The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-03
WILL ACUEF WITHDRAW
OR BE SIDETRACKED?
The Mayoralty Candidate LCM be Home Tomorrow,
Meanwhile the Knowing Ones fire Busy Plan.
ing LUhat They fire Going to DO
LDhen He Comes

Will W. H. Acuf withdraw from the for the repub-
lican nomination for mayor?
There are many "orignal'' Acuff men who believe the
Spokesman-Review candidate will pull out of the fight
when he arrives here tomorrow They say the tall tower
candidate was led into acceptance through msunder
standing and in the belief that the republican party
sOldly for his candidacy.
Since developed that the party managers are declaring
their belief that they cannot elect the supported by
the Spokesman Review the Acu fever has not been
formed into epidemic but is being stamped out in many
directions.
Some of the Spokesman Review tribe have gone ahead
just if the tall tower candidate already in the
saddle and have put out to canvass the different
precincts These canvassers are being pain the wonder
full price of So day for the work. when noticing less
than So per diem has been paid in the past
All through the fight thus far the scarcity of the nan
cal snews has caused long, loud wall go up from the
workers.
although Ed Sanders is using the republican central
committee to boost his candidacy for the nomination,
the genial gent with the carnaton in his butonhoe hasn
turned the oil faucet and it is certain that he
losnng ground every hour
meeting held of few of the wise ones Saturday
evening and the dismal fact stared them in the face that
while Sanders had paid small pot to the liquor
dealers association he had refused to unloosen for the
workers who deliver the votes
Not executive financial committee is in sight
for the who sweat through the maores and Sanders
is being "cussed plenty for his fearsomeness and
parsimony.
special meeting of the committee is to be held tonight
when the lack of funds will be thoroughly discussed
Also at that meeting the Spokesman Review candidate
will be discussed and the plain straightforward statement
will be made by those who know that Acuff cannot be
elected when carrying the tall tower his back
1t will be pointed out, too, that there that
telegram sent to Acu which not put there by their
Also it will be stated that the telegram so
worded to fool Acuf into believing that those alleged
sgners insisted upon him candidate when matter
of fact, they only stated that he would be preferred by
them to or wOO oil named
1t is generally conceded by the republican leaders that
they might force Acu through the convention but that
would mean democratic mayor for Spokane.
The rabid sermons of of the preachers yesterday
has terribly shaken the Acuff who admitted today
that the pulpit uterances had solidfed the downtown
vote against the Spokesman-Review candidate.
The forces of Mayor Boyd have got down to work at
last and organization of working committee
effected today with 200 workers listed pledged
his honor from the first to the last ditch.
The mayor today made, through his campaign commit
ee official denial of the tale spread by the Spokesman
Review tribe that he would withdraw from the fight to
take the secretarysp of of the state commissions
81 am in the fight to stay and I'm going to win that
nomination again." said the mayor.
It stated that for two weeks past offers had been
made to the mayor of good fat job providing he would
withdraw from the race but these offers all refused
It this which gave rise to the pipe dream that Mayor
Boyd had withdrawn.
Because of the mayors determination to stay in the
fight and seek the nomination regardless of the other
plums offered him. of the managers are grooming
dark horses to be sprung upon the convention.
1t conceded today that neither Sanders nor Acu
could have the nomination. 1t is Acu against the field
with Sanders losing ground and Mayor Boyd developing
unexpected strength.
Because of this condition of the leaders about
to bring out W. j. Doust formerly sheriff and under
sheriff Back of the Dous movement is Charles Hopkins
and Postmaster Harrison. These latter say they will
troll large part of the Sanders people and that the Acu
viii go them when they realize that their candidate
cannot be lected.
The Boyd faction declare Sanders will throw his
strength to the mayor as the Boyd people have made