The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-02
SEATTLE. FRIDAY. MARcH 2.
Lest He Forget.


Candidate Cotterill has given forth 10
the world letter OF acceptance which
rings with high sounding phrases. but
there ia not one man In ten among
those who will vote the Democratic
ticket that believes In what he says or
liz ready to accept the principles or
policies st forth As matter Of fact.
the rank and file of the eonglomerate
army whica lis supposed to be behind
Mr.. Cotte1li repudiate his ideas sec-s
reilly Just as their representatives
openly repudiated all the platforms
adopted from time TO time before the
composite dea, was agreed upoa by tho
midnight conspirators.
Air. cotterill opens with statement
which Shove the ridiculous pretence
that has been behind the entire fusion
movement. He SAYS: Representative
governments pssverts and defeats It's
mission when the representative as
sumes TO rule instead OF TO serve
republican government. but what pro-
priety. under all the existing circum-
stances. Is There IN the head 81 the
composite ticket making use or Il. He
is not q candidate through any ex-
precision of choice by the people. There
was no observance OF the ordinary
en,.,a - .anraaa,t.t.,,. ...,,...~..ns
when he WA nominated as the head OF
what Is called the Democratic ticket. II
was cliaues and committees and not
conventions that did the work lie has
been put UP to be slaughtered not by
men who were willing to serve but by
men who wanted 90 rule And those
men have ruled. The people had moth
Ing 20 say as TO how this composite
ticket should I've made up. II was the
work OF an inner circle. done in the
dark ana behiud doors that were barred
The nonpartisan movement. fraud
from the start was engineered by men
who had no Idea OF acting as the rep
whu were duped into joining what was
thoQgM 70 be something absolutely
nonpartlsan. The scheme from the be-
ginning was 10 throw overheard any Of
the nonpartisan candidates. provided
the interests Of a single taxer could he
fuEthsred, aud the scheme worked sue
f.stl No.
would not have ooantepanccd the deal
for = moment had they bean in open
convention ana FIRE from the coercion
~ the adrolt bosses The Endorsement
az Mr. Cctteriil by the populists was
in no sense one hy the voters Of that
party. There were no primaries and no
convention. ana the Endorsement was a
mere form hurriedIy run through q
mass meeting which had been engineer
al, sv the same influences that con-
ceivei and betrayed the uonpartissn
movement. The few Democratic agents.
who were supposed Go represent their
convention and had their fingers in the
probably made Andrew Jackson turn
over In hts grave. also proved false 70
the, ssssnsAs Demand OF the rank and
file a. their party. namely, Democratic
ticket with pemocraue nominees and n
Democratic platform And the silver
Rspubllesas who were runntng things
aid not even allow their convention 70
name The candidates allotted 70 IL by
the conspiraiors. Notwithstanding the
canventton MAS in session and wonder
ins what Il was there for.
This Il the sort Of representative gov
srAmsntss porsicn o. the people have
had thrust upon them by the rinslesa-
ers who have undertaken to run thinss'
ana. not unnaturally there is dispieas-
ure manifested everywhere eSeep'
among the politicians. aspirants Tor or