The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-14
READY FOR THE cAUCUSES.
Republicans in Every Ward Pre-
pare for Convention.
PROSPECTS OF A LARGE VOTE.
prim aries viii he Well Attended
According to Present Indications
-MayoraIty Contest Between Va
rfous Aspirants Is Interesting
whore the various Candidates
Expect TO Obtain Their Votes.

There Is every Indication that at the APP
rroachine Republican caucuses and prim-
s,lea 4 vote viii be polled which will beat
III marty records in the past. In contrast
~ The apathy manifested by the voters Of
the Democrats In their primaries and eau
cuses, there IL great activity in the Re-
,,,blican ranks, and voters In every pre-
sjret and ward of the city are taking
lively interest in the campaign and can be
depended upon TO participate in the prim-
ary elections.
The caucuses viii be held tomorrow night
At & O'clock and the primary elections be-
tween the hours of and p. IN. on Sat
,,rdav next At these primaries delegates
s,su he elected to the city convention to
be held at the Armory at IL o'clock We'd
uesiay, February Il. At this convention
q fulI municipal ticket will be nominated.
Party leaders say that the present con-
lest for supremacy between the various
asulrants for the mayoralty nomination
viii probably bring out very large vote
Al the primaries which In turn VIII be of
vast benefit 10 the party as showing, in
strong contrast to the apathy of the oppo-
sition. the interest manifested by Repub-
jlcans throughout the city In the APP
proaehlng election. IT Is predicted by Re
publicans that the vote at the primaries,
compared with the vote cast at the Demo-
cratic primaries. will be an indication OF
The probable size of the Republican major
itv on March g.
The NayornIty Contest.
The friends OF the many various mayor
atty candidates have been working dill
gently In every precinct and ward for the
past two weeks. The candidates are; r.
J. Humes, the present incumbent. Harry
Gordon Justice ~ the Peace ]. G.. Aus
tin and r. l.. Blaine. the abstract man.
These are the announced candidates. The
politicians however. say that there may
bs other men in the field on convention
day. There are whispers OF dark horse
candidates.
While the names Of VIII II. Parry. r. q.
I.Ippy and John n. Powell have been mem
toned In connection with the mayoralty
nomination. neither IL making any EFFORT
to secure the honor. In fact all three have
declared that they are not In any sense
Mayor Humes' followers are predicting
his nomination on the flrst ballot. They
hase this claim on estimates of Humes
strength In the First. Second Fifth, Sixth
and Seventh wards
The Himes men cain that he will hav.
the entire First ward the major part of
the Second, more than half OF the Fifth
half OF the Sixth and half OF the Seventh.
They claim that he win have a majority
ON the FIRST ballot OF anywhere from TWEEN
~ to iifty
The opposition to Humes will, Il is be-
lieved, 40 into the convention with a big
following. The anti-Humes men say that
he will not be nominated on the frst ballot,
II at all.
Mr. Gordon's friends. for example, say
That after the frat ballot he will get
considerable share OF the Second ward del-
exatton; that on the initial ballot he will
have half or moro of the Third the great
~ part OF the Fourth, half of the Fifth.
half or more of the Sixth. the majority
OF the seventh and practically all OF the
Ninth ward.
Claim Of the blaine Supporters.
Mr.. Blaine's friends say that he viii have
his own ward. the Eighth, all to himself.
as well az good following In the Third
ruth. Sixth and Seventh. Last night u
was stated by Mr.. Blaine's Managers that
he had developed during the past two days
q very large support in the Seventh ward,
and that ~ was believed that he would
ultimately secure the entire delegation
ffom that ward.
fudge Austin II In the race TO the end
his friends say. lie has men at work In
the First ward who say that In Splte OF the
claims OF the Humes followers he viii get
considerable vote from that district, II
net on tho nrst. yet on subsequent ballots
The contest between the asplrants for
tne nomination for comptroller promises
% be almost as interesting IA that for
mayor The candidates are Frank Paul
Clarence Ragley. Harry Carroll and John
hplHser, Each has developed a consid-
Saele strength. until the primarics are
aeid u Will be impossible to determine
WHICH Of the four asprants Il In tho lead
me contest has been friendly one from
tae beginning, aud the lucky man will ra-
rive the hearty ana cordial support OF
the other three
Little Is heard % the night FOR the nom.
nation Tor corporation counsel although
~ Mr Humphrey. the present incuni-
ptAi' ana MS opponent. L. n, Stedman
~fs Working industfieuSiy Tor the prize.
a. kellogg ana $. y Rathhun are the
*Aalhg aspirsnts for the nomination faf
w treasurer Each has loyal friends who
~ eoFN'nE quietly 60 control tho several
Nsrd delegations.