The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-17
Man With the Most Money
Will Win the SenatOrShip


question in this state tends one
way. and only one. that IL that the
toga ~ on the auction block. 20 be
| knocked down 20 the highest bid
der. A. Senator A. T Van de Van
ter. of this county. teueiy put II a
few days ago. WE WILL PLAY
WITH NOTHING BUT BLUE
lCHIPs AT OLYMPIA NEXT WIN
| TER"
Never before In the history Of
state politics has there been such
gigantic financial struggle for the
asnaturHhip AZ the one which Is now
on. chief OF the warning pnymaa
terH IN the struggle are the llarri-
man Rockefeller on the one hand
and the Hlll interests on the other.
Charles r sweeny. the million
airc candidate from spokane and
president Of the Rockefeller Federal
Smelling company. stands for the
first Influence. while J D. Farrell.
as the leader Of the Hiil forces.
played his hand early IN the game
when be cracked the whip over the
Tacoma convention last summer.
Hilrs first candidate is. OF course
our own SAMMY piles with the
chronic John /. Wilson held In
reserve In case Of dire emergency.
The hungry mouths Of the leglh-
lative grafterH are already water
ing at the stories Of the prospective
easy money ia sight when they
gather at Olympia in January. and
already the senatorial managers
have begun to whisper Of the large
sums which will be available for
the proper conduct OF the fight.
4 story has gained broad circu-
lhtion In Seattle that sweeny has.
through bis Weaf=alde Managers.
placed So. 600 In suitable hands
on this side Of the state a. the urst
inHtallmcnt Of what he iH willing "a
pay for the seat In the senate.
Al calculations 81 the number
Of legislators pledged 20 each can
didRte agree in placing Senator Fos-
ter. OF Tacoma. a. first In initial
strength. they ali likewise appar-
emily agree that he sill not loug
continue az serious factor In the
race for the reason that. although
he "a reasonably wealthy. he T. un-
willing 90 dig up literally In or
der 20 secure his reelection.
The Piles business Mems CON-
mittee ls oountcraeiing the biz talk
about the sire Of the Sweeny barrel
by announcing that II will raise a
campaign fund for Sammy" that
will make Rome howl" Original
IL the amount thought 10 be neccA-
nary for this Was placed AT $50 1000.
but nov II 81 evident that that sum
IL entirely too small for the pur-
pose.
For months IL has been quietly
reported here that In case Sweeny
ever became n serious factor certain
OF his financial rivals in spokane
would contribute literally 90 enable
John l.. Wilson To defeat him. and
now the wise ones. are pointing
TO the debut OF A. u. Campbell a.
being that portion of the Wilson
program. but Campbell will never
be a serious factor.
But back Of both piles and VIII
son IL still another King county
candidate. the real live one whom
some OF the more greedy OF the
King county members are hunger
ing 20 bring into the fight for the
reason that he. too. Is the posseEsOr
OF the requisite one million dollars
deemed To be essential 90 the man
who would sit long in the great
game OF sensational politics
Back OF all OF this mighty array
Of active candidates in the present
race stands Senator Ankeny. him
self disciple Of the method now
accepted as adopted in Washington
senatorial contests. recognized
candidate for reelection. with some
10 votes In the legislature AZ his
command. feeling his way cautious
~ into the present fray. with n
view OF placing the votes whore
they will do the most good for him
self four years hence.
Under the existing circumstances
any poll OF the legislature can be
OF but little value. except as
basis for further calculations. The
whole discussion Is honeycnmhed
with the terms first choice" sec
ond choice. and real choice" until
Il Is impossible to ascertain where
any member really stands Nearly
onc-half of the members are
pledged 10 favorite candidates In
their respective convention plat
forms. but after the experience Of
two years ago. and the rewards Civ
en- 20 men who were unfaithful, no
one would be SO bold as TO say that
platform pledges mean a great deal
/ In the coming contest.
Each Of the three large counties.
/ King. Pierce and Spokane. has n
! favorlto son TO which all Of it's
members are pledged. How much
these pledges mean. or whether
Ithey mean anything. each member
/ Of each delegation must decide Tor
/ himself. and many OF these same
men have, In times gone by. decid-
cd for themselves that they mean
nothing. when they have become an
/ Inconvenience.
a poll OF the legislative makeup.
after consultation with men prom
incut In all the factions OF the
party. and disinterested hystanders