Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-01
FAR WEST POLITICS
An Interesting Struggle in Wash
ington Likely.
CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE AND SENATE
Democrats Have Little Hope, but
Will Nominate.
7 HE SILVER CUES TON
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
SEATTLE, Wash, August 3d. 1894.
The state Of Washington will be the
scene of an interesting political struggle
this year. At the election in November
tn ere will be elected two Representatives
In Congress, two supreme court judges and
a legislature, which will elect a Senator to
fill the vacancy caused by the failure of
the last legislature to elect a successor to
]. b. Allen. The members Of Congress are
elected at large, so the whole state votes
upon both. Geographically the state is
divided by the Cascade range Of mountains
into eastern and western Washington. A
member of Congress and a Senator is con-
coded to each section. Before the state was
entitled to two Representatives, one Senator
and the Representative came from the
eastern portion Of the state, but the western
portion made up for this by having the
governor and numerous other officers. The
most populous section Of the state is in the
west along Puget sound. but there is an
immense country east Of the mountains
and 1t has always sought and obtained rec
ignition.
Democrats Have Little Hope.
Between the parties the strength has al
ways been with the republicans. and it is
believed now that whoever they nominate
will win. The democrats have not much
hope of success. They will, of course, NOM
mate "A ticket and make fight, more for
the purpose of keeping up their organiza-
ten than with any hope of success The
fight must be between the republicans and
the populists. The latter are making quite
a showing, and will make an effort to carry
some of the offices. 1t is possible that there
fusion between democrats
populists, but the policy of President Cleve
land has not made fusion easy. The cleo
ton in Oregon in June. when the populists
were so overwhelmingly defeated, has dis
couraged somewhat the pretensions of the
third party, but they seem determined to
make the contest. They have already
made their nominations but their men are
not such as to awaken any great confidence
among the people.
The tariff bill of the democratic Congress
has served to strengthen the republicans,
because great many of the chief products
of Washington, notably wool and lumber,
have gone on the free list.
The Senatorial Contest.
Probably the most interesting phase of the
political contest in this state is that for the
vacant senatorial seat. John l.. Wilson.
now Representative in the House, and who
has served in that capacity ever since the
state was admitted, has announced that he
Is not a candidate for the House, but is
car didate for the Senate.
Mr.. Wilson's chief rival in the eastern
part of the state Is Levi Ankeny of Walla
Walla, the home of Senator Allen when he
was In the Senate. Allen is an unknown
quantity. He has been practicing law since
he retired from the Senate in Seattle, but it
1t claimed that he holds his residence in
Walla Walla and would have 1t there for
all political purposes If the cat should show
a disposition to jump hts way. Ankeny is
very rich man. He has never taken any
particular interest In politics and he would
not now be in the race If 1t were not for the
fact that the bitter enemies of ex-senator
Allen are pushing him in order to prevent
members of the legislature from that sec
ton Of the state being chosen who might in
any long contest be in favor Of the old Sem
ator. Even this would not have brought
Ankeny in the fight II 1t were not for the
ambitions of his wife, who desires very
much to enter the official swim and enjoy
the gayety Of national capital life She is
daughter Of ex-senator Nesmith, who
represented the webfoot state in the United
States Senate many years ago.
For Congregational Nominations.
Wilson being out of the race for the low
er house. there are a number of candidates
springirg up, and, what is more serious
for Wilson's senatorial aspirations, they
are nearly all from Spokane. One of the
most prominent of these is Samuel c. Hyde,
who has been a candidate for Wilson's
place before. The men from outside Spo-
kane who are candidates for the Senate
will try and send the eastern Washington
nomination for the House to that city,
either to Wilson or to Hyde. Attorney Gen
eral Jones or some other man, they will
feel that the remainder of that section east
of the mountains would never consent to
have both the Representative and the Sem
atorship come from Spokane. If Wilson
makes the fight in his own county against
a man who is a candidate for Congress
from that county he incurs the enmity of a
great many people and he gives hts enemies
at home the opportunity they want to put
a quietus on his senatorial hopes. AS Will
son says himself. there is an effort to put
him in the mine hole"
Judge George Turner. who was once a
member OF Congress from Alabama. is a
candidate for the Senate. He lives at Spo-
kane and Wilson had to beat him once for
the House.
In the western part Of the state there is
no opposition to w. II. Doolittle Of Tacoma,
who will be renominated to succeed himself.
He has made a good member. and his peo-
pie like him. The fact that he comes from
Tacoma prevents that city from putting
forth a senatorial candidate. but two years
from now he will find himself similarly
situated to Wilson this year. If he lets go
enc place for the larger he may lose both.
Democratic Aspirants.
While the democrats have not much hope
Of winning anything in the elections, there
are plenty of men willing to make the
race. George Hazard of Tacoma, who has
won more or less local reputation, and who
has been known to send effusive kilograms
to the President, Is candidate.
James Hamilton Lewis of Seattle is also
candidate, providing he could effect a
fusion with the populists.
Hugh c. Wallace of Tacoma, a son-in law
Of Chief Justice Fuller, is mentioned. 1t is
also said that he is for fusion. These are
candidates for the western congressional
nomination.
In eastern Washington the crop Is even
larger. Chas. S. Voorhees,, a son of Senator
Voorhees, and who was a delegate in
Congress for two terms before the state
was admitted, Is mentioned. He is from
Spokane, as is also J. j. Browne, who has
been one Of the fortunate men Of that city
He went there with nothing except pluck
and is now millionaire. G. II. Warner of
Whitman, HI. Snively of Yakima and b. l..
Sharpstein Of Walla Wala are also posi-
bilities
The Republican Convention.
The chief interest in the coming fight now
centers in the republican convention which
will be held at Spokane on the 18th of Sep
TENDER. The three counties having the
largest delegations are King with eighty
four; Pierce, with fifty; Spokane with forty
three. The cities of Seattle, Tacoma and
Spokane respectively are situated in these
large counties.