Bridges, Ire Melisnr. r. l.. Carroll, Hen
~ W. Stein. John II. Hart. John O'Seiil
and Ed Morse. the pictorial artist. and j..
Hunsy and the two Spray boys. Aspirants
for positions that the people would not
give will be In the convention In the pe--
IONS of W. T.. G. Adams. who was not
elected TO congress. Swan Lewis who did
not 80 90 the legislature: Lyman gous
who did not become city treasurer. ana
Isr. Jordan. who lacked a great deal of
becoming mayer The uiddlc~of-the-
men viii have some of the ablest repre-
sentatiyes in the party. the list including
State Senator ]. w. Range. /. W. lxide.
A. II. schutt and Frank w. Spear. J.
~. Wolfe. of iaatoua. Is n delegate.
But thrfe are aspiring Popullsts who win
not be In the convention except as spec
been before the public eye on more than
one occasion. is the venerable r. ciayson.
ar. the Thomas Carlyle of Pike street"
Siayson made a gallant light for election.
but WAS uncef~moniously turned down
lie IL not alone, for with him Is ]. G. Ie-
void. ex-seeretary OF the county commit
tee. whose support was not equal TO the
task OF rolling 40 votes enough TO elect
him. The dsgnified form OF W j. Caldwell
fx1s ss5ffE
the governors chair. viii not be seen in
the convention lie MAS left out 20 stay
at home. and so was Frank r.. Wright
who ran for city treasurer on the Jordan
ticket at the last municipal election
1fodgkins. the 'piatformmakeq." from the
Third precinct OF the Second ward. could
not go a. delegate. but be win appear as
an alternate, and may have an opportunity
20 work over some OF the material sprung
npon former conventions. Rnt the eaddess
case or all Is that OK W W. Soyss who.
despite the fact that he Is the father Of
the Young Mems Bryan club. could not be
elected 10 thu convention. Moves was on
the street yesterday. and ne had blood In
his eye. "He's hotter than a bear With a
sore head" said one Of the men who did
not vote for him.
There was orc incident at the pfirnarieu
In the Second precinct OF the Fourth ward
not on the regular programme. ft WAS
q wcrtay war Winding up IN "a regular Tt N
Qharkey set-to between John Il. Hart aud
John o'Neni. Both men are lawyers. hath
good popuiists. both workers and both
fighters. When they finished ~ their set
Element Of differences u wss found thas
both had hsen elected 10 the con fenflon.
aud II they md occasion the orpi mart al
the contest no doubt vii he renewed on
the naor when that body meets The phys
teal hattie closed with henars almost ever
there being an snfinifeslmai advantage n
favor of Hart. nut only an expert IA
ward politics could discover that
Another glance At the list 81 aslegalrs
will show arnong them several nea who's
leauinxa heretofore have been decidedly
toward the Democratic party, AZ itaxi
three. owen Duffy and :. oeinn. bah
from tAr Fourth % the SssiAd. and r
Mctsewan. frana the Third of the Eighth
have been Pcputsts bat very shori
fifnc.
with The changes indicated above. az
ccuveation VIII BE almost IDENTICAL with
tat which nominated iSfdan fat may
Tae NiidGiesoE~t he~roas wasn Viii hase Ia
tie 20 Do except 20 vate frfliiiessly asalnst
their oppcuents. and the delegates to %
chosen viii ba men approved by Way,
However, II Ia worth while 90 polns as,t