The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-24

Close OAseRvaxf0n Of Registration
Tenas 20 Confirm the Belief.

Close Oeseevasioa Of Registration
Tenas 90 Confirm the Belief.
SPOKANE. Oct. u-Tne political sstEa-
ton IN Spokane county ss.i continues 20
look like II would be Republican Tscfuls
on November s Since LIE close OF the
registration the Rrpuo-lcan MANAGERS ssAss
;asrs Is nothing TO Indicate anything osi
a majority fer he ticket. Chairman Ncs
ten. Of the county Republican central
committee. said today that ne .ssss.
Of from 81 70 ~. and that the city wol.1
give the ticket q afor!ty ever tusfor o.
about 80. City Clerk Boyd. VITO has Aspt
a close tab on the registration, wa;Sa nas
been conducted almost entirely under as
personal supervision, informed your cor
respondent that the Republicans had Ire
man Norton sad il Clerk Boyds estimate
was cut in TIVE he Nas sallsneo a. We
tory. In speaking Of the situation ne SAID:
Il am SATISFIED there vi. be a great
viii be cast mainly by the susionfsss. fcs
/. there - TO reason FOR the Republicans To
vote anything but q straight ticket II -
put up in the county. aSi while / tse not
claim positively the election Of tAe Sntss
county ticket. still iai-k II IS a winner.
n, TIE :. prospects Tor the entire a legislative
Another thing wnica Chairman Harrison.
as vel as others Of sfae party, CAL aSfess-
ton TO. and which augars well Sor the Re-
sas PopuitSt leaders Of two years ago. VITO
made their voices heard both On the stump
and On the streets Ia favor Of the fusion
ticket. 10 this year saying word IN favor
OK the ticket Ii ~ no Secres that there IS
lack OF harmony between the Democrats
and Popul.sSs. and knaang OF each other
viii Be largely INDUCED n: This much IS
admitted BY some Of the leaders OF both
wings Of the fussonis&s.
The great activsy to be found AZ the Re-
publican feadauarisrs q, az times and the
apathy and quiet which prevails al the
Peopsee party headquarters is another In
oacation Of which way the WIND IS blowing.
Chairman Weaver. OF the Peoples party
COMMITTEES, when asked by your CORE
spondent today 10 account for this cond.-
ton OF a6airss remarked:
oh. We don't have 10 work any more,
We have g.. them whipped, and whats
the use Of as doing anything further? We
wall have majority OF from so 10 500
In Spokane county. No, snere will bs 60
scratching OF our ticket; every nan on it
will be elected
Dan Mortimer. member q the fusion
executive committee, who WAS standing
by. made the admission that saere ives
question OF The fuslonists eIscting The aeg-
.sli;ive ticket in the Fourth District. and
further save Il as his opinion thai ssns4d-
cradle scratching of the ticket would be
INDUCED IN. The confidence OF victory ex-
pressed by Chairman Weaver is no; shared
IN by the various candidates on The ticket.
for they are now to be found stumpng the
outside districts il q mos. active canvass
TOT votes Up 10 1ASe the iuSio.-Sis nave
been compelled 10 rely almose ent.re!y up
on local politicians. and few OF the county
candidates. for their stump speakers waiie
on the ether hand. the Republican stale
committee has provided \ number OF good
campaigners for the Republican ticket.
with the result that the meetings Of the
latter are always well attended, while IN
a great number of Instances the fusion
speakers have met with ! frost. The only
really good crowd present at fus-on meet
ing during tbs campaign was that whea
james Hamilton Lewis appeared at the
Auditorium, and .nen his denunciatsoa OF
the adnainistra ton n its conduct or the
war made votes for the Republicans Re
a.izlng that this topic Is anything, bur a
popular issue in Spokane county, the 9TH
e. fusion speakers have since fought say
Of IT,
Senator John L. Wilson left for Coifax
Saturday. where he was billed for speech.
He was accompanied by Chaplain {. {.
Batsman, of the Sixteenth United States
infantry, who Is lending his assistance in
giving his personal observations OF how
the Santiago campaign was conducted.
having been with his regiment at the front.
He viii make a number Of speeches with
the senator in the west side Of the state
in order TO refuie some OF Col. Lewis
utterances on the war.