Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
THE CONVENTION
WAS a CONSPIRACY SAYS ONE
OF THE DELEGATES.
Lew. Wmot a Pioneer Republican of Ferry
County Writes An Open Letter to the
Spokesman.Review Denouncins the Farrell
Railroad Ratification Meeting"

KELLER, Wash, Oct. Ito the
Editor Of II E Spokesman. Review AS
you have been allowing those big guns
of As and 50 caliber the use OF your
columns for some time, will you allow a
% caliber take few shots at the pollti
cal target before the match is closed the
Sth of November?
Through the memorable laws OF nature
Henry Mcbride was promoted to the gu
bernational chair. He filed the chair to
the brim he carried out every promise
the republicans made to the people so
far as it was in his power go to do, and
to take the statements of our congress
men, and our state convention, and the
conventions of every county throughout
the state, he made good and sufficient
governor, and he was just as much the
logical candidate for governor in 1904 as
was Theodore Roosevelt the logical can
didate for president, and the very same
element that defeated Henry Mcbride
would have defeated President Roosevelt
had they had the same power in the ma
ton that they had in our state.
How was it with the honest, leading re.
publicans in the east? When they were
importuned to enter the race against
President Roosevelt not one could be
found-each and every one declined.
They said "President Roosevelt has
carried out every promise called for in
our platform, and he is the logical candi-
date and is entitled to the nomination"
and as consequence this great man was
nominated by acciamaton and will be
elected, as the race horse men say,
"hands down."
Henry Mcbride was the logical C ndi-
date, and it took a conspiracy to defeat
him. These AS and so calibers now claim
that Mr.. Mead was not the choice of the
railroads. No, he was not, in the begin
ming. Mr.. Mead was brought to Tacoma
for congressional honors and was prom
ised the congressional nomination in.case.
the present congressman did not get in
and help def at Mcbride. Well, did they
do so?
1t looks very much like that to a man
up a tree, for when the steering commit
tee went to our congressman and asked
their assistance to help nominate Nc
Bride, their answer was they did not
control a single vote.
That was of itself a virtual admission
that by not contributing single vote
to help nominate Mcbride they received
the railroads assistance. For without
that assistance they would have been
given dose of medicine out of the same
bottle that was forced down the throat
of Mcbride and his friends.
Our congressman have complied with
every demand made by the railroads;
that left vacancy for Mr.. Mead, so he
was put in as being the most plastic of
the material ON hand.
Do these men that are stumping our
state think they are talking to children
or fools? Does not every rational man
know it was the railroads that made the
republican leg 81 lture break the promises
made by the republican platform, both
in 1900 and 1902?
They completely controlled the con-
vention Of 1904, and not a single candi
date that received nomination in that
convention but had the railroad brand
on, and there are a few that do not try to
hide it. Mr.. Cushman has the right OF
an American citizen to vote for Mr..
Mead when he goes into he booth on the
Sth OF November, and he would certainly
be very ungrateful if he scratched one OF
his own brood, but let me tell Mr.. Cush-
man there will be thousands OF just as
good republicans as he is, and when they
20 into the booth on election day will not
vote for Mr.. Mead, and among that num-
Der is % calber LEW WILMOT.
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