The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-30
GIVES FACTS AND FIGURES.
JOHN n. PlCkRELL. OF WHITMAN
COUNTY, MAKES a PREDICTION.
eat Counties in the stnfe. He
Places the Repubiican Majority
NJ From Two 20 Five thousand.

Special Dispatch 20 the Poxt-gn.elIigeace-
CoLfAN. Sept. 2.-Ssnce returning from
tse Republican state convention az Taco
faa, Hon- Joan y. Psck-sli. chairman q
the Republican county central committee.
has heen aasily engaged Ia preparations
Tor az active campo. gn II Wa.tnasn coEn-
~. Mr.. Piekreli expresses coEnp9sts con-
tsGence n the success @. the Republican
ticket. both IN tae county and state. this
fail
Speaking Q, the matter. re said:
hiie ! was on the Sound I had an
opportunity of talking sikh gentlemen
from a!.nos. every county al the state IL
naU seams certain that we viii eieC; o1-
entire STATE tjckes by rla5or.Elss ranging
from Zsss 10 $50, AS 10 whether Ne Nth
control the Text legislature On joint ballot
l am urabie TO say. hut without a doubt
the Republicans Will elect between forty
and atty members We Viii he the plaE-
atty party in The legislature. At least
Success for our state ticket depends
upon aar9 work particularly ia iae e4si-
SIDE counties. The west-siGs counties VII
Undoubtedly give Elal0Eities for The Re
publican nominees Of between s.ot@ and
900. IN my opinion the east-sl5s counties
WIZ probably give fusion majority net
20 exceed .1sg though * may reach 600.
In sseS these fifteen east-sIde counties gave
a Peoples party plurality Of ALA To re-
1uce this 10 500 VIII mean a dropping
away In the fusion vote OF Is per cent.
This, We believe can safely be estimated
Throughout the eastern part % tie state.
In many portions OF the state the
change in sentiment Will be much greater.
But even ghIs change Will be- Sufficient n
Western " Washington 20 change the fusion
plurality OF 2.5gs into a Republican plural
politicians on the west side they all eN-
pressed certainty Of even greater
Change IN the vote than this.
1T might interest people 10 understand
Just what basis the Republicans figure
upon in Ehe eastern part of :he state. TAX
Ing the counties one by one VIII try 10
fusion plurality OF l20 out Of total vote
Of So THIS year the fusion majority viii
not exceed 50 In Asotin county the fusion
plurality Of 40 Will De entirely wiped our.
/ expect the flsiorisis 10 carry Douglas
county by 20. Franklin by -. Lincoln by
eco. Okanogan by 4a, Spokane oy .9o and
Stevens bs SO.
The Republicans will carry Columbia
by =. Garfield by 90. kittitas BY 80 kiicki-
tat By 800. Walia WaiIa By 30 Whitman
by 80 and Yakima by 30 This would give
the fusion ticket something like 3,0S p.ur-
Atty 20 the summit OF the Cascade mount
aims. II 5 barely possible Gtat Spokane
county. In place OF giving 2,rs plurality
for fusion will divide It's vote nearly even.
"It would seem 10 the outsider almost
foolish 20 talk Of Whitman county giving
majority Of go 10 he Republican party.
vas nearly 200. bu; convinced the
change Of sentiment in this county has
been more extraordinary than In any other
portion OF the state. There have been
good reasons for this change 10 political
faith In the first place. there has been
nothing 20 keep alive che s0-cailed Silver
Republican organ !zatlon. which in 1896
numbered fully ~. voters. They have all
returned 10 the Republican party. Then,
OF the Democracy which accepted the fu-
sion arrang cement that year over 91 w
know are disgruntled with is results and
Will vote with Us. Several hundred Popu-
lists in this county have concluded that
PopulisGn does not actually represent their
political beliefs and have returned 10 the
party OF protection and sound money. In
isAi the vote was divided In abou: tsis way.
Republicans, go, Palmer Democrats 80:
Populisys. 800. This year the vote should
be on the state ticket; Republicans. &,1Q.
Peoples party, 30 CncluGing PopQiistS
Fusion Democrats and the remnant 90 ST.
yer Republicans. ard Socialists. 1oa. On
the county ticket this year look FOR this
result: Republicans. ?. h1; Popuiists, l.70J;
Democrats. sra; Socialists. 700"