The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-10
City Committee Meets Today to
Plan the Campaign.
CANDIDACY OF JOHN COLLINS.
The Men who Nominated Him for
Mayor Say He In Not 20 BE Taken
Off the Ttcket-Rumors Circulate
ed Of Probable Substitution of ).
w. Goodwin as Head of the
Ticket-The Nonparttsan Position.

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Al a meeting To-Day OF the Deihoci alir
city central committee the hfst step WIN
be taken Tor the Organization o. .he paiS
and the planning OF campaign iui sne
election OF the ticket named by the Demo-
cratic convention last WEDNESDAY.
chairman ana secretary OF the eonhii, ,,
VIII be elected, y. M carson, =. - nlen
and r.. T. Randoiph are mehuoheu III S~'
nection with the chairmansnip' =,
The question OF mapping on, pan oi
operation for effecting a combination
with the Populistg and nonpartisans viii
pndo,,b,eaIv no discussed Whatever
over,nres are made nv the Democratic
managers VIII be on the basis. i was
stAted yesterday ny bemocfate teaus''
OF Mr.. Collins candidacy for mayor
among both Democratic and Populisr
~oytara that Mr. Collins was to he pulled
,ss ~. uar,ocr..tc ticket n the interest
~ -. .n ,ss~a NJ radyin
~ soIne o,nel . A'l.;.,,
was named In this connecuon'
Ono story was to the effect that, after
persistent attempts had been made % ov-
h.n cnrssn,sa 10 ,ake the nomination for
$500 xr.s.ss ~ aa.,s,v,,too ,rovIded Mr.
rn1,,,,s le.arv r M, ~ make the race
Soiiins determines not 70 MAKE Tug 'aeo
Mr.. Collins VIII Hum.
-x. -, o.ha~. - ,ha ~
ms story, a. wen ~ ONES ON ,,, - a,s "a
a bona fide candidate, we're repudiated by
+, r. McElroy. Walter Fulton and the
other men who were instrumental in nam
ins ~ o', u.'s,' :. 1 sw,.aa aa.s,axs 'a,sn.
unn. Mr. 1oihhs ii'ehus ose'ais 49,,
luteiy that under no circumstances wousu
he withdraw, that he had tentatively ac-
cepted the nomination. and that the
movement 10 place him at the head of the
ticket was so,,nded an a sincere purpose
N,. - '.'e.. - ra.,,,a
y" "'e.. mn nm VI - III 80, A. f,ot
III WAS ueea.en sspwn'a"s "a 1aa,,,,,
n s,,9g shat "a eo,nn,ns,j9n with Inc non
paIussns would DC e,,es'ea e1.ep. ~ a, uiv
sui rcnu'a ~ - ~ '"''ef Va ''' '"'vt'
Nj McE.Iroy said: From what know
o. the movement 70 nominate Mr. Coi-
Inns Tor mayor can state positiVeiy tnat
ne was put up IN good iaitn. Nothing
withdrawal lie was nominated as sins
cere candidate % the Temporary ana VIII
make the race for mayor. He VIII be elect
cd. TOO. If any sort Of political generaIship
IN SHOWN ny the leaders OF the forces OPP
posed to the Republican party
Mr.. FaIton's Statement.
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waiter Fulton. whose speech nominating
MT. Collins was one OF the features OF the
convention. declared that Mr. Collins would
not DO iaken III the ticket WITH ms con-
sent MT. Collins was my choice Ter the
nomination for mayor, and that Of the
men WIN Wnom ! worried IN the eonyen-
any credit In the talk that he Will with
draw. was satisfied that ne would make
the race before ! nominated him. | am
aos Sumn Ioals 4. ,r,. ~, ~ ,au,.
himself ls seriously debating the question
Of his candidacy He viii moi discuss the
matter for publication. 1t is no secret.
however, that members OF his family are
opposed To hts making the race Mr. COL
Inns declared n few weeks ago IN The
course of an interview with a Post-Inteili-
gencer reporter that he would not accept
the NOMINATION for mayor frpm any ans
party, hut thnt II rendered ii BY a un,on
muvement among the antiSRepublican
forces or as A candidate OF a citizens marty
he might consider ii,
W"epe N""p"rsssa"s ss""0.
Nonpartisan leaders declare that the
Democratic convention by instructiug ia
chairman and secretary to lie the ticket
named "Wednesday "the Democratic
ticket" spoiled all chance Of a trade on
candidates and "a combination of the two
tickets.
We announced at the beginning of our
movement" said one Of the men on the
nonpartisan ticket, that we We're opposed
10 partfSan politics In n municipaf cam.
paiEn. We take the position that party
politics nave no part In the election OF
men, 20 govern z city like Seattle, that
craftsmanship tends rather to prevent than