The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-08-19
SOME POLITICAL HISTORY
The Record OF George Turner, the
Democratic Candidate for
Governor

The following BIT Of political history
is extracted from an editorial in last
weeks Palmer Mountain Prospector.
Being personally acquainted with Mr..
Turner, and living in the same town for
many years, Mr.. Dallam speaks as one
who knows:
"We do not look upon Mr.. Turner as
formidable candidate; and believe
that Mr.. Tolman. Mr.. Drum; or any
other old time and we'll known demo-
crat would be far stronger with the
mass of voters than George Turner. We
have nothing personal against Mr.. Tur-
ner. On the contrary he is a man
whom we have an intense liking for, ,and
wish to see him successful in everything
but politics. He has been remarkably
facile in changing his political faith--it
he really possesses such thing as po-
litical faith-for the benefits that might
accrue to him from such transforma.
tion. He came to Washington in terri
torial days with a commission as Judge
in his pocket from republican presi-
dent. His being federal appointee
does not detract from the fact that he
made an abe judge. But in those ear
ly days Judge Turner made public
speeches occasionally for the republican
cause. and no man on the stump ever
said so many bitter things about the
democratic party as he did. During
the silver craze OF 1896 Mr.. Turner split
with his old party and became the most
rabid silver republican in the country
The attitude of the republican party on
the money question he denounced as a
heinous crime. 1t was this apostasy
that eventually carried him into the
United States senate. But the judge
did not long remain with the silver re-
publicans. The star OF populism was
in the ascendancy and be, publicly pro-
claimed himself an answering and un-
compromising populist. As soon as
} opulism commenced waning the many
sided Judge Joined hands with the dem
ocrats, and became one of the most vlr@
ulent demagogues that party has ever
Produced. He let no opportunity escape
to abuse and villify the amented Me
Kinley. 1t was the abuse of such men
as Senator Turner and the Hearst news
pa pers that nerved the hand that tired
the fatal shot, and in the death OF the
president Senator Turner stands an ac.
cessory All this time Turner has
posed as as devout worshiper of silver.
However in the campaign leading up
to The nomination of q gold standard
democrat for president Turner stood at
all times for Mr.. Parker, showing that
his financial ideas are as susceptible to
great change as is his political belief.
With such record, known to every
voter in the state, Mr.. Turner has II
very poor show of election in Novem-
ber. Aside from his acrobatic political
stunts Mr.. Turner is not man OF the
people. There is nothing magnetic
about him to arouse public enthusiasm.
He has the appearance of being cold,
calculating, ,austere, and is so considered
by majority of people. Fortunately
for the republican party few know him
intimately, as he is not man to invlts
intimacy, and the result will be, with
the first timo he has every stood before
the people for their suffrage, that hs
will be decisively defeated at the polls.