The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-13
Populigts Allege he Is Destroying
Their Party.
BRIDGES FOR U. S. SENATOR.
Boss Thinks He Can Bring That
Capture the Legfslature-Bridge
IL for Single Tax and So IL Way
and His Foilowers-Anti-Geo
People Looked Upon n Enemies.

A verItahle ceuid-on of n1utinous dissat-
asfaction and rebellion Is boiling away Within
the Populist rartEof King county. Single
tax domino ton Of the party machine and,
IN fac. Of the entire fusion organization. Is
calling TO the Populis.s who are not per-
sonal followers OF Boss Eugene Way ard
Land Commissioner Robert Bridges. While
the Populst workers ara ossensibly sup
porting the ticket in many precincts o. the
county. I, is matter Of common kno~!eTge
that a revolution IS being planned as,atIlSe
the Way Meyer Bridges combination.
There are old line Popul;sts IN Seattle anu
King county and plenty Of them too VINO
openly assert that their own political exist
ence as members of the party and their
future activities in the o-ganiza ton, through
which they had hoped to accomplish re-
forms is at stake. They see IN the ever
increasing prestige Of Way and his single
lax allies the continual oversaadoW9ng OF
principles like direct legislation ard the gov
ernment ownership OF railroads. etc. by the
single-tax doctrines OF Bridges and Way.
But worse than all 10 the average Popu-
list VINO IS not owned body and soul by the
Way clique, il the fact that'the boss re-
CARDS with indifference and contempt the
members OF his party who do not agree
with MIN in placing the single tax at
the front OF the campaign 1t IS notorious
among the Populs 81 workers down IN the
First ward. "a in fact n every district o.
the city, that Way trusts no one save the
Men who belong 20 his narrow little circle
and that he IS now engased IN making
fight % elect himself ana his single TAX
contreres on the fusion legislative ticket,
.gisoEing every other man on the ticket
II is now openly charged by Popuists VINO
are not in sympathy with the Way single
tax propaganda and who refuse TO wear
the Way collars u su0In. ss.on. that the
First ward boss Is quietly laying the wires
10 elect Land Commissioner Bridges 10 the
United .
isIature contains 4 majority OF Popul1sts.
They explain Ways course III the last Pop
ul.st county convention on this theory
They point out the fact that Way dictated
the surrender OF the county commissioner
in the south district in order TO obtain
support from the Silver Republican con-
ferees and force the Democrats 10 conCede
the state senator In the Twenty-ninth for
which Paul Land was he'd in reserve.
Ways plan succeeded admirably. although
ne Hiiifuily sacrificed the P0pulist aelega IS
from the south district who had fondIy
imagined that they were in the convention
representing the Poputist voters In the DIS
triCt and therefore had something 20 say
about the distribution OF the offices. II
turned out. however, tina. they were sadly
in error FOR Nj. Way, through Bridges ana
Nav.n. absolutely controlled the conference
committee and sold out the south district
in order 10 capture the three places IN the
TWenty-tfth and the senator in the Tween
ty-n:nth district for Way ard his single
tax friends.
we viii get even with Way" said
Populist from the south district. yesterday.
The speaker vas Offered a place on the
fusion ticket but Indignantly declined Il
after he saw how thorough was the Way
domino ton OF the Populst convention. Con
tinuing he said@"We are compelled 20 make
a showing o: loyalty to the ticket n the
country but how many OF us viii rebuke
the s!ngle-tax bosses in their attempt to
make mere puppets Of US, I dare not pre-
diet. Many Populists will stay away from
the polls Others VIII vote mixed ticket
All are planning fer the day when they
can come 20 a convention Of the Popu1ist
yarty in King county and uncer ugoDiously
dump Mr. Way or OF the high seat he now
occupies