The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-15


from 2.os 10 l.54e-for 70 reduce the fusson
majority - pr cent. would. nE9er ordsn-
airy conditions. be good work. ! asn In
cknet 10 the belief, h0weTer, that the
fusion naa tority in 2poka Is county wsll q.
least De- reduced Il IN. IA. e portion os
the coGsty ticket vii. he aie@ted by the
Republicans. ard that ;nere VII be from
three 10 four rnesn oers o. re legislature
elected from among The Republican can
didates.
Much seraf~hiBE Probable.
The Indications f0r a heavy "ln3epeHd-
ent'' vote are Or All sS1es n Spokane c99n-
~ There .ili Re a zig yesf Pocket vote.
a. II wcul9 have be@n d%scri D. ~ olten
times, before TIE appearance Or Use Aus
sralaan ballot gys=m when vo-srs SECURED
their tickets tbs nigat before and "Axed
them a. hGrne. Hence. a TsEt pocket vote
means scratched sscket. Democrats. 81
ya- Republicans PopUlistS ana even sons
or the Republicans u. vote t1eSe n.Ne1
ttsketa They viii % locking for men vno
are best fitted for the Offices. have Il
Ola excellent authority that scores OF Dem
oerata rfli vote for one Of the congressional
and one % tae judicial canGlsla,1 IS on TIE
Republican ttcA-t ALL All favor Kepio-
Ican members II the legislature n prefer
enes TO Iopul-sts. Silver Republicans pre-
tend 10 nave Uncovered Democratic
scEenE 70 Elt ~ f.r4t Is.aFt 54!4SS 81 ~
Interest Of tns F0pu!isI candidate for sI-
pr@ulss judge and tsey are tot a. al. pleased.
There aFe Indications % tats IL 0lhsT par g
Of tbs state. however, ana i - barely
possible tseri In some truth IL H.
] hava merely referred 10 these things Ia
order 10 explain WHY IL Ia that the Re
publlcsga can elect O. portion % their ticket
and still figure On q fusion majority against
them.
Chairman Harrison. % :hs Republican
county central committee. has 10 doubt OF
tho result aud insists that X VII be
general Republican victory IN he county
I'VE have good organization" he said,
'-an9 hard at work. the fasiontsis are
wrangiing among themselves, are In con
sequences poorly organized, ard arS not
accomplishing muen. We have a good
list 81 excellent speakers in the county;
they have only three or four. and they are
for the most part pr0saic and unlnteFeA.aLg
The situation 1 pretty ~en explained Dy
the conditions met BY the filzaonlsts IN
Cssa precinct. The vote In Tass two years
ago waA twelve republican and seventy two
fllsioa. AZ recent meeting OF the fiision-
.0ts In this precinct only four persons were
present 20 hear the speakeFs.
Curbxtoa~ Orators Are Gone.
Another thing that teis the story in
Spokane In the fact that = IL impossible 20
get Up ar argument or tbs street corners.
Two years ago II Republican stood on
Riversid, and delgned 10 mention politics
no would have excited crowd about nm
IL half minute and would a1 drawn INTO
al argument such as only dssgrnnjied. DIS
Satisfied popuiis,a are capable Of bring x
out. Today two men can begin an argu-
mant on one OF these corners. but no one
Will stop longer Than 10 learn what the
talk Ia about and then saunter on. without
any show Of interest In or concern over tho
dispute.
A Populist whom 7 had known personally
SIX years ago when he vas an ardent Re
publican. said TO me: There is no more
chance for the fiisIonists to w'n this year
than THERE Was Tor the Republicans 10 win
two years ago IN this county. ] believe
tho Republicans will elsset al least one mem
.i,er OF The legislature from the Third de-
trict. three from the Fourth and At least
one In the Fifth. We are unable 10 st.r
up any enthusiasm among our people IN =
year and they SIRE not even taking enough
interest 10 register. Tha fact Is .he Repub-
1icans today are In the lead on registration.
1t looks 10 me aInast Ike clean sweep
for the Republican ticket
Another gentleman. a Silver Republican.
whose business keeps him posted on poll
teal matters. admitted that the Republicans
had the best of the registered vote. but
hy way OF defense he said: our men are
now hard a. work. while the Republican
vote H. all registered. and We will have no
trouble To overcome the present majority
AGAINST lle."
Personal investiga ton. however, convinc-
ed nee that the gentleman was IN error az
20 the Republican vote being all In. for
within half N hour | learned ~here one
Republican had registered eight votes That
day, another six and another four. BE
sides" said one OF these gentlemen. j
have arrangsd 30 register ten tomorrow.
There are many unregistered Republicans
yer and we ean easily maintain Our pres
ent position o. supremacy until the books
close"
Roth Chairman Harrison and ex-Reprcsen-
fative Y u Snerk. n present a candidate
for sheriff. informed Yne that the country
districts would come into the city VIII
from 500 TO tfs majority over the fusion sts.
u thfz "a a,ra ard tha fepuhitFFpS con-
t.nue 10 be alert in the ciy, there are
chances for Republican landslide in Spo-
kama county thar viii hc unparalleled IN
tho Republican history - the etate