The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-04

to strengthen wilson, While the south
! district county organization is de-
voting it's energies largely to the cleo
ton of legislative candidates who can
be depended upon never to vote for
Wilson under any circumstances.
In no other portion of the state are
there SO many republicans openly
fighting the republican ticket as in this
county The Mcbride wing of the par
ty has an especial reason for being
aggrieved at the action of the state
convention on account of the fact that
it was the delegation from this coun-
ty which, at the behest of the railroads
drove the last spike into the COVER
nor's candidacy. Such men as Harold
Preston, John H. Powell, George Dill
ing, E. NJ. Carr, Reuben w. Jones, w.
II. White, James Hart, and scores of
others make no secret of the fact that
they are not supporting the ticket.
Nose Gottstein, Mr.. Prestons brother
in-law, has given out public inter-
view saying that he is going to vote
for Judge Turner. James Hart and A.
G. Mcbride, both staunch republicans,
are stumping the county for him.
The Mcbride forces have no organi-
cation worthy of the name. but their
number is legion and they are working
individually, tooth and toe nail, for the
democratic candidates.
Next in Importance to the Mcbride
forces in the Boxer ranks come the
old Piper organization. The time was,
and that not very long ago, when the
word of George Piper was the law Of
the city. He controlled the city admin
istration to the extent of being able to
extort a percentage from all open
gambling, even though the fact was
generally known throughout the CITY.
George Piper made it a point, while
in power to secure places in public Of
fees for scores of active young repub-
licans, and many of these are still in
office. There is a strong spirit of per-
sonal loyalty running through them
and a perfect organization is being
maintained. These men are against
Mead to a man and their influence will
aleniate fully a thousand votes from
him next Tuesday.
Clancy's are Boxing.
The Clancy's are also Boxing" For
years the Clancy brothers and their
first ward followers composed a large
element in the control of the city by
the Piper organization. Last spring
Charles P. Chamberlain, the political
manager for the Great Northern rail-
road, went out after their scalp and
succeeded to the extent of having del
egations regularly elected by them
thrown out of the county convention.
Since that time the Clancy influence
has been thrown to the democratic
ticket out of a spirit of revenge upon
the railroad candidates. The first ward,
normally a democratic ward, has for
several elections given republican ma
jorities under the Clancy organization
will this year, it is conceded, give a
democratic majority Estimates Of how
large this majority will be varying,
from 400 to 700.
In addition to all of these organized
elements there are many independent
republicans Of prominence who will
have none of the Farrell state ticket
Most prominent of these is E. c.. Neu-
felter, president of the Peoples Saw
ings bank. Mr.. Neufelter has been a
delegate to state conventions from
this county from time out of mind, and
has been delegate to national con-
support of the democratic state ticket.
Judge John E. HUMPHREYS conspicuous
in many campaigns as a stump speaker
and who made spectacular cam
paign for the governorship last spring,
went SO far as to establish his "regu-
larity' by making one republican
speech this year, but makes little Sc
cret of his opposition to the work of
the Tacoma convention. Fully score
of the much maligned lis delegates to
the state convention declare they will
express their resentment for their
treatment at Tacoma at the polls.
Hundreds Of young republicans,
among them many active workers in
the party ranks, declare, more or less
openly, that they will not support the
ticket nominated at Tacoma. OF a
score or more of republican papers in
the city and county not one is support
ing the whole ticket with the exception
of John L. Wilson's Post-Intelligencer
and a certain subterranean weekly
which is recognized as drawing it's in
spiration from Wilson sources.