The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-04-01
CAN PILES CONTROL?
Has Forced DIR. Smith to Retire
From GOvernOrship Race.
Community of Interest" Ap-
parently Exists Between Nc
Bride and the Seattle Man.

Seattle, March 29.-There is a bitter
fight on between the different railroad
politicians Of King county. Some Of
them think that they are entitled to
more prestige than they are receiving
and. as consequence, are trying to line
up their personal follOwings with the
idea ID view that Il showing can be made
IN the coming county convention. Ii
there is any one thing that will make
Henry Mcbride q force to be reckOned
with on the west side, it will be the in
ability OF the railroad people to center
upon candidate. They recognize that
he will have a strong following from
eastern Washington and, to all outward
appearances, are doing nothing to
hinder his campaign east OF the mount
aims
At the present time Seattle and King
county are split wide open, the break
having been made by Samuel II. Piles
lt will be remembered that the seven
hold over senators Of King county met
some time ago and held a love-feast. At
that time it was decided that a boom
Tor j. j. Smith for governor should be
launched, and with that thought in
mind the ''solid seven" and their friends
have been constantly laboring.
The Piles people, however, were able
to enter wedge in a small breach and
now the candidacy of DR.. Smith ap-
pears TO have gone a-glimmering
Whether Frank A. Twichel will be
able to heal the wounds in the south
district remains to be seen. However
that may be, it is ever apparent that
Mr.. Piles will be short the vote of the
''sOlid seven," even though he succeeds
in getting delegations that will enable
him to trade with every other King
county candidate
Samuel II. Piles mbition to be a
United States senator is today a burn
ing issue in King county. Seattle has
long demanded a United States senator,
but the mOOted question has always
been who will be be? Harold Preston
could not command home strength and
was forced to rely almost entirely upon
Governor Mcbride and the commission
followers. John L. Wilson has hardly
resided in King county long enough to
rally to bis banner the support that is
necessary, although Wilson today has
greater undevelOped following than any
other aspiraDt for senatorial hOnors.
That fact alone makes Piles battle Tor
supremacy a hard one. Preston could
not break into it two years ago and
Piles will hardly be able TO do it at this
time.
frank a. TwichelI, who is managing
Piles King county campaign, is max
ing desperate fight. He is resorting
to the methods employed by Preston
and his followers two years ago and is
appealing to the Seattle spirit" In
the endeavOr to arouse enthusiasm, pc
90 ~ IL
are being circulated. Conferences have
been held between the Piles people and
the officers of the Roosevelt Nc Bride
club of Seattle. It has been known for
sOme weeks that something was doing
in the undercurrent, but Just what will
develop can hardly be guessed 1t is
known that Piles has forced Dr.
Smith to retire from the gubernatOrial
race, and it is said that the Nc
Bride people placed that requirement
upon him as a partial payment for any
support which they might render his
candidacy.
Harold Preston and C. G. Dalton have
openly aided the Piles manager upon
several occasions. This fact gives con
siderable color to the published state-
ments that Governor Mcbride and Mr.
Piles have reached a sort Of community
Of interest agreement. just how far
reaching that understanding is will prob
ably not be known until after the pri
maTies have been held. 1t is not be
lieved, however. that Mr. Piles will
agree to allow Ills followers to support
a railroad comm ission, even though be
should have delegations to control. MIR.
Piles is a consistent railroad man aRd iH
not in favor of a conmissief.-