The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30
His First Ward Followers Show
Signs of Revolt.
FAvORlTES WHO LIVE HIGH.
Couneglman yavfn and Juror TrOt-
ter Said to Have Received Coin
From Campaign Committee
Plain Workers Denied Expense
Revel In PIeuty-Fiaint in First.

Boss Way Is not having altogether
s1znmsr's holiday in Holding his cohorts o.
the FIRST wara together uat-i ne can vote
them al the polls. Hardly q day passes
but that the Way managers run TO him
with stories Of mut!ny and revolt aInoils
the Way workers. and with accounts 0.
PopulIst d.ssa lisfaction with the conduct
Of matters genera.,y IN The ward. The lat
est excitement among the Way c.ansmen
has been caused BY the discovery thai Ger
tain men VINO are draw g salaries from
either the city or county a. office noilers
or 5urymen. are a. the same tfX-e oSihs
paid by the fusion county and state COM
MI tees for their services in this cam palsa.
While the ave.age Way worker mas 10
fight for expense money.
II Is stated on reliable authority that a
certain populist In the First ward made
the discovery a few days ago that Coun-
Gilman Thomas Nay!n, Ways chief leu
tenant and understudy in FIRST ward pod
ties has received certain efnoIumenis from
the fusion county committee. whlle the men
whom the boss relies upon 10 90 the nara
work OF the campaign have been put OH
on one excuse and another when they ap-
preached the committee for expense
money or IA chance 10 earn stray dollar
or two According &c the claims OF GER
tain Popaiists In the ward, Carries Troi-
ter, who is u member OF the last panel OF
Jurors, is also in receipt OF favors from
the fusion state and county committees, De
sides being abe 10 hold his own against
the warrant ledger at the court mouse wheh
The jurymen are paid of every week.
Matters have actually reached crisis IN
the FIRST. for the indignation and wrath
Of the faithful supporters OF the Way ma
chine knew no bounds when they learned
how the boss had played his faVoriies IN
the committee and had turned deaf ear
to their supplcations for cash.
The bass maintains an uhfn hilseri, e@
and rnu,inies OF his febeilious ana turou-
lent henchmen. He is reported TO nave
Lately told friend thai he dld not De
neve in the use Of mSrvy in elections. any
way and if ii boys wanted 10 graft a
little they'd have To 50 see some one else
In fact. II is reported that the boss aims
to become puTs' , 10 pna.'c so-ka,s dow,
In the First who can readily ind reasons
for the changed attitude OF Boss Way.
He's putin ii on fer our seneht. sad
one Of these IN First ward sasocn last
night. when we goes ter him an states
dc case. he truns us down, see. ana vat
does he say? Dat he ain't usin any money
IL dis fight. Wat dyer rink OF 1t. any
or course. there are two sides to the case
One OF Ways close friends last night told
is making his fight for state senator on a
high moral plane" Said he: "tiene Is
stickler for principe. he Is, and tha.'s
why he amt handing II out any more.
You must remember that Gene has repu-
tat!on 20 maintain. not enc 10 get. He's
the head OF the single takers tn the state.
and he's always talking aeou, getting ex-
enptions for the poor people. Meobe hell
have a constitutional amendment put
through at the legislature for The sing.e
tax. Then he j come back and do the
Henry George act In THIS county. Sees
Gene stands for a principle, and OF course
he couldn't be seen distributing the cash.
As near as one can get at the facts. how
ever /, II plain that the boss Is watching
every detail Of the campaign IN his district
and that not a dollar is spent without MS
sanction. Thomas Nav-u Is he main rep
resentative a, the headquarters o. the fus-
ION county committee. He Is indeed the
boss urdersturv. He IS ornnpre~ent and,
the First warAers say. omnlverous when
there's any expense money hoat4ng
about Favors are shown by the fus on
county comm ttee to only those Popul.sts
In the First ward who are known 10 be
tried and true 10 the boss. THIS, Il Ia sad
s At his personal ord r
The other PopUlist workers In the First
would not complain % this 80 much were
trey not SATISFIED that men who are In re-
ceipt Of emolumeutS from the city or coun-
", Ike Navn or Tr0ttfr. are getting the
stufTlng out OF the pie while they must
rest content with stray piece now and
then NJ crust