Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-15
STATE CAPITOL GOSSIP
OLYMPIA, Feb. Il, 1893.


the evening there would have been
little doubt of his election. Before
morning his opponents had done some
hard work, and the boilers who were
willing to vote tor him the evening be-
fore returned to their former allegiance.
Several ladies whose sympathies were
with Allen were so confident that he
would be elected that they prepared a
dummy corpse resembling Judge Tur-
ner and were going to hold wake after
Allen had been elected the next day.
Allen was not elected, and the wives
of several members who are supporting
Turner stole the corpse from the room
in the hotel and quickly converted it
into one resembling Allen. They did
not wait until they were confident that
Turner would be elected before holding
a wake over the dummy corpse, and il
is said they had a very enjoyable time.
The circumstances of this little incident
are apparently prophetic. 1t is now be-
lieved that both Allen and Turner are
politically dead so far as this contest Is
concerned, and if senator is elected at
this session 1t will be neither of the
gentlemen who have heretofore been
regarded as the only candidates in the
contest.
Judge Humes, Of Seattle, has been
here several days. Some of his friends
told him that there was a chance for
him to be elected. Judge Humes pru-
IDENTIFY came down to look the situation
over for himself before entering the
lists. His lgood sense has convinced
him that he could not succeed, and he
will not become candidate. There
are any number Of King county men
who would gladly consent to run, and
il is thought that Governor McGraw
himself almost regrets having said that
the senator to be elected should not
come from King county, which already
has one senator.
Hill, of Whitman, is the most prom
inent Of the dark horses that are TO be
entered in the race some time this
week. Hill Is an implacabie enemy of
Allen, who promised him the United
States marshalship, and gave il to
Thomas Brown, of Tacoma. Hill, i'll
he becomes a candidate, will have the
ardent support of Speaker Arrasmith,
and Judge Turner will probably throw
his support to him. He will draw
several votes from the Allen ranks, and
there is a possibility of his election.
The supporters Of Allen still declare
that it is impossible for anyone else to
be elected, and frankly admit that they
would rather have the deadlock last till
the end than to have anyone else
besides Allen elected. They practically
declare that Allen is the only man in
the state who is competent to represent
this state in the United States senate.
Agents are at work in Seattle and
Spokane securing petitions asking for
the reelection Of Allen, but some facts
regarding the manner i'm which these
petitions are being procured will I'M
doubleday be made public, and it is
quite probable that the petitions will
not be presented. There is still con-
siderable controversy relative TO the |
power of the governor to appoint a
senator il the legislature should fail to /
elect one. 1t has been discovered that |
the governor has the right to appoint a |
state AGENT If a senator Is not elected.
but It would be humiliating indeed to
Allen to return to Washington City as
state agent, instead of "a senator, as he
intended to do. 1t is said that if Allen
Is induced to withdraw, he will insist
that all the money he has spent during
this fight be paid TO him by the candi-
date In whose favor he withdraws
This amount Is almost $4,000, and
there are none of the candidates who
have been mentioned that have enough
money to assume this obligation. 1t is
expected that there will be develop
Nments before this week has passed.
Many Of the members feel that they
owe il to their constituents to elect a
senator without further delay. The
deadlock has greatly impeded the
progress of necessary legislation, and is
becoming exceedingly monotonous.
The Worlds fair commission is very
indignant over the charges made by
Ezra Meeker. DIR. Calhoun who has
returned from Washington City de-
.clares that there should be an investi-
CATION of the most rigid character. He
does not deny that If the commission
could expend the money second time
il would make a wiser expenditure
than IL has made. He said that he
built house once and if he were to
build the same house again he could
build it for less money. He does not
believe thatthe charges made by Meek
er against any of the members are
true, but since they have been publicly
made, he is in favor of a thorough in
vestigation.
The morning paper published in this |
city has been one of the most bitter ]
enemies of Allen, but 1t has changed |
hands, having been purchased by Geo. |
Hopp and Prof. O'Scobey, one former |
regent and the other formerly a pro-
fessor in the agricultural college at
Pullman. In changing proprietorship
the paper has also changed its tactics
and is neither supporting nor opposing
Allen at present.
Legislation is at standstill. Every
one feels that crisis in the senatorial
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