The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05
TACOMA POPS fighting
Il SCHEME TO GET BAKER ON THE
DELEGATION THE CATsE.
some Of the Delegates In IN inf"F-
msI Meetfnx Elected Hin N HON
orary Memher, and His Opp0nents
I'm the Cony~pfson Vow Kick.

sueefaf T}i#pa ter, to the Pess IDteiligencer
TACOMA. Sept. +---Pieree county Popa-
issss who were selected 10 &C, "a delegates
to the state convention are spit VICE
open" and today the howl SET Up Dy ias
two factions iaso which the delegation rs
Asv.aea IL eae Of the lung and loud kind
State Chairman Frank r. Baker and ms
friends are declared 20 b. the sole cause
Of the trou5Ie. and fran what - 10 DC
heard whether iiaUocsniy or otsirr WISE
the Baker following aase stirred up q few
that gives evidenc. ef lasting throughout
the cam paieI,
.s,gYa.. eossrtsoi,ss gang as that faction
= dubged by fellow PogaIists. w.ao are OPP
posed 10 Baker. brought On al the trouble
by trying 10 put Baker on top after the
convention had turned him do@n uninsrci-
FUZZY even defeating him for a seat In The
state convection. When preparing 10 ad-
toarn after holding an informal meeting
last evening and after a move % organize
the delegation mad been voted DOWN. owing
TO tbs absence OF twenty members az de
body. the Bakar feature WAS sprung by
Frank HaiSteaa. shining light in the
'.coaFfh28se gang" serving a. deputy
eher.fe
The scheme vas 10 sit on The convention
and reins;a,e Baker as far as could be
possible. by making him an honorary mem
Der Of the delegation. In the gaLse of con-
cdent.ai adviser. A motion To this end car
rsed. bai; from what IL today TO be heard
TIE delegation wili declare TIE matter en-
t.rely cut Of order. because the body was
moi orgaulxed. and because the members
have no power - add another member TO
the delegation whether he be bat an hon
oragy ADJUNCT or ncS. Since thinking over
the matter those opposed To Baker are
simply wild "a the attempt made to
e.nooth down bis faction. and SOME Of those
who Endorsed the move At first are today
inclined TO 'crawfisi.' Such Il howl las
gone up that all concerned see ~ won't
DO" barring Bakers closest allies. and
sAo,g.d any attempt be made to force IA
ker on the delegation In any capacity. The
opposing faction will make the delegation
one divided against itself TO an extreme de-
gree.
COUNCILMAN C.. F. Owen. one OF the Pop
uisst delegation Lined up against BAKER.
who N charged Witt having lad the fight
that resulted In Bakers being showed Ln-
der for a seat in the county convention
Well as in the state convention. was de-
eldesl'y warm today when asked about
the row engenaered ~ the Baker people.
iia eaia
In the first place We were not in eau
Gus. W. were not organized and merely
inef 10 arrange details for the trip 10 FL.
iensburg. This whole Baker scheme Is
Iireposterons IT Is without effecc and
ness ! ever heard OF Just think of part
OF deiegaton acting without organixa-
ton. attempting TO reverse the final decis-
ion Of the convention that created 1t, It's
simply absurd. but IL shows to what
straits the Baker people have been forced.
ITS the courthouse gang. Judge kean.
Esrs- So.
afraid OF Baker. that's all, ard are truck
lng To him Why tbes tried TO bun the
thr.ng through regardless Of everybody.
I had a hot fight to gel a secret ballot On
the proposition after Il was shown plainly
TIE. partial delegation had no power 70
add another member. The courthouse
Baker~must do something 10 smooth his
rusfled feelings. II the move 20 put him
on the Delegation should carry in fact
(which i viii netl. we'd ba making Baker
tied power. There's tbs about H. II In
the face Of the defeat af the Baker peo-
pie al the primaries and in the convention
h.s crowd insists on foisi.ng him on us. We
VIII act Accordingly. No. We will not
stand any such graft as that Spit Why
should there not he , split when that soft
or tactics il resortsd 70? The convention
passed on NJ, Baker.~sat down on him
hard, too. and seiectcd fifty-four delegates
os whom he s not one. The effort to now
ring him IN - IN every sens. uaiusti.i-
able. II - Al Insult ia the convention and
n the Populi%ts. one ana MI. who iecided
they'd had enough of SIR. Bakers man
agsment
'"rhe courthouse crowd Is terribly afraid
OF Mr.. Baker. Afraid they viii force lrY1
70 oppose them. wonder do they stop 10
mink that they VIII be opposed BIZ a large
majority Of the party If they so too far in
this nonsense about honorlng him with
place In the delsgations That's what &
VIII mean II they Try 10 push this bust
ness. and IN the end they VIII flnd they
are wholly wrong. It's the biggest niece.
or nonsense and unadulteratei nerve com
fancy IN saying Baker cannot hp forced
down cur Threats, however his friends set
about 10 attempt Il"
Several members CO the delegation Of the
ann-HsAar stripe who were seen today
wc-s oe much the same mi.sa "a Council
man Owen. although no: quite SO OUT
spoken The Baker faction claims Il wilt
never DO 20 advertise The fact that Pierce
county sat DOWN Oh State Chairman Ba-
ker in his own district. or went So far as
20 decline 20 Sand him To tho convention
as n delegate. This ii their plant, and
they declare any action shat Will put
Baker IN = position - refute this viii
prove advantageous "a the county aelp-
CATION and to The party. In Illustration
OF the hitter feeling agalns; Raker. when
the motion carried 4: the meeting favprins,
BAKERS cause, ar opponent put a second
motion - the effect that NJ T. Bulger ia
treated likewise. Bu'ger recently publicly
DECLARED his intention - severfny al con-
nectioa with the PoNs. and n putting this
motion Secretary Summons VIVA satl1aryas,
II. said nts motion wa equally "a consist
ert ana wise as was that savorsrg Baker
Reinstatement delegate Al. soid 81.
HaRev delegates have msde "a nice rssss