The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-02-01


that gentleman. Both Piper and
Grosscup are greatly swelled up with
themselves, and each one considers
the other his most bitter political en-
emy, no matter what overtures the
respective friends Of the two men
may make looking to their future
friendship. Each one prides him
self on knowing the other man.
T. W. Ross, one Of Ankeny's man
ayers two years ago, is in Olympia
trying to make some combinations in
the interest of his former chief.
With this end in view he has sad
died himself on the railroad lobby
and is trying to get in word for
Ankeny in different directions. Ross
has the reputation among those who
know him of being one Of the most
unreliable men in the state. He Is
all things to all men. He has been
known to abuse both GrOsscup and
Piper when he thought he could
gain a point by 50 doing, but never
loses an opportunity to tell each Of
them how much he thinks of him.
Tom Fisk is also in Olympia, hob
Inobbing with the railroad lobby,
along with Ross. AS an act Of real
charity, Fisk was made secretary Of
the state senate, a position he has
neither the ability nor inclination to
fill. Fisk is known as the LATEST
man in the capital, and is content
to set around Stevenson's headquar-
ters with his feet cooked up on the
desk and a railroad lobby cigar III
| his mouth, while his assistant, Esh-
Gilman, does the work pertaining to
his office. Fisk managed Ankenys
campaign two years ago about as
poorly as it would have been possi-
bic to do anything Of the kind, and
now he is aspiring to the same posi-
ton again. After asking for the Of
flee Of secretary of the senate on the
glOund of charity, and receiving it
OH that score, he has persuaded him
self that he was given the position
on account of his great political i'm
|portance, and is considerably swelled
up on account of it. He thinks il
would be ''bad politics." as he puts
lit, for Ankeny to turn him down
after his experience Of two years ago
and does not even want to train in 3
position second to that Of Piper
During the senatorial fight two
years ago Mrs Ankeny arrived al
Olympia when things were not look
ing particularly bright, and it is said
Ishe expressed her opinion of Ton
Fisk in a very decided manner. She
insisted that Mr. Ankeny get an
other manager in Fisk's place, re
marking to party of her husbands
friends, so the story goes: "Why
Mr.. Fisk's face is the very picture Of
defeat" Tom Fisk often tells the
Istory Of how a certain member of the
legislature wanted to be bribed, anC
came to him with a demand fOl
So, 500, or some other amount OF
money, in exchange for his vote
Fisk says he secreted his wife behind
a screen, or in the next room, on one
occasion when the member referred
to came to talk "businpss' with him
Fisk felt so good over this bit of
diplomacy" that he told Mrs. An
keny of it. He did not receive the
congratulations from her that he had
Expected; on the contrary, she gave
no intimation that she was at all in
terested in the story, but has since.
it is said, frequently expressed he1
contempt for a man who would use
his wife for a detective, to victimize
some man with whom he was trying
to drive bargain.
! Those who are keeping an eye OF
things are Of the opinion that An
keny, in spite of the showing his fol
lowers have been able to make in the
present legislature, is further thar
ever away from the United State,
senate. The Republicans through
out the state have come to realize
what it would mean to the party an(
the state to have Ankeny as senator
and under the control Of such me1
as George Piper, Tom Fisk and E
W. Ross, to say nothing of Senator
George Schofeld, Stanton Warbur
ton, Lincoln Davis and lot o
cheap grafters who are for Anken7