The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-12
FUSION STILL UNCERTAIN.
THE ACTION OF THE POPCLISTS
CANNOT be .FoREToLD.
Fnwcett Men Confident That There
viii BE Union of Forces.
That Their Man VIII Receive the
Nomination, and No Third Ticket.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligeneer.
TACOMA, March Illusion is DOOM
Cd, said street corner orator Of the
Popuist stripe TO a crowd OF listeners to-
Gay, ard half block away a fe!low-Pop-
Oiist declared fusion settled satisfactorily
on the same lines as at the election two
years ago. The preponderancs Of opinion
points 10 the howl against combining a
big bluff. bat the fact that the elements
Of fusion viii not fuse in arranging for the
hight makes II a guess 20 just what may
result from the triple alliance.
Popnllst prima ries were held IN all the
wards in the city this evening. The result
does not clear the pollcital atmosphere 10
any great extent. as the delegates selected
have little TO say, and so far Is TO be
learned do not themselves know exactly
what they will do. There Is confidence
exhibited by the Fawcett fusionists which
means that whether they win or not. they
at least think they VIII.
Those who Can be reasoned with are be-
ing led into line. said Fawcet; lieuten-
ant today. He added. soto yoce, and the
balance viii be whipped in with a lash
that can be called the force of circum-
stances"
The manner in which the three-nandled
cauldron is seething, when taken on all
sides, may mean anything Avowed flu
sionists refer to the howl Of the Populists
as part of their makeup; one OF the noisy.
fussy elements that always come 10 the
surface but never amounts TO anything
Should these Populists mean all they say
and put third ticket in the field but one
result is possible the election OF the Re
publican ticket, and the death for all time
Of fusion in Tacoma.
Republicans are watching their oppo-
nents carefully, and there seems little
doubt their nominees will largely depend
upon the outcome Of the Populist row.
AS yet no aspirant for the head Of the
ticket has any assurance OF pulling down
the prize. Attorneys Louis ID. Campbell
and Johnson Nickeus are still leading, the
former seemingly gaining strength as the
day OF convention approaches. Or. Schug
John Holgate. John NJ. Bell and Judge
Leavitt are a closely punched field. the
strength OF which cannot be predicted at
this time Any one of the six more promi-
nent aspirants may win, but !; is not i'm
possible that the nominee has not yet been
publicly mentioned From present indi-
not be attempted. and il seems likely dele
cations will take their seats free from
pledges 10 the head of the ticket
Treasurer Sternberg. the present in
cumbent viii doubtless receive the nomi-
nation for a second term, unless the
mayoralty contest forces him out of line
j.. G.. Jackson. AZ present the deputy con-
troiler. VIII probably have little oppo-
sition for the nomination for controller
There is but one other candidate spoken of
If j. NJ. Bell drops out Of the fight for the
head OF the ticket he viii very likely be re-
nomipated for the council from the Third
ward by reclamation. The same is true
OF John Holgate in the Second ward