The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11

POLITICAL P0T-PIE i:

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Speaking about the next United
States senator from this State, a
number of daily as well as weekly
newspapers Of the State have already
nominated the Hon. w. L. Jones. of
North Yakima, who is now a mem
Der Of the Lower House Of Congress,
for that hOnOred position. Congress
man Jones would not make a bad
United States senator, and this is
evidenced from the fact that he has
made most able as well as efficient
congressman. The voters of this
State are very loyal to Mr.. Jones,
and have twice honored him by elect
ing him to the Lower House Of Con-
gress by overwhelming majorities,
but the Pie Maker does not believe
that he will be a candidate for the
United States senatorship in 1903,
unless it is a dark horse candidate
If after weeks of wrangling between
the avowed candidates no agreement
is reached, perhaps Mr.. Jones's name
would act as a splendid compromise
for the disgruntled Republicans in
both factions, or in all factions, but
it is hardly probably that he will be
a candidate for the United States
senatorship in the sense Of the word
of an announced one for the same.
Mr.. Jones has political sense enough
to let well enough alone, and in
view Of that, under no consideration,
in the opinion of the Pie Maker, will
he permit his name to be used as a
candidate to try to succeed Senator
Geo. Turner, should the Republicans
control the legislature. Just now, no
one save the Hon. Levi Ankeny has
announced his candidacy for the
place, and it is more than likely that
Mr.. Ankeny will regret the fact that
he so early announced his. Better
let one campaign get thoroughly d.
gested before another is sprung, or
those seeking positions at the hands
of the voters will find that the voters
will most likely consider them po-
litical sore spots.
Though no one save Mr.. Ankeny
has announced his candidacy for the
United States senatorship, it begins
to look as though there were certain
men in the State Of Washington that
either have political ambitions them
selves in that direction or else have
friends whom they propose to push
: to the front, if one is to judge from
the various newspaper changes that
are being made at present. One OF
the men who is getting a corner on
the daily newspapers Of this State Is
the Hon. S. A. Perkins, of Tacoma,
who was for time private secretary
to Mark Hanna while Mr.. Hanna
was making the 1896 campaign for
the election Of VIM. Mckinley as
President Of the United States.
Mr.. Perkins owns at present the
Tacoma News, also the Tacoma Led
ger, both Of which papers are in most
excellent financial condition, and are
paying their owner a handsome div
idend on the money he has invested
in them. Not satisfied with what he
has in this direction, Mr., Perkins.has
recently purchased the Everett In
dependent, and proposes to put IN an
all-around, up-to-date newspaper
there. He has secured a press fran
chise from the Associated Press, and
will receive the same class Of news
as do the other leading daily papers
of this State. This means some
thing, and it means that Mr.. Perkins
will be quite a figure in coming po-
litical campaigns, for no man, who
has a controlling interest in SO
many daily papers, and these in
such distant sections of the State
as are Tacoma and Everett, can but
WELD a most potent influence in the
political affairs Of the State in
which he resides, and his favorS will
be courted by the leading politicians
in all sections of the State. Who
Mr.. Perkins will favor for United
States senator from this State IS a
secret that he himself has not dl-
vulged as yet. In the past he has
been quite friendly to ex-senator
John L. Wilson, but whether or not
he will be his friend in the future
,,o,,,oinC 70 no capn Certain IT Is