The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-19

time when no. az the national capital.
be would never have made Tia mistake Of
jumping our Of the frying pan in.o the
FIRE Il has always been known here, II
net n bis Owl state. that Squire had
more personal friends upon whom rs
could call for aid 10 pass Or defeat a
measure on the Democratic side % the
senate chamber than OF the Republican.
and these Democrats have not lrfre-
Gser,ly been Of good service 20 the SEN
ato- Ii aiding him 70 get appropriations
through without much difficulty.
Chief among these Democrats friends
OF Mr.. Squire Is Senator Blackburn, OK
k-nb1cxy, one OF the most ardent Bryan
worsh f,pers In a. the Popocratko camp.
He regards Bryan as resncarnaIed
Moses. solomon. George Washington. An
drew Jackson ard Abraham Lincoln rolled
into one Whoever viii ssten 70 aaxn gets
ali this and much more Senator Black
burn Is craxler than the New York Sun
thinks Bryan IS. Whatever influence the
kentuckian may have had on his crlend
from Lion IN me early days OF the cam
Saaign il not known. but this much Is eer-
tam: When he was bang looked for and
inquired aSter out IN Washington state;
whsn the campaign was On and people
We're beginning 20 inquire where Senator
SQUIRE stood IN the already declared battle.
De was listening 20 the sSvery voice OF
the trrrrpser Ii told hsm that he coud
hope for nothing from his own party, since
King county had shown 50 plainly y pre-
ferred some one else 70 ra1resen, il, and
offered the alluring bait that IN the Popo-
cratic fusion which vas even then being
TAXED Of there was no man o. sufficient
proranence TO come before rhe next Legs
ls;ure as a candidate for senator.
BasSer1y-chasing - fascinating sport
Until che has grown weary Of il: and this
was Senator Slgtre's frs, experience He
believed he could forsee Republican defeat;
fusion legislature and himself the con-
vertesi Saga q Tarsus. who would De more
highly honored than ever before. That
letter OF renunciation OF the Republican
party which coss 50 much 10 telegraph all
the way from New York TO the fusion
oonven IONS at E.lensburg, and which fell
SO fat. was revised % free silver Popo-
Gratis before IL was sent out. Like some
OF Fred DUo-ois pronunc-amento.s, u was
expected 10 take the country by storm
with ITS great patriotism, and like them.
too, St had the same effect as when Don
QIxote charged the windm1ils.
Two gentlemen in the headquarters o.
the other day were talking Of the chance
that James Hamilton Lewis. who is al
ready better known IN Washington CITY
than fnoSs people in the Northwest mag
inc, might oe elected 70 congress. One Was
a Democrat. tbs other Republican.
IF Lewis gets a SCAT up there in the
capitol" said the Democrat. you couldn't
touch hiTu with & fo-;y-toot pole"
Il don't agree HTsh you there" answered
r-A j ,nss~--
well, and the secret OF MS success Is that
he does things for people. He may prom
tss q good deal. but he performs as much
as he can, and that's the secret OF his
success. But hes on the wrong side and
doesn't stand a show OF winning. TIE
people have been wei satisfied with their
present representatives. and are going 10
send them back here Popccracy gil not
bs allowed 10 interfere with what the peo-
pie think are TO their best interests locally,
and Washington has many places where
the Federal government can make I'M
proyeTneEts ct benefit TO Itself as q nation
as well as to the state.
Judge James T. Lentzy. OF Everett. one
OF the greatest workers fer the Everett
L;rG Company. and who has put in an APP
% aTance before each congress Tor the
pas. two or three years in he interest or
ret dy begun there, was in the city during
the past week.-Mrs. time on a pleasure
trip and accompanied by his wife Judge
l. r-tZy Is now residing ten ryorarily In New
York city. The Washington City Post
sps s ks Of him as a wide-awake snd thor
O. Ff.-goIng politician, and thea credits
him with a statement that Bryan Is ABOUT
20 Tag the whole Pacific coast. In the
50 re breath he says he thinks Il Is a set
tied thing thar Senator Squire VIII be
erected % succeed himself. Then as II
asFsuled at making prophecies which viii
50 soon be proven groundiess. and as q
kind q saving grace. he ADDS; Mr.. Doo-
little VIII be reelected 70 congress, even
thet gh he was unable TO dlsavow the
nci ey plank In the St. LoIis Platform.
His PERSONAL worth and value as a repre-
sensitive outweigh al other consldera-
Gcrs."
The congressional committees OF both
pcrl.es have opened registration bureaus
Ter depar tment clerks who wish 10 so
me and vote. Hsit rates hare been Sc
cured by the committees from nearly ev-
cry railroad IN the United States. ard
bc n bureaus are doing a rushing busi-
Toss.
A thousand rnsn have mad. application
6. the two places for the special rates and
IT. sriy all OF these are believed to be
benz fde voters. Each department clerk
ts entitled TO thirty DAYS leave o. abscrcs
OF ere month out OF the twelve. and this
may be taken day al a tine or al IN a
l. up, al tho will OF the clerk himself.
Nest OF them. who have been here so long
that tSey have almost forgotten what
voting means, take ali their leaves during
ths heated tern and spend IL al the sum-
fner resorts: bat those who are stsll poll
tiC ans ani want 20 keep n 10 ia with
pci!tics In their espassive states carefully
q ve W their leave Gn.u election TIM,
err then go back nc, only 20 vote but TO
vssi. their Old homes ard old friends
Tskets for the round trip are Sod here.
Il inning today and are good returning
Until November To-
Ard now for hi. OF gossip - close this
Letter. TIE politicians who read may tell
this to their wires. The stork Is on his
way 20 the White House again. The
president rides OUT now alone Nrs
Cleveland Sees only her most Intimate
frs nas and the higher circles % society
ar REog with the important problem OF
ths sex OF the expected arrival What
ever may be the opinion held By politicians
and men IN public LIFE % Mr.. Cleveland.
ire domestic lie OF hts family IN appar-
entity as happy as any IN the land. and
both he and bis vie LOOK upon the COM
Ing event 20 ore 70 aid stu more bapps-
nsss 70 their lot.
ALLAN 3. sI-AuScN.