The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-10
Seattle Pusionists Discuss the
Causes Of Defeat.
HAVE NOT SEEN The RETURNS.
". H. white says the Majority WAS
Aided BIZ sspurehn~ sbIe MasrrsaT
--NcEtr.y A.~rsh@. Result fo He-
kinney. Administration - Lee
Hart Not Ds<appoiafed-W iaser
HIum~s sffx~r-tay Htames Lnee.

4 deep arnt w1ae siiencr pervadea me
v.yks n. .hs fusion politicians IN seattle
vwher the name Oregon Is mentioned.
Singular as IL nay seeis, fhs latest and
fun returns OF iae sleetton recently nFia
ia the state Just across tEsa Columbia river
have not yet reached the !iIaeruso4t depths
az the fusion camp ln tsts state. Wasn
wa. .ars. 20 a fusion organizer about Ore
eon and the election geld there last Mon
day. IL would he We'll 20 so armed WITH
the AAaoeisted Press dispatches ANNOUNCING
the result Of the eleeti0u. eiss he viii tel
ynu ina, be- never heard of their holding
an election IN toe Wehfoot state.
White thu average flsionist IN Seattle
preseneis to believe that the sweeping Vie
terry OF the Republican ticket and the
triumph or gold over deprecated cuf-
reue, in Oregon have no bearing upon the
approaching election IN ;his state. I, Is
apparent that many % them feel that the
Oregon eleesion poFt.nds defeat 10 fusion
lam I'm Washington. Some OF the better
posted Of them admit. when soberly dis
cuss6ng the matter. that the same causes
whirn wrought the signal triumph OF Re
publlean,sm sn Oregon have been n work
in this state. For tnls reason the task OF
the fusionist Iva trytng TO pat on brave
front II rather difficult at best. II not
always a failure.
Interview had with representative Den-
oeratfe ard Populist politicians yesterday
induce ths belief that the Oregon eieetitsn
has had ,hs effect which was 10 be- ex-
pected. namely. - make ire fns.onists less
confident than they have ever been before
OF their prospects OF sueeess "a Washing
ton fhia fail The most usual answer 10
the iniefrogatory What caused the de-
feat OF tbe fusion party in Oregon" was
that the fusion ticket lacked votes In
some eases it was asserted with some show
81 sincerity that local and not general
causes brought about the discontinue Of
the fusion candidates. and that internal
dissensions ia the silver party bred defeat.
MIadte-Ronder< Don't Count.
''Ths people Will always vote TO sustain
the administration in time % war and
especially when tho war = being success
fully prosecuted" said Judge W II.
White. tie Democratic national commit
teomsu. 10 u rsrst-tntelllgeacer reporter
yeste day. THE Oregon election has no
bearing whatever upon tn great question
whether the American people are To so
into bondage 10 the morey changers or
MOI. Thia question = yet 10 be decided,
taa battle Is ssg 90 Ne Fought and won,
You can say that we will tight 1t out on
this issue 80 a fash In the meantime.
we xii assist in saving the country aud
licking the Spaniards."
What caused the Republican victory In
Oregon
The gald-hug Democrats the Repub-
ican paFt!aaus ana the purchasabio ma
tsrlsi combined 50 make up a majority"
said Judge White ~ givcgiaE 10 state
whether he meant Populists IN saying
purchasable material" An alleged mil
d.e-af-the-road Populist ticket. he con-
tiaued. had very little If anything. 10 do
with IL. ThiS mljlie-of- the oaI moves
meut eountg1 far practically nothing. in
nay mj0J. iusi az 10 VIII in ttls state In
fast. Che election la Oregon w;d hav. no
,9fee. whatever la Washington, The fu@
stau forces 4re united here rae Rrpuh-
Aeans who voted with gs fwo wears ago
VA cohtiuue - a,t with Us. / DO not Be-
Eesv that ghe defeat ot the fu-iug randi-
1Ates Is a gair criterion gag Indication or
what may te expected q this state
Not ~ weit Organized
- hays u0 know iedSs of the laslde his
terry ef Cres0n pol.e3cs." sala James F.
N eiroy yesterday. ''gut IL ia safe to say
THAI the fa~.ou movement in tbat s,ate
VAS never $50 NrH crssnGze,i az go Wash
lastan. Both psT5lee 'n oregon are siven