The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-20
WORKING HARD FOR FUSION.
OFFICEHOLDERs TRYING TO Or
CAME SO-CALLED UNION PARTY.
Desperate Attempt to Hang on to
Jobs In RaIlytnE the Court House
Crowd of Pierce County 20 At

Special Dispatch to tho Post-In.elligencer
TACOMA. June IA preliminary meet
ing OF what Is termed the Union party
or Pierce county is 10 bs held here this
week, but explicit Information coming
from the more active participants in the
nova for q united stand against the Re
pGbiicans fails tn point 70 what they hope
TO accomplish. Each Of the leading spirits
seems TO entertain some faint belief n
his ability 10 swing the badly split fusion
party-tha;-was into come sonblance Of
united front but al that their EXPIRES
sions are vague and rather pointless
Az present what their enemies both
within and without their party term the
courthouse gang" Is apparently the back
hone OF the movement toward a union %
forces 10 enter into the fall campaign. No
one staggering under the honor 81 mem
bership ticket in this closely affiliated fac
ton pre;ef9is TO know how far Is Unfit
ence may extend or how strong numerical
II the combine ma; b.. The mere prou1l-
nent members ara the county officials with
Auditor ". -. &. Spike. Treasurer Steve
Juds0Tl. Sheriff a 4. Mills. Assessor VIM
Welsh Tieri. Grass. two members Of the
board Ct county commissioners, AT the
FROM. Included In the iistg are the several
squads 81 deputies ana Their intimate
frs nde and the more closely allied satei-
ltes 81 the .hfee departments Of the SUI
Y,eriof court
Thls combination boasts of having In its
mako uU some OF the mere brilliant ann
''heady'' managers wno lad the forces u
victory tao years ago. and those whose
enthusiasm gets the better - their ia ig-
,4ent hint. we haven't been in office for
nothing" At first glance the courthouse
agErega; on appears as formidable AZ ~
members would have fho outside wori3
believe, bat a little prodaing under The
surface shows that Ifs weak spots are by
10 means Insignificant. ard worse siili are
VIGOROUSLY plain 10 the - Jpie generally.
The chsef object az the combine is of
course Ia l,u.l the endless threads into
some sort ~ shape whereby direct psiil
may - made without swapping the string.
TIE fast is 81 ar Of way os}f AZ FeA
s. prevalent exen IA ths Inside fast ton AZ
the hg county building and what he
leaders do not k7ow as - the prospects is
much palmer than tuat - which fhey
Save know i.slgs. An ar ~ honesty. bow
ever. fssrvsascs the crowd in 81 far AZ their
talk goes They make 10 false preseast
- strength look mo she di.G future " -
an uncertainty That :fse torn condition -
tsel- osd party Hiak@s Imperative, and
home far sE7s EsSf. Tbs 81 81 sQs3s fAe ~on3&-
'Eor o a@4irs tn tns ranks o. the So
Gated Talon party ~ FAR "a = has BEEN
,s~ossght % . very limited degree % or
=,-44gsfi3n Tire orr g meeting ts pre-
sstefea - Fuea1 fhc f8TEt steps toward aaf~
frf.e an9 aggressive plans. To - reunited
r, ,ns ya,ks SIR s7FTs ef the E1ore active
xars1 ars~era gssgo rna3 aaseh "a fs!.uss
- taa !sst nast Elan.risai aRst Certain
STATS offseials also. snellang Dairy Corn
r7,sssta.,sr zfeTSous1f. Fish t~oszrisa. 3sfr
Tsssge. - resaYy % STATE iSgaft u t'S1s-
r-.l Ernest Lister tssge3hsy aim 5is isu-
r.narf ~ q. GsnetesteT. aud e2&efs are
assfes xs-h the ssoIsd scr aeS es1sfsS,sFsf
yg.As sar tbs Republicans d he i0en'y
II. segC..ag tsss.r aensFas taF& - tSe