The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-01-27

his limit 90 strength In the initial
showing aud could gain nothing A.
{ the tedious succession OF ballots
{ followed lie was earnest In this
E fight. Was this Spokane millionaire.
lie wanted 70 wear the toka but.
shneWd man that he Is. he saw that
I bis tide 81 fortune vas rather ON
F is ebb than on ita flood. and nom
the crest Of the reecdiag waters he
{ rushed % gather up little floisaHi
and jstaam SO he called bis lieu
tenants around him emitting his
two sous--for his fathcriY pride
would not permit him 20 tell his
boys thai he had given No the fiEht
and be said 90 them
We can't win. and II f. up 20
us 20 get al We can out Of the
game and use Il for ammunition In
the next fight
SO the framc-up was communist
cd.
oyertures we're made 70 Piles
managers 4 meeting was ar
ranged with them and no time Vas
losf 10 getting down to businsss-
4 cant win. know when m
licked I guess you know that I'M
licked ! think you can win. and
I'm here 10 help you out Nos
What can you DO fer me
To make long story short, the
concessions Piles made for the
Sweeny vote were these
sWeeuy IL 70 have all the pat
ronage that goes Hith the senator
ship Tor the east side Of the noun
tains during the next four years
And IN addition Piles has prom
ised the solid support of the King
county people 90 sweeny for the
nght faur years from nov. when
Senator Levi Ankeuy will make a
bid FOR re collection. and when the
eastern part - the state Viii be
iegigimately entitled 10 the senator
ship.
The first part ~ the agreement
will be very easy for Piles 70 carry
out. but
A. 90 The second. we'll. no one
knows what four years VIII bring
forth. piles may be IN position
70 command the King county co
ho-ts. and AGAIN be may not
The above ta the story o. the ALI
anra that b. being told In the street
but both Piles and sweeuy deny T.
say what you will Mr. piles must
be- given credit for having executed
a brilliant political coup In the deal
with SWeenT.
lie conceded nothing that can in
any way compromise his usefulness
20 seattle and King county in the
senate He yielded up no leverage
that may initiate against his
proves a. the representative ~ the
great northwest
And he gained everything
Tho aHgravatlnR perHiaieuey with
which Senator Fosters strength was
augmented DAY by day as the mum
Der OF ballots Increased Eoaded the
other candidates and the opposition
LEGISLATORS 10 desperation and pre-
cipitated the Piles sweeny coalition
Of forces
The slogan for the past q hours
has been
Anything to defeat Foster"
And. a. The Star predicted from
the start even from the second dey
the legislature was In session Foa=
ter must and will be defeated
A Foster SweeuY com hiu8tiou
could beaeft aweeny nothing II
could only aid Foster II could A.
best guarantee sweeny only Is votes
the Pierce county delegation I'm
any future fight. and there would
be no assurance that any Of Eos
tors strength outside OF Pierce
county would increase Swoeny's
momentum.
On the other hand. an alliance
with Piles meant - votes for the
Spokane candidate for future
use. besides the promise Of
considerable federal patronage
An alliance with Foster TO al
low Foster TO succeed himself
would rob gweeny Of whatever pol
iticaI capital the federal patronage
would give him. for some time ago
Foster he'd promised all his patron
sze 10 Sammy Perkins In return for
the support Of the Perkins papers.
SO the alliance with Piles was
tho only one from which SWeeny
could hope 70 derive any ponder
able gain.
A combine with Wilson would
have been folly for Sweeny, for the
votes which Wilson now controls
could and would 70 10 any other
candidate east or west OF the noun
taina under the same conditions and
| Inducements which led them 70
cling 10 the perpetual candidate
! from King COUNTY. The Piles
gwoeny combination. be Il said,
looks az much to a stingiDE rebuke
o. John I. Wilson's presumptions
az 10 any other ore thing.
Thae 20 tiuaaa sh pproar In