The Seattle Republican., 1903-11-06

am inclined to think that all of the present state
officials will be renominated with the exceptions of the
treasurer who is consttutionally barred and that
nomination will doubtless go to Spokane Judge Mark
A Fullerton is almost absolutely certain of being
nominated. Judge Anders will doubtless retire of his
volition and it looks if Judge Miller of Van
will succeed him.
Under the caption "Not Encouraging for Nc
Bride the Snohomish Tribune has the following to
remark: The following from special correspondent
to the Reveille from Mt Vernon, Skagit county, the
home of Governor Mcbride doesn't sound very
couraging to that gentleman, if he is looking for the
Republican nomination next year The correspondent
says: "The feeling is great in this county against
the governors methods of handling a campaign that it
is weestabished fact that he cannot carry his home
county in the convention for the that nearly
all the influential Republicans working against
him. And if he is unable to swing delegation here
what he expect from other portions of the stae"
The governor seems to be hob-nobbing now with the
Democrats in portions of the state and he might
get the endorsement of the democrats Of his county,
if the Republicans refuse to give him the glad hand
But to beat a governor out of his own county just
The Piemaker well aware Of the fact that stubborn
fight will be waged against the governor by his poll
tical enemies, but he has his doubts of it accomplish
ing the desired results. Some time ago. through the
columns of The Seattle Republican, prominent Skagt
County Republican warned the Governor not to try
to force his county to declare itself anti-rairoad
ga Political Lottery is headline under which
Winstons Weekly Of Spokane talks entertainngly to
the politicians 1t says So far there ten candi
dates in this city for places the Republican state
ticket; three for governor for nantgovernor
for state treasurer, for supreme court judge
two for attorney general for congress- and for
secretary of state After careful survey of the poll
tical situation regret to say that there is posi-
bilty that all of them will not be nominated. We
regret it not so much from a personal and political
standpoint from local pride. Imagine state ticket
with ten Spokaneites it What enthusiasm it would
create what fervor would arouse Deeply Interested
we are in the outcome venture the suggestion
that all local rivalres and eaousies could be avoided
by the ten gentlemen who are now candidates for SIX
places, becoming candidates for ten Places place
for each aspirant There ought to be no friction in
adjusting these candidates. and in order that there
may be none suggest that the places for which they
are to run be determined by lot Let the ten names
be put in hat and ten offices in another then let
any such be found draw out first name and then
an office to go with it. In this way each asprant will
draw office and the general public will be perfectly
satisfied 1t is true that this scheme requires
rifces. For examples If a candidate for governor
should draw the Office of state printer, candidate
for supreme court judgeship should draw the office
of superintendent of public Instruction. candidate
for attorney general should draw the office of land
missioner while the people would undoubtedly be
WE'LL and probably better satisfied with the outcome
than if it left to the individual preferences of the
asprants themselves fear that of the asprants
themselves would be inclined to rebel However, the
certainty that there would be blanks would probably
outweigh any objections
1t would be laughabe to see the next state Repub
ican ticket composed of ten Spokane men, but that
would not be so very much than in 1896, when
the state Republican ticket composed of five Ia