The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-14

protested against the domineering in
1uence of the Braggart Mcbride, and
charged him with insincerely using the
commission idea to gain personal
preferment.
To indicate the extent to which they
have gone and will go to deceive the
voters, listen to these editorial extracts
from the same paper in contrast and
contradiction to those already referred
to. On Saturday, March 5, 1904, I'M
der the head line, Under False Col
ors" we read: The Mcbride club
formed in Walla Walla is going for
ward under the preteXt of advocating
a railroad commission and to stand for
reforms in taxation. 1t is in this that
it is sailing under false colors. For
months it has been a we'll known racr
among the movers in this matter that
there would be no opposition to the
adoption of a railway commission plank
and the nomination of men for the
Legislature in this county who would
unQuestionaby vote for such a law.
They try to explain their attitude on
the ground that the governor repre-
sents the commission idea, and that if
he is turned down the commission idea
will be turned down also
Again on March &c we find: THE
claim of Mcbride that it is necessary
for this county to instruct it's delegates
to the state convention for him for gov
ernor on the ground that his candi-
dacy is a Siamese twin to the railroad
commission, and cannot be separated
without killing both, is a spurious at
tempt to delude the public at least so
far as the commission is concerned.
The separation would unquestionably
kill Mcbride, but it would not injure
the commission"
Finally after the lobby crowd had
been challenged to debate the commits
sion question and but a few days be-
fore the primary election. fearful of
April %, printed as follows:
The Mcbride boosters are trying to
get a crowd to hear them explain their
position, and their challenge sent to
Chairman KEGS is just an advertising
scheme. Mr.. KEGS and all the Ankeny
people are just as much in favor of a
commission as Nh Kirkman is, and
there is nothing to argue.
Whats the use of arguing the COM
mission question? Isn't everybody
agreed that it shall be adopted in the
platform of the republican party?"
The campaign of deceit was success
full and only a handful of the brave fol-
lowers of Mcbride were elected to the
county convention. To the eternal
praise of this little minority be is said
that they had the courage to stand by
their guns and shell tue opposition into
the open. They proposed for adopting
the identical commission plank that
had been adopted by the previous re-
publican state convention, but it was
ANONYMOUSLY turned down.
TO
honest republican voters of this county
end here. From these very men who
had turned down the appOintive COM
mission plank, the delegates to the
state convention We're chosen. These
repaired to Tacoma and as soon as
they We're sure that their friends of the
lobby were strong enough to control
they began to fix their record again
to deceive the people at home. To do
this another somersault was necessary.
but this was easy for these political
acrObats. Being at the end of the roll
decided, so they calmly voted to approve
the identical plank they repudiated at
home, when to stand for it might have
done some good Why was this if not
to deceive the honest republican voters
of this county.
Nor can we believe that their cam
paign of deception and trickery is over.
Before the day of election comes the
local lobby organ will be trying to fool
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