The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-19
NLL RUN 4 THIRD TICKET.
DaSCRrNTLED FCsIOylsTs DETER
NINE ON THIS.
20 show the Relative Strength Of
the FasIon Eie@enfs--Caspbeli II

n numbersess diverse directions alssztis-
1ed and uneasy. the ranks OF the fasion-
1ets since the conventions OF this
week present spectacle Of disorder
seldom eaualed in the history of politics
here or probably anywhere else. The
several factions which cause TINS ehaac-
make the situation mass OF disseEsion
chiefly for the reason that the opposition
which taeY feel Is not organized Each
element sf the whole, and again each irsdi-
ylaaal making ZIP suca element. has
separate reason for complaint. No Two
saBk exactly alike. ard the result ~ that
ANYTHING Ike an intelligent SUMMARY 9,f
epirion Il impossible
All SORTS Of remedies for the existing
evils within the ranks are suggested but
% far a. can be learned no faction has
set attempted to take any concerted action
toward lettering the situation. Fusion
lists who favor TIE compromise ticket are
III work. bat their influence il not III evil
denes among the dlsgFuntied. The dis
grunfi-d elements embrace all classes
and thls Of Itself preclndes any idea o. get
ting them In Ine soidly either for or
against tae fusion ticket, on the same
basis
Todsy the lotdest OF the opposition favor
mass meeting TO openly repudlate the
sstire ticket. and 10 pisce "A citizens ticket
In the field: but they make no definite at
temp. 10 this end. Others believe In again
calling the conference committees to-
gether and have them rearrangs the ticket
81 placing Fawcett at the head and giving
Nominee e. A. Mentzer the place for
treasurer.
whep Mayor rawce,t was questioned to-
day as TO his views OF some such action
he said:
saea q pt6position. IL the conference con-
mittee did this, Il would smack too str0ns-
" Of jobbery 10 suit me. and I certainly
should decline 80 accept q nomination
brought aoott; in this way"
When the mass convention idea was
brought 10 his notice he said
That Nigh. be d;feren; matter alto
Gefher. II each a convention should So
large. and should represent the people as a
whole. I would listen 10 what might De
done sy Il. | am perfectly satisfied 10 re-
main out Of the fight. however and feel
that have lost no presage whatever by
the way affairs have turned ~e;sr 10
STAY IN the background hgt as ! tsre said.
proper mass convention might ring me
20 lead the fight"
What more than anything else seems to
emphasize the shaky feeling IN the fusion
ticket Is the refusal of prominen, Demo
Gratis TO accept the place thereon for treas
ursr allotted to them BY the conference
committee. Coroner Conrad Hoska VINO IL
also school director. Is the last 20 refuse
the place. The Democratic committee in
whose hands the matter rests IL defend
Ing the tickle: manfuliy They hint TAFT
they have strong man In view who will
add strength 10 the whole ticket and who
VIII accept this position on the ticket
They. however. decline TO say who this is
ard admit that beside Eawcet, Odds ke,-
ner. fhidester and Hoska Deputy County
Treasurer Bridges has also declined The
place.
A runner Was prevalent today that Ncmj-
A
concluded To withdraw from the fight.
but his friends deny this. ard declare he
las said nothing To Justify such a report
Inc handful OF Socialists VINO placed
ticket Ia the neid last night had la their
gathering few middie-of -the-road Popu-
lists ;sut Their ticSst is booked upon as a
farce The fact that they actually named
ticket - another Illustration OF the in
iens'y Of the feeling against the fusion
aggregation, and OF the evident intention
OF providing some way OF avoiding hsv-
Ing Ia vote the fusion ticket without play
Ing into the hands Of the straight Re
puhlirans
As marty rs the mixed condition OF af-
fairs VIII permit of prediction. 1t seem,
unlikely that any organized effort viii
be made 10 i,l the ftisson stckt; from
those Of that party now opposing = \
cub OF Democrats - f.sug quietly gotten
together. ard one OF IS members today
explained il Will consist of 100 Demo-
Gratis as charter members who are each
10 pay into the treasury SO for the nrc.eiIs
or campaign fund Who this asgre-
cation viii supper, for mayor will de-
pend largely upon circumstances. bat the
oafeet OF the organiEst-on il admittedly
TO demonstrate the foflvscf ttX.ng - elicit
fusion ticket without the combined
Democratic vote being a part of II
Late tonight Il IS reported that fhe
-sef
triple alliance who Will not Endorse
'he fusion ticket "a X nuw stands
VIII tafa early acton toward placing an
independent tielt=i ia the FIELD Fawcett
IL to b- the banner bearer. The arpituent
used favesing this plaa IS that; win o.
iose. a straight ticket wiil make a definite
fsrerd Of the Eate Of The two parties
Democrats aud Popui!kts
Local leaders tonight assert they hsoA
10 place citizens ticket ia thc field l.nt
add they have not YET perfected plans rs
!" he method 10 ~ ador:e3 20 bring about
tsis proposition.
With the Rcpubiican~
There VAS q startling change in tho
party contest fer t..e Inay0ralty nofnina-
,en noticeable today. IN fact. II was -
he seer ate last nisht aud today w0en fr-
our, VA naje 81 developed that Ts,aIS
J. Campbell had Suddenly drawn ~ ,n~
t'0h' IN the race, leaving Johnson Nick
sas httls behind hat YET ole@s enough
. make fhe battle ia convention tenor
Tow SUR 10 ~ : h9Siy contested enc
when he reason for C.nnheft'S x,,fs4,
winning @ds sought after j; was learned
Vat he has agreed 80 declare for 81 TIL
era ADMINISTRATION No. a ">aut- down
p 'a"il- "a % - commonly known l. sssins
'Ae 8ewn-ioNu element demanded IN know
""st Re weu't ID RECORDS @a tSozs and
sA'neanE a08 thar his rst',v has ben
s@ts'actoFN f4.s manager. George ,-tevs-
anu said to-day that Nj Campbell use8
maon -" ~'r~F terms 81 eNplaiegne PTS
p~atoa 80 3d Nsvor Humes of Sse-,',
~ ma fps~',h cf accept anr.e ST The ,ys;lrlaa-
ION sne fhat there is - longer arv aoa.--
- ms @t|tt','v on j9;s posnt. >aos.tt lq
." aoGaGns;s4 81 53 elected
tae election Is settled w.:a tAe SdEaar~~
"'fh' - to:fcTr0W's convention 70 q. the
way Cleveland p,lsS II he echoes tnr scr-
va op'nioa fAat ,h~ RcuHsltcao ticket W.
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