The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-27
COMMENCING TO LINE UP.
PIERCE COUNTY REPUBLICANS ALL
FULL OF CONFIDENCE.
The Feeling of Certainty a. to VIC
tory in the Fail, Brings Ont .
Plentiful Crop of Candtdates-Aii
Grievances Of Past Are Buried.

Special Dispatch TO the Pos-.Ints5igef cer.
TACOMA. June 2--Po4tics IN the ranks
OF the Republicans OF Pierce county are
daily growing more IN evidence and more
Interesting. Each twenty-foilr hours adds
to the lis: Of new aspirants FOR places IN
the legislature and On the county ticket
The arm belief that victory - sare TO fail
to the party this fall has resulted in a
strangely numerous list OF possible canc.-
dates. and timber is not lacking, whatever
may Do the size OF the craft needed 20 car
~ the party 10 the AI3al port or entry.
There - little change 10 be noted IN the
legislative pro5a Dtltt1es. Senator's Cole, OF
the Twenty-fourth district; Keith, OF the
Nineteenth, and WarbErtcn, Of the Tween
ty-third hold over. The list Of asplrants
leaning toward succeeding E. W. Taylor
and Senator Easserday IS long and DIVERSE
fed. John Brown. Ed Hamilton and John
Cromwell are TO De heard prominently spo-
ken OF to push the fight Tor these places,
and the lesser lights are not 10 be counted
on both hands and feet.
In the Twenty-secoud district, for the
lower house. Dave Levin and Cal Barlow
are 10 De reelected. or must give way 10
their SUCCESSORS. Both are willing TO serve
the state for another term but Alexander
Reid. Dave Shelter, DIR. Close and James
Wickerssiam may furnish good grounds for
getting to the front instead.
When Il comes TO getting into line the
avat,a Die candidates for nominations on the
county ticket, the task is Il hard one. But
one office. that OF prosecuting attorney.
seems TO have less than a dozen hopeful
candidates. Attorneys George II. Walker
and Joseph Whitelouse are the more likely
proba Dilftfes for this nomination. For
clerk. treasurer and auditor. the candi-
dates are too many TO at this time Light
upon the more ably equipped to make the
race Tor places on the ticket. The impress
sion prevails engendered largely by the UNI
settled condition Of affairs In the camp OF
the enemy. that the Republicans must sure
Iy win both in the state and county which
accounts for the great number OF persons
anxiouS.y willing to sacrifice themselves
upon the altar OF their party.
For supreme judge John Shackieford. one
or the more prominent of Pierce county
Republicans. is spoken Of and opinion is
expressed that II the apportionment allows
of Pierce county getting this honor Shack
ieford would prove a. winning feature of
the ticket makeup.
For county commissioner within the
city Almon Woodwork Is most to be heard
Of Outside in the country districts the
conditions do not justify even a talkative
rancher in predicting who may prove the
strongest in the fight for place on the
ticket
Local party differences Of the past seem
to be so deeply buried that they will cut
no figure IN the ceming fight Contentious
or old which, in one way and another
brought out sore spots made apparent by
the complaints OF the worse afflicted are
DO longer in evidence. and the general
tone OF things points 10 a shoulder TO
shoulder fight among the Republicans. re-
CARELESS Of everything but the one fighting
issue. Those who for various reasons In
the past two years have heen heard to ex-
plot their grievances are now advocating
the policy Of first whipping the enemy and
then settling little inside squabbles.
New faces. too. are to be seen in the
lines this year-men who heretofore We're
either unknown politically or else confined
their efforts exclusively 20 voting a
surprising amount Of ginger seems to per-
meate those oftenest heard from and fore
most in the preliminary councils of the
party. and indications generally point 10
the campaign In Pierce county being decid-
ecIy vigorous-to put II mildly.
The congressional situation here, 50
early In the fight. is a peculiar one Aside
from j, G Taylor. who Is the one profnin-
ent out-of-'own candidate. having admit
teddy considerable strength, the asp'ran,s
talked of are apparently of the skrc1lsh
me. which must give way 70 the real
thing" later In the campaign. Attorney
Lewis u. Campbell OF the city. is talked
OF as one who may be prevailed upon
TO make the fight" His :nt.mates declare
ne viii not enter ;he lists bur how far
this talk goes. or how far Il IS intended
only Ia enhance the value o. his candidacy
Is as yet rrob!emitc IT Is safe 10 say
'hat II Pierce county man is 10 get the
nomination there will be no lack of first.
class stock IN the stables from which 20
select winner but exactly who NAV
prove the most acceptable is at this tir,,a
4 question u9on which there IS a wide q.
TersltT OF Onf0tDr