The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
In Washington politics.

Ill washington pOAtUlC5.
Immediately upon the meeting of the
Washington legislature in 1898 it became
apparent that there was going to be close
fight between Judge Turner and Senator
Allen, and the Turner forces were ready
and willing to go into secret caucus OF
the Republican members, but the Allen
contingent insisted upon an open caucus.
Neither would yield, and the result was a
long and exciting deadlock in the legisla-
ture Finally Turner offered to withdraw
If Allen would, but Allen refused, know.
ing that If there was no election he would
be appointed by the governor. The dead
lock continued to the end of the session,
and Governor McGraw appointed Allen to
succeed himself, but the senate refused to
seat Mr.. Allen, holding that a governor
could only appoint "a senator when a va.
cancy arose during broken term and not
at the beginning of a new term. Thus for
two years-frOm 1898 until Congressman
Wilson was elected senator in 1S95-Wash.
ington had only one member in the upper
branch of congress. Judge Turner Joined
the silver party in the last campaign and
the legislature of Washington that assem-
bled in January of this year, being largely
OF that political hue, easily elected him to
the United States senate, and in the early
part of the present month he reached Wash
ington city, where he takes his seat with
the incoming congress.
In what is known as the Rosgland dis
trict, on Trail creek, little more than a
rifle shot across the line of Washington
state, in British Columbia, one summer
day about six years ago a group of pros.
pectors, at the end of their provisions and
powder, lounged about a camping place
waiting for a member of their party who
had been sent to Nelson for supplies, Time
hanging heavily upon them, it was pro.
posed that they climb the adjacent noun.
tain and see what was there The result
vas the stalking out of nest Of claims in
an 9en spot cleared of the forest growth
by fire. nv AZ Of the Prospectors had the
few dolla-T necessary to have the claims
recorded
Some Of the rock was taken to Nelson
and E. L. Topping, who owned little
store, advanced the necessary amount ON
the agreement that he was to have the pick
of the claims in payment. He chose one
called LIE Roi year or two afterward
some Spokane lawyers were attending
court at Colville, and Topping told them
of his claim. The lawyers fancied the
specimens Of ore, and the prospect was
bonded. George Turner became the own
er, at a few cents per share, of $4,000
shares. During the winter just passed
some work was done on lie Roi, and about
the same time that Judge Turner was elect
ed to the senate he was informed that a
British company had offered $4,000 600
cash for LIE Roi, and on the same day he
was further informed that another group
of mines in which he is largely interested
had "panned out big" He is the general
manager of LIE Roi, and from being long
standing candidate for senator, in which
aspirations there have been more demands
for expense money than were convenient
and comfortable TO the handwriting law,
yer that he was, in few hours he became
member of the highest legislative body
of the republic and nearly if not quite a
millionaire Lightfoot Visscher
in Chicago Times Herald,