The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-10
Seattle Fusionists Discuss the
Causes Of Defeat.
HAVE NOT SEEN The RETURNS.
". n. white say. fhe Majority Was
Aided by .p1rrhasahse Asserfa1
-NeElrey a.er3be~ Resufs to Me-
KfnIes's Administration - Lee
Hart Net utsappointed-W tns"r
RIames sitver-Fay Bfam~s Lnee.

A deep ard wide silence pervaaes the
ranks Of the fuzsoa politicians IN Seattle
when the nanae Oregon Is mentioned.
Singular a. Il may seem, the latest and
fal. returns Of the election recently held
"a The state just across the Columbia river
have net yer reached the innerH1ost depths
az the fusion camp in tnss state. When
YOU talk to a fusion organizer about Ore
s-on and the election held tbere last Mon
day. II would be well 20 go armed with
the Associated Press dispatches announcing
the result OF the election. sise ne viii tel
you that he never heard OF the.r holding
an election In the Webfoot state
While thu average fusionisi "a Seattle
prstends to believe that the sweeping Vic
tory OF tire Republican sicket and the
triumph OF gold over a deprecated cur
reney ia Oregon have I'D bearing upon the
approaching election IN this state. f. is
apparent that many Of them feel that the
Oregon election portends defeat To fusion
issn In Washington. Some os the better
posted OF them admit. when sober!y dis
cuaxng the matter. that the same causes
whiea wrought the sisrai triumph Of Re-
publlcanlara ia Oregon have been At work
in this state For flass reason tire task OF
the fusIonist IN trying TO put on brave
front Is rather difiicuH q; best, if not
always failure.
interviews had with representative Dem
ocratic and Popullst politicians yesterday
aI.s
has had the effect which vas 10 be ex-
peeted. namely. 10 make TIE fas.onlsts less
confident than they have ever been before
or their pro~p ecFs Of success N Washing
ton this fan. The most usual answer to
tho interroEatory. What caused the de-
feat of the fusion party in Oregon was
that the fusion ticket lacked votes. In
como cases 1t was asserted with some show
Of sincerity that local and not general
causes brought about the discontinue OF
the fusion candidates. and that internal
dissenvions In the silver party bred defeat.
Aldaie-Readers Don't Count.
THE people VIII always vote TO sustain
the administration In time % war, and
especially when the war Is being success
fully prosecuted" said Judge w II.
White. the Democratic national commit
tssman. 10, a post-Tntsligencer reporter
yesterday, ''The Oregon election has no
bearing whatever upon tn- great question
whether the American people are to so
into bondage . "a money changers or
not. This question IS yet 70 be decided.
4.1s -
You can say teat We will fight it CUT on
this Issue 10 a finish. In the meantime,
We viii assist In saving the country aud
licking the Spanlarss"
What caused sae Republican victory in
Oregon
'"rhe gold-bug Democrats. the Repub-
lean paEtisans and The purehasable ma
terisl combined 10 make Up "A majority"
said Judge White, nygiec;lng to state
whether he meant Populists IN saying
'pureAasahie material" An alleged mid
d.e-of-tbe-road Populist ticket" he con-
iinned. ''had very little. IL anything. To do
with Il. This middIc-of- the-road move
meGt counted for practically nothing, in
my mind. just At u viii In this state. In
fact. t8e election IN Oregon viii have no
effect wha 10 Washington. The fu-
sion forces are united here. The Rcpuh-
leans Woo voted VITA us two years ago
VIII continue 10 aet with us. I do nat be-
EeHo that the defeat ~ the fusion canxfs-
dates Il a fair criterion or indlca tiaa OF
whas may - expected En- this state
Not ~ Well Organized
II have no knowledge Of the inside his
tory Of oru&on politics. said James +.
McE.roy yvss erday. but II u safe TO say
that the Iasaoa movement IN that state
VAS never 50 weil organized as In Wash
lngton. Both parties IN Oregon are given
more or less 70 boiling and going to pieces
Thls "a a. trie et tie Republicans Of the
Wehgoot state as ef the Populsts and
Democrats there. I think too. that ne
people we're !ac'0ed so support the al
minis;rat.on ~ President MeKtnley in the
eonduct az Che var asssrss spain. They
shnNe1 tbs inNLlnAl lnti - ntrrarlNt $500.