Salt Lake Herald | 1898-09-07 | Page 2 | Fusion in Washington

FUSION I WAHGON I Silver Part State Committees Will Get Together Today Eiensburg Wash Sept GTe Pop uHt Democratic and silver Republican state commitees will convene here tomorrow to-morrow for the purpose or renewing the triple alliance formed two years ago and nominating a combination ticket consisting ot two congressmen and two supreme jMges Not enough delegates have ariyed yet to enable any forecasting of results Those already al-ready on the ground did no work of a preliminary nature but spent the day in discussing affairs pertaining to the conventions in a general way I Is generally conceded that Ir fusion Is accomplished ac-complished Congressmen James Hamilton Ham-ilton Lewis and W C Jones will be re nominated There will be a contest over the supreme judges The Populists I wU insist on both nominees being Qf their faith while the Democrats will ask that they be allowed to name one The question or endorsing a nominee for United States senator will also be brought before the conventions and it will probably be 1 subJect of considerable consider-able discussion Congressman Jones arrived this morning and Lewis Is expected late tonight to-night The candidates for supreme I judge are numerous Among those already on the ground are W H Moore of Seattle and G W Belt of Spokane Democrats B F Heuston of Tacoma and JUdge Can field of Whitman county Populists