The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15

rest of this city-shs man who led his
ticket two years ago for supreme ,uage
Forrest Is a radical. but esvilish cool IN
an engagement. He is scmeshing OF a
rt-ategssr- TOO. Catns has 10 headquarters
and Is making few ove-turss-noEe UNDER
the electric lights Of the Office OF the Oiyrn-
pia hotel he il now alternately In hid
ing. making committees, and IN iegisia-
tive sessions delivering rulings with cig-
nifty. He possesses the ability o. the iate
Charley Iaughton IN the chair. but hope
few OF his weaknesses out OF IT In only
one event Cline vii rot be . candidate
the certainty OF defeat
In sizing mp the senatorial situation II
books as il the big rwo-Squire ana Inr-
ner-are each making mistake Iney
are dividing the reform Republican
Democrat forces and herding az the
wrong hotel. The Olympia hotel is class
ed as gold Republican tavern and IL Tar
from popular with either the local Pops
or the transients OF that party. The
Pops are not stopping at that house
Tney follow the successful precedent OF
the Bryan-Rogers club and establish their
headquarters down town IN the Cham-
ber's block-dia gonally from the COVER
nor's Office. Like the Hoosier school
master. they room and board around
When they want 10 gather they go 10
their own conzenial quarters. where sill
yer Dick Warmers pointed patent leather
toes are not In evidence. few OF them
take in the Office of the Olympia as they
pass by. but they don't hang around
long. There is an sbsenteeism about the
big lobby that is ominous. and little dis
tresSsng 10 the keen perception Of Senator
Baum. The visible frequenters here ara
nrss or al Squire and Turner and their
hsutenants. Baum. Houghton and Nc
Reavy representing Turner, and Goddard,
Hagan, Williams, Lyon. dHeirry and
Justice Austin representing Squire. The
silver Republicans and the silver Demo-
Gratis are apparently q different crowd. and
not tlogically in touch with each other.
The Pops are silver. OF course. but they
are a great deal more. Like Citizen Lane,
their hands are not strangers 10 toll, and
they are not unmindful that they are the
big end OF fusion. The true Pop" wants
Pop fer senator. Squire is not a Pop. and
although Turner may write and talk ike
a Pop. he is not a Pop. There is nothing
in the environment OF either man TO sus-
sest Pop. As Senator I'D Taylor wrote.
a Pop who wanted only Pop, they
are not opposed TO raZors, soap and neck
ties. Squire's society is the club variety
and Turner's affiliations are all menopo-
lstic. His tastes are expensive and Always
in keeping with an order to Barber Brown
for 1000 cigars. bill $500. Think of Cline.
OF even 0dlASlSs W NO AuehS AAao
Dude Lewis ordering 1000 cigars. This
cigar incident is not Pop simplicity. Meth
er VIII Squire's hotel bill. partly in
Cured. smack Of Pop simplicity. Six
years ago when he settled with Landlord
Vhitney he paid him $500 and then
cuarreIed with the bootblack about a bill
OF 20 cents. the senator insisting that IL
was only 10 cents. Squire does not buy
his cigars from Brown. When he was
1nk
out of his shop. The story Is the gov
ernor wanted somebody 10 read to him
while the shaving act was in progress.
Brown drew the line on furnishing pub
lie reading with a plain shave.
In striking contrast with either Squire
or Turner is the advent of Gov. Rogers.
He and his private secretary. the able
bodied Ba,laine, put up at a plain board
ing house on Fourth street, almost oppo-
site the town hall.
They did not go to the great ho.sl even
for day. Their joint expenses. washing
included, can't exceed 81 day. just
across the street, at the residence of A.
II. Chambers. Lieut.. Gov. Daniels rooms.
He is, from the standpoint of several Pop
ulists, including his own Vancouver week
ly. a formidable candidate for United
States senator. With the governor. lieu
tenant-governor and speaker. Pop sim
plicity governs. The local Pop paper SYM
pathizes with this kind of simplicity and
even rails at the inaugural ball. calling 1t
snobby and Republican fashion that no
tried Pop can afford to follow or counte-
nance.
A display of wealth. as witnessed in the
campaigns of Turner and Squire. is
bad politics under the existing condi-
tons. II the Pop candidates can get along
without suites OF rooms, imported work
ers and thousands of cigars. why can't
the silver Rspublicans9 n is possible the
force of habit and the memory Of their
former senatorial campaigns may lead
them into more liberal methods. There
are no Pop leaders working for either
Squire or Turner. It may be stated with
little qualification that there is Pop
party In the legislature, and. under the
leadership of Cline and Daniels Of DAN
iels can be called a leader, IL will assert tt
self as the dominant, controlling force OF
the session. Josh Billings once said:
Don't prophesy onless you know" The
caution can be advantageously followed
in commenting upon this senatorial con-
test Prophecy is as uncertain at this
time as the result OF nickel-in-the-slot
machine.