The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-20

Pierce county votes for Mr.. Sweeny,
but he is handicapped by the fact that
he is asking men to run counter to a
strong sentiment for a home candi-
date.
What he might do in the event Sen
ator Fosters election proves impos-
Pierce county men don't believe Sen
ator Fosters election impossible so
long as he is conceded by his bitterest
foes to have the lead in the fight. So
far there is not the slightest sign of
a break in the Pierce county delega-
ton.
And if the break ever comes Mr.
Christian will try to keep it from going
Mr. Sweeny's way. He is opposed to
any candidate favored by Mr.. Steven
King county candidate in any event, so
his effort would probably be, with
Foster out of the way, to find a dark
horse without Stevenson strings on
him.
Lumber Interests for Foster.
A large number of the members of
the coming legislature are either en-
gagged in the lumber business or af-
filiated with it through other BUSH
ness interests, and much of Senator
county, comes from the lumber inte-
rests Every millman in the legisla-
ture or those whose prosperity is de-
pendent upon the lumber trade, are for
Foster.
This condition is due largely, of
course, to the fact that Senator Fos-
ter is a heavy stakeholder in the. big
concern whose interests ramify, far
outside the boundaries of the state.
know they have a friend at court who
will put forth his best efforts for them
in any direction they may desire.
Senator Foster is an officer of the Pa
cific Coast Lumber Manufa cturers
association
Senator Foster has the three votes
of Jefferson county because he pre-
he of f1o
house from Port Townsend to Seattle.
He has the support of a. number of
county delegations Or parts of delega-
tons which are opposed to the selec-
ton of a Seattle man or an east side
man for senator, and he has in his
favor a sentiment on the part of many
people that he has been a hard work.
ing business senator, and that the
interests of the state would be better
subserved by his reelection than by
the election of a new and untried man,
however able and capable.
Is Well Liked Personally.
One big advantage which Senator
Foster has is that he is well liked
personally by everybody save those
he has disappointed in the distribution
of federal patronage His genial, hearty
ways, his whole souled good nature
and his infectious humor win him
warm friends wherever he goes, and
as mixer he easily distances all
his competitors.
There is a feeling on the part of
many that some of the men whom
Senator Foster has appointed to feder-
al office are not treating him rightly.
United States Marshal c. B. Hopkins
of Spokane, who owes his appointment
solely to Senator Foster, is one of the
In many quarters he rs severely criti-
cized.
There is also disposition to criti-
cize B. D. Croker, collector of inter-
nal revenue. Mr.. Crocker's friends, in
justification, plead that he does not
owe his appointment to Senator Fos-
ter's influence, though they do not de-
ny that Senator Foster worked hard
for him. They claim also that Mr..
Croker was jobbed" at the state
convention by Pierce county, and that
he can not be expected to support a
Pierce county senator. Thus far Mr.
Croker has taken no active part in
the senatorial fight, but he is rated as
an anti-Foster man, and some people
think he should not be.
Senator Foster is expected home in
a short time to take an active part in
his own campaign for reelection. He
will remain until after the senatorial
fight, and will be accompanied by
Thomas Sammons, his private secre-
tary.
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