The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-08
WALTERS NAME WITHDRAWN
WILL xOT Ruy FOR SENATE rROn
TwEyTY-FouRTH DIETRICH.
Fmsioa sannty Committee Keeps Sc
fence as to black Diamond Mans
Refusal fe Be slsuEhtere0-.
ses,ea for Another vfetim Begsn.

The fussgrssls are having trouble with
their ,~s4sssf.se tlexe.. 24neFssstss Wal
ssrz Of Back Diamond. Fopuisst eandi-
date fa~ state sarst6r IN ne Twenty
fossrfa district has notified The fusion cc1n-
~ committee thai ss Wa Ret maze the fzcs.
Tne egsgfnifsae, 81 wbich ". G Fuf's- -
chairman. received ustise % Mr. Walters
Discrimination moi TO run several days ago.
Mr.. Ruttef ard has associates or the COM
mites have Usen casting about ever since
fer q candidate. hu; have 20 far failed to
find "a man in the district who g1l make
ffse race.
Walters lie n Popuisst. Hs is In the en-
pioy OF fie Black Diamond Coal Company.
ard Is MAS welt thought Of by those wno
know him II Is said. The reason Of his
dlsafTeetlon Ia wrapped IA some 0hsc0rity.
The county COMMITTEES il Keeping al iEfor-
nasfton from The public In relation TO the
matter. Neither the fart that there II 10
be change Ia the ticket or that Mr.. Wal
fsrs tad refused 10 make the fight for the
office have been given out By the commit
tee and tss members are stuaisshsy hiding
the motives which have aetuaied Mr.. Wal
fers.
.. IL qusesIy whispered about among Pop
ul.e, politicians that Walters n@sitaney
about making the race for the office to
Nhiah he was norDifafed was due 70 the
fact that t2e "a pretty we'll satisfied with
present conditions. and iIa wing an eye 10
the wfnsiwarS. forssaw the result. which is
likely Ia occur hen the votes IN the South
dStrfcf are counted.
Another view OF the matter. however.
sra this Is taken by the members OF the
committee IL that for business reasons
Walters decided That ne did NOT wish to
make ths race.
Chairman Rutfer of the general eosnmis-
tee yesterday declined 10 make any state
Hs<nt whatever relative 10 the matter ex-
csp, to say thar no changes had been made
III the county Ticket Another member of
the committee admitted that Walters had
80 far failed 10 announce his acceptance
ef the nes1lInatlon. ard that the commit
tee was patiently waiting Developments be-
fore taking acton. This authority stated
that The matter had not seeD brought offi-
eta!y to the attention Of the committee
~ all.
IT was rnmored about fusion heaaauaf-
ters yesterday that the county committee
had approached several men living In the
cant place on the ticket but 30 far with
out material results. The name OF v. r.
piersen has been mentioned IN connection
with the nomination, but II waa stated veg
terfay by friend OF the Columbia states
man that under no cireums tances would
be accept the nomination; that in fact he
had repeatedly declined II IN the PopuiIst
convention.
His reason for this declination Is because
Of his belief that he could not defeat John
Wooding. the Republican nominee FOR SEN
ator.
There was strong intimation. however
by close friend of Mr. Pierson that one
OF the legislative candidates In that ds-
trfct was likely to withdraw and that
Pierson was slated TO take his place on
the ticket.