The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-06
MAN WHO is APPOINTED STATE
PRINTER WILL GET FAT
PICKINGS
Printing Combine Will Not Get One
Of Their Crowd Named-Twelve
Are After Job

! The fight over the appointment of q
state printer has become keener an6
Of more interest to politicians thar
any other scramble for state Office
Governor Mead has promised to name
the printer within a few days, AMI
politicians expect the appointment to
be given out with the first list of new
officials made public.
| No matter where the office is be-
slowed there will be left bitter feel
| ing among some faction of men en-
gagged in the printing trade. The
| fight at the bottom is struggle be-
tween the so-called printing combine
and the outsiders. The outsiders are
making bitter attacks on the combine
and insisting to the governor that if
he keeps his pledge to the Capitol
Printing company, a scandal must
grow out of the appointment.
This argument is advanced for po-
litical effect, just as the fight that is
made by the combine is bringing forth
political charges against other appli-
cants. The office is the richest in the
state, and it will not be filled without
leaving political scars,
The executive has declared that he
will consider the ability of the appli-
cants to install printing plant. The
combine is the only organization that
has a printing plant at the capital, but
this is not serious drawback to 9TH
in within very short time.
AS matter of fact, the state printer
could do most of his work in Seattle or
Tacoma to as good advantage as he
could in Olympia. Department print
Ing needed in rush might be handled
better at the capital and confusion
over the exchange Of proofs could be
avoided by locating in Olympia, but
all other advantages are with a Seat
tie office. In that city composition can
be handled better and rush jobs can
be put out quicker than in Olympia.
On such work as the publication of
the session laws, the house and senate
journals, and reports of state officials
the advantage of location in Seattle
Or Tacoma, where plenty of competing
Job offices furnish a number of ma
chimes for quick use is apparent. If
the combine wins in the fight it is
probable that a large share of this
work would be done either in Seattle
or Spokane.
1t is already clear that the governor
will not appoint either P. l.. Allen of
Seattle, of A. B. Howe of Tacoma,
members of the combine. He declared
while here that he would not name AL
len, despite the intimation given out
at Bellingham In Olympia it was
stated after the legislative adjourn
ment that Howe could not have the
place.
Combine for CorbaIay.
Gordon Corbalay, of Spokane, is the
combines candidate and he is making
hard fight for the place. Corbalay is
former Seattle newspaper man and
manager of the Inland Printing COM
pany.
The combine is pretty we'll satisfied
that its fight is lost. 1t has been in
sisted all along that the governor mas
promised the place to the combine,
and the printing firms interested in
that company would not have put
have put through the bill if they had
not relied upon the understanding
with the governor to give them the
place. Delay and frequent limitations
on the part of the executive have made
The combine lose afith.
There seems to be a general feeling
that George Hopp has crowded back
into the fight pretty strongly. Hopp
was considered out of the race month
ago, despite the fact that State Sena-
tor A. S. Ruth has enlisted the sup
port of John S. Wilson. If Wilson
goes to the front for Hopp the Tum-
water man would be apt to be appoint
| ed.
| A. Muchmore, of Seattle, has had
promises of aid from both the chair
| man of the republican state commit
tee and the ex-senator, who are re-
| garied as the governors political
| mentors. He had a conference with
! Governor Mead when the latter was
| in Seattl: but did not get much sat-
! lsfaction. At that, Muchmore still be-
ieves he has a good fighting chance.
Gorham Set Back.
| A week ago C. w. Gorham of Sno-
| homish, was a prominent factor He
may be yet, but politicians do not be-
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