The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-24

Tacoma. June z.-The PopuIists OF
"@stsrn Wash nsoH held q district con-
sention here t0asy 70 elect nine delegates
70 the Ntionai convention 70 be held az
~ Louis july = To save travelling ex-
p-1nsss SIX district conventions were held
- Eastern Washington 20 elect "a total
OF eight delegates, the entire state bs ng
entitled TO seventeen delegates. The co.,
yeniions there were held al North Yak. ma.
1olyilie. Spokane. Sprague. Dsyton and
NoafaA. Ia opening the Western Washing
tor convention this morning. Chairman
hsuiger. OF the state committee. pleaded
earnestly with the delegates to stand by
ths Fsop.s's party ard keep IN the mid
de OF the road. He neariy broke down
crying during the course Of his passion
ate Plea The Convention was against
Inn. the platform adopted paving The way
for fusion. az least in Western Washing
ton.
Col Mary +. Hobart OF whatcom. was
defeated In her candidacy for delegate
30 ST. Louis receiving sevsnty-two votes
While seveniy-e-gat we're required. The
Whafcorn delegation was instructed 10
vote and work for her. but II is sad some
OF the delegates worked quietly against
her.
Eleven out Of fourteen counties n West
ern Washington were represented at the
convention. Wahkiakum. Skamania and
lsAnd were the counties unrepresented. a
total Of IA delegates We're present.
A spirited fight was waged for TWO hours
over the adoption OF a plank reading: las
the question OF financial legislation is the
oYershsaow.ug question az issue. We here
BY rs-sffirm our demands for a currency
safe. sound and flexible. issued by the
general government without the interven-
ton Of national banks or other private
corporations and that said currency shall
szzfz ss4r
money so issued shah be a fuf legal ten
der and be based upon the governments
promise 10 receive and not upon promise
10 redeem IN coin"
The minority. which characterized this
plank as a movement toward fusion on the
silver ssue. was finally fought down. ard
the plank adopted ny a large majority.
The balance OF the platform declares
for the free coinage % silver at Is 70 J.
re-sffirminE devotion TO the cardinal prin-
cipies ~ the Omaha platform touching
the question of finance and transportation.
resolution concratulatlrg Senator Tel
Ter and his associates was supported BY
many speakers but voted down after a
lively debate. II was introduced. as was
also the currency plank. by Judge An
drews. Of Seattle. who led the fight for
silver.
sixteen nominations for delegates to 81.
Louis we're made. and nine elected. as fol-
lows. James A. Smith. Clarke county;
Richsrd wiusor King. Samuel star
King: A. F. TugUeil. Lewis j. H. Todd
Mason. John r Rogers. Pierce: Frank
wlikeson. sSagit. Henry w. Boyer. sno-
homiSh H. l. Forrest Thuvsfon. AL
tegnates: judge Buford. 81 Cowlltz. J. Il.
Mcintyre. % King; Alfred Schoaley. u
Lewis. u. 8 Harris, 81 Kitsap: 5. D
Hicks. % Mason. c II. Dow OF Pierce:
]. A Davis. % Snohomlsh. Judge Bailey.
of Thurs,oa: a. 7. Tobiassen. ot What
com.
