The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-16
TRYING HlaD Fer fusion.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE IN sES-
sroA FOR -Boaxss.
The Usual Jhrse-RfnE Circus Fer
forming ut Tacosna. the FopHtssss
ueinE the seufer OF Attraction,
Demanding Everything in sight

silver Republicans and F9pulikEs ~ PRES
snt PESTS ia the conference committee
rDe8e ~. % delegates from each convention
.AEar w&4t!Gs IN vain foT soIle report from
their respective coIavrs tteoS GDt5i after -
o clock tonight, tho conventions haze aa-
t0Gruea until tomorrow morning. The
f2ct mat the confefence comm ttee has
been session for SIX hours shows an ef-
forf Is being made IN earnest 10 sgree up
on fusion. bu; further than this nothing Is
known % the probable outcome.
FawceIt ni.n are IN heA spirits al the
success OF their plans mus Tar, aud the
coEnpls xion Of the three wings OF the con-
ference committee rather tends 20 Justify
the.r hope u victory. The TWO Populst
delegates who left the.r convention today
rather than cooperate toward fusion. are
being olaGed Tor TOO nasty and foolish be-
uavior by their brother IN @ds-oithe-
roadvrs. THIS IS one straw which gives 4
h!af as to how the wind blows, and all
loid there sesEls fully a. much re ison to-
uigat 10 expect fusion as during the past
four weeks.
Il is pE d.ctea however. that 4 report
from TIE Populls- conference committee.
e0nceding the head OF thu ticket ID the
Defnoerats-@ msans Faweeti as the
nom nee-wiu b. turned down by their
cOuventle-a- The vote in con. egtion Ia
voring an attempt al fusion Is no. con-
ssdersd = criterion shoald <hc head Of the
ticket 80 10 ttte DEMOCRATS Ia conference.
Antl-fusiou Popu.ssls cain they caa easily
vote down the latter proposition III con-
vention.
Silver Republicans occupy the position
OF nOa-Gonimitisd arbi:aTs. ready and w,l-
ing 70 assist fusion on any fair basis, re-
CARELESS If probable candidates and their
personal differences.
Should fusion fall the Popu.ists Will
narle 6 straight Ticket, with either john
Hartman. Thomas Z. Doherty or r. T.
tEuessrn a. the head Democrats VIII or
pose them with Fawcett as their probable
leader
The Republicans. who hold primaries TO-
morrow evening, are preparing for the
fight ard See4u 10 cafe but iittie whether
they are OPPRESSED by fusion ar straight
tickets. They have not yet come toys thar
upon caGd date for MAYOR
PopuIists. Democrats and silver Repub-
Hcana r2et In convention today. beginning
a. - o'cIosk tbs morning. zach in a h9il
Of is own. 10 prepare for n combination
OF toTces IN the selection II ticket To-
tie municipal election The formal pre-
rmlnarics Of organization. the appoint
ment Of the usual committees. etc. Was
disposed OF without friction In the Demo
cratic and Silver Republican camps. but
not 80 Ia the gathering % the Peoples
party delegates.
Y. -
chairman. disposed OF routine business
witAout the least trouble. and then named
their share Of the conference committee.
twelve members. Eight OF these were
chosen by the eight ward delegations, one
In each ward. and four raned as DELE
gates at large. The Silver Republicans
worked in exactly the same fashion Sels-
ator G. II. yesterday serving is chairman.
IL let 70 these two conventions fusion
would prevail without g. n7ufTnur The
Popuiists have another view Of the mat
ter particularly as Fawcett Is the pro-
posed head Of the ticket.
The Democrats selected rs their confer
encc committee +. l.. Davis. W. r. CnTxe,
Y :. Ryan Frask Seseisi,lt. J r. NyhIn,
ken Frazier, I'd Browne. y. - HARDY
In The or4er named. representing the eight
wards. The four members a: large are
Hugh Farley. j. p. J,adsou. J. G StallcUD
and Z. :. Bridges. This deiega ion IS
strongly favorable TO Fawcett There are
Tot 10 exceed four Of them tvho VIII con-
slider anyone 80 SoG he bead % the ticke-
Of ;heir own viii ara TIE balance VIII
remain ont fer Fawcatt Ia the last A
few WI! listen 70 no cnlnproutlse al al.
and WITH them IL must o., Fawcett or a
straight Democratic ticket.
The Silver Republican conference corn
nlittee WIS selc"tel OF the same basis a.
t5at Of the Democrats AMI Is aada up
Hoasnto". : r Ailuurhbv. tira Dat :.
Il II. Larfibee, William Burroughs. L.
u Taylc". Ward s. par1s ker. = \ No
Donald. j. Il, Turner and q. ". Taomp-
son.
TIE selection !s rot a all uufavora BILE :,
Fawcetj. although anyone else eoul3 hp
fla'iss almost equally agreeable to them
TINS portion CT the triple alliance. so 81
trr "iI nv block any plaa 10 brig Il
about and VII. It j. understood al 4e
hY tet Es.0 raj sentiment Of the commit.
&eo whole.
After ,e democrats sul silver Ren;sbli-
Sans had ar 4aged taesr rre3iminarfe,s thew
adjourned n.i evening. a'd reported 10 sie
Eopuiists. The tounli&1s az usual. wera
soNer han Their brethren AMI Il xas not
GEi4l g.. ~. that : confer nee carnynlt1..a
WAS selected The ''howlers'' pat every
possible os>s sacle IN the way OF nanlirc
conference committee. AID when tl!s co.iree
was H-aI.V decided anon Capt Hogan and
II tssatt Frank SauvaEeAt @lkad or NJ
tie convention The former IS 4 ~s:f Of
father ~ tae Local Pour --t s. sn8 the lat
ter served Is committeeman f.-u INC
EiEAta ward. Their supporters howrvfr
Gld not lose thtir hyats ana a.thesee
dead SCI against fusion retained s-sefr seats
- await chance 20 STRIKE q BODY blayr.
The report ~ the .sruu1jt;e. on rfso.g,.
.ions. with thu vetou1t. 3i~ Csus.nor Tasts
as chairman withheld i.~ rero~t until
later IN sAe heAt The tnd.cat5ans nofntaa
g. tf5s plea for ti-ne being a.ta e desire
- hear She preliminary report ~ the Pop
Hist conference committee he l,r, making
any recCcn1leu da sion. Wi;a Teat- ~ t-e
head NJ ta;S move. abe Nsir wa. erso-ai
ME- = ae0e "f driving tn 4 las, wedge 10
=tat SIC psmo-Pouul>t coual.a beyond
II ..ess,nt.oa.
frr cm'sr~ Seesi7n = the T'o.1lis- con