The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-04

Turner'S Lieutenants Are Fighting King
County, spokane's Best Friend.
OLYMPIA. Feb. 2-ISpecial. THE fol-
lowing was wired to the Spokcsman tonight
by its correspondent:
1t is notorious fact that Judge Turner has
mismanaged his campaign. From the day he
took in Fl. w. Fairweathef q his confidential
adviser until he ignored his most able ally
and sent forth . public document that
will stand as . weapon against his party
in this state for years he has been making mis-
takes, and he is still at It Unless the Spokane
public understood Just how the Turner cam
paign had been managed 1t could not
judge properly OF the work necessary
by the band OF loyal supporters who
have stood by him through over forty
ballots. Located 50 far from the scene Of the
fight that has been going on at Olympia for q
month, the people OF Eastern Washington have
been interested only from the standpoint of Q
minority holding solidly in line fighting q M.
jority and striving against the odds to make Q
winning fight. But to the person in Olympia q
different view OF things could be had, and after
seeing the men who were camping night and
day in Turner's headquarters to advise him, mel
with bad political records; men disgrunted with
their party leaders; political obstructionists
who are and have been on the rule or ruin plan
for years, and m en-, some of them, without q
particle of political foresight or party principle
in their makeup, it was not TO be wondered az
that strength could not be- added to Turner's
cause. What sort of success could be looked
for with such men as Fairweather, Laughton.
Miles Moore aud Frank Graves leading Turner's
fight? Where is there a bit of harmony in the
makeup OF this boaAi of advisersf Yet
these were the who posed be-
fore the members OF the legislature
as Turner'S managers. They sat In his
headquarters. drank from his private board,
smoked bis cigars. told stories, held mouth-to-
conversations and strutted out into the
lobby and back again TO be admired by the
public. A resume of the methods adopted
by Judge Turner 10 build road to the
United states senate shows how strong a man
may be i'll some particulars and how weak po-
ltically. Every one knows how the Judge sp-
peared at the Olym pia state convention early last
summer, after he had become candidate for
senator, and made a personal fight against
the ditch clause in the state platform OF the Re-
publican party Ii was, OF course, a question
whether the Republican party should take
up local improvement and saddle
it the platform. and, as
Repn b!icau, Judge Turner could NOS
have been hsFshiy criticised for us
ing all honorable means TO keep IL out,
but he should have stopped there Once It was
in the platform aud part oil the Republican
rartys fight. Judge Turner should have
accepted 1t in good faith and made a fight
from that time on in a way that would
show King county that he was not an enemy to
the ditch to the city OF Seattle. In other
words, that his fight in the state convention
placed him under cloud of suspicion FROM
King county, aud II was his duty to admit this
suspicion existed, and prove 1t unfounded.
But how did he do it7 He avoided it Hs
feared he could not get Pierce county votes II
he got those of King. and he took the advice Of
the anti King anti-Al.en forces that his success
lay in keeping In with Pierce county. not
wftnstanding the fact that Pierce county
cared nothing for Judge Turner, except as no
appeared good man with whom TO "buck"
King county. During the fall Campaign hs
avoided by word OF any kind, friendly men,
ton o; Seattle. He allowed the cloud OF sas-
picion 10 hang about his head