The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1903-02-06

the United States senate unusually
hard, and he, it would seem, unduly
criticises those members of the legis-
lature who did not vote for him, and
thereby either assure his election or
a deadlock. Perhaps Mr.. Preston h7d
grounds for this criticism, but these
who opposed him do not feel that he
had sufficient grounds to warrant his
satlrical remarks concerning them
selves after he was defeated A vul
gar expression runs thus: Chickens
will come home to roost." Four years
ago Harold Preston bolted a Repub
lican caucus because that caucus
would not elect to the United States
senate, not the man that Harold Pres
ton was sent to the legislature to
vote for, but because it would not
elect Levi Ankeny, who four years
thereafter didn't do a thing to him.
Mr.. Preston bolted that caucus with
out any grounds or excuse, and if he
had received his just deserts he would
never nave Deen lHuOTSeu ny d hepup-
lican convention for anything, be-
cause he himself and of his own free
will left the Republican party when
he bolted it's legitimate caucus in
1899 because he could not have his
own political way therein.
Mr.. Preston's opponents did not feel
very kindly to him for that but they
did not criticise him near so severe
ly, if at all, for his rash act as did
he his opponents, who, not only did
not refuse to abide by the decision
of the caucus, but voted for him in
the caucus. This did not by any
means satisfy Mr.. Preston; far from
it, for he wanted them to do as he
had done only in another direction
refuse to go into a caucus-notwith-
standing the fact that majority OF
the Republicans were clamoring for
one. If the minority had blocked the
will of the majority by preventing
caucus, Mr.. Preston would have
been in his proper element 1t was
all right for Mr.. Prestotn to apply an
un-Republican principle to the other
fellow and it was all right for MI.
Preston to want the minority members
OF the legislature to block the cleo
ton of any one else so long. as it
was in his behalf but he seriously
objected to having the good old Re
publican principle-the majority rule
when it meant his defeat. 1t made
all the difference in the world with
him whose OK was gore6.
When Harold Preston was defeated
for the United States senate and
when the railroad commission bill
will have been defeated, as it will be,
it would seem that Governor Nc
Brides political star will have set,
especially in the Republican party.
1t is very generally predicted and be-
lieved that the governor will bolt his
party in 1904, because his party will
n6lInef lnuOTSe HIS lucas lOI Will IL
give him the nomination that he de-
sires. In other words, he will be a
king without a country-a political
boss without a following. The de-
feat of the governors hobby natur-
ally means his political undoing. 1t
will be impossible for him to muster
up strength enough in the Republican
party to command nomination for
governor from the state convention. J
If he had the northwest solid for him
he might stand some show OF being
nominated. but the governor can't
bring more than one county OF the
northwest to the next state conven-
ton favoring his nomination, and that
is Skagit, and he will have hot fight
to get that.
He may be able to get some
strength from Eastern Washington,
but even in that section of the state
he will find it impossible to get
votes enough to make a decent show |
ing in state convention. Under such
circumstances there is but one thing
left for him to do, and that is to bolt |
the Republican nominees and force a |