The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-10
FROM THE PEOPLE.
GOVERNOR VS.. CONGRESSMAN,

Seattle, Wash,s- May 0, 1900.
To the Editor; Do we want a governor
or a congressman? think we want
BOTH and further. we want a senator. and
what is more, we can have them all IL
we go at 1t right
Let us consider for a moment little of
the political history OF this state. In the
latter territorial days King county fur
nished the governor When the first state
election was held she again landed n gov
ernor, and when we asked for a United
States senator some people were unkind
enough TO say some hard things about us,
and even called us hoggish, but ito him
who hath, to him shall be given" and
with the Influence Of our governor we Sc
cured q senator. When he came up for
reelection a powerful combination was
formed to throw the senatorship TO Pierce
county and II would have succeeded but
for one reason. and that was our King
county governor again reached out the
strong arm and pulled him through, and
everybody was happy and thought we had
elected senator in spite OF our being
charged up with governor when, in
fact. q was because. and only BECAUSE
we had the governor to help U.S.
We must either have failed TO realize
or have forgotten this. for at the next
state convention. that Of 1896. we made
Pierce county a present OF the g1fberna-
torial nomination. and the fusionists aid
the same thing at their convention and
so whichever way the election might 20,
the sccpter was bound 20 pass out OF Isra-
el, and King county was erased from the
political map OF the state.
When Senator Squire again came up for
reelection, though from every political
standpoint and base OF reasoning he was
logically his own successor, because he
lacked the home influence In the govern
or's chair. he was defeated for to the
Pierce county governor any candidate
was preferable 20 n King county man.
In the state convention OF 1895 we could
have hal the congressman for the ask
ing. but the childrss we sent over TO Ia
coma again held n potlatch and gave the
congressional nomination 10 Pierce co1in-
~ This action was 10 strange that
some people think the Pied Piper Of Ham
elm must have lured our darling away
from the convention and into the noun
taln) However that may be. the gin
vas made. and with that gift was carried
the ung-ritten law 90 at least two terms
=, nur congrcssmen--a law we NAV he
ajsincllned 10 regard just now, but which
other counties In the state consider good
and a law 20 which VIC may one day wish
to appeal
To have a representative at this time IN
either house ~ congress may seem 10
many as the shadow % a rock on a weary
land Sss that fruit is not now riu.e for
US The balance ~ the state VII not. ana
in fairness to the two men who made the
snlendid campaign for the Republican
party in 1895, should not, disregard their
claims TO a second term.
The census about 10 be taken will I'm All
probability show the state entitled TO n
third congressman. and We can then with
ryropriety and every probability Of sue
cess. endeavor TO get a congressman. And
II at tbs time we secure the governor.
through the power that executive wields
we WIN not be- many years without a
senator.
have had the opportunity and have
seriously but frankly discussed King
countys wants with prominent party lead
eTs ia q majority Of the counties of the