The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-21
IT'S ALL FOR JORDAN
His Heelers Control the Demo-
cratic Convention.
DECENT DEMOCRATS DISGUISED
Fusion With Populisfs Carried by a
Large Majority and the Minority
Gagged Into silence.

city from Spokane:
80 a @. lane. Seattle, Wash: Cap
turs the Democratic convention for j9r-
dan. fsssgn~dl JOHN co%SIDINE-
Iris statement Is made 0B ffs@ af3tnDT1ty
Of ". G. Adair. a mensfser OF TIE sSenses-
cratic city central committee until yfsfsF-
day. and also delegate 70 tae esf.sesa-
ton.
That the Instructions. or rather coTs-
Trzandz. when were contained N nat teis~
gram were faithfully carrse1 0at tAe pro-
ceedings OF the Democratic Convention
yesterday enthusiastically Demonstrated. ami
tha l,seasiss, information comes fnat TIE
gentleman MO from afaf Dictated TIE ss-
ton Of that convention viii WITHIN snort
time again be in this ciiy e lsfsa has a..
toward completing - DE potiS lne zern
work begun 10 tao nfsl iss@-4s@oS IA t'S
fsopulfsI convention.
n car harsssY he said. with truth. taat
fassre was any "ans Italian hand 1tS-
r,saves in the work 80 desss. Is fact. Dota
IN the primaries and tn tire convention
the execution Of the plan s@s carried out
ar, lines which were dtsiiFctiy coarse. n
tie 1ar.ztsaae ssf the distinguished states
man w1o arserea. and tas likewise dis
fissgs3lsaed statesman who executed tie
lob IL Has very t1npt
There was one pleasing exception 10 tnis
rule II the contact u tue convention
xr pssis4uan. wno presided over tae
J
..ontlv usssaue and courteous. and "a Tar
"a ,av ~ Sls rs3wer fefralned from rub
hing II ln' or the unfortunate minority
He presented. fn Bon-essenitaiss a FAIR
s;Aaw o. ifnpsTtiaiity. and only Applied the
eaw or s.VerfOde parliamentary osaSss
.ssen i became absolutely necessary 20
carry out tA.. objects for which be was
as34.stxs 10 xae position. He carried tA4s
almost TOO far fn one instance. however
and only ais aappy tact saved him from a
serious blundeE.
This gas ir the matter OF the final Ees0-
luton for the Endorsement OF Jordan
which closed the work of the convention.
When that resolution Was introduced -
Statesman Lane. the chairman. with
fine showing 81 authority and tHpartiaiity.
ruled the Whole matter Out OF order lie
suggested that ne Mould put a motion for
an appaa4i from the chair, and such mo-
ton Mas promptly pat. This flneSse sas
entirely TOO refined for the hnik II the
Jordanites ard without very distinct
understanding OF the situation many OF
them voted to sustain the chair with the
result That according 70 the volun" OF
VOTES the chair was sustained. Mr. Bans-
man 1as squat 10 the occasion. however.
Esd declared that the convention had over
ruled tie chairs decision and The motion
VAS in order. and the dangerous place Was
thus safely passed over.
There wsre Of course. two distinct ele-
manss in the convention. the stralght-out
Democrats. consisting. with one or tao
conspicuous exceptions. Of almost all the
really representative Democrats ia the
convention. The other. the Joraaniies.
comprising the F8lstans army. which
Lane and hts lieuienants had drummed up
al the primaries. wnleh were carried BY
him almost by default owing 10 existing
apathy In the Democratic ranks.
For leaders OF this element there were A.
- a = 49,
known In ward politics. They received
welcomed and unexpected ally In the per
son OF William II. White. whose political
eecentrtefttes are such that his most init
mate friend can hardly attempt TO forecast
his line of action until he rises to address
= convention True 10 his established rec
ORD IN this direction, he did the unexpect-
Ell thing. and joined forces with the Jor-
dan heeiers. mncn To their relief. as weIl
as to thu disgust OF the decent element
Without his astute management even the
overwhelming majority OF the Jordsnites
would not have been able to carry through
the programme as successfully as was ac-
oompiaheu
frum start to finish IT was an even
chance that az any moment the
straight=out Democrats would rise
In a body and quit the floor OF
the convention. This. indeed was their
determination. should at any time an at
tempt be made Go force upon the CONVEX
ton an Endorsement Of Jordan Thls was
known to the JoEdanites, and thus that
resolution was kept back anti the very
end Of the convention. and then sprung
Coineident Herewith. every attempt Of a
straight Democrat 20 declare himself was
hoNied down.
There was q tine when the straight
Democrats entertained hopes that their
opponents would snare them THIS last eS-
~ s44sys. p
refrasned from submitting 60 the conven~
ton minority report from the committee
on resolutions. signed by Thompson. PHI
lips. Relic AMI Smith. which was as fol-
lows.
"we therefore demand the nomination
OF strong. clean. Democratic ticket. ut
terly scorning all attempts 10 crawl into
the camp OF any enemy, even though an
unmanly success might thereby be pnr-
chased"
This was not presented simply because
OF a hope that The Joraanises would ht sat
isaed With leaving blank places on the
ticket. That element had the power. how
ever. ana used II rgcrcilesSiy The result
q that every member or the minority ieft
the convention In bitter wrath. and almost
"a a man thev declare that They viii re-
fuse ~ Ne hound hy the action % the con.
vrntion. ana they wit not support Jordan
Thirteen members 90 the Second ward DEL
EEat8en fR4N rye ~ &fP seventh. Tor exam
pie stated that they would have given Jor-
dan their votes and a perfunctory support.
had Il not bnen FOR the passage az the final
resolution. hut that now they would neith-
er support jordan nor any NAN on the
ronulist ticket hut would vote and ~ need
be work fer the Republican ticket. with
the single exception ~ those positions for
which Democrats have been nominated
IN detail the story Of the convention il
as follows;
Tho MorntnG ~sss'oa.
AZ u % o'ciosk. after the delegate ad
neen seate~i I'm the places allotted I'm thrnl.
the convention vas called 10 order ~ sal
xzsaor E.lllCotf chairman ~ the city central
committee. Ho-tusae no spsech bat simply
at.Kxesle3 THAT fhv FIRST thing ia orfisr 81
business WAS SIZE aoualnafton oF tempo
rary chairman.
Josiah Coiiius succeedod en- getting the
first recognition frozen tll,, chair and placed
IN nomination WIN r. Thcmrson. ~ TIE
Thfrt wsT8
J } Sullivan. of the Thlrd Nari pgaee8
IN nomination FYrsi fsausuaan There .
a chorus of seconds go the Hast nomination
AMI enc or Two - thsg ~ Thompson
Mr.. Thompson had so iuteugion ef he-
Ing 3 ysCslTn. however. ifa arose. aud in
a voice trembling With suppressed feet
snx said briefly that in his touw tirae az
service in she Democratic parry ne ha&