The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1903-07-24
POLITICAL POT=PIE

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Does it that the Spokane Chronicle gets its
"exir of life" from the same source as does the
Spokesman Review when it uses language like this:
Judge John E. Humphries of Seattle announces
that he is candidate for governor of Washington
and has been for the last two years. Other of
merit suggested for the office, among the posi-
bilities being Attorney A. G. Avery of Spokane,
Charles l. Roth of Whatcom county, Senator Baker of
Klicktat, DR.. J. J. Smith of King county and Gilbert
Hunt of Walla Walla The field is open and several
thousand other citizens of the state have right to
cherish ambitions if they choose to do SO; but they
will do we'll remember that at Olympia there
is bad-headed with chin whiskers who is still
very much alive His name is Henry Mcbride.
Because Henry Mcbride has bald head and has
chin whskers is no excuse or reason why he should
be elected governor of this state is it anything
against him. Mr.. Humphries has launched his guber-
material basket and if it catches votes enough he will
be nominated if it does not he will not be.
Nothing in the way of an editorial excerpt to the
mind of the average politician of this state is
suggestive and to the point than the following from
the Walla Walla Union, Senator Ankenys personal
property and political organ
"The Seattle Times suggests that The Union is for
sale. The Times is mistaken. It is not for sale,
neither its editorial and news columns"
The editor of the Union herein says mighty little,
but means mighty heap, and no one knows that
better than the editor and owner of the Times Both
the editorial and news columns of the Times and
have been for sale to the highest bidder since
they have been under the control of the Blethens,
and is more cognzant of that fact than the
present owner of the Union.
Below is nasty little excerpt from a nasty little
pin-head pot-washer in measly little weakly
The Newport News-whch is reproduced SO that the
many readers of this paper what the Evergreen
state really has in the shape of journalistic abortions
Judge John E. HUMPHREYS of Seattle, is among
those who aspire to the official shoes of Governor
Mcbride, and judging from his counterfeit present
ment in half tone he is capable of filling them quite"
1t would have been just easy for the News to
have made mention of the fact and let it go at that
as to have mentioned it and then ridiculed Mr..
Humphries likeness but that would have been human,
characteristic which the editor of the News seems
totally devoid Of This paper is married to political
asprant, but it gives all Republican aspirants an equal
show in its columns, whether friend or foe
1t would appear that the Snohomish Tribune does
not take kindly to John E. Humphries gubernatoral
candidacy the following excerpt from it is criterion:
"A Good Sde-Stepper-Judge John E. Humphres,
of Seattle wants to sit in Governor McBrdes chair.
He wanted to be U. S. Senator some years ago, but
stepped aside to give way to Thomas Humes; then
he wanted to be supreme judge last year. but stepped
aside for Harold Preston Wonder for whom the
genial Judge will step aside next summer
1t sometimes pays to be good sde-stepper, even
in politics, for in doing you may strengthen your
opportunities of becoming commanding front-step-
per. Politics takes some queer steps at times.
While it is true that The Seattle Republican Pie
Maker has been rather active in political prognostca
ons for the past few months nevertheless he thinks
the East Washingtonan is in when it uses the
following:
"Not week passes that Seattle or her environs do
not announce a candidate for Governor some other
big office Last week J. E. Humphries declared his
intention mpae the highest office in the State on
the point of the spear of his ambitions This is an
other step in the Republican plan to defeat Mcbride
the only real conscientious and honorable governor