The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-16

ward and administered 20 r ! lay sob Sc.
tho Great reform statesman ana @s9"sN
enemy OF the "swtpdIe~tazers, as ne eAiis
Them an ignomlnious defeat Iht rattle
Lag been saging for nearly q week. and y
has ended in utter rout and iisnlaF tor Lae
adherents q Clayson. aot only 1as ne
been defea ted. bus his eDenies have olsted
his secretary. James Moran. Iile, oHIees
have been declared vacant, ana u thf
opinion OF the club better men aaye been
chosen for those important POSITIONS
Another comp d'Etst
II Il not 10 De- thought FOR an instant
that this result has teen accomplished IN
a aln,slA day. although the final blow was
struck almost in an instant. Like other
events H. the history of tae present IDpl-
list campaign IL has been slow 10 collcti'-
ton and quick ia action. and Il entitled -
the fun dignity and sulnuing ~ coup
d'etat. Ever since Claytahs histriDuied mas
''swindle-tax" circular, in Use couvthtion
called to nominate a Ticket for the school
election. there has been lBttlc question That
vigorous measures would nave 20 9e taken
with him. and now. shorn OF his gtrsngtn
and blinded ike Samson. he lies helpless,
waiting for his hair 10 gFos. out 50 thai he
may overturn building on sis t9rmeutoFs.
And Then the War Began.
Although war mas been declared for some
time ,.ast. the frat battle took place At a
meeting OF the Fifth ward club last satur-
day evening Claysou set tn hfs chair Sc
cure for &ught he knew. ard Secretary
Moran was ar the table as large as hfe. The
meeting had been IN session Only a short
time when the crowd became almost IN
contr0llable The forces 81 The Little
Napoleon wanted To do this. that aud the
otaei auc CiaysoD dldn't want aay thing
OF tho kind done he promptly ruIel out
OF order every motion tlTat 10 net slOt him
Of ttf
appeal from the decision Of the chair, ntt
Clayton met .fhem more than hallway
To appeal from the decision 81 the chair
was oGt Of orGer and he let everybody
know 1t.
No one who has never heard the wiFirr OF
wheels IN human head can rcaiizE hDw
much noise was Gccasi0ned by this stand
taken By the chairman. cFerom all sides
came the buzz Of machinery. and IN the
midst Of the commoti3n Carter-eVeryoJofly
in the Fifth ward knows Carter, but no
one knows his given uame-spEang 10 the
top of a bench and shouted cut in A voice
thai shook the building.
MIR. Chairman. give me the floor. | want
20 lmpeach You"
About the same time q member named
Shay moved as resolution that all the
Offices be declared vacant. What became
Of the motion is not OF record, but IL IS
known that Ciaysou. who hid begun 10
think he was 10 have an all night session.
finally put a motion to adjourn, ana he re-
tired still as chairman OF the club
The Cause of IL.
The occasion OF all the row g not hard
20 explain. The body Of the house wanted
20 vote on applicants for membership to the
club, great number having been proposed.
and Clayson was fearful that thereby the
opposition would obtain a majority. His
persistent refusal resulted in charges being
preferred against him and Moran the allie
CATION being that they had erased names
OF undesirable members from the rolls ana
had even spent money 10 carry their point.
The next day was 4 day Of sklrmshng
one of the committee Of five on memSer-
ship, named Beck. is said 10 have APP
preached "A Popuflst named locke and
threatened that II Locke did not sign 4
paper :or the withdrawal of ten names
favorable 10 THE Little Napoleon" he
woulJ BE- placed under arrest by the police.
j. Is said that Locke runs a place where
''the boys" can buy cigars and play quiet
game OF cards occasionally. HAT IN t1e
lauE Iaee Of one who WAS against gl3ys1n.
1.-THE blum didn't work
Il think that no hottest Populist. having
the good of his party at heart. viii ever
support such a man as Or Jordan" said
clay son, the deposcd president. last night.
and as ne sat In bis little boX-lke cigar
stand al the Covgler al Fifth dveuue and
Pike street hurlpg forth inve.tive and
defiance against Or Jordan and his lar
Earom supporters he brought 90 mind
the figure Of Ajax defying the hghtnlng
why CIayson Kicks.
Cl8yson had been president OF the Fifth
Wari Popuilst Cub since It's organization
a1out two wears ago. ana he feels very sore
a. the WAY the club has dropped HIM and
elected new officers.
Charges Of Caiouizing.
They have been coloniEug this ward
for some time past with the scum ana ,u-
EyUurings ~ the First ward" continued
Gas son. ''and at the meeting the Other
night all the rtgamIfHns tn the commuustv
We're collected together They stood iu a
circle n the hack 81 the hail. Ike blood
hounds in a leash their keepers heh.nl
them. and when they Mere told go ycu
they yelled
= stayed right with them, and while tEry
stamped, hootcd ana yelled agd deWandt o
that l retire. I sat ON the chair. AND not
ono of them dared Try q rut mc cut I
left The hal Tor Few moments Ilr.fg h@
course o. the evening. and They crowded
0h4Ht the vac, president ana urge him 10
take ms scat Qua he was ffraM."
Wen asked what he would have dome
had he returned and found the chair oert3-
ped oy another man. Claysou exclaimed.
81 have thrown him out and kjck'i p m
or the platform. Fury know me 1ut tbcy
didn't dare 90 bring ou an open collision
Iakzaronl and IIobo~,
What are nav plans Wen. I hardly
Know. there IS a suttecnt majority ~
iazNronl AMI hohos ira }his ward 7 usI
probably not be elect-l al tre primaries
FRIDAY Jordan has even some se Tar 30
70 offer my landlord aaable rent sop thle
cigar stand iu order to rou@t me oAt ANA us,
tho place for campaign hra t9-5rier- 90