Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-03
THE LOBBY PRESS
NOW ATTACKS ATTITUDE OF
GOVERNOR MCBRIDE.
The Governor Cannot Support the Ticket
Nominated by the Farrell Gang Of Lobby.
lists. Having Always Favored State Con.
troll of Railroads He is Unable to Support
Railroad Nominees

Not satisfied with having defeated
Governor Mcbride for the nomination to
succeed himself, The leaders OF the re-
publican railroad lobby are now using
the papers OF the state which they con.
troll to traduce the governors name,
misrepresent his political motives and
assail his honesty. The Yakima Repub-
lie, publication which is noted for the
fidelity and promptness with which it
ectos every sentiment of the lobby, said
in it's issue of September 13:
"Governor Mcbride has demonstrated
once more that he is the political scrub
which his opponents in the republican
party have claimed he was. He has
announced his intention to spend the
next few weeks at St. Louis and will
take no part in the campaign.
After this campaign Mr.. Mcbride will
never be heard OF, and it is to be hoped
that no more OF his kind will accidentally
attain the prominence he has had. An
honest populist sailing under his own
colors is better in Office any day than a
dishonest, self.seeking demagogue claim
ing to be a republican but in reality be.
longing to no party"
The Olympia Olympian, another pub
LEGATION which is in such close touch
with the ruling powers of the state re-
publican organization that its publish.
ers. S. A. Madge and J. D. B. Scobey,
were permitted to name the candidate
for state treasurer, said, edtorially,
about the same date:
"That he (McBride) was justly de-
feated from political standpoint, is
emphasized by his present conduct in
running away from his party and the
support of the ticket nominated by prac-
tically unanimous vote of the convention
before which he was candidate, and at
x-time when that ticket is assaulted by
soreheads and demagogues with false
hood and Misrepresentation, by him
known to be so, and the evil influences
OF which he could and by every con;id.
CIdtiOA SuOulu iCiP W ONCito
The truth OF the matter is that his
honor and manhood will not permit
Governor Mcbride now to defend the
creatures on the repub lican state ticket
of the railroad lobby which in his cam
paign for the last two years he has as
sailed, exposed and excoriated with such
vigorous truth and power. And because
he has chosen to 60 through the cam.
paign in silence rather than stultify him
self the lobby cries out that he is a
"politicol scrub" and demagogue.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer in its
edition of September 81 rises to ask:
''Do the people of the state realize
that if it were not for the very men and
measures that George Turner SO extolls
himself included, there would now be nc
demand whatever for railroad com
mission"
They do. They realize that if it hat
not been for the magnificent work O
Judge Turner in the constitutional con
vention OF 1889 the people of the state
would be without constitutional authori
ty to provide railroad commission, ant
that if that convention had not Taller
under the domination Of the railroad
lobby railroad commission would have
been provided for in that constitution
and the contest of the past fifteen year
dispensed with. The people Of the state
realize that if it had not been for tn
magnificent campaign of Joseph Foil
there would be no issue OF public hon
esty raised in the present com paign il
Missouri, and ii there were no officer
of the law there would be no need TO
penitentiaries.
The Post Intelligencer further asks:
"Do the voters of the state forget tina
the demand for tax commission is EN-
bodied in the republican state patforr
and that it means business?"
They do. They realize just how niue
"business" it means. 1t means "bus
ness" for the grating legislators VIII
are interested in holding up railroa
companies, and for the corporation ia
dodgers who will be at Olympia neH
winter with big sack for the purpose
preventing the passage OF such ia
commission bill. They realize that tn
republican party has promised regularly
railroad legislation in the platform
every state nominating convention
has ever held in this state, and that I'll
/ promise was never even partially carrie
/ except by the legislature Of 1898, whic
L passed an emasculated rate reductio
bill, bill which was repudiated by th
republican party at its very next sta
convention as being a failure to carr
out plain promise to the people an