Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-01-11
STATE CAPITOL GOSSIP
OLYMPIA, Jan. 8, 1898.


Spokane has good solid delegation
here this winter-much stronger than
that of last session, if appearances go
for anything. Perhaps the most strik-
ing figure in the delegation is Senator |
c. w. Ide, a young man scarcely more |
than so who has lived in Spokane four |
teen years, and made some money in |
the real estate business. The best pol |
itician amongst them is Senator Van |
Houten, who is doing most of the talk |
ing for Turner. Van Houten is genial
and affable on all occasions, and will
be one of the strongest members of the
senate again this session as he was last.
The chairman Of the delegation is w.
II. Ludden, who was recently admitted
to the bar in Spokane, and judging
from appearances he will make his
mark before the session ends, for he has
the face of bright student and the
practical man of affairs as well.
The Turner people are already .ex-
hibiting figures to show chow Allen
cannot be elected" OF the 112 men,
beers seventy-four are Republicans, and
it requires fifty-seven to elect a United
States senator. Therefore, Allen must
can votes to be elected. Now, saw the
Turner crowd, there are nine votes of
the eleven Republican members from
/ Spokane who will never vote for Allen,
besides eight from Pierce county, two
from WhatcOm, and one from Thurs
ton, making total of twenty men,
bers who will not vote for Allen under
any circumstances. The Turner peo-
pie were quietly using these figures last
night, and among Others who saw
them was Jim Sallee, the member of
the House from Kirkland, who laughed
at them. "Well," said one of the Spo-
kane members, confidently, Figures
don't lie." NO." said the Lake
Washington statesman. "but there's
always lot of Id liars figuring
The Allen men meet these figures by
saying that the Turner men are only
carrying on a negative campaign, and
that the whole matter will be settled
by caucus, and only one ballot will be
necessary to decide it. Both sides are
now apparently willing to go into eau
Gus, but that does not indicate whether
they will do so or not. 1t is vet two
weeks before the senatorial election,
and to refuse at this time to entertain
caucus proposition would be an admis-
sion OF weakness which is neither nee
essary nor good politics to make. 1t is
more than likely that the Turner
crowd will oppose a caucus when 1T
comes to showdown.
without saying anything disparag-
ing. about Burton's ability it must be
said that Snohomish county will have
to look to Roscoe for influence in the
House. The reason of this is plain.
Mr.. Burton is in the minority, and
cannot even ask for a good committee
place. Roscoe, ON the other hand, is
making the most of the fact that he is
the only Republican from Snohomish
county, and being a good organizer he
is laying his wires for one or two of the
best committee places at the disposal of
the speaker. He is recognized as one
of the brightest members now on the
ground, and already has the confidence
OF those who are swinging things.
POOR old jefferson county, which last
year cut the biggest figure of any
county in the state outside Of King,
Will this session be practically without
influence in the House. Its two DEM
ocratic members will be obliged to take
Whatever places are assigned to them
on the committees, and the only thing
they Will have to work on is their two
lone votes. There is sometimes as much
in preventing certain legislation as
there is in enacting it, and it will not
be surprising If Port. Townsend is
given cold deal in the way of certain
legislation which was prevented by
Plummer and WATSON at the last ses-
sion only after a hard fight
Editor Fred Grant, of the Post-Intel
ligencer, will manage Aliens canvass,
and it is likely that Judge Calkins will
take leading part for Turner. This
fight will be well on when the speaker
ship is disposed of. J. w. l..