The Seattle Republican., 1902-05-02

the consensus Of opinion that was
heard from the leading politicians of
all factions in the city during the past
week
There is no denying the fact that if
King County goes to the next legisla-
ture having no second choice or figur-
ing on a second choice senator and
not consenting to a second choice in
case there is no show for a King
County candidate, then the entire dele
cation will be nothing short of bumps
on a log in the senatorial fight that
will be on at that time In compari-
son with al other county in the state
it is granted that King County is the
captain county of the state, but in
comparison with all of the other coun-
ties combined King County is a very
weak sister, and when she goes to the
state legislature sailing under a ban
ner of King County will have it or
nobody shall, then she is going to get
left. Everybody and his brother in
King County have settled down to the
fact that they will support Seattle's
candidate for the United States SEN
ate, and while many of them may not
be badly stuck on Harold Preston,
nevertheless they will support him
simply because he is King County
man, but they will not be browbeaten
by his henchmen into doing it by
false alarm from the Seattle spirit.
The men elected to the legislature
from King County next fall propose to
exercise some rights of their own, not
withstandlng the fact they are from
Ming County, and if the Preston push
starts into making such a campaign
against the legislative aspirants in this
county, and should they succeed at the
primaries in nominating such candi-
dates as they favor, then the Pie
maker seriously doubts the success of
such Republican candidates at the
polls. There is not a man in King
County that has been spoken of in
connection with the Legislative ticket
but who is just as honorable, just as
honest and just as much inclined to
push King County ahead as Harold
Preston himself, and they will take
no dictation from either him or his
henchmen as to what they shall do
when they are elected.
President RoOsevelt's political mill
for this state got to grinding one day
this week, and as a result a number
of anxious applicants for federal grists
were made happy, while correspond
ing number were made sorry. The
dates for federal offices that were long
overdue and have been expected for
many months, and among that num-
Der was Senator L. B. Andrews for
receiver Of the Seattle Land Office, and
]. Henry Smith, register for the same
Office. 1t will be remembered that the
Pie-maker was the very first to an
nounce the positive assurance that Mr.
Andrews had gotten from Senator Fos-
ter for this appointment pretty nearly
a year ago. At that time it was doubt
ed, yet the Pie-maker knew the in
formation was STRAIGHT from hpad-
quarters, and he believed he would be
substantiated by the actual facts at
some future time. A tthe same time
]. H. Dawes was slated for register,
but for some reason he failed to make
connection, and the appointment was
sent to the Northwest and fell to Mr.
Smith of Skagit County. These ap-
pointments have been long expected,
and so long expected that the appli-
cants had almost despaired of ever
receiving them, and it is said that Mr.
Smith had already put his followers
to work for the nomination for prose
cutting attorney for Skagit County, be-
lieving that the appointment would
never come his way, or, if it did, it
would be so far away that he did not
care to wait for it; but the appoint
ment has been made, and his confrma-
tion will follow soon as there is no
fight on any of the appointments.