The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-10
JUGGLING NTH A
CALL FOR CAUCUS.
Continued From PAGE One.

to secure for me the position. have
been deliberately thrown down. but 1
might have expected IL. for II II only VII
sons old method-''
Mr.. Cay was an old supporter OF Senator
Wilson, ana spent several days here two
years ago working for Wilson when he
was elected senator. and" said Mr.. Clay.
81 paid my own expenses"
Petition Kept Under Cover.
Tas Wilson men this evening prepared
a petition for a caucus which has been
kept in the Wilson headquarters and to
which newspaper men were refused ac-
cess. As near as can be learned from
those who saw the call. it provides for
meeting to be he'd Wednesday evening
next at 8 o'clock. or as soon thereafter
- Afty-seven signatures have been OBJ
tanned. q majority OF which votes shall
nominate.
The petition was kept seQEessered in the
Wilson headquarters, and memhers who
were tnveigled into signing it were request
ed to refrain from making it public In the
hotel lobby. The managers of Mr.. VIII
sons campaign. however. had difficulty in
securing any great number Of signers. 1t
contained, when made public, eighteen
names. as follows: The Spokane delega-
ton. consisting OK II. d. Grow. Allen.
Mount Scott. Rosenhaupt. Mclean. Sex
ton, Witter and Harrison. Besides these
were attached the names of Hall of Whit
man. Myers and Parrish OF Lincoln. Totten
and Lafollette Of Whitman. F'alknor Of
Thurston. Beais OF skagit. Gunderson OF
Mason and Englehart OF Yakima. OF
tfrouA ~ aAurNa t. <hak Vrr
four are anti-Wilson men.
Shortly after the fact that a caucus
can wat In circulation became known.
Messrs Hopkins and Ludden. OF the VIII
son headquarters, visited Candidates Fos-
ter. Humes and Anksny. and requested
that . committee OF three from each of
tho three headquarters be appointed to
confer with . like committee of three
from the Wilson headquarters at IL O'clock
tonight. 1t was then after TO-
Judge Humes was found In his head
quarters and In reply to the invitation
said that his delegation had been up
early and late On the speakership con-
test and many OF them were then asleep.
He was averse, he said, to giving any
definite answer to the invitation. as that
was matter which he desired to remain
entirely in the hands Of his supporters.
~ soon ~ poaihle the members of the
King county delegation who could be found
met together to consider the matter. The
delegations Of the Anksny and Foster
forces also met AZ It was too late to ac-
sompilsh anything, Il waa decided by the
supporters OF the thres candidates to take
no definite action until tomorrow forenoon.
Thought to Re Only u Blur.
The insincsrity Of Mr.. Wilson'S pretend
ed dassfs to hold an immediate caucus is
best shown by . confidential admission
made by a prominent member OF the Fed
erai brigade from Seattle that the Wilson
estimate Of the strength OF the difYaren.
candidates was: Humcs g, Wilson % Fos
ter q. Ankeny 10
Owing to the fact that neither house of
the legislature is yet thoroughly organ-
tied. and that 1t VIII require the remaining
days OF the week before the house ana
senate committees can be prepared by the
president OF the senate and the speaker OF
the house. this peculiar hurry for
caucus was ridiculous TO many OF the
members. II indicates undue haste for
as one member expressed IL 1--WE have n
whole week yet before a ballot can ba
taken FOR United States senator and Tho