The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-19
LOOKS GOOD FOR TURNER
kITTITAs COUNTY is CERTAIN
TO GIVE A MAJORITY FOR
COMMISSION ADVOCATE.
In Yakima County the Sentiment for
the Democratic Candidate is
Growing Rapidly.

Dave Larimer in Spokesman Re-
view says:
Turner sentiment is strong in Yaki-
ma and Kittitas counties. Nobody
doubts that Kittitas county will give
the railroad commission candidate for
governor a majority, and signs are be-
ginning to point to a similar result in
Yakima county.
Kittitas county was one of the
strongest Mcbride counties in the
state 1t sent to the Tacoma conven-
ton a delegation which stayed down
the line for Mcbride and the commits
sion plank. 1t is a county which has
always been distinguished for it's indie
pendent voting and even managers of
the local republican campaign are in
clined to concede that it will give
Judge Turner and the balance of the
railroad commission state ticket a ma
jority on election day.
Estimates differ, of course. on the
size of the majority. Judge Tur-
ner's supporters claim for him
a majority of at least 400 in the
county, while the republicans, who
make concessions at all, think it will
be limited to $50 majority All sides
admit that Judge Turner's associates
on the ticket will be close behind him,
and that republicans who vote against
Mead will, as rule, scratch the other
Farrell nominees named at Tacoma.
Car Shortage In Yakima.
Yakima county affords the best il
lustration Of the good which could be
accomplished by a railroad commission
of any county in the state. 1t is suffer-
ing from a car shortage. Yakima is an
irrigated country, and raises pota-
toes. fruit etc, in abundance. The
railroads have managed to take care
Of perishable fruits and the like, but
tons of potatoes and apples are in
storage waiting for cars. The car
shortage has been so great that the
North Yakima Commercial club has
taken it up in a vain endeavor to get
cars
Henry J. Snively, who presided over
Judge Turner's meeting at North Va
kima Friday night. pointed out the
remedy for this condition. Mr. Snively
said that the car shortage was due to
the fact that all of the cars owned by
the Northern Pacific-which is the
only railroad touching at North Yaki-
ma-are being used at competitive
points, and that towns like North va
kima, which have only one railroad,
are at the mercy of that road. Where
railroads find it necessary 70 COIN
pete for business, Mr.. Snively pointed
out, there is a plentitude of cars at
the expense of points where there is no
competition.
One of the first duties of a railroad
commission, as Mr.. Snively made
freight cars are equally distributed to
all sections which ship produce to
commission to prevent discrimination
in the matter of furnishings cars in
favor of competitive points as against
noncompetitive points. That this ar
gument made q deep impression on the
big audience was clearly apparent.
Snively Offers to Bet.
doc" w. H. Hare, the railroad
speaker of the last legislature, who is
running for reelection in Yakima
county, boasted on the streets the
other day that Albert E. Mead, the
Farrell nominee for governor, would
have $50 majority in Yakima county.
Mr. Snively. who is managing the
democratic campaign in Yakima coun-
ty heard of the boast and hunted up
DR.. Hare. Mr.. Snively happened to
have on his person draft for $4,000 at
the time, and offered to bet the full
sum that Mead would not have $50
ma jority in the county. DR.. Hare fl
nally bet s45 with Mr.. Snively on 250
majority.
Mr.. Snively has announced publicly
on the streets that any time between
now and election he will wager $1,000
on the same proposition. To date he
has had no takers except DR.. Hare to
the amount of s45. although every re-
publican in North Yakima knows he is
willing to bet.
Yakima county, according to its
population and the size of it's vote, is
the strongest republican county in
eastern Washington. Roosevelt is like
ly to receive 1900 majority out of a
total vote of less than $500 votes cast
by the two old parties. In 1900 Nc
kinley received a plurality of AL out