The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-16
At MALONY.
,aAply0 DEMOCRAT CRITICIsEs
STATE CHAIRMAN.
sSa.ks He Is Building Up fractional
Pa~hts Rather Than Party Unity
a.a That II II Too Early
:. Bet on the Coming Nominees.

~-..,ai Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, June ia prominent Dem
..rat- well known and influential in state
.nus4cs. is in the city In attendance upon
- Masonic meetings. When asked for
- opinion on the trouble in the Demo-
ATTIC camp on account of the refusal
4 many OF the present state officials and
a. PARTY at large 20 work In hearty CO.
sseyation with the Democratic state CEN
trsl committee. he said:
ri IL an unfortunate thing for the par
~ that this difficulty should come up
t,ut at this time. have always been
srpersonal friend Of Mr.. Mallory. chair
nan OF the committee. and helped make
IN secretary and afterwards chairman
A the committee: but I am now very
much disappointed and i might say dis
mated with the course that is being pur-
1ed The chief objection have to make
4 that the chairman, instead OF using
IL position 20 build UP and unity the
party, Is doing Just the reverse, and US
- his position to promote factional fights
snd disrupt the forces OF the fusion par
*. In that way he is weakening the
chances Of success this fall.
with Mr.. Goddard. the secretary, I
an not we'll acquainted. He has been I'm
the rate only a short time. since 1897
and II would be out OF place for him TO
attempt 10 take a very prominent place
ia state politics. a fact which think he
fully appreciates. and that he Is not at
tempting TO dictate the policy OF the par
II and methods OF the campaign. SO far
q know. Mr.. Goddard is not going be-
yopd what would naturally be expected
Of him, and have nothing to say about
he conduct OF the affairs OF his Office"
When asked what would be the situa-
ton In regard to the nomination for gov
ernor. the gentleman said that he hardly
boIieved that the people Of the state had
given the matter much attention. outside
Of the two large counties on the Sound.
The people throughout the state had not
taken a very lively present interest in
that matter yet, and would not until near
OF the opening Of the campaign.
GOV Rogers is In the field. but I'M
dsrs;and no campaigning Is being done
In his interest except In few places like
Fierce and King, for instance. l never
bet on a horse race until | see the horses
an In the field, and IL will not be until
the various candidates line up that the
people will take very lively interest I'm
the question OF who In to run for gov
ernor. The views OF Gov. Rogers on ex-
pansion. which were perhaps not rightly
Understood by the people at large, have
no doubt injured the governors chances
In some districts: but when II ia consid-
cred that his so-caiied expansion views
we're more In line OF tho extension OF the
trade relations of the country. and did
not contemplate a policy OF Imperialism
such as IL at present being carried out
By the administration at Washington. the
largo majority OF citizens OF this state
will be In accord with him. In addition
70 this the very excellent record made by
the governor In the administration OF
state affairs win naturally put him In the
lead an = candidate rather than an I'M
tried man, just at this juncture"
In reference TO Land Commissioner
Robert Bridges. he stated that Mr.. Bridges
was q personal friend Of his. and a man
who would carry out what he believed TO
be the right policy: but that the unfor-
iunate complications he had run into in
with the Seattle tide lands. tho
oyster lands Mt Shelton and land mat
lers down at Port Townsend would in