, 1892-11-16
STATE POLITICS.
Some Of the Changes Made by the
Recent Election.
New County Seats-YakIma,s Fig
ures--A Peoples Party County.
what Judge CaIkIns Thinks of
the Result.

Judge Turner, of Spokane, is in the
field for the United States senatorship.
The Spokane Chronicle says Hon. ]. l..
Wilson and E. B. Hyde will contest for
the position. There is said to be no truth
in this statement.
Yakima county gives snively 100 plu-
rality over McGraw. Weed, (rep,) for
representative has 144 plurality.
Kettle Falls is now the county seat of
Stevens county. 1t received three-ffths Of
all the votes cast at the late election.
Mount Vernon retains the Skagit county
seat, defeating Anacortes Sidney gains
the Kitsap comfy seat from Port Madison.
South Bend gains the Pacific county seat
from Oysterville.
sniyely had ten over McGraw in Kittitas
county. The democrats will get two out
of the three commissioners.
Lieutenant-Governor Laughton, (rep.
is probably defeated for representative in
0kanogan county. All but four precincts
give Okanogan Smith 80 plurality.
Snohomish county give Young a plu-
raiity for governor of 316, Roscoe, (rep.,
for representative u plurality; Burton,
PDDPlN parry 4OL representative Oh DluTdl-
ity McManus, (dem.,) for state senator,
is elected.
Judge Calkins, of Tacoma, says of the
recent election: "You cannot cruelty and
gibbett the generals of an army and expect
to win. You cannot cruelty and gibbet
the members of political party and ex-
pect to win. l realized when in Indiana
that the Harrison faction would fight
Gresham to the end. 1t is impossible to
tell yet just how much of a blow was
struck at lhe tariff. An analysis cannot be
made as yet. Still, doubtif it was a blow
at tariff, except, perhaps, by Kansas.
am OF the opinion that Reid did more to
cause the landslide than any policy or per-
son. believe as a result of his Office be-
ing "rat" Office, the printers Of the coun-
try worked against him, and they, through
other labor organizations, polled tremen-
dous vote against the heads of the republi-
can ticket. Besides, Harrison never did
stand we'll with the labor vote. OF course,
It is too late now to say Il told you So"
But on election day | told several friends
tnat In my opinion Harrison would be the
worst beaten man since Scott or Greeley
expressed that opinion when l saw
friend about to bet on Harrison"
The official count of Whitman county
shows the Harrison electors received 2l65
and and the Cleveland electors 2O97 votes.
For governor MeGraW has 2O63. Sniyely
Wilson has plurality of 223 and Doolittle
is clear 164 behind The republicans
make clean sweep of the county offices
except treasurer, clerk, assessor and two
representatives. Two years ago the demo-
Gratis carried everything.
Hon. W. K. Hoole, Of ClallaIn county Is
candidate for speaker of the house Of
representatives.
Mason county elected Levi G.. Shelton
(demOcrat) representative of the Twenty
ninth District. 1t gave McGraw three
plurality over Snively. All the county
officers, except superintendent Of public
schools, are democrats.
State Printer o. @. White appears to
have been the mascot of the republicans.
He swept everything before him and will
lead the ticket.
Hon. Thos. G. Nicklin will be candi-
date for his old position of chiefclerk of the
house. Harry Carroll, of Seattle. former
member of the California legislature, will
also be candidate
James A. Haight, of the attorney gem
erals office, thinks the representatives Of
Ihurston county are for Allen for senator.
So says the P.-I.
VIM. Parrish, of Asotin and J. b. Nc
MILAN, Of Skagit, may be candidates for
speakers of the house of representatives,
says the Press-Times, of Seattle.