The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-14

tne convention - sar1w % -Ae xf-sis pal
try considerations % ofssce ara 20 pat
priSci9!e shove al ssse. DO aos alEow
these nsn 20 erax YOU a. shssr chariot
wheel or Lead you 4, s1anxht4--Fs he ssasi
Rave ccFna down 4, .fsss CONVENTION
Win cus ore Object. ard hat u 70 secure
Ior our party So for shss country The
electoral vote for Waglssua ]. Bryan. Cnly
yesfsr1ssy you <snt - The ro-rsnee a tee
grar paedssng ths support as the state Of
washington DO yca wsnt sae news par
on 1ns wires tonlxht .hzs rhe telegram
was false" Al she ems ~ eve minutes
HsFt was called te tirne av the zap ~ TIE
S2eaksrs gave. bat 2 = Carroll. Of
htnE, VAS the Soremast of hass a dozen
wAo sarang 20 their fest ard ne Yielded
nas time 20 Hart. The latter continued his
assuress. speaking with ma atnaoSt force.
he Was aunlaua-d from 81 parts OF the
aoos1 as he nl4a1e1 that the conference
committee be granted pseuarv powers
-. Lawrence. the blind member from
Whitman county. was ed % the ro<trtlui.
and ne answered Hart hy telling Of the re-
cent eseetion In Oregon. where be had
fsken part n q fusion campaign 'oa
election day" he said. I'VE found the
Democrats knitting the Popaiists" He
asked them 20 keep straight IN the middle
OF the road ana to stand for the Peoples
party, the patriotic people os The nation.
II G Little. of Chehalis. spoke briefly.
10 fae effect that the usG3le-of-t the-roa3
men we're probably asking TOO mach.
q. H. sutton. OF Spokane. asked the con-
xention TO stfck 10 Il and send the COM
miifee hack 10 the conference.
RAIDER. of hitsap. announced himself as
one OF those peculiar creations known as
middle-of-the-road PopnliSts But
never before" ne continued have heard
that name sneered at by men who call
themselves Popuiists. IL IS our duty 20
place ticket IN the field that viii be
elected. We do not desire 10 dictate. but
We do advocate course that will not en-
danger the party name or the principles
Of Populism."
Richard winsor. after Intellectual trials.
succeeded in gaining the aoor. He had
been working earnestly for the triumph
OF the principles OF the popuiist party. he
said. Il have bsen pained by this eontinu-
Gus cry OF Stop, thief he said. Neither
party has yet approached this question in
the right spirit. / want to say that IL
those who insinuste that there are mem
bers OF this convention who are trading
for state patronage. brand them as Sian
dsrers. II any such INSIST by an uncom-
promising altitude on making a sacrifice
OF party success l am ready TO sit down,
but insist that the responsibility must be
theirs" He shook his hand in the direc-
ton of Thurston county. 'ISit down.
called out voice. winsor quickly re-
torte1: Il will remind you that all your
hurrah and casting OF aspersions on Popa-
lists who are your equals and your peers
will not carry the state OF Washington
for William ]. Bryan" Great cheersD
Gusncr Teats said he had always been
in the middle OF the road, bat now he saw
two children by hts side, and he felt like
helping them along. Ii was not a question
OF what the Popnlists demanded. bat
y. q.
sending ths conference committee back
again. with Instructions TO do the best
possible for the Populist party. and II
then they were not received on equitable
terms 10 spurn the Democrats forever.
Cash Monohon spoke on behalf of 1900
voters in King county favoring unionr
VIII D. Jenkins. of whafcom, urged
fair and reasonable conference. He caus-
ed laughter by declaring himself mid
tle-of-the-road fusionlst-" II the state
were lost. and the old ring of Republican
ism left in the saddle. the blame would be
upon the unccmpromlsing members OF the
convention.
The overflow OF oratory had by this time
become deluge. and the convention was
bee comlng tired. Other speakers followed.
despite the fact that the members Of the
conference committee reminded the
delegates that . o'clock. which
hdS last dpDIpdGHiIss was ZIG
hour 10 which the conferees had ad-
journed. But O'Clock slipped by. and
Nordyke secretary OF the committee. took
the fioor to say that OF all animals man
was the most peculiar. and that there had
been a most painful exhibition OF that fact
tonight. we must have another confer
ence." he said. "and that committee must
report again. and then we Will have all
this work TO do over
Before leaving the rostrum Nordyke
moved the previous question. which was
carried. the right 20 a speech going 70
Robert Bridges, Of King. Bridges said hs
rcposed the utmost confidence In the con-
ference committee, and he raised his
voice in favor OF Union. Let us go home
to meet a common foe" he said in cios-
ing. "and 10 down the goidbug piatocraey
in Washington" Bridges speech was
one Of the most effective OF the evening.
and there was an enthusiastic and con-
tinuous yell as he returned 20 his seat
On behalf OF the committee Leigh II,
Freeman. the chairman. closed the de-
bate, trespassing on the five-mInuie limit
and being forced 20 withdraw amid voclf-
erous cries OF question"
The vote was taken a. 9:25. and resulted
In the committee being sent back with
cat Instructions A tremendous shout
accompanied the announcement, and half
the convention was on It's feet instantly.
feeling that the work OF the day was
done The convention adjourned TIL
o'clock tomorrow. with fusion apparently
further away than al any tlne during the
week.