The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-02

sfrssrfess 70 prepare = roll % all known
popuIssts II their respective prscinrrss TO
be Iefs cssen 70 within Eve days Of the
caucAs Eat 40 one be PERMITTED TO vote
al xalG primary wEso Is NOT 50 registered
By committeeman. that Delegates I'd Peo-
pies party convention be oEiy these Eok
holding ar elective offsrH u state. county
or municipality. tfeir employees or sp-
poinsees drawing salaries or per diem
Ard whereas ii has since come 10 the
knowledge % this body that said require
ments Ia their operation viM dssquaiiff
a large number OF Peoples parts xoser@
as said caacuseS. primary election and
coayentloa. and work hsrdxslips upoa
Others. ard
Whereas. raid motions were hastily
r.agsee WITHOUT due fhourhf and eossslsi-
erati1n as to their results. noss therefore.
be- IL ard il - hereby
Resolved. that ali Of the foregoing pro-
ceedings and actioas Of this body he and
the me are Easessy reFetndsd together
with All actions OF tne executive commit
fs~ Of this body based upon said proceed
tlga. and be II faFfhff
Resolved. that me only qualifications
for voters al the coming city caocUses
ard primary election la addition 10 those
required BY Law. D. a. follows.
Each persog. desiring 20 take part In bis
precinct caucus or vote a. MS precinct
primary. shall declare his allegiance 30
the Peoples parry and subscribe TO the
principles thereof as set forth In the
Omaha platform. and los t. further
Resolved that the chairman and secre-
fsry OF this body b. and they ars hereby
Instructed 10 Immediately issue a new call
for said caucuses, primary election and
convention In accordance with the tenor
of these resosuti0ns preserving the same
dates as in the call hereby annailed.
The motion to adopt the resolution came
from Louis Huuey, who Vac denounced by
Hart along with Jordan at the q. a X
hall meeting Saturday night. Committee
mar DaIbey made the point Of order that
the matter could not be brought up again.
as a motion TO reconsider the action Of the
committee on resolutions had once been
made ard had been voted down. Chair
man wlnsor held that the resolutions con
templated a repeal Of those heretofore
passed and ruled against the point.
Thercapon Mr.. Dam took the noor TO
make short speech In favor of the reese
iusions. demanding that the committee give
the members Of the party Ia each city pre-
ciBet the right to cay who should repre-
Dalbey replied with considerable warmth,
citing a provision OF the constitution IN
support Of the position taken by the COM
mittee previously on the question. when
some people attempt &c use the power
vested BY the people In the ofiice-holders to
coerce and influence the action OF the par
ty representatives" he said with much
force. III Is time To call halt This power
0f the Office holders il being used IN this
city TO debase the voters OF our parry. Men
holding public office have approached the
members Of the committee with the inten-
ton of influencing them in determining
important questions az this kind II they
will Try TO control the committee. what
viii they do with the convention If they
are allowed IMP
y ii, Davis said: II am unalterahsy ou-
posed to official domination In party af-
fairs II was TO avoid this that the orig
'naI resolutions were passed. am
opposed to the passage OF those offered by
Mr. Dam"
Thus The debate ran until Committee
man Wadsworth. who said that ne would
like TO see the color of the mans hair who
was better Populist than ne. toek the
floor. lie launched into a typical popr-
isstic address against the resolutions
Every man who has had any experience
In municipal politics In Seattle viii not
attempt to deny that any set of men with
money can SO into the precinct cAucuses
and primaries and control them" he said
at the top Of his voice. They can flood
the cauelises with men OF all parties. who
will vote as they bid them Thus. y this
thing is allowed 10 20 on. We may have. i
fusion of parties before We get 10 the con-
vention. u4aushter1 | say. stay with the
decision you have already made I'm this
matter. This + no time TO change az; I
don't believe che Peoples party should
allow one set az officials to suck the pub
lie toai forever" tAppiause1
Way aud Hart Get Nnxiau..
Here the Way-lgart people became anx-
isus lest the nood OF eloquence oozing from
the ants might cause apsattlng OF their
carefully LAID plans. aud nea rIneus
fttN fAt3ff@fF NNf<Eisffti Ire motion
vas lost. however. ana Ihc debate pro
c-eded. gathering strength ard bitterness
as Il proceeded
Bruce Hardin, although an outsider was
allowed 60 speak under ruling II the
committee. ana came 10 the tssr 20 urge
that al restrictions b. taken oW of the
members OF the party in the various PIE
ciness. and that the people b. ieft -
choose ses themselves who should ard who
shoaia not represent them in the cenvcn.
ton.
Committeeman Spray offered suSssl-
tute resolution 70 annnl the regulation AS
% the registration cf popuust voters ~
the precinct committeeman
q u. Hodgaon. who was ore IF The Jig
uses IN the last legislature. appeared be-
fore the committee shoyn 81 his whis&ers
and made a speoch ia ssvoy q the Dan,
resolution.
nalheS came to the front A. this stage
With the ehafgc that the of'iecholdsrs had
subscribed sSo Al TIE Saturday night
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