The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-24

"A ernr-y wcrd. without rslevancy or
meaning az far as tie eensterssip e cen
eerns6- Many Of the 0I6-3iDe Popz2sists
have taken faks position within toe pass
few Gays, anc they do not hesitate 70 Say
snat for hen fuei0n .s q dead letter. Tnsy
are determined 20 Get acost tns work OF
reorgansxins s1s PopaIfsr party OF new
lines, 81 which the sisvs- question VIII cut
bm. very iirfis figure. TIE creation or tas
new orxaniza,l0n early IN the session q
ere legislature was exclusively caronieieo
g. ire Poss-TE.feidxsncer. a permanent Or
eanszztsox. for the propagation or ne rfin-
sicles &c Porulssrn has bean s%fzodsasc-
ard frs merb.rs are Popuists and nSns
other.
Representative Canutt. Of Whitman
chairman or the comraittse Oh rajfTosds, "a
ere Of ne lsaGers OF he straight-out Pop
ss4ists He considers that fusion II DEAD.
ard bodily asserts thet he does not feel
bound BIZ the oEupact entered into a. Il
ssasourg. Said he today.
..Th. contract made az EIlensburg was
euIy formed for the one purpose oT oe-
1eatlng Ihs Republican parry IN the TAI
election. That over. the contract has ex-
pred. and ] do not feel At all o1un6 70
longer consider myself as being part
q the faslsn parry IL ,s sssn sel sit MAJ
county, snG believe ! voice the sentiments
o. the mass Of the PopuIists In the state
TIE election OF = senator belongs 10 ths
Peoples party. being accorded Il a. the
distribution Of places a. the E1ensourg
scnyentloB- We VIII elect a senator n
good time"
Asked as TO what course the straight
out Populists viii pursue IN the senator
faI fight, Mr.. Canutt said that they would
stick together for Cline.
To us there u no other way open. II
go should change front and vote for IuF-
Ter. or even Coy. Rogers. u would mean
that either money OF patronage had seen
the means Of oar undofng.
The fusion com pact born a. Ehensourg
has ended fifty, as ii began. Ia struggle
for office. No other force wrought the
cohesion OF the three parties at Ellsnsburg
save the graft for Office. unless. as Mr.
caaatt says. II was the desire 70 unseat
the Republican party In the state govern
ment. Brought together in What was sup
posed 20 be a compact organization, solely
b. the desire for place and power, the fu-
son party has been wrecked BY the same
inoralnste desire that brought II into the
troublesome world or politics
The disintegrafion. which began two
weeks ago, when the first Of the senatorial
candidates arrived here. has been com
plcted. Hereafter the Populists will act by
themselves. There will - no caucus OF
the fusion forces. The Populists have
taken the attitude described By Ar. Canutt
and vii not participate In any caucus with
the Silver Republicans or Democrats. And
when they get ready for a caucus them
selves, they viii not ask the Silver Repub-
licans or the Democrats.
-Four ballots we're taken for senator In
Joint session today. Cline led with g votes
Turner second with n. Eugene Way.
Frank Wiikeson. pierson and Winsor OF
King refused to abide by the action OF
the Populist caucus last night and voted
for Richard Winsor. OF Seattle and some
think he Il out OF the race There viii
be no material change for several days
Good judges predict that Gov. Rogers will
become a formidable candidate next week
and assert that ne viii receive a large part
OF the Turner vote. The P0pGllsts per-
sistently assert that the governor Is with
holding the state patronage so as 10 con-
troll the senatorial situation. II Is true
that no appointments have been made as
yet
The four ballots today resulted as fol-
lows: