The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-04-06
Political Pot-Pie.

many stirring political events in
the state, which have brought
together many of the voters Of the
Northwest and this immediate
community. The county Republi-
can convention of King lead in the
procession of political events.
1t was expected to be harmoni-
Gus affair, but considerable feeling
was worked up in it before it was
over. While the agreement to
send Messrs. Neufelder and
Hughes to the National conven-
ton, SO far as King was concern
ed, was carried out, yet in select
ing the delegates considerable bad
faith on the part of the Humes
people appeared on the surface.
1t was understood that the two
candidates should each select 81
delegates and the committee would
select the other one, but the dele
gate slate was made up by the
Humes people and Mr.. Hughes
given no say in the matter what
ever, with but one or two excep-
lions.
Following the Republic n
county convention was the Bryan
demonstration in three speeches
in Seattle. Thousands Of persons
fiocked to see the man, who be-
lieved no more in what he said
than had he been an escaped luna
tic or Shlatter, Of divine healing
fame, but having heard so much Of
him through the newspapers, they
we're curious to see and hear him.
His speeches in Seattle proved to
be nothing out of his ordinary
routine of glittering generates
and high sounding epithets. A
sumptious banquet at the Armory
Hall ended his mission in this city,
which can be truly said to have
been literary treat. Those per-
sons speaking said many nice
things that would look well in a
scrap book for years and years to
come, but would be ridiculous as
laws Of the land. They made
statements too, that they will be
ashamed Of before another twelve
months will have passed. While
the Pie-maker was a participant at
the banquet, he was not compelled
to take the oath of party allegiance
to enter therein, owing to the usual
courtesies always extended to the
"press." After listening with rapt
attention to Mr.. Bryan, the Pie
maker does not believe that Will
liam Jennings Bryan himself be-
lieves half he says and he also
believes, that were there no pro-
spects of him getting to the White
House and no more prospects Of
him drawing down that $50, 900 per
year salary, for his services to the
silver kings of this country, Mr..
Bryan would not or could not talk
one half so we'll as he does. The
banquet, on the other hand, was a
most pleasing as well as enter
tanning affair and those having
charge Of it's arrangements are
deserving Of much credit. It GER
tainly was the most elaborate
affair Of it's kind that has ever
been held in this city.
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The Tacoma election was the
next point Of political interest that
has taken place this week. The
Seattle mayoralty contest was a
most bitterly fought one, but it
paled into insignifcance in COM
parison to the mayoralty contest in
Tacoma. Abuse Of the most
malignant nature was injected into
the contest by the friends of the
two candidates during the entire
campaign and the one side was
equally as bitter as the other.
The Fusion forces were groomed
by the News, the evening paper of
Tacoma, while the Republican
forces were backed by the Ledger,
the morning paper of Tacoma.
So far as the two papers we're con-
cerned they seemed to have been
fighting ca III other a good deal
more than were they fighting the
political issues. The Republicans
won by a close vote of their ticket
Mr.. Campbell won by III votes
but the Democrats won the trea-
suryship by the same number of
votes. The city council is bit
divided, the Republicans electing
five out of the eight. John M.
Bell, one Of the whitest men in
Tacoma, and who has been twice
elected to the city council, was
beaten by small vote, and that
Tacoma will regret.
Ii Tommy Bevan could realize
how ridiculous he makes himself
in the eyes Of everybody, who at
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