The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-28

charge that he is a chronic office
seeker Senator Turner exposed to
merciless ridicule the pasition which
John L. Wilson occupies in state poll
tics in Washington. This portion of the
speech set the crowd wild with de-
light and the few followers of the Will
PEELED. in spite of themselves, to join
in the laughter and applause. Said
Senator Turner:
Mr. Wilson says that l have the
habits of chronic office seeker. When
he wrote that in The Post -Intelligencer
it was indeed unfortunate for him that
some kind mentor was not at his ell
bow to warn him against his own folly.
Mr.. Wilson came to Washington to
take federal position during terrific
rial days. From the day Washington
was admitted into the sisterhood of
states he has been perennial and ev-
erlasting candidate and seeker for Of
fee He was elected to congress from
Washington and when he left the lower
house of congress it was to become a
candidate for the upper house of that
body. He has never since ceased to be
a candidate for the senatorship and he
is now candidate for that high office
on the assumption that the next legis-
lature will be republican.
There has never been an election
since Washington territory became
state, in which John L. Wilson has not
sought some Office. (Applause)
Why, l have read it here in your
Sound papers that Wilson, Sam Piles
and Jacob Furth have entered into
sort Of combination with which to traf-
tc with the high and honorable office
of United States senator as if it were a
piece Of crazy patchwork ratified at
fair The combination has been fully
exploited in your papers. 1t appears
that Piles is to have the King county
delegation for the first try at the SEN
atorship. If he should fail, then John
L. Wilson is to be showed forward and
given a try at this office that should
be far above any sort of petty political
bargaining and trafticking. If Wilson
fails. then Furth is to become the King
county candidate. This is, indeed,
spectacle for the republicans of the
state of Washington to contemplate!
Applause.)
BY this curious contract and bar
gaining. | am reminded of the scripture
al saying, to the effect that the first
shall be last and the last shall be first
daughter and applause) But there
and the good book says nothing to in
dictate that the man in the middle has
any show whatever" daughter and
renewed cheerngD
Senator Turner's REPUTATION of the
charge contained in the P.-I. that he
had maligned the American soldier or
had ever abused or vilifed either Pres
ident Mckinley or President Roosevelt
was equally vigorous and effective. He
said:
That paper printed the statement
that | had at some time during my term
as United States senator, characterized
The American troops as Hired Hes
slams | am glad to say that that pa
per has since retracted that lie which
[ believe was first put in circulation
by a scOundrel who, when not too
drunk, tried to edit a paper at Belling
ham called The Reveille. | do not
know whether he is still there or not.
but | do not believe he is | will retire
from this canvass. if the P.-I can find
IN any of my speeches while senator
from this state. anything in which l
have ever maligned or vilified the
American soldier. | have ever, as I do
agains Whatsoever foe, in our land or
In foreign lands. to carry our flag
proudly to victory. CCheering)
AS to the charge that l ever ma
tigned either Roosevelt or Mckinley
The fact that President Roosevelt has
twice honored me since my term as
senator ceased is the surest proof Of
the falsity and blasphemous nature of
this calumny. 1t is true that | criticised
their policies, as l have always done
and do now. on certain issues, but that
| ever maligned or abused either is
| false
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