The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-30
A FUSS is BREWING.
THERE Is SORE TROUBLE IN THE
CAMP OF THE FTsIoyIsTs.
The Main Canse II Because There
Are Many More Candidates Than
want the senatorship and Every
thing Else That There IL I'm sight

thing Else That There Il in sight-
All the materials necessary for the
making Of a frst-cIazs row are present
and visible 20 The naked eve among the
fuSsonIsts who were successful IN the re-
cent state and county election The
trouble Is the same that was experienced
before the election. when the PopuiiSts
clsined that they were stronger than the
Democrats and the Silver Republicans.
and were after everything in sight An
other trouble is that there are too many
aspirauts for positions under the state
and county administrations and there are
not enough offices 20 20 round. This is
particularly the case with the offices in
the gift OF the governor.
Recently Governor-esecs Rogers sail 10
the fusion.stS that he would appoint no
one % Office who had not been lndoesed
By the fusion county committee In which
the applicant resided. The result Is that
there = from one 10 half dozen candi-
dates for each Office in the gift of the gov
ernor in nearly every one OF the thifty-
four counties OF the state. Take The office
Of fisH c0Tnmiss. oner, for instance. This
county has three candidates, Pierce coan-
~ has five, Pacific three. Whatcoxn TWO.
ami SO on ad minimum. 1t is the same
way with the dairy commissioner. King
county mas three candidates for this berth,
PIERCE has two and kitEtas four. The
same condition OF affairs prevails all along
down the kne Of the governors appoint
merits.
Il is said that Dir. Rogers has tried to
shift the responsibility from MS own
shoulders by tbs course. il the sNpeeta-
ton, perhaps. that the committees would
settle on certain men for the several aF,-
posntments, but tie committees refuse 80
DO This. and are SIMPLY indorslng about
every applicant that applies, ana the re-
suit is that he has many 10 select from.
ard runs the risk OF making numerous
enemies among those who VII be lett olt
"A the cold.
The senatorship in another bone OF con-
tention The Populists wish to name the
United States senator. Judge Richard
Winsor has quite following Of Popu-
lists. but there ls an element in the party
which is opposed 10 him. IL Is claimed
By some that the claims of Watson Car
bossa Squire 10 the position should be
recognized. lie assisted In a financial way
the election OF certain of the Popuiist
legislators. and incurred the enmfty or
those VINO wanted this kind OF assistance
and did not receive 1t. Then there Is
Judge Turner. OF Spokane. IL was safe oil
MIN yesterday that every friend OF Judge
Wsnsor's was his friend. but that every
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The Populists demand the senator, and
point with pride TO the fact that they are
he strongest party in the legislature To
this the silver Republicans say that the
result OF the campaign VIII be almost
fruitless TO them unless they are given the
senatorship. They also claim that the
populists and the Democrats could not
have won the recent election II it had not
been for their assistance To this the
Populists reply that they have Patrick
Henry Winston and Congressman Jones.
To this the free silver Republicans retort
that Winston was outside or the battle
ments Of the Republican party, and was
picked az in the Populist camp when he
was nominated As for Jones. he Was In
The same boat with Winston. and was as
good a Popuiist as there is In Washing
ION when he was nominated.
Another matter that is sure 10 make
trouble Is the position that Gov.-elect
rogers takes on the homestead question.
He Is most ardent promoter of the home
stead law. and in the Populist state con-
vention two years ago made a hard fight
10 nave a resolution in its favor made a
part of the platform. The single tax ele-
ment fought the proposition. tooth and toe
NAH and the result was that IL was de-
feated. In the recent convention at I'll
lensburE he again tried TO have a home
stead plank put In the platform, and the
single tax element again defeated the at
tempt. Mr.. Rogers IS a determined man,
so far as this measure is concerned. as is
shown by his recent utterance, when he
declared that he would not consider his
four years term as governor a failure II
the only thing that be succeeded I'm doing
was 70 have a homestead law passed. The
result of this hobby Of the goveruor-eiect
VIII be a deep and wide split between the
single tax and the middle-nf-the-road Pop
M fs-h gt-B3l
70 come together and agree upon candi-
date for senator.
1t Is claimed that Rogers is trying 70
hui.d up little oligarchy OF his own. the
end and aim Of which + that ne may sue
ceed John L. Wilson as United States SEN
ator In two years from now. and It is
claimed that he is wiling 10 make any
sort or a combination With any likely man
or combination OF men whom ne thinks
might be able 30 assist in bringing about
me desired result.
II IS claimed that Judge Turner Is de-
velopins considerable strength OF late and
that number Of Popnlists. as we'll as
free silver Republicans favor his candI-
Hacy for senator. His PoDulist friends
are the most enthusiastic IN their advo-
caey OF hts cause. and when asked why
they favor him they say that he has al
ways heen an advocate or their doctrines.
They point % his action in the consttt1i-
tional convention. his fight for the Nor
gan railroad bill ia the legislature. and TO
his record generally in favor OF what they
are pleased "a cali the rights OF the so
called aown-trafdea people.
TIE fusionists claim that under no cir
cusnstances win James Hamilton Lewis
be a candidate for United States senator.
They say that II would BE- IN the highest
degree fmp0lltic 80 allow him 20 run for
the position. In the event OF hts election.
should he he so fortunate. there would
have 20 De an election 20 till the vacancy
caused BY his resigna ton as congress
man. The election migat result IN the de
feat OF the fusion candidate II would
b. SQUIRTING the loss OF congressman 10
make Lewis a senator al the present time.
and the advantages Ia accrue by such
move arc not AZ all apparent TO the aver
age fusionist.