The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-14
FANCE1T HIS 4 MAJORITY
WILL BE THE CHOICE OF THE DEM
oCnArIC CONVENTION.
Insist That IL Their Convention
Comedies the Head Of the Ticket
They VIII Walk Out and Go Alone

Spacia, Dispatch TO the Pos.-Tnteliigs
TACOMA. March I3.-Chsts with dele
gates 10 the Democratic city convention
make plain that the convention viii not
be entirely OF one mind as 10 the head
OF the ticket, and that in event OF Fawcett
proving an impossibiity, other aspirants
will be sufficiently strong 10 put a decided
kirk in the calculations of the straight
out Populists who propose 10 contest the
place with the Democrats.
Fawcett has a big majority in the con-
ventioq. probably four-fifths OF the dele
CATION. but IL Is not all of these who will
go into session with the rule or ruin'
policy c. T. Bennett. local attorney,
has quite a respectable number or FOL
lowers and will doubtless show strong as
second choice should Fawcett prove too
unwieldy. Conrad Hoska. county coroner.
who is urged by his friends as the most
popular Democrat in the city. and who
is credited with being able TO draw to
his ticket raore Republican votes than
any other Democrat in Tacoma. Is also
likely to cut a figure in the convention.
The general tenor of the remarks of del
egates tends 10 show that Hoska rally.
following a check in the Fawcett fight.
will result in a material 6esertion in the
Fawcett ranks A count of the delegates
shows five members of the police force
who will sit In the convention. A. the
Populist primaries seven policemen were
chosen as delegates to the Populist con-
yention.
Republicans viii hold caucuses tomorrow
evening, and It is hoped the convention
tickets selected may indicate how the
land lies as to the mayoralty nominee.
The downtown element. including the
large majority Of the saloon men. will
likely be heard from at the caucuses.
The Third ward is their chief battle
ground. ward in which T. NJ. Bell and
DR.. Schug are exceedingly strong. Bell
is especially desirable TO Republicans of
this ward. 1t Is the largest ward In the
city, ordinarily very close when the votes
are counted. Bell has to his credit the
fact that he carried the ward hands down
for the council. a Democrat having car
ried it the year previous. BY reason of the
winning ticket. under ordinary conditions,
having to carry this ward, an asprant
who Is strong in this territory is not to
be despised In calculating upon the strong
est candidate for mayor.
Dr.. Schug is also resident of the
Third ward, and is far from unpopular
among the voters. especially in the ranks
of the laborng men. The result of to-
morrow's eaueuses should give some idea
Of the strength OF the more prominent
candidates for nomination.
II appears more threatening for the
faWcett IuSfOnfStS TO-DAY imam heretofore.
The election of 4 large majority or Faw-
cett delegates to the Democratic conveh-
tion has served to infuse more marked
enmity among his opponents In the Pop
ulist camp These howl defiance at the
mayor. swear by everything they hold
sacred they will not permit Fawcett TO
be crowded down their Threats. and that,
win or lose. they will remain his opponents
. to the finish of the fight. Their atti-
ttI,lA mo- Of INN n1t
than of resentment with a chance OF play-
Ing even, for 1t seems doubtful that the
majority will permit their plans TO be
wrecked. even at the cost of general
waikout by the howlers. The Teats-Tom-
linson element assisted by kindred spir-
Its. led on by Councilman Owen, are GER
fainiy making enough noise to win half
dozen fights. To an outsider however il
appears they themselves are whiting their
own linen i'm their energetic efforts to
make ii hot for their opponents. Their
arguments for the head of the ticket are
fair. excepting that thev cannot show
how they are TO win should they get what
they so loudly demand
An interesting feature Of the coming
fight is that the asnirations of certain
councilmen on both sides for the head OF
the ticket and for other nominations
have brought into line new. candidates for
counciimanic nominations This adds
complexity 10 the situation generally and
there seems no reason TO doubt that the
spring election OF 1888 will be unusually