The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-10
SAYS ne HAS SOME RIGHTS AND
He MUST BE RESPECTED
Does Not Propose to Be Ignored in
the Distribution Of Patronage
in Washington.

mighty interesting. reading TO the
politicians in Walla Walla and to
those who watch the trend of political
affairs in the state and nation:
I have some rights as United States
SENATOR Senator Addison G. Foster
Of Tacoma is reported in a special dis
patch to The Times from Washington.
D. c., to have said to congressman
my best to secure the confirmation of
George NJ Stewart as postmaster at
Seattle.
Il will be here during the remainder
of my term" the senator continued.
whether it is thirty days or thirty
hours, and, by G., I will assert my
rights
This heated outburst on the part of
the rotund mill owner, whose chief
characteristic in the past was his mer-
ry "ha-ha,'' is directed against Sena-
tor Ankeny, who has all along OPP
posed the nomination of Mr.. Stewart
as postmaster, because he has already
promised the place to another man
When Senator Foster bursts forth into
swear words it may be taken for
granted that he is sOmeWh hat agitated,
and if the breach continues to widen
at this rate it will be coffee and pis-
tolls for two" between the. senators
from this state before long.
Conversion of Foster.
Mr.. Stewart was named postmaster
of Seattle by John L. Wilson. The
fact that Senator Foster has now en-
tered the lists in favor of Mr.. Stewart
may seem strange, until it becomes
known that one of the most affecting
scenes ever pulled off in Olympia oc-
Cured after Samuel H. Piles had
plucked the senatorial plum. 1t is re-
ported that Senator Foster, with the
ashes of defeat on his toga, hunted up
ex-senator Wilson, who was also
nursing heart bowed down with
grief and woe, and the reconciliation
that took place between the defeated
candidates is said. to have been one of
the most touching nature.
1t is reported on good authority that
Senator Foster told ex-senator Wilson
that he was sorry for everything he
had ever said about Mr.. Wilson, and
only wished ne had said more so that
he could take it all back. Then they
fell into a clinch, metaphOrically if
not literally, and wept on each others
neck until friends had to raise UNI
brellas in order to save the carpets.
Plans to Get Even.-
After seeing Senator ELECT Piles
come under the wire a winner, Senator
Foster sorted out his railroad passes,
summoned Private Secretary Sammons
and hied himself to Washington, with
the ghost of smile on his face, but
with a ranging within his soul to get
even with Ankeny, who in the par
lance of the street had failed to de-
liver the goods to the Tacoma mill
man.
AS soon as the news of an election
| of a new senator was flashed to Wash
| ington, D. c.. a dispatch was started
back to Mr.. Piles to the effect that
the nomination for postmaster of Sc
attic would be hung up pending his
arrival in the national capital, and no
secret was made of the fact that Mr..
Piles did not favor Mr.. Stewart. The
story came from Olympia that Mr..
Piles would make an effort to land
State Senator o. "A. Tucker.
to be ignored this way. Listen to the
outburst of the senior senator, as tel
egraphed to The Times today from
Washington.
Foster. Declares Himself
nave SOIIlc IlSAlS DIS Ou1lGu STATES
senator and propose to do my best
to secure the confirmation of George
M. Stewart as postmaster at Seattle
l don't propose that Senator Ankeny
shall absolutely run the affairs Of this
delegation as long as am in the sem
ate I will be mere during the re-
| mainder of my term, whether it is
thirty days or thirty hours and, by g /
1 will assert my rights. Senator AM
| keny has no good grounds for oppos-
ing Mr.. Stewart and he is delaying
action only in the interest of Mr.. Piles
I don't propose that the nomination Of
| Mr.. Stewart shall be held Up for any
such reason as that" /
3 This declaration of war on the part
fof the senator from Tacoma was sent
| to The Times correspondent at Olym-
| pia from Senator-elect Piles. MI.
Piles replies as follows:
Il don't believs that Senator Foster