The Seattle Republican., 1903-06-05
POLITICAL POT=PIE

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Now that the President has come and gone and in
asmuch as Governor Mcbride got more notoriety out
of his stay in the than it had been expected he
would get, persons who play the game of politics,
both for amusement as we'll as for gain have begun
to vigorously size up the situation trying to find out
where not only themselves but everybody else is
elias Governor Mcbride lost or gained in political
power If he has gained in what locality of the
has he gained and if lost where 2" Right here
politician rises to ask, did the governor have any
thing politically to lose? Was he not dead one be-
fore the President got here? Is he not just dead
now as he was beore?' These all pertinent ques
tons, and while they might be answered in way on
the spur of the moment yet it would be wise to take
the usual method of thinking twice and speak once.
There is denying the fact that the governor has
quite bit of positive strength owing the fact that
he is governor here and there throughout the state,
but the question is is that strength sufficiently
trated at any point to be of any material service to
him when he needs it most This has been discussed
both pro and con, and after hearing the matter well
known political leader made the following anayzation
of the situation from his view point: In Western
Washington the governor will have hard time cap
turing any of the county delegations He not
pect single delegate from Jefferson, Clallam, Island
San Juan, Whatcom, Snohomish Kitsap counties,
which practically make up the northwest" combina
ton He may get solid delegation from Skagit his
home, but it is very doubtful fight will be Waged
him there just hercely in other counties i'll
that section and the indications point to his defeat
at this early stage of the game. Secondly, the
governor knows that there is not one chance i'll
thousand of him getting single vote out OF King
county unless some delegate does did f. Moses,
a political traitor bolt the delegation He has only
fighting show to get anything from Pierce county,
though Congressman Cushman may favor him. Cush-
man will have troubles of his own, and will take him
all his time to win his fight Thus making the
odds decidedly against him getting anything from
Pierce Leaving the two largest counties on the
west side without having single to his credit,
and giving him nothing from the northwest, save his
home county, he lands in the southwest in belly
bad shape. In Thurston county the governor pro-
poses to make his first grand rally but if the past is
any criterion he will get nothing there. He will
doubtless get divided delegation in Lewis, the same
in Chehalis the in Clark and Wahkiakum He
will get solid delegation from Cowlitz Pacific, and
Skamania counties which about cleans up the west
side and the governor has not enough votes to pre-
vent the opposition from naming the ticket from top
to bottom providing it is consolidated against the
governor, and it will if there is any prospects OF him
having any great following in Eastern Washington
Crossing the Cascades the governor will have little
smoother sailing than in Western Washington. 1t
is however believed he will lose Wala Wala, halt or
more of Spokane half of Yakima, Okanogan, Kickitat
and Ferry counties and perhaps, half of one or two
more of the smaller counties, which at best would
give him but small following in the next state con-
venton granting he gets all the rest. Should the
above prediction prove true the governor will be up
against the real thing in the state convention and he
will have to either or bolt and with no bet
ter showing than is here predicted for him, he Will
have nothing to bolt with. In the opinion OF the Pie
maker Governor Henry Mcbride has reached the zen
th of his political power and will when his accidental
term of office expires either return to his home in
Skagt county or come to Seattle and hook UP again
with his unfortunate senatorial sprinter and be
known as political hasbeens.