The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-11

| over, the Pickrell-Gaddis contingent
| itself is out of the saddle, and, while
it may recover it's power by the time
Mead is up for denomination, the pros
pect is not bright.
Even If it should, there is no likeli-
hood that the leaders of the faction
will support Mead for denomination
whether Lawrence wants them to or
not. ]. N. Pickrell, Cash Gaddis and
the other leaders of the faction are
allied in the state with the Piles-An
keny Croker Baker faction in state
politics, and that contingent, as every
body knows, will never support Mead
for a second term. To rally around
Mead in return for the Lawrence ap-
pointment Pickrell and Gaddis will
have to break with every political al
| lance they have in the state.
the Whitman County farmer, who
| thinks the railroad is robbing him, is
angry over the Lawrence appointment
The farmer" rates Lawrence as a rail-
| road man, and thinks Mead appointed
him because of that fact. The Nc
Bride Ettinger- STUNT faction, which is
now dominant in the county, is poison
ed on Lawrence, and altogether when
the governor selected him he simply
fof tn, &ro
Whitman County was concerned, in
addition to angering Spokane County.
Sweeny Crowd Indignant.
But to return to Spokane County.
Chairman Ham and the county or
ganization went the full route last fall
to stem the Turner tide in this county
So strenuously did they support Mead
that candidates on the county ticket
were inclined to criticse them, and to
complain that the county ticket was
being sacrificed for the state ticket
Naturally, when Mead's election re-
suited, Chairman Ham and the county
organization thought they would stand
high with the new administration.
But their hopes have been dashed to
enthusiastic supporter of Charles
Sweeny for the United States senate,
and was instrumental in lining up the
Spokane delegation for Mr.. Sweeny.
And that was the end of mis- influence
with Mead.
State Chairman Palmer and John L.
Wilson have frequently charged that
Mr.. Sweeny supported Turner for
governor, and that a deal was made
between Turner and Sweeny, whereby
Spokane County went for Turner for
governor and was carried for the Re-
publican legislative ticket. Color was
lent to this charge by the fact that
Judge Turner is Mr.. Sweeny's attor-
ney and that the two are close friends.
At the same time the story was not
true, as those VINO were on the inside
of the campaign in Spokane County
we'll know; but Wilson an Palmer con-
WINGED Governor Mead of it's truth just
the same for purposes of their own.
Rockwell the Pie. Cutter.
The result was that Mead boycotted
Chairman Ham and the county organi-
cation and made T. D. Rockwell his
sole adviser relative to patronage in
Spokane County. Rockwell, be t
known, went down to Olympia last
winter, and stood in hotel Hobbies and
told people that the Spokane delega-
ton, in supporting Sweeny for senator,
was misrepresenting it's constituents,
and Spokane's real choice was Wilson.
Rockwell is in close touch with Wilson
and Palmer. . His word has been law
ronage here.
No Sweeny man in Spokane