The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-26

for appo.ntsve offices in the incoming
state administration are cropping out
daily In Pierce county. and ihe number,
already large, II being thereby swe.led TO
great proportions. Pierce county can fur
nish . erst-class mar for almost every
John r. Rogers win Gil All the influence
and prestige that the various applicants
can muster In being brought 10 bear upon
the governor. and his close friends are
daily besieged with the most urgent re-
cTesfs for them to interceds with Mr..
Rogers In behalf Of some particular can
ds1ate-
For the office OF state dairy commission
er there appears 10 be the hottest kind OK
q fight on There are four candidates Of
prominence for this Office. two OF them
being Of the Populist farm. one q DEM
ocrai and the fourth Sliverite- The Pop
uiist pair are G E. Cline. OF Whatcom
county. who Is also talked Of for speaker
OF the house. and Ira 3. Winsor. OF Se-
alta. E. A. Mcdonald. Of Tacoma. q
Silver Republican. who achieved promi-
nencs In the campaign In this county by
being elected chairman Of the Joint fusion
committee. IL an aspirant for the position.
ana has been nassins hts forces with the
hope OF ultimately m ,rching upon .ae
governor al Puyallup and capturing the
coveted Office. .Soberi Montgomery. ed
itor of the Sumner Haraid. Is the Demo-
cratic applicant for the job. and he has
the solid backing Of his element or the
fusionist forces
Considering the rapid growth and pres
eni prosperous condition OF the aairysng
Industry in Washing ION. the Office oil state
dairy commissioner 10 one OF the most Inn
portant 10 be filed BY the appontive power
Of the next executive. Gov.-elect Rogers
has been doing a great deal OF thinking OF
I'd h. eUi saf ma m fey
this Office without exercising great care
and bis best judgment Meanwhile. the
four applicants are not allowing the cam
pasgn TO grow cold, but are making good
Roadway IN the gathering OF weil-sign-
ed petitions directed 10 the governor-e.ect
AID are tndustr!ousiy procuring letters Of
recommendation showing the peculiar At
ness for each for the ONCE.
Mr.. Winsor's petition states that he at
tended the Michigan agricultural college
for three years. taking special courses In
dairying. chemistry and kindred subjects.
with q view TO fitting himself Tor an ex-
pert dairyman" Since then. 1t is stated.
he has had ten years practical experience
In creamery work IN Michigan and Wash
tngton
Mr. Mcdonald has been a retail grocer
In this city and In this way has handled
large amount OF butter and other cream
cry products. He will rely on his business
kre wled4e and experience and also on the
service be has rendered the fusion party
In the late campaign. I, Is understood
that Mr.. Mcdonald has refused to enter
tain the offer Of q position in one Of the
county Offices on account Of his hopes for
the commissionership.
Mr.. Montgomery. with the well-known
modes.y and diffidence Of the newspaper
man. has had very little to say regarding
his sterling Integrity and splendid qua.ih-
cation for the once. II Is understood,
however, that various OF his friends have
Informed the governor-elect that he will
make no mistake In recognizing the aid
he received from the Democracy Of the
state In the campaign and at the same
time paying a tribute TO merit and zeal
In the csnse OF fusionism
Mr.. Cline. II IL understood. Is making
no great stir about the place although
certain Of his friends are actively al work
In his interest. Hr has been so long a
prominent worker In the ranks OF the Peo-
PIES party that his friends feel that 1t
ought TO take no great amount OF pleasure
to land the plum In Mr.. cl.ne's hat
For state librarian. Tacoma has two
candidates, Herbert Bashtord poet-dra-
uasst. and Edwin " Fuller. the veteran
editor. Mr.. Bashford was appointed city
librarian by Mr.. Fawce;. when he assum-
ed the Office of mayor, and was relieved
tlemen possess Influential friends. who
have inierceded for them.
For superintendent OF the hospital for
the insane at Steiiacoom. Dr. r. I. God
dard, chairman OF the PEOPLES party
county committee. Is a PROMINENT as
pirant DR.. Goddard was early on the
ground and has done a great deal O. rus
ting" for the place, which Is one OF the
most lucrative and iu1portan; in the gift
OF the governor. DR. Goddard was the
Peoples party candidate for mayor in 1894
ard was defeated by Mayor Orr He has
long been an ardent advocate OF popu-
lism. At one tire he held q prominen,
offics In the American Protective Associa-
ton In this state.
Alexander Mscready. q veteran advocate
OF silver coinage - understood 10 be AZ
ter the Office OF warden OF rhe state peni-
Tertiary al waHa waga He has a COM
pst;tor from Pierce county in Peter Brsu-
nan. the wesi-known blacksmith. whom
Fawcet; turned down for chief of the hre
department, and who vas defeated in tho
tate Populist county convention for the
nomination OF sheriff. II IS Whispered
about that Mr.. Brennan was promised
the place when his friends urged him to
make the race Independently. Brennan
npr'Sed his soreness for a week or two.
but finally went 20 work In the ranks
Ernest Lister Formerly councilman from
the Seventh ward. Is said 20 have the IN
side track on the private secretaryshtp 10
the governor. Lister Is a young man. bu,
Is well liked among the Popniists. with
whom he has worked for several Years
past
These are only few OF the asptran.s
for state Offices from Pierce county There
are others but they have rot ccurtcd The
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