The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-03-15

lures into electing them to the Uni
ted States senate for the express pur-
pose Of being high muckymucks in
Washington City society will learn
that they are weighed in a balance
and found wanting. It is said that
Mrs. Ankeny has repeatedly remark
ed that she would not object to ex-
pending a million dollars in order to
elect her husband to the United
States senate, and since there is no
other way to expend such an amount
OF money except to corrupt the vot-
ers Of this commonwealth, it seems
to the Pie-maker that persons who
do such are no less criminal in a way
than the persons found guilty Of per-
jury, bribery OF any other class of
felOnies or misdemeanors for which
those convicted Of such are sent to
the state prison as a punishment.
When the legislature, which has
just adjourned, first came together it
was boldly asserted by those papers
favorable to Mr.. Ankeny's candidacy
for the United States senate that it
was overwhelmingly an Ankeny
Legislature. If such be true, then
he is perfectly welcome to it and
to all it did in the shape Of legisla-
ton, as subsequent history and in
vestigatiOn will disclose the fact that
1t was the most reckless legislature
that Washington has ever had. The
Ankeny members did nothing but
obstruct honest legislation during
the entire session, and it can truth
fully be said that they showed them
selves to be neither Republicans,
Democrats nor Populists. They
failed to do anything that would re-
fleet credit on the Republican party,
and fatty failed to do anything that
would show up the shortcomings Of
the Demo-Pop party. Gov. Rogers
was complete master Of the situation
during the entire session Of the legis-
lature, with one exception-the
state legislative apportionment bill
which was passed over his veto,
and the Ankeny members acted the
catspaw and political tools for him
from beginning to end. If, there
fore, Mr.. Ankeny wants the credit
of being the political father of that
body he has the unanimous consent
of all of the best Republicans of the
state. 1t has been repeatedly said
that he has entered a political col
fusion with Senator George Turner,
Gov. j. R. Rogers and other politi-
cal push in general, with the view
Of Turner again being elected, if the
Democrats win, and in case the Dem
ocratic party is defeated and the Re-
publicans be in the majority in the
legislature, then Ankeny is to be
elected, and it seems that there is
more truth than poetry in the poll
teal allegation.
D. W. Bowen, deputy internal rev.
enue collector in this city, has ten
dered his resignation to Collector
Dunno, Of Portland, and the same
has been accepted and his successor
will be appointed in few days. To
succeed Mr. Bowen there are many
applications, but chief among them
is r. l.. Ross, who has been acting as
clerk in the Office for the past twelve
months. Mr.. Bowen will 60 into
business for himself and at the same
time save himself from being turned
out of office by the political bench
men of Senator Foster, who desire
to reward his few political boiling
ingrates who succeeded in defeating
the Republican gubernatorial nomi-
nee last year. Good Republicans Of
this state do not care to run up
against that political monstrosity,
Ben Grosscup, of Tacoma, who is
doing more to defeat the Republican
party Of this state than any other one
man in it. He hopes to have himself
appointed federal judge Of this state,
but good men look upon this with
holy horror. They believe that it is
impossible for a man who has bribed
and corrupted as many legislatures
as GrOsscup is charged with having
done to ever rise to the point Of a
federal judge to mete out justice.
Ii the man is guilty Of all he has
been charged with there would prac-
tically be no difference in placing a
genuine bunco steerer in a judiciary