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

tse fsrkes hA. been ms1e Cd an1 a large
proportion cs ehe delegates Rad gore
ho-ne the rcrwAr Tor. ur9sr the gui19rsce
os TIE rorzsneex struck cut the pssrk,
wkfch OF course. tad become oc1eeEton-
able 20 the ofyire seekers. Aftsrward.
when Auditor Tobin vas inducted into OF
Zee. be was corsronfez with his pledge 10
retire aea. ard he is said 20 have reqisea
in the forcsnIs language OF the barbarian
wko xas asked 20 kiss the toe OF n1EGi-
eval nnoaarch. .Bv Cd. / won't stand
any reduction said Tohlr. ard he 6sd noL
Bus al the same time his vehsEnence re-
suited in q nickname ard now he =
he is the Praise God Barebones OF the
Whitman county conventions"
This same man from Spokane bad sew
eFzl other stores about the whitman
Popaglsfs. and fhe narratives were en-
joyed hugely by the crow6. The truth OK
what Ras saSd was afterwards confirmed
by Inquiry This convention, see. has
declared against the use OF railroad
passes That reminds me that the Whit
man Popuilxgs jumped on A. n. wels1.
who Is urging Mayor Belt for governor.
and tried 70 read HIM out Of the party
the other day. The charge wss ina.
Welsh had used railroad pass.
Bat while he vas unable 20
set up a compete defense. he pointed
oaf mitigating circumstance that final
iy resulted IN his going free. II was that
Cid Kent. who was one OF his most bitter
opponents. had used Cleveland Smiths
pass during the last session Of the iesis-
lature. OF which Smith was a member.
This unexpected move on the part OF
Welsh thoroughly disconcerted his perse-
cutors. and the proceedings against him
were dropped
This reminds me that Kent fired
hard shot at the free coinage Republicans
over IN Whitman the other eay. They
had been talking fusion until Kent got
tired. AT a. once be broke ont wiihA
Fusion. fusion ] used 10 be troBbss4'
with fusion. But one morning I dlscoF-
cred that / had The o;d parties al churn-
ing shout IN my stomach. and l went
into the back yard and threw them Up.
have been better ever since. You hai
better stop your talk Of fusion, and get
rid OF the Old parties
Isaac Moore the Grand Army man who
has been on the lookout for Senator
Squire. missed bis opportunity this after
noon. Moore has a Mckinley button dis
played on his Grand Army badge. and as
he walked down Pearl street he was greet
ed By a stranger. who also wore the Grand
Army button. The stranger noticed Mr..
Moors's Mckinley button and said;
You still cling TO the old party. see''
Yes. sir" answered Mr. Moore; that's
the only course open TO me"
Well, | must say I cannot any longer
follow the Republicans"
Then ! am sorry" said Mr.. Moore.
that an old soldier should have reached
that determination"
From this the discussion turned 10 poi
itics and the two men went al each other.
fguratively speaking hot and heavy. The
Tx iF7fr fr rsff -.
seemed 10 have the better OF the argu-
went. Finally the men separated. and
then one of Mr. Moore's friends stepped
up TO him.
"You gave Il TO Squire pretty heavy,
didn't your" he observed
Was that Senator squire?" exclaimed
Mr.. Moore. II wish had known II at the
time"
Had the veneran been fully Informed
as % the identity OF bis companion. there
is no question that something would have
been said about the Squire buttons the
O. A r. men Of EllensbHrg have reject
ed The "receptinn" az which these but
tons were to have been returned has not
yet been held. and very likely VIII not
take place Squire and his friends are
watching the veterans. and Il ls said VIII
head on any attempt OF the kind by
keeping ont of reach. Mr.. Moore Is the
man 20 whom Senator Squire wrote the
''gold-bag. letter published in yesterdays
Post-Inielligencer.
The position OF the middle-of-the-road
PopuliSts was ably ard pathegicaliy set
forth before the appointment OF the con-
ference committee by Terpernsng, the
blind delegate from Columbia county, but
his words fell on unwilling ears, and
paved the way 10 Richard Winsor's I'm
heart ard soul for the Peoples party"
said Terpennlng, "and have been in this
10 work for principle alone There
IS much need OF union. bat 70 my humble
mind IL seems that the party. which has
been struggling for twenty years 20 se-
cure recogniaon. cannot afford 20 sacrS~
fee either name or principle for Office. 4
To 10 anything else is 10 surrender; II q
% run SAP the white flag. Let US make A
platform. and then let as nominate every
man upon the ticket 70 stand upon that
platform. Fusion means confusion
cannot see your faces nor the sentiments
dsn'cted on them. nor have I the trained
mind ~ some OF the orators % this con-
venuou; yet ] can fee that The victory is
10 5e Tor the PoDulists and for them aionA.
Let Us 80 forth as ore people. under one
banner. and for heavens sake let az who
haVe soweyi the seed reap the harvest ara
move forward united under that banner
John Il Rogers. the Puya.lup man who
wants 20 be governor but will not res ma
nomination. was mixed ue in the discus
sion ever the plank r. the Ponusxt pjat-
form relztlve 20 the use of railroad passes
lie vas absent from the cerve~tfo- ali
when he psank wss first taken uY.s.r con.
slsrratton- bat he entered the room n
time 10 learn that Thurston county haa
oasre3 an amendment. The comvsntion
N.as ihen taking q vote after The nrayforts
question hz5 been carried. aaA on 4 df,,is.
tan thN c1ant was made hr War. ~ Efn~
Rn8 Nfsler 0f Thtrsfon. When fbA res,f.
vas announced Rogers insisted .Nas tha
vote be takeu over R~atn. as ne fhonvhs
interested parties had no right 20 maize
fss count lie ha8 bis wsv anf fhs- -
ssstei oa making a personal Hxrtawasfav
huf WIS ehakeA or. TIE cI~cur4starreS
fsf3t cate3 strongly that Rogers naH r,44a
uaa 0t q PASS tu corning 10 fvje-sa,,,wx
asd that ~ vas The ohtect afrrez a. ~
the resolution. f5e "a a thia-s.ssazea- SAL
inaT comniexsoHe3 man. w3sh @ liEat mus
ta~ae anf when he srose to speak there
wsre Isas e Erath written al ever his
fac
The sahservle-cy - tss Siiversses 20 tha
dominating PopaHsss is sAoHu hv aaw
number af lacfEawss- Trf faes las fuss
rs-,e 20 Eaat that the King eaantv Pop
g ssfs ssrps5 Datlec On Maaager fEarar
gHe osagF day thss any demonstration n
Naua~ q Senator Squire you'd hss atsar-
r~sve1 Despite ths fact that al arrange
merits ns8 Seer perfected fer 3 great sss-
play az fas sspoS whea ths seaator Shssfs
arrfVf. not14nr vas dsne except 90 rut
afrs tnss esrrisss sHa Aava hsm driven