The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-02
PDPUL|STS ARE DIVIDED.
Breach in King County Delega-
ton Is Widening.
LINES DRAWN ON SINGLE TAX.

| Many Peoples Party Men See in
Georxet.m a Continual Nensee to
the Life of the PartyIiay~ou
VIII Go TO Eflen.burg. Although
Opposed by Nay-Democrats to
Caucus Satarday-Politicai Gossip.
TIE breach between tAe adae-ents o.
Eugene Way and the element n the King
county delegation - the Popgilst con
ventIon a. Eiiens5ssrg Walsh oapcses him
n has efforts 20 dom. Rate that body. has
wiSeaesi since the open rupture which O.
CURED N i51e ca2cus OF the delegation i'm
EssediaselY after the convention adjourned
Wednesday afternoon. Efforts weTe made
yesterday by the friends Of NJ Way 70
appeas4 certain members of the delegation
wbo spoke and voted against him as as
psfant for the member q the conference
committee from this county. AL attempts
70 Unite the delegation, however. have 50
far failed and the leaders of The opDosi-
giou 10 Way. who IS regarded as the per
soEI2i champion OF Judge Benson for su-
prxgne judge. were IN an exgltant mood
yesterday over the defeat Of me single lax
STATE s,Tran from the First ward.
The fact % the matter IL that lines are
being drawn among sne Popgiists OF King
county On the sIngae tax question While
il in true that the G-Sciples % Henry
Geofge in this county number many % the
most active politicians among the Pcpl-
lists. they are by 20 meals IN tae 1la Jor1ty-
They have never had any united opo0si-
.Hzrr f9~ no fsraf
period IN which Judge Richard Winsor,
formerly chairman o. the city committee.
ami DIR. Eugene Jordan of the board of
audit and control, opposed the attempt Of
Way ard his followers 10 capture the city
committee and organize Il tor s. c. Calder
head 70. mayor.
There is Il different story 20 tell TOW.
however. Popuiists who have been or The
skirnlLsh line Of the party for years. and
VINO are TOT victims OF the virus % the
| single tax dogmas, are beginning 70 or
ganlZe against the encr0aetneT3ts - the
local expo Iy.ssers Of the theories Of George.
Trey say ;~9E they So in the activity u
| Ar. Way. = 3. r. L0ngstreeI. the LEG
tufer On strse Tax. Bruce Hardin and
! Thomas Eavin , menace . the future Of
ihe parry 9~2ich stands. in their o.. Mon,
noG for the single tax bus for the n.t.a-
| tlse ard referendum. FOR government 0wn-
| 4rship % railroads telegraph lines. etc.
/: ana fUT tIs ISSUANCE Oh paper currency @E
scientific money. and direct legislation.
Said one q the Oldest PoDulist workers
n King county yesterday: The single Tax
elelneg1s - or party Constitutes a c0n-
f.Tll3ai menace 20 It's peTretuity. Way and
| al bis single TAX afiheFents ara y wiling 20
vote with any party which VIII incorporate
| single tax plank in rs platform. They
| admit openly that they would ally
| themselves with the L publican party if
/ that party adopted the views Of Henry
| George. They say that the Democratic par
| = e1ula claim tkelt supper: Il that party
| planted the banner Of The single tax on is
| oattlannnts, IN fac. they are F'o.ulists
| for plrposs ard that purpose is not by
any nleans broad enough 70 cover Al t1e
, reforms which W. hope u inaac,irate
| TIE time has come in King county when
| shs real and genuine IsoDu.iSTS should 1T
! 4erstart the pcS.tiCn occupied by Way ard
| hss faction. / is single tax - nothing
| xitn him and those who believe with hf9
| % course W. who have been 81 the parry
| since its birth. can never bring ourselves
| "a inacrs4 THIS position. ~ ara beginning
| 20 realize thst Way y 4 Populst onir H.
cause he hopes through the agency of the
| parry - en&raf, bis IDEAS in the statutes
| # tas state"
The Silver Republican convention made
! serious miStak. when IL e-ecr.I ex-Mavor
| Thomas Houston. &C Ballard. a delegate
| - t<lienshure. Mr. Ia .S:cu las night ar
| uoanced that re had determined - no
! ior@e~ a'H{e win fee Silver Republicans
| hut would work and Fn.- with TIE parry ~
| william u X r',y. Thtse are Us reasa-s
| as given yesterday Is Post-Intelligerce- :
! reporter.
Il have no sympathy with shy political
! afzatiaTf t7at Us raf3ssa to istaoras ne
4! magnificent administration Of President
| NekI0ley. TO nv nief IS ranfi'3c. ~ th~