The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-20
CROCKER'S TELLTALE ADMIS-
SION.
ADMIS-

tor of the Union. appearing in the
issue of October Sth, says:
You were present at the state con-
vention and know all the circum-
stances leading up to the nomination.
of Mr.. Mead for governor. You know
that the first tWenty-four votes pledg
Franklin countless
Here we have revelation of the
insincerity of the Holy Rollers in
this county when they suddenly turn
ed tail few weeks before the April
primaries. and began the advocacy of
a railway commission after bitterly
opposing it for two years. The resolu-
ton in favor of some kind of a rail-
way commission not defined passed by
the machine majority in the republican
county convention was merely sub
terfuge to hoodwink the voters. 1t
was only sounding brass and tink-
ling cymbal. AS soon as the Walla
Walla delegates reached Tacoma they
began working for the nomination of
b. D. Croker, who had always opposed
a railway commission and trained with
the railway forces. as the republican
candidate for governor. Croker was
turned down by GrOsscup in that cele-
h,..it tod cor fD- 1'S
private car standing in the Northern
Pacific yards at Tacoma. This con-
ference agreed upon Albert F. Mead,
who in two successive campaigns had
proven his loyalty to railroad interests
by delivering the solid note of What
com county against Governor Mcbride
and his commission plank. Mead had
been brought out by the railroads,
along with BroWnell, as a make be-
lieve candidate for congress in order
to scare Jones. Cushman and Hum
phrey into the railroad camp. The
game worked perfectly all three con-
gressmen in the final lineup standing
with the railroad lobby against Gov
Mead's subserviency to the railroads
he was chosen as the railroad nominee
for governor.
Now Mr.. Croker endeaVors to prove
the loyalty of the Holy Roller" faction
of IN,
to Mead by giving out the information
that the delegates from this and
Franklin counties weer the first to
pledge their votes to the railroad can
didate selected by the enemies Of
Governor Mcbride and a railway COM
mission. No stronger proof that the
resolution in favor of a railway COM
mission adopted by the republican
county convention was insincere is
needed. The dominant faction was
playing, as they are still playing. a
Jekyll and Hyde game on the question
Of railroad legislation.
The republican nominees for the leg
iSlature in this county are governed
by the same spirit that dictated that
meaningless resolution. If elected
they will so to Olympia as faithful
servants of the Farrell-Grosscup-
Croker railroad machine in blocking
all efforts to pass an effective railway
Gil
committee and the official spokesman
of the republican central committee of
this county have given it out fiat and
cold that if George Turner should be
elected governor Il republican legisla-
ture Will never pass a commission bill
for him to sign The republican MEM
bers from Walla Walla county. if
there should chance to be any. Will be
expected to line up with the majorty
in harassing Turner and preventing
the passage of railway commission
bill or any other salutary legislation
for fear it might add to Turner's po-
litical prestige.
The surest way to put a quietus on
such peanut politics and to promote
the cause of an appointive. regulat:ve
railway and tax commission is to elect
none but democrats to the Legislature.
The democratic nominees in this coun-
y are w. p. Reser and J. c. Adams
for the state senate and II. H. Hun
| gate. w. y. Ritz and c. NJ Taylor for
the house of representatives. Vote for
as many of them as you can according
to the district in which you reside and
thus do your part in redeeming this
| corrupt and corrupting lobby.