The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-09
CANDIDATES STATE SENATE
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state convention at Belllnglam. Sena-
tor Moore was elected as an anti-com-
sion man. But as member of the
committee in question he eXerted his
influence for the adoption of a straight
out appontive commission plank in the
platform. an act which has caused
many persons familiar with the cir
cumstances to believe that he has
shifted his position on the matter.
Twenty-Five state senators are to be
elected this year. OF the nineteen re-
publican candidates whose nominal
tons have been reported there is more
or less reason for believing that ten
are favorable to Il commission. In rtiuny
instances this reason consists only OF
the platform declaration of the nOmin-
ating convention, but in tie absence
of any direct showing to the contrary
this has been taken as an indication
for the purposes of this calculation
making the calculation very liberal
one.
Several of the republican nominees
have reliable and positive public rec
ords on the subject In this class are
DR.. J. l. Pogue of OkonOgan county,
the nominee in the first district, Walker
\. Henry of Spokane county, the NOM
inee in the 4th district. and j. F. Sharp
of EllenSburg, the nominee in the 18th
district. All three of these men We're
members Of the last legislature, Mr..
Pogue and Mr.. Henry of the lower
house and Mr.. Sharp of the upper
house. and were known as active COM
mission advocates. OF the entire 10
republican nominees reported these
three are all who have positive and re-
liable public records as favoring COM
mission legislation. The other loyal
pro-commission republican members Of
the senate. together with many pro-
commission republican members of the
house of last session have been left at
home by their party to make way for
railroad henchmen.
Five loyal pro- railroad members of
the last senate were renOminated, their
names being Senators Rands of
Clarke, Ruth of Thurston, Stewart
and Davis of Pierce and Sumner of
Snohomish, Walter Christian. former
railroad lobbyist, was nominated to
succeed the late Senator Hamilton.
Seven republican senatorial candi
dates have no pronounced public rec
ords on the commission question but
are counted as commission advocates
on the basis of the fact that they were
nominated on commission platforms,
or that they voted for the commission
plank proposed for the republican
state platform at Tacoma, May II.
They are DR.. c. G.. Brown and F.. G.
Bratt of Spokane. H. NJ. Boone, of
Whitman, Charles T. Hutson of
Franklin. Fred NJ. Pauly, of Walla
Walla. George A. Kennedy of Lincoln
and Walter j. Reed of Yakima. Expe-
rience teaches that this is not an in
dication which can be reliably de-
pended upon. 1t proved misleading in
the last session in the cases of Sena-
vi Sfay1 olCb
several members of the lower house.
In considering the platform pledges
for the support of a railroad commits
sion in the cases of some of these cam
didates the circumstances surrounding
their nomination should be kept in
mind. For instance. in the 18th dis
trict consisting of Adams Franklin and
a portion of Walla Walla counties the
Mcbride candidate was Dan A. Scott,
while Mr.. Hutson the successful can
didate was the candidate of the An
keny following. The same thing hap
pened in Walla Walla county where
the Mcbride forces were defeated and
the anti-McBride forces nominated
Fred M Pauly, though declaring for
commission in the county platform. In
Lincoln county the leader Of the Nc
Bride forces is known to be NJ E. Hay
and Mr.. Hay was himself a candidate
but withdrew to make way for Mr.
Kennedy. Without doubt, Mr.. Hay
was the favorite candidate of the sin
cere commission men. Yakima is no
tably an anti Mcbride county, a fact
which gives a demagogic ring to the
pro- commission plank adopted by the
county nominating convention after
the first convention had ignored the is
sue.
Two republican senatorial candi-
dates have been nominated in western
Washington districts who have no dis
coverable public records on the sub
ject, but who may, with reason, be
counted as railroad henchmen. They
are A r. Watson Of tho 18Th district