The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-08
POLITICS IN TACOMA.
Rsnublicans Made Confident by
the Seattle Victory.
,ue CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
sit By the United states To Annul q
Land Patent-Ihe snonomish
Postmaster Assaulted.

~.o,.a March T-Specizl-Th poii,i.
- na-,lsron has been boiling quite rnerriiy
s.wsr~ the past few days. and the party
- are therefore happy. Reposii-
- and ths Demo-Popuiists, or rether
p.ea,io-r)ensocrais. have each been inter
- spa.tafors OF the figflt made against
- IN SEATTLE which ended in a stlsE-
~ vistg,y for the Republican forces. both
.orcsaing that the result. Whatever II vas.
woald have considerable bearing on the
-,,,nieipai campaign here. Consequently
.ss-e Is great Republican Joy. and CORE
sr.,using gloom on the part OF the fusion
sts.
uanday evening. and the primaries viii
= On the Tuesday following. A test Of
s.,spgth between the Fife and Harris
s,rcrs Is expected AZ the primaries. and IT
has n,een gwen out that the weaker OF TIRE
20 VIII withdraw In favor OF the strong
ar From an absolutely neutral poi3t. IL
oar hardly De determined whether Harris
a, Fife will go into the convention. the
a,her having drawn Out of the race. II
sppears al this writing more than prob
anie that the, battle UiIl be carried before
he convention. neither side beiDg willing
"a conoede the victory to she other. Thus
AR the contest between the two candidates
IA, been carried on without any great
amount Of bitterness being displayed On
the part Of the principals or their .dher-
.rts. Each is cOntending for the A. =. A.
sea.atss. and both vii probably have a
zrgd following from that quarter. Mr..
Harris friends In the order are found
among the rank and Ills. whils AT. Fife
hss the active support Of what Is known
A. the Van Fossen element .. ". Van
Tossen who is state president OF the or
ssnixs ton h one Of MIR Flies strongest
advocates Both FIFE and Harris nave
ssea making n vigorous and systematic
canvas for several weeks past. and the
contest promises to be animated 10 the
end
The latest feature OF the situation Is the
active efforts that are being put for n
s. the friends Of Mayor Orr 10 have
MIN rsnonlnste ted. For a long Tine
II was not known whether the mayor was
going to enter the lists or not The mayor
himself has all along been non-conmittsl
as 70 his intentions. Now here - no
aoub, that his name viii be placed lefore
the convention, and that his friends will
put up a hot fight ia his interest
Some enterprising partisan started
rImor that Mr.. Harris had been side
tracked in the interest of Mr. iife. ami.
IN consideration of giving up his hopes Of
a NOMINATION. ipi MAY Or WpNh he trnlEiNu
a nomination for the legislature this fail.
Mr. Harris promptly denied the story.
which he said, was wholly false. NJ. Har-
ris also said that the assertion. repeatedly
made In certain quarters. that II defeated
IN the convention ne wouli run indepen-
IDENTIFY was untrue lie sand emphati,lily
that he viii abide by the decision of the
convention.
There has been the usual talk Of dark
horse, and the Taxpayers League IL said
TO have "A candidate in training In
this connection, the name of W. g. Bard
sley has been frequently mentioned Of
late G. NJ Johnson the iumberman. has
also been spoken Of as an availahie csndl-
date
Republican ward clubs are actively at
work getting voters registered and tho
new primary election law mas been thor
olghly digested by the precinct COMMITTEES.
men.