The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-14

good reasons 70 fight the governor and 20
epis0ss measures which bad back % them
an executive desire Tor their enactment
FsFSt aEucng these was the Stafford rail-
resa commission h.U which was drawn by
senator Turner = few aayS before he lefs
for Washington. TIE fase 81 IRIS hlll a-a
Ire utter and disastrous r0ux 10 which the
soHeFnoT's forces were put IS part % the
alskoES o1 the session and has been fully
cAronicled II these dispatches. The de-
Feat cf The stafford bin hy 4 decisive ma
sorify hTouSAt forth a remark shle execss-
i've message which was read ia 0pea sss-
son. and tn which the conrnar4 vas sivsn
taat the legislature create = railroad com
mission Not satisfied with tha message
tae governor was iulPelled. by The charges
made against his political conduct on ire
noor of he house, 20 deliver through the
newspapers a vstrioIic roast OF the capo-
~iion. which was particularly directed 10
tue Tatddle-ot-the-r0ad faction These
members replied with force and spsrft and
tfse governor hSs not been heard from
since
Now. there Is good deal OF inside po-
Atical history connected with these mat
ters which takes one back to the days os
the Ellens burg convention and coming
down later. 10 the violent rupture between
the gcvernor-elect and Frank Baker.
chairman OF the PopnliSt state committee.
II was given out at Tacoma fhat state
meuss bad been made 10 the governor to
the effect that Baker had led the Office
seekers IN the Populist party % under
stand that II they expected savars az the
governors hands they would have 10 see
aim urst- Without investigating the mat
ter. the governor is understood 10 have
sent s1rd 10 Baker calling him lown bard.
From that time there has been bur very
little intercourse between the two. TIE
governor further angagonixei Baker hy
what the latter believed TO oe an offensive
and defensive alliance with George Tnr-
aer and Throughout the :. .ssioa the Pierce
county member, who was conceded the
place OF leader OF the POpulists in tae
house. took particular delight in jumping
on every matter that came up from the
executive chamber. His roast OF the gov
ernor's requests sor appropriations for his
private secretary was one of the sensation
al incidents Of the last days.
OF course the governors $ friends are not
at a loss TO explain the acrimonious oppo-
sition on the part OF the legislative tr-o
named Yesterday the Post-Intsli!Genesr
correspondent was informed hy one who
should represent Gov. Rogers hat Cline.
Baker and RAIDER had severally tried 70
hold up his excellency. each for a po-
litical berth. According 70 the statement
made Baker demanded the wardenship q
the penitentisry as the price OF his sup
port In the horse OF executive measures.
IL Is understood that the governor was in
formed that Speaker Cline would accept
a commissionership OF one kind or an
other. and would. on receipt OF the in
formation that he could expect 1t. lend
his influence TO bring about a cessation
OF the war on the governor. RAIDER Is
said 10 have indicated his desire TO no
appointed state librarian, although the ar
fair is not so clearly defined as to the Kit
sap county man as TO the others. The
statement WAS made in definite terms As
70 Cline and Baker. OF course these gen
tlemen may be expected 10 resent the i'm
putation cast upon them, but they have
remedy.
A visit to the state headquarters here
confirms thA statement as 20 the frtgidity
that prevails In the official family. As one
OF the state officers put it. the governor
Is % per cent. of this administration, and