The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-17

49, Republican eouncalmen, every one
y1eU says he IL willing and anxious TO
onntse. and any seven OF whom
utN elect mayor. forty-three useless
1T and ex-Mayor Woods successor
uuknown. tells the up-to date story
4a mayoralty fight. II does not look as
0NOh any one of the present candidates
q eeou b elected OF course the elise
~ claim 1t IL only question Of time
~ their man liz elected. Atkinson's sup
efefs want one more councilman sand
- viii be elected = and the dark
gee stAiid around and Insist that 1t fl
SE1ttless TO vote any longer for the cid
ANAoidates. and urge that a good man be
1eleeted from their midst. The supporters
8 Atkinson anu the couneiimen who are
eek " elise do not think that they arc
81 1httng Z hopeless cause II Atkinson had
celted one more vote yesterday he would
= I've been elected. He had been receiving
~ votes, and once Chapman. who was In
1e chair and who had been voting for
tlltam VoiSt. shifted 10 Atkinson. That
rave Atkinson six votes. Another would
~ did not ge, the seventh vote and Chap
nan voted only onee for him. After that
= voted for ether candidates. and when
4Ae meeting was ever he explained that he
ned given Atkinson vote just 10 break
6AAe mOuotony. Chapman mas proven E1ID.-
Ill rover In the present fight. He has
voted for voigt. Atkinson and elise. but
MIN insists that veigt is dis man. Like
Il Hxomize
Before yesterday afternoons meetilia
Mere WAS plenty Of talk 10 the effect thai
L &ne mayoTaity question would be settled
within few hours" The elise people
had hopes Of getting another yote--Tay
Iofss. II was Teported--and then with tha
~ Chapman they would make better
1hoWing. But IS that would have given
{ elise but six votes his election would have
been ~ Tar away as ever.
Az Taylor. however, stayed by Atkinson,
s ana Chapman jumped from one candidate
T - another.
The elise people have been talking OF
having Crichton resign az acting mayor
which would restore To MIN his seat In
1he council. McArdle or Navin or an At
AluAon man would be elected as his sus-
0eas0r. In that way crIchton. as council
man, could vote for elise. But there is
\ ene thing wrong about this plan. A coun-
Gilman cannot be forced into the Office OF
setting mayor. and as all OF the anti-ciiss
people are acquainted with the movements
ana plans OF the enemy. II In moi likely thai
one Of them would consent to succeed
Grichton. That fact knocks out the splen-
I'D Idea OF the elise crowd.
OF course there Ia only one important
QuGetion being asked and that is: "Gan
elise or Atkinson secure enough votes To
/. N1ect Them Atkinson actually has Ave
His men are Taylor, Dodds. Rude. Rudy
md Herman.
Nnvih. the Populist says he will not
vote for Atkinson or for any other Repuh-
1ican. He insists that hundreds of men
have begged him 10 give Atkinson his
vote. He said yesterday afternoon that at
this afternoons meeting he would make
j. speech explaining why he will not vote
TOR Republican. Great pressure has been
brought TO bear on MeArdie. the other
Ropu1ist. TO vote with the Atkinson people.
4 hut. like Navin. he has been urged by the
i 41aion forces TO stay out of the fight. II
NcArdie and Navin viii not vote for Akin
ron he must get his two additional votes.
from the Republicans. Who will vote for
himy His friends are trying to intsce
& aurd and Gleason to come over. They are
now supporting elise ellison said after
& ycntcr<say's meeting that he would stana
BY elise. Atkinson's only hope Is 20 get
TWO votes from Chapman. Hurd, Gibson or
&eArdtc. Raymond and James VIII not
ysl;e To-: him. and they say that ellison and
Hurd s.ii not.
At tho present time Cii-e has four coun-
eIlr1cn-James. Hnrd Raymond and Gll-
ron. EasiE and MeArdle will not vote far
hiin. II they vote fer a Republican Akin
acn x.sl be their choice. So Il will nc stee-
4 exknry For tho elise people 10 get their
needed strcag.h from Rude Rudy. Herr.
man. Dcids or Chapman. II Is likely that
I they con get Chapman. That would give
tfeu live votes. Tive more viii be nseps-
aasy. o3dds might he induced TO Join
4 them. That would make six. and one more
would be necessary 10 elect. From the
present outlook. Rude. Rudy ard Herr
man will rot vote for elise. IL that Is true
Cllnc Is ont OF the fight.
Politicians think that Atkinson's chances
a. election arc little better than those ~
elise, Int insist that neither Is likely ~
ret Il. In the meantime GRE may hear com
promise, compromise. compromise talked
~ every councilman. but each ballet
shows that the word has not much mean
Inn abou. the city hall Ts..s afternoon
there will be another meeting;
The Baliotiug.
Yesterdays baiiotlng resulted as fol,
lows:
Thirty-first ballot