Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-08
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POLITICS ARE BADLY MIXED IN
REPUBLICAN CIRCLES.
In Sheer Desperation. the Powers That Be Have
Dissolved the Close Bank Combination.
and Promise the Farmers Roads and Bridges
Everywhere.

rogues fail out honest men get their
Dues" the present scrap in the republi.
can party in this county will not prove
an unmixed evil to the county at large.
The fight just at present is the hottest
affair west Of Manchuria, and the anus.
ing feature OF it is that the rank and file
those whose votes are supposed to be
tucked away in the vest pockets of the
,bosses-are not greatly interested. They
have so long been accustomed to have
their political actions managed by q
small coterie of bosses that they rather
like it
Outside Of Aberdeen, where the fight
is for local independence, there is not the
slightest item of principle involved in
this contest. 1t is struggle for the pie
counter, pure and simple, and no political
trick is being overlooked by either fac.
ton. The profits to favorite banks in
the custody of county funds, that has
been close combine OF two concerns
for the past four years, threatening to
become disturbing element, has been
p!acated, and now five banks are said to
be enjoying the ''unearned increment"
Of the peoples money on condition that
they stand by the Holy Rollers. The
H. RS have secured the services OF B.
F. Huff, who is "doing" the farming dis
tricta, and roads and bridges are said to
be promised everywhere, and a return to
the old road law is made an alluring bait
for the forty odd ex-supervisors. II is said
the livery bills of Mr.. Huff in the last
few weeks have been something fierce,
and he appears to have unlimited money
to spend in proving his goodfellowship,
etc.
Meanwhile, the Boxers have made
Aberdeen the storm center, and the
present outlook indicates that they will
win the primaries in this city, and be
flogged for their presumption at the con.
vention. An unsuccessful attempt to
somewhat adjust Aberdeen matters was
made Tuesday afternoon at meeting to
which John G.. Lewis was invited and
to quit the race. Mr.. Lewis declined,
saving he was in the hands of his friends,
and is reported to have said on the
street that he would stay in the race if
he had but one supporter in the Aber-
deem delegation.
That it is a case of pie, not principle,
is evidenced by the position of the Daily
Bulletin. According to that paper, the
Boxer candidates are disreputable set,
unworthy the confidence OF the public,
yet it loses no occasion to assure its par
ty that it stands ready to support those
very unworthy men should they be
nominated. This is advocating the
placing of party above patriotism in the
most shameless manner. and indicates
that the time has arrived when the gen.
elal welfare of the county demands the
retirement of all those bosses by the re-
pudation of the ticket to be named at
Hoquiam, be it Boxer or Holy Roller.
The capital stock of those bosses consists
of two bugaboos-the presidency and a
United States senator-and both of them
are bogus. This state will give it's cleo
toral vote to Roosevelt, and the addition
of one democrat in the senate will not
effect the policy of that body particle,
yet the chances are SO out of 100 that
the republicans Of Chehalis county will
be scared into line by those silly scare
crows. We shall see what we shall see.