The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-21
Democrats and Their Allies At
Work Day and Night.
TWO MEN WHO CAUSE TROUBLE.
Emory's Friends Insist He Shall Re-
main the Candidate for Corpor-
alton Counsel, and CotteriIl Says
He Purposes to Run for Mayor
Goodwin Anxious to Head the
Ticket-Another Meeting Held.

All day yesterday the fusion managers
were planning a combination of tickets
providing, first, for the withdrawal OF MI.
Collins, Mr.. Cotterill and Judge Winsor,
and the substitution of Mr.. Goodwin as
the mayoralty candidate. The negotia-
tons began early in the day, when the
Silver Republican committee met at the
Boston block. continued spasmodicaliy
during the afternoon, and were resumed
in the evening, when the executive COM
mittees of the four parties met at Jay
Aliens office in the Dexter Horton block
The business of effecting a combina-
ton was left to the executive commit
tees Of the four parties, including the fol-
lowing:
Democrats-J. F. McElroy. ]. NJ. Car
son, Jay Allen. t. ]. Church and A. b.
Ernst.
Populists-S c. Calderhead, j. Hob
mann. Andrew Erisman, John Barnes and
T. ]. Mcfarland.
Nonpartisans-Dr. II. F. Titus, w. d.
Wood. J. Koran, Anthony Corcoran and
f. w Way.
silver Republicans-A w. HASTE. Frank
Griffiths, Homer Hill, ]. NJ. Glasgow and
Judge Gilbert Bogue.
The Democratic managers took the
initiative throughout the negotiations
looking to uniform action. The Democrats
started with the following slate as basis
to work from: For mayor, J. W. God
Emory; for city comptroller George Cot
teriIl and for treasurer, AlonZo Hull.
1t was stated early in the day by the
Democrats that whenever there was
chance of the joint eonferees uniting on
a man fer mayor, Mr.. Collins would hand
in his resignation from the ticket-in fact.
that that document had already been pre-
pared and would be presented at the
proper time in the Democratic committee.
In addition, the Democratic manipula-
tors freely predicted that Mr.. Cotterill
would be forced off the ticket by the nom
partisan committee. despite his published
statements that he was on the ticket to
stay. The Democrats did-not deny that
there were serious difficulties in the way.
but 1t was confidently predicted that
method would be found for overcoming
them.
AS for the position of corporation coun-
sci, the statement was given out with
out equivocation yesterday by the friends
of Mr., Emory that he would remain on
the ticket to the end. Therefore, those
Democrats who had been counting on APP
peasing the Populists by selecting Judge
Winsor for corporation counsel were
forced to change their plans.
just before the conferees met last night,
Mr. Godwn's friends announced that,
after a conference. he had stated that he
would not consent to the use of his name
for the Democratic nomination for mayor
so long as Mr.. Cotterill was in the field.
The fusionists are beginning to realize
IL Is said that Mr.. Goodwin Is anxious 10
be mayor. and that he will do most any
thing to secure 1t. When he thought he
would have no opposition for national
committeeman. he turned down the
mayoralty offer, but now that Lee Hart
has insisted that he. and not Mr.. Goodwin,
shall be national committeeman, the lat
ter, II fs stated Is ready and willing to
accept the nomination for mayor.
THE newspapers said a well-informed
political enemy OF Mr.. Godwin's last night,
make the statement one day that Mr..
Goodwin will run, the next day they say
that he will not run. The truth is. he will
run II he can secure the nomination. He
Is more than anxious to enter the race.
not that he expects to win. but because
he does S+ot want the Democrats TO forget
that ne enjoys being in politics"