The Seattle Republican., 1903-08-21
POLITICAL POT=PIE

this week and who, by the way is less friend
y with the governor Il am of the opinion that he will
not only lose the bulk of the Northwest in the next
state convention, but it begins to look though he
stands splendid show of losing his home county, and
feel absolutely certain he will he insists Skagit
county endorsing him for governor and further insists
in it permitting him to send anti-railroad commits
sion delegation to the state convention and to have
such nominated for the legislative position
pledged to vote for the railroad commission
IT. repeat he insists all those things, he will have
the d-n's fight his hands that he up
against and in my opinion he will lose his own coun
ty by a two vote On the other hand if he will
simply ask his county to endorse him for governor
and work to that end and allow it to do it wishes
on the railroad measure both in the state
ton and in the legislature Skagt county, and be-
lieve, the entire Northwest will be unit for him.
From the looks of things though it would that
Me has crossed the bridge and burned it after him.
and now finds it utterly impossible to recross the
stream owing to the continued down-pour since he
first began to thunder, which has badly swollen it
that it will take some good swimming his part to
get back to where he first started from It, however,
is long time before the next convention, and per-
haps, is best for the party that little talking
possible be done, less some worse mistake than has
already been made be again made. There is one thing
that be safely said and that is Skagt county is
unquaiedly railroad county and her members to
the next legislature in my opinion, will vote against
the governors political hobby his persuasion and ap
peas to the contrary Notwithstanding No, am not
prepared say single word the senatorial situa
tion and if I were would not say it."
There seems to be no truth whatever in the
port out by the Walla Wala Union to the effect
that Senator Ed Hamilton had consented to act as
Senator Addison G. Fosters political manager in his
efforts be reelected On the contrary Senator Ham
iton, according to grapevine Dispatch has not made
up his mind as yet as to whether he would himself
be candidate take active part in the fight, and
simply be high private in the ranks, ready and
willing dt what he could further Tacomas polit
ica interest but let the other fellows do the work
The above is by means official, yet the Piemaker
has every to believe it to be correct 1t is hint
ed that is not milk and honey among the Tacoma
political push any than in King county, if
much.
speaking about political harmony in King county,
the feeling oppose the next King county convention
instructng its members to the legislature for
any particular senatorial aspirant is becoming
quite general If King county hopes to elect the next
United States senator, she must use some diplomacy
in the matter During the past week number OF the
members of the last lower house from King county
have been personally spoken to by the Pie-maker
this subject and they have invariably favored the poll
cy of not instrucng for any senatorial asprant but
waiting until the legislature assemblies and then de-
termne the ground the candidate and to it that
he be the man who has the outside strength to
success.
Speaking about the members of the last legisa-
ture from King county, it begins to look though
cry of them will be returned if they desire and
of them thus far have either expressed init
mated any unwlingness to do so. At one time there
seemed to be little fight brewing in the foryseventh
legislative district but it is not serious and it is
missed from the present outlook that Jones and Lewis
will be returned if they desire to do though there
might be fight made them owing to the fact that
they made themselves very obnoxious to large ma
orty of the of King county in their anti-rail