Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-06
WHAT JONES'?
THE YAKIMA CONGRESSMAN JUG
GILES THE FACTS.
In Claiming That Mead Was Not Nominated by
Farrell. In Speech in Eastern Washington
lie Betrayed an lnexcusable Ignorance of
Facts or Tried to Deceive.

When Congressman w. l.. Jones as
serted before Il Rockford audience that
for his nomination, and that Mead was
nominated before Farrell arrived in Ia
coma, he betrayed his gross ignorance of
facts, or else he deliberately tried to de-
ceive his hearers.
The Spokesman-Revi has published
circnmstantiai account OF the proceed
ings in Farrells private Car at Tacoma
the night before Mead was nominated in
convention, as told by a man who was at
that conference. 1t has printed the
names of the railroad managers, agents
and politicians who took part in that
conference, and it has repeatedly chal-
lenged Mr.. Farrell or anyone else who
was at the conference to deny the truth
OF its information. That denial has not
been made, and in the judgment of the
Spokesman Review will not be made.
At that conference Mead was agreed
upon as the railroad candidate for gov
ernor, aud slate was framed up that
was nominated next day as the republic
can state ticket.
Mr.. Jones puts himself in ridiculous
| light when he says that Farrell did not
reach Tacoma until after Mead was
nominated, Farrell's presence in Ia
coma the night before the ticket was
nominated in convention was known to
hundreds of delegates and others. 1t
was reported in the news columns OF the
| Portland Oregonian, the Tacoma Ledger
and other republican papers. For eX.
ample, the Oregonian's correspondent
telegraphed his paper
"During the day John II. McGraw
and Scott Calhoun (of the King county
steering committee) had shown indica-
tons of favoring the Mcbride offer and
there was a persistent report that Piles
was attracted by it. So word was sent
to J d. Farrell, and he came to Tacoma
to explode the BOOM"
The Tacoma Ledger, also a republican
/
newspaper, after reporting the negotia.
tons between the King and Spokane
county steering committees looking to
an alliance for the adoption Of the COM
mission plank and the nomination Of
Gov. Mcbride, added:
"The arrangement went so far that
the case became alarming to the OPP.
ponents Of the governor, and the delega.
tons from some of the antiMcBride
counties were ready, for few moments
at least, to throw up their hands at the
prospect of complete defeat.
cater the report had become wide
spread, it is said that P. G. Sullivan
manager of the Piles campaign, put his
veto upon the negotiations and they
ceased. There was an agonized period
OF several hours while the delegations
waited for the arrival of j. d. Farrell"
If that is not enough, take the testi
mony OF Charles p. Lund, Z. d. Rock
we'll and j. A. Schiller, steering commit
tee for the Spokane county delegation
and OF j. w. Merritt, chairman OF the
steering committee for eastern Washing
ton. After their return from the state
convention these gentlemen united in {
signed statement to the republicans O
Spokane and eastern Washington, il
which they declared:
Governor Mcbride was notified tha
]. d. Farrell, whom Mr.. Piles had wished
to consult, was on the way to, Tacoma
and would not reach there until 7 :3(
p. m. Soon after 7 80 Governor Mcbride
was informed that the proposition would
have to be declined"
What possesses Jones to stand before
intelligent audiences and make absur(
assertions which every we'll informed
man in the state knows to be untrue? -
Spokesman Review.