Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-14
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS:
i Paper Of the City OF Aberdeen
SENATORIAL SITUATION.

election OF an United States sena.
succeed w c. Squire has reached
cresting stage at Olympia. There
unusual number Of candidates in
ield possessing various qualfica-
No man can vet form any idea
10 the successful candidate will be.
unlon forces being in such Il large
:ity some time will be necessary to
them upon one candidate, more SO
ii the margin OF strength was more
ow
first blush it would seem that the
essiul man should come from west of
mountains and that he should for
" have been identified with the old
llist panty, but a dispassionatc con-
Patton of the points taken will show
neither OF them are tenable. Ii is
that Senator Wilson is from the
ern pant Of the state, but he has only
more years to serve; neither is the
bn party responsible for his election,
two years from now they will choose
|urccssor 10 him, and these two facts
actually dispose Of the question as to
bat part OF the state the union party
III choose its first senator from.
Is to the second point the distribution
|flvois At E!lensburg was equitable
thout taking the senatorial question
10 consideration at all. The governor
III lieutenant; governor from the Popu-
rs Was certainty equal to the two MEM
|rs oi congress from the other two
|riies; and half OF the remaining Offices
loud certainly be considered by the
i members OF the Populist party as a
If division. These facts are mentioned
nply 10 show that the time has come
diop the question Of what were the
rner affiliations Ct members OF the
iiom party, and unite TO select the man
: .scNator WHO possesses the ability in
e largest measure TO represent the
alc at Washington, and to hold the
lon forces together Such man must
SO fully represent the broad principles
liich have uiitctl the union forces. lie
ut represent more than the silver
les ION, aiid he must not be an ex-
generally do not elect
.lrenists 10 high positions, but rather
who better represent the
lrty as whole.
Among the candidates now before the
gislatule are: Senator Squire, Judge
inner, lieutcnant-Governor Daniels,
ark Davis, G. +. Cline, +. Il. Baker,
ldgc Wirsor, and others Senator
iurc urges his experience and his
'siton on the silver question as claims
r reelection. Upon other subjects he
IS not expressed an opinion. Asked
c other day by Populist member OF
6 house as 20 his views on the Pacific
ads funding bill, he told the views Of
herman and others, but kept his own
himself. In everything but the silver
ieston he is a Republican.
1t is urged against Judge Turner that
;. too, is just from the Republican
EEs. II is true that he retained his
with that party until the
vcrett convention, but he had long
Id views on the leading questions OF
g day that were more Democratic and
,pulistic than Republican, and for these
cws he has been denied by the Repub-
ANS the recognition to which his ability
titled him. These views are set forth
IL two-coumn letter in the Spokane
Review. In substance they
G: Free silver; opposition to banks Of
sue government ownership Of rail-
ads; opposition to trusts and monopo-
IS and the multiplication OF corpora
ms; opposition TO the monopoly OF
nd in favor of the income tax and just
iiif and revenue laws, the protection
lorded TO be for the benefit of the
borcr in favor OF the postal telegraph
ID savings banks. These views ought
SATISFY every one in the union party.
e is naturally opposed to Republican,
m, Douglas Democratic blood flows in
s VEINS, and he will never go back to
e Republican party. come what may.
is election would give the union party
the state OF Washington Il high stand
< in the nation.
Judge Winsor has long been identified
it'll the populist party and has quite
blowing, as have also the other candi-
ltcs named, and their loyalty to the
Mon forces is unqucstioned merit and
will enter into their cam
lGns more than location or former
Whoever it may be we hope,
; stated in the outset, that the man best
bic to represent the state and to hold
re union forces together will be chosen.
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