The convention delsberated for six long,
hot hours in GeTmania hall this afternoon
aud then adjourned sine die, II was a
truly PoTulstic gathering. in that every
one had hts say. and there Wss no mine
ing of words on questions involving the
principles ~ the great thiri party. as
"enunciated in the Omaha platform
The sun shone hot outside. ard Il was
no wonder that the white collars Of the
delegates who were distinguished from the
great body 0f fha convention by wearing
boiled shirts became sailv wiltcd before
the last words had been spoken in the de-
hate over he platform. II the weather
was not enough "a make the atmosphere
within the hall torrid the burning words
of the dehaters and the ferry speeches -
the strs.Ehtout populisis kept the pro-
ceedtnEs ~ the convention a. the boiling
polnt till nominations for national dele
gates were reached. After this calm
hrcoael over the convention and when
IL adjourned an appearance of peace an1
harmony concealed az the wounds n II
had been made by the victory of the "a
sionlsts or radical siiveritcs over the old
Hne Pooulists who fought tiiI the last
aiFeh ln An EFFORT 20 have the convention
declare for tho maintenance Of all OF the
fgn3a rncatal priurinles - Popullsm With
oat dlscrlmina ton Ia favor of any one -
them,
The nsh; IN the convention vas on this
issGs ~ Was rea hed when the commit
fee IN platform. of which ". n. rktns ~
Whatrorn. editor 81 the Champion vas
Chairman reported The platform eon-
taInesf a clause which vas embodied IN
the Whatcorn county platform setting
forth the paramount importance % the xti-
Wy issue ana demanding m sTecs ths fres.
coinage of silver IS first iu importance.
The rfatfarrn was drafted ir narf nv " r
AufreNs. of Seattle = received -. ~sr-
fiaE support - The De eEattons from Pierce
Efnsr ard Whaf-orn counties arF was Wig
aro.S1v opposed bv Thurstcn. 81 shn~,fsb
ara kstssp counties. BEFORE if was anaHv
adopted many harsh words had been ar
tered fn ere debate. arH threats - batting
amen fsncnt offered BY Frame - Snnhon,-
ish 20 strike oar fran thp platform the
clause making the f1sn-isI sssne thr parA-
sfeuaf ona TIRE 3sisga fians from Thu~wfon.
tfsnarn. Elssan ard Snohou,fsh vose8 AL
tstv AGAINST &c 20 3hs numhP- - fo~tv-
th~es pierre. R5rg ana ere rnsr - ere
sfstewa tfcns STAYED hT the utarforEn rarnrs =
tes however ant SIS report wae adopted
rsaek ~ fhe 9Ehf a~ rh* platform vvss 4f~
flslaa question r. was eyiEer1 1r ere ~a-
azse-,nstng ~ the convention after Hfn~a~
thaf ths leaders - ths nuneslrs fa~eas
wa~~ nretar5nv for h{:fer aght The a.
sfsn u the kiaE -esSfy ~0rVentt1a 1-rzfsr-
Eav se uaaauE a Tes7.gtton f15rrs ~ So
atrr weiter Nas a fsEeFgrne~ 90 vNat rAa
R<sAx county ae,rzat{ea SaulA rnfeavr~ q,
Nsxa Adopted hv ere state ,rvrwtt,-
eferw o. the I1erce county Delegates xn,
favo~e,s f'ssien ss8eF = whltr metal stzrs-
a-ss hsa-er alfn 9sf - usan were -ssh
hstrr county fn -Ae axh. sar TIRE ssva~-a-
meet - ths silver staaasrs anF .ts f~~a--
rs~zttsn g tae p,s tforus. The Eowe- Sass-a
srse@at tfrra went a. faF an5 tAev were a.
avas wffn ere fAsenIsss axalzss tNs
stra fgAscgts
Afser tAe financial Hssrk hnH heen ass-
~.ssfss - A~ffrpwe - NfNE n~e~sss q rvs-
efst5en thsarssrE Teller an3 inviting hsr-s
ana his sSecctsfes who essfea shs =
.,sass rcnReaEton &c tein Wifh ere psa-
r,le- = T,arxv sn aiVgftEtng fhe cause - fhs
ssfvsr standard 9'eerre's delegates ufha
hsa stoua& mtth NIas 60 snis polns. fuannavE
sNs track an8 after Teass. af Taresna-
r.s4 aeftveTea a derry sr~Nca atfarzsrs.v
Fasgea Tmvwes- ~ SHckane ars Ssnssor
e. Yar tsst convention reTpses3 hv haasv
"a a sssvfsv 70 arreut sae FgsIsiag3na Tfse
Esaar.-g f.esesa eszra