The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-23
THE FUSION BEGINS.
Pierce Connty'e Convention
Does Little the First Day.
SIMPLY CHOOSES COMMITTEES.
To Divide the OMoes-An An-yfGhc
WrAngis Over the Judge
ship.

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EaE a. 10 O'Clock FOR the rorltrs ffon o.
| Peor.s's party county ticket After eTert-
| fIg TEN porary organic Ions. 30 fH-es
| conventions elected conference COMMITTED
I OF fifteen members each. which crEs MED
later In tne evening ard So aoo1t re
business OF dividing the offices On sae
! lsckst
With the Democrats ard ssvert-s ths
process or eTectlng temporary ard per
IsaDsss orgs nlzass0n and the election o.
conference cogarn. tees vss snori ana
simple. TIE Popgsss however. cor
sufned nearly the snisrs cay in debates
over motions Of minor importance. secret
ballots and other business OF purely
routine nature Notwithstanding this
faos, the Pogsl.as; assembly MAS Of ell
tae three the most interesting. first be-
cause they Rave the BIZ end OF tire III
saoD proposition. and secondly for tAs
reason that the pre.tlsSi Kind OF FAC
! stesaa4 right "as n progress throughout
the convention Ia this fight there was
displayed al petty nHinnosstses CO the dis
appointed office seeker and political chi
e&9efy AMI back biting OF character
seldom witnessed 81 AIRY gathering or
men assembled for political purposes. |:
WIS a cage of ringsters and ants-rings..rs.
and while perhaps tIsre acre not N ANY
evidences OF "scrAp' In the procee Ing1
or the body ON the surface. yet under
meath the PLACID exterior every other DEL
egate was secretly knihng his nelghbor.
After the Popaiist convention. which as
ssH1bled In GermanIa hall had elected A.
E. Lister temporary chairman. r.. Z. Lit
tie and ". Stuarman were elected tempo
rery secretaries Theraupon. on motion.
the chair appointed committees on per-
nlsnent organization and order OF bust
ress. credentials and platform L. VI.
Jeen was named chairman OF the Gre
dentials committee. James Ross o. thas on
.srrrs zrlk-r. ~ &.sa
IL kean or platform. The convention then
adjourned til | 30 O'Clock.
On reassemoliag at 2 O'Clock the con-
ventloE adopted the report OF the commit
tee on permanent organization. which
recommended that the temporary organ
izatton BE- made permanent.
The credentials committee reported no
contests. and then the committee on plat
form presented Is report The platform
inaorsed las platform and nominees OF
the ST. Louis anu Ellensburg conven lions.
and demanded the construction OF good
roads and bridges thgous hout the county.
Tho present county administration was de-
uoancsd as extravaganza and partial The
report was adopted.
Al thss Junct0re Delegate Logan, from
the Fist ward, created alton by in
Producing resolution prohibiting aspi-
rants for Office from being elected or APP
pointed on The conference committee. This
Joooing and manipulating by the office
seekers. and although IL was in strict line
with the tenets OF true Populist faith. il
vas tabled by an oy overwhelming vote.
A statement Was here read emanating
from the county convention OF the Ma
tional party tboltlng Proalblsionists). re-
guessing representation on the conference
committee and recognition on the ticket
Martin Joyce advocated granting the re-
quest, saying: we are catering to all
elements. all religions. races and creeds
Tor success. After some parliamentary
"ranghng The request was granted.
The chair then announced that under
the report Of the rules COMMITTEES the oon-
yentlon should select msmbsrs OF the con-
ference committee By election from, each
or the five senatorial districts. The con-
veniion thereupon took a recess OF an
hour. While the different delegations
elected their members Of The committee
by secret ballot Here II was that w. II.
ii. kean. Frank Baker and Frank Hal
stead were turned down. The ffteen
members Of thS committee are: John Fix.
d Ii. DelaHo and 4. II. Boardman. OF the
Nineteenth district: w. L. Grass. w. J.
Meyers and c. C. Stevens OF the TWEEN
tieth. Tom Dchesty. l.. a. Peterson and
NJ. r. Mcmillan. OF the Twenty-firsf: +
". Kendall. +. V. Hogan and d. % Han
nah. OF the Twenty second; and James
Ross. Peter Hanson and <. i Owens, of
the Twenty-third.
After the election OF this commits. tbs
convention adjourned TIL O'Clock this
evening. The committee on conference
organized by the election OF Tom Doherty
as chairman and ". +. Grass secretary.
Just before adjournment " Il Harris
and Frank Spinning, or the Silver party.
noahcd the convention that their conven-
lion had organized and had appointed ne
following conference committed. which was
f.fz.s 4a re "a = il
Fopul!sis." "a Mr.. Harris expressed 81:
+ johns. William Fetjis J. T. Bundy. J.
\. Audsct;. 4. Mctsregor. - Drury. "
". Llkens x. Lee. l.. a. Mcdonald. Fred
Sahm. II. &. Baker. Ben Hervey. b. :
Davis. }. + Flteh and Theo. uargius
The convention VAS also notified BY
Hagh Farley and James O'nrlen. OF the
Ramp Democratic convention. that they
had organized and we're ready for an offcr
- fusion fram the Populisis. IRE Demo
cratic conference committee - "a follows.
stephen 4u1son. " Foy. Ia Walsh VII
lam Sevman. w r. Kelly. r. Montgomery.
". =. C1Hee. j. n pugnn. Or T.anlxon
\ r Citblett. II. Farley. Charle. Kennedy
J Crowley. y llism Welsh and J. n.
Esnelmsn Mr.. 1u5son IS chairman OF TIE
committee ant Robert Nor tgomery sec
rotary.
TIE Rump Democrat. organized by he
e.ectl1n ~ \ c. presaaea. az PuyaIll4p
a. chairman. ana Sp18 L. Az as Serr~
tary. ttax morning ia Chftknrtng hall
T'he usual committees we're apyointed
| Ire convention then took = receSs sor
lunch. - ar watcS the report - IRE COM
mites on ornament oTrs n 'satson Mas
read. recommending fu3fE0 Commits sr,..y
j J. Aadersoa for permanent cAai n.
/ j. l. Taff Or secretary n5 James K.ueas
/ Tor sS@is ant secretary. The genors was
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