The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-10
ALL IN THREE RINGS.
pops. Dens and Goats Looking
Toward Ellensburg.
WHITES EYE ON SUPREME COURT
Jon- n. Hart Being Groened a . Dark
Horse for Governor-Wfley and
the A. r. A.

IRIS VII Re a -1tssts week - 2c&ifsc5
TIE ~thres rfzge6 cirrus" In other Eorts-
fhr -onvenfsons % THE PopuZls-s. tie
r3e.nocrats a1d the Goats. sfii - hela as
Fasane5U rz On Wednesday. ART according
20 the estimates o. mary % the deleg@2es
from each CO trs three parties not lsss
than three days ST. be eorz1ue4 IN sas
celebrations. for thsre WI be Al III
rnsnss amount os hsrrno-fz..g % be doae
Naturally. the ropuliss cozEe-tion NaA
be the ceEser cs attraction &et1s@- ne
Democrats nor TIRE Goats have any lea
e maintaining al Independent exlstsnce
n iris campaign. Eaeh CT these sntEsor
parties r. anxious 20 --fzss' wfth ire Pop
uiixts. bat each desire. certain conces-
ssonz which she Pop1lssts nay not De IL
elsne6 20 grant
AS Ear a. ths Democratic delegates from
King county are concerned. they 20
pledged "a ths support q James Hamilton
Lewis for governor or a fusion ticket
The Instruction was riven BY tae uran-
inrous vote Of che convention hefa Satgr-
day The resolution 81 Instruction was.
hawevAr s&To.tiT wortad BY IS author.
and ne rsal frfsnfs % Lewis 81 me con-
vsatson 81 fheIr enthusiasm. failed 70 note
thu ambiguity az ire phrzseo.ogF. Ii Is
eriv 81 @ssseb event e. g. IN the event %
ths Place On fusion ticket being assigned
70 the Democratic party that The Gelegs-
tlun - Instructed 20 vote Tor Lewis for
srs we're n favor e. demanding ths gov
eruoTnhlp for the Democrats party. as
condition precedent 20 fusion. * looks 20
An outsider very rauck as though Lewis
rad been .'yobce6" under cover CO nom
sral Endorsement.
The great mistake Lewis ans his SUI
port@rs fell ssto was n forgetting that
There were others" TIE colonel Is not
THE only Democratic statesman from Etzg
county who axpires 70 = rlsce on the state
:scSet Consequently they XII favor n
sion. even r Il becomes necessary 20 OBJ
tain - By conced1ag 70 the Fopalists the
head Of the ticket Lewis. however. has
some strong friends on the delegation
who wili stand ost fer him as heartily as
though fhe resolution Of Endorsement had
actually read az the majority OF the con-
wentfon construed K 20 mean.
As FAR a. Lewis himself IL concerned
4 IS sal TO say that u the Popalists VII
rot conceds 70 the Democrats the naming
Of the head Of the ticket. be VIII be Will
Ing 70 accept a straight Democratic norni-
nation. and let fust5n 10 by the board
IL - but fair 70 say. however, that Lewis
has rot made any announcement TO that
effect
ASIDE from Lewis. N. most important
candidate 20 be brought forward by the
King county Delegation IN the event OF
fus.on VIII hs william II. White for
pcsiTion On The supreme bench White
has earnestly and repeatedly declared n
the las, few days that he j. not candl-
date Tor any political oesee; that be would
net acceD. the nomination for congress
ard that be has put behind him forever
any ambition for a seat in the United
States senate. He does not regard the po-
sii.on of Judge OF the supreme court as
In any sense a political Office. but con
ssders the elevation OF a lawyer 70 seat
IN that tribunal as simply professional
promotion. He considers that al his age.
20 Be member OF the supreme court. and
IN The natural order OF events, 20 be chief
Justice Of the supreme court OF the state.
VIII completely round out his llfe's work.
lie says that he would accept TIE nomina-
ton for judge OF the supreme eoort u u
came 60 hina. and I; - quite likely that
he would take step or two ia It's clrec-
ton II be saw Il coming.
There are other aspirants for state po-
slssons from King county, but they are
keeping under cover until they see wnsth-
e. fusion is 20 be accomplished
The PopullSt delegation 20 the Enens-
burg convention was elected on an under
standing that the individual members we're
al favorable 70 fusion. l. by 10 means
follows thai the fusion which they are
wiling 20 aecede % Is precisely the fusion
ehgch the Democrats are looking for Il
s. true that Lewis has some staonea
friends or the PoQuiIst delegation, but i
"a llkewise true that the great majority az
the delegates from King county are BIT
te~lv OPPOSED 90 any fus.on scheme which
VII Deprive the Populists o. the governor
They say and he argument VII have
weight with the spails hunters II the con-
vemtson that 81 TIE event of the election
az BRYAN the Democrats VIII hog al
the crumbs * Federal patronage ia the
state and she Popalisss wiu not receive
she smallest recognition. But tao gov
ernor az tfe state has no inconsiderahie
patronage 20 dispose of himself. and that
must and shah 90 10 the fusion party.
They wlll nor BE- satisfied With any prom
gses from wou'a-he Democrats candidates
suf VII demand that the head q tie
ticket shan - an open ana avowed Pop
ullst.
over the queStloa as 70 who WI % ne
man selected Sc EuherCatorisi nominee
there a 8eci1ed snut in the Popullst
delegation. J. Eugene Jorlan thinks Re
s. eat.ticd % the unite3 support OF The
King county delegation for governor. Eu-
gene Way. However. whe has heretofore
hesn the particular adviser and manager
% IRE h.sreEeneffc statesman. does not
approve 90 the present ambition az the
doctor. an8 Way WI come close 70 cor
trolling the majority - ere delegation.
Way ana ais following profess 70 - favor
an'e 80 the candidacy - FArfuer Tosd.
buf there IS a Wels-aedaed suspicion that
dark horse IS fn reserve. ans that sus-
pbcion uo.rts 70 john r. Hart az fhe man
wha NN Al the Bryan at ans eicctrify
the Convention az the proper moment by
magnets arstion on re plan adopted
~ tae Bow orator - ths Platte. Owssx
% these ta--s. tha relations between RE
cocto- an8 BIS former political manager
dre s. Ehtiv strained
in aa1tcn go 4ewanAfnr tire rsEht %
name -ae Bead % fhe ticket there = A.
osheF te1raaa Rhsch the FoualIs,s are ce--
tain 20 make. ard "a xhfrh me K4r-
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