The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-07
THREE RING CIRCUS AGAIN.
WILL MEET At ELLESsBCRG On
SEPTEMBER q.
state Committees of the Three Fac
lions in Fusion Decide Against
One single Convention, and Ne
sort 10 the Plan of Two Years Ago.

epeeial Dispatcis 20 the Poss-fnteiligencer.
TACOMA, July s.--Msu1bers OF the state
Democratic committee met here this at
erI.ooH and together win official bodies
o. the Popssilsts and Silver Republicans,
decided upon holding the three conveE-
ticns at E.llsngburg September s. Lee Il.
Hart. of Seattle. puzzled the Queen City
claim for the Democratic convention there.
hla resigned In favor Of Eliensburg when
he saw the battle would 90 againzt him.
n V. Fawcett insisted on the conventions
cunning 70 Tacoma, bat Ike Hart, ne had
80 quit ia the face OF overwhelming oppo-
sitloa, and Ellensburg WAS agreed upon.
after hut q short discussion
The meetings Of the Democratic and Sill
yer Republican state committees and the
executive committee OF the Popaiists were
strictly In private. The three bodies gath
cred together at the end In the Hotel Don
nelly. the Popuiists and Silver Republic
ats having been invited by the Democrats
TO confer with them as tn date and place
for the conventions. The Democratic com
naittee was not as largely attended as had
been expected. Those present were II. T.
Jones OF Spokane; Thomas Ma!onsy, Of
Olympia. q. u. BaFbo. OF New Vhatcom.
a. Y. Fawcett, Of Tacoma; Lee u. Hart.
OF Ssattie:~c. u Heath. OF South Bend:
A. D. Warner Of gnohonish: 81 A. Lang
ton. and T. NJ Troy. of Olympia. Various
proxies were brought into the meeting by
William BlaekInan. from Adams county.
r. w Ferris. from Mount Vernon: +.
Guthrie, from Snoh0mish; j. w. Goodwin,
ff0a Clarke county. and Samuel Bass,
from Wbatcom county.
The FIRST important work after the seiee-
ton OF the date and place for meeting was
with reference to apportionment and after
n ha atai
upon enc member for each 80 votes, or a
major fraction thereof with three at large
from each county In the state. Why the
committee did not undertake to- talk of
fusion with its various possibilities is best
explained by Chairman jones c'Deep
Cfeek"}. who prior to the meeting when
asked for his viaws on this subject by a
Post~intelligencer representative, replied:
I'VE are all Democrats. We are not
here and were not elected for the purpose
OF providing a policy for the party. We
are here simply 10 call "a convention At
upon Let the convention say what our
poiiry Is to be-, J. for one. viii abide by
II. I'm just that good Democrat. our
duties are plain and limited. and have no
doubt We Will confine our work TO ar
ranging for the convention alone. That's
what we are here for. and when we shall
have done this much. we will 20 back
home. Mo- we have nothing to do with
recommending any policy for our party:
81 don't come within our scope at this par
tIcular time.
Proxies Did Not Go.
In the meeting Of the executive commit
tee OF the Popuiists. the only matter of
interest aside from what occurred at the
joint gathering was affecting the two
proxies presented by Secretary Ernest
Lister. of the state board OF audit and
control and by Fish Commissioner Lit
tie. Lister hclc the proxy Of f. G. Nor
dyke. OF stevens county, and Little pre-
scented credentials from W. II. Abel. OF
Moatesano. The regular members pres
emf were Chairman Frank II. Baker, Rich
ard h,nsor. OF King county. ard Score
tary or the State Committee 4. L. Tug
we'll, &. +. Cline was In attendance as
an outsider without official voice. and
took part ia the secret meeting.
When the Pnpulst committee moved
from its quarters TO visit the Democrats
Lister and Little. with their two proxies.
We're cold-boodedly barred from taking d
hand In the proceedings. Winsor. Baker
and Tugwell agreed they would not recog-
nlze proxies. and accordingly the two
state officials we're doomed TO 20 about
their business and excluded from partiCipa-
ton In the consideration OF the weighty
state secrets brought before the joint com
rnittees
When Commissioner Little WAS asked
about his little turning down he said
son | don't blame them. Winsor never