The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-13

The withdrawal of William Pigott, j.
w. Goodwin and Senator Moore. leaves
the field to Alfred Battle and to George
Cotterill who was the candidate of the
party for mayor four years ago AND
the candidate of the party for congress
last year. Mr.. Cotterills ideals regard
not permit him to become an active
or even an announced candidate for
any office, nor does he desire the office
of mayor. But for years he has taken
prominent part in urging various
municipal reforms and principles and
for this and other reason he feels that
there is a measure of duty which
would call him to accept the nominal
ton if it were offered to him, and
make the race to the best of his ability.
Should the republican party nominate
Humes as now seems entirely posi-
ole, and should it undertake another
campaign on the record of the Humes
administrations, as it would be forced
to do were HumeS the candidate the
democratic party could hardly make
a better choice of a candidate than
COtterill would be. COtterill distinctly
stands for all of those qualities of
civic righteousness, decency, integrity
purity and efficiency which are not
represented in the present mayor, and
in a contest between the two, lines
could be squarely, straightly and in
diligently drawn between the elements
of the citys voting population who de-
sire a government of efficiency, and
those who desire one of private privi-
lege.
Recently the writer of these letters
had something to say regarding the
part the Washington Liquor Dealers
association took in the recent munich
pal elections in this state. Confirma-
ton Of those observations comes now
in the form of an article in the Wash
ingtOn Liquor Dealer, the official organ
Of the association. In the number of
that publication issued December 81,
which l quote:
I'm all cities, without a single ex-
ceptiOn, where local associations were
formed by the state organization, the
liquor men were able, by united effort
to turn the tide of votes in such a way
as to defeat the anti-saloon and high
license candidates. Especially splen-
did results were attained in Everett.
Whatcom, Olympia, Port Townsend,
Republic, Ballard, Kent, Elum,
Roslyn and Hoquiam.
In another place the same article is
found:
IF you want to avoid local fights in
the future, now is the time for you to
get busy and see to it that no anti
saloon cranks and would-be reformers
slip into the Legislature of 1905. One
ounce of prevention is worth pound
OF cure"
The writer Of the above has appa-
rently erred in including the name Of,
Whatcom in his list Of cities. since the
fight in the new city of Bellingham, of
which Whatcom is part, went against
the associations candidate, and for
the election of a. l.. Black who has
started on vigorous campaign OIL
law enforcement against the saloon
interests. The second quotation above
is pertinent suggestion of the char
acter of the campaign which the asso-
citation is making for the repeal OF the
'slOt machine" gambling felony" and
other recent laws aimed to make pos
sible a better regulation of public
morals.
John Pickrell, of Colfax, Whitman
county, is out in a public statement
that he is not a candidate for the re-
publican nomination for governor The
announcement is superfiuOus. Pick
relrs boom, started by the Walla Wal
la Union and fostered by the Colfax
Gazette as means of cementing that
subservient gentleman's allegiance to
the Ankeny machine has never been
given serious consideration. anywhere
and least of all in his own county. in
his own town, and in his own Uranium
Pickrell is a man of very ordinary abil-