The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-21

bill.
Senator Ed. S. Hamilton and Sena-
tor Geo. H. Baker have both an
nounced their withdrawal from the
race for president pro TEN of the Sen
ate and each have agreed to support
DR.. j. j. Smith for the honor. Gov.
Mcbride has likewise consented to not
oppose Dr. Smiths election and it
therefore can be said that he will be
unanimously elected president pro TEN
of the Senate, which carries with it,
especially during the sitting Of the
Legislature, the power of Lieutenant
Governor Dr. Smith is one of King
COunty's rising young politicians and
until he reaches the top Of the politi-
cal ladder in this State. The Pie
maker is of the opinion that it would
not be a wild prediction by any means
to say that at no distant time DIR. j. j.
Smith will he Governor of the State
of Washington.
The Pie-maker has been creditably
formed that the King County Legisla-
tive delegation will not indOrse any
one from this county for speaker of the
house. 1t is believed that if a speaker is
elected from King County that it will
iniure the chances OF Harold Preston's
being elected to the United States
Senate. and for that reason the King
County aspirants have agreed to not
enter the fight. This leaves but three
announced candidates for the Speaker
ship, viz, w. H. Thompson, of Kitsap
County, j. H. Easterday, of Pierce
County, and ]. G. Megler, of Wah-
kiakum County. Just who the favoriteI
of these three aspirants is at this time
is more than the Pie-maker would at
tempt to predict, but he is of the
opinion, under the circumstances, that
the fight will be between Mr.. ThOmp-
son and MI Megler. If Mr.. ThOmp-
son can secure the aid of King County
and then stand pat with the Northwest
1t would mean the support of the Gov
ernor, and the odds would be quite in
his favor On the other hand, If Mr..
Megler. who is likewise friendly to the
Governor and Senator Wilson, can di-
vide the strength of those two leading
politicians he will break even with Mr..
Thompson and thereby leave Easter
day with the balance of power to force
one or the other of them to grant both
him and Pierce County favors and con-
cessiOns that neither would otherwise
get. 1t is probably true that both
Megler and Thompson come from the
same political faction just now. iii
it be true that Easterday comes from
the Ankeny faction it is barely pOssl-
BILE that he might land in spite OF the
combined efforts of the WilsOn-Mc-
Bride candidates. The latter faction
seems to have two candidates for the
Speakership and it is surmised that
one of their candidates will be with
drawn at an early date and a combined
fight made by them to defeat any can
didate for Speaker Of the house that
ie fovOrod hv the railroad push
The Pie-maker prior to the election
made bold the assertion that Gov. Nc
Bride would be a candidate for the
United States SenatOrship in case he
found it impossible to land Mr.. Pres
ton. Now comes the Wilber Register,
an influential Eastern Washington
weekly, with the remark: What's the
matter with Mcbride for U. S. Sena
tor? That would cure the symptoms
of a deadlock and be quite acceptable
to the people"
Along this line Editor c. w. Cor
ham. of the Snohomish Tribune, whOI
was a member of the last legislature,
made the prediction one day this week
while visiting Seattle that Governor
Mcbride would announce his senator
ial candidacy within two weeks after
the legislature convened. and while
he is not only bitterly opposed to the
governors senatorial candidacy, but is