The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-07-20
Political Pot Pie.


trying to run the politics Of the state
of Washington, are not making much
Roadway at present, as they get hedg-
ed on every political trick they try
to turn. For some time past they
have endeavored to hoodoo the King
county Republican voters into the
belief that Senator Frink was a po-
litical stool pigeon for Hon. John L.
Wilson, and was thereby in similar
position to one Ankeny stalking
horse, who also lives in King county,
which prompted Hon. R. G. Wilson
Of this city to pointedly ask Mr..
Frink was he tied up with any one
on the coming senatorial embroglio,
to which Mr.. Frink replied:
Seattle, Wash, July Is, 1900.
Hon. R. c. Wilson, Safe Deposit
Building, City.
My Dear Sir: / am in receipt Of
your favor Of the 18th instant. note
what you say regarding machine or
professional politicians, and particu-
larly of those who would dominate
the present state campaign for the
purpose Of controlling the coming
senatorial election, two and a half
years hence.
/ will endeavor to state my posi-
ton in this matter clearly. [ have
entered into no agreement or COM
bination with any individual or any
faction Of the party by which [ am
to give them my support in their
senatorial aspirations for support
given me in my candidacy for gov
ernor; neither will | make any such
combination.
| am making this race for the
nomination strictly upon my own
merits
| am determined, so far as it is in
my power, to eliminate this senator
ship fight from the state campaign.
Many of my most ardent support
ers are, or have been, supporting Mr..
Levi Ankeny for the United States
senate. There are among my friends
in this contest great many support
ers Of ex-senator John L. Wilson. |
have also large number of support
ers who are, at least at the present
time, giving their support to no as
pirant for that position. | have ev-
cry reason to believe that the sup
port given me by their many friends
is because they believe in my fitness
for the position to which | aspire.
If nominated and elected, what
| have will be given to advance the
ability [ possess and all the energy
interests Of the whole state No fac
ton will control my actions for their
private interests as against the best
interests Of the state | may not
be governor, but | will at least re-
tain my independence from bossism.
Yours truly, j. M. FRINK.
The talk that Judge Humes will
be nominated for governor despite
the objections of King county, his
home, is still being gossiped about
by the Piper-Humes coterie Of poll
ticians, who are each paid SO much
per diem by His Nibbs of Walla
Walla to talk such clap-trap for pc
litical effect. There seems to be no
more truth in such reports than
there is that Humes is going to make
even decent showing in the coming
King county primaries. Ii Senator
Frink carries King county, and he
will, he will have on a straight vote
275 of the AS delegates in the state
convention. If Senator Frink can
split the King county delegation, he
will have 245 of the entire conven-
ton. At no time in the convention
will Senator Frink fall under 200
delegates. In other words, he will
be nominated on the first ballot and
have votes to spare. The actions of
the late Ellensburg convention has
been gone over and over again like
unto threshing old straw over and
over again by the Ankeny claquers
until it has become extremely maui
seating to the leading politicians Of
the state. That convention did ad-
minister a rather sound drubbing to
John l.. Wilson, if the faction turn
ed down by it can be so classed, but
it did not stop when it had done It's
work well, but in its enthusiasm 1t
did it too well, and a reaction against
those responsible for the drubbing
administered to Wilson has set IN,
which is clearly shown by the num-
Der of counties already coming for
ward and undoing some of the work
that was done in that Ellensburg
Republican convention
Levi Ankeny could have found a
dozen men in this state that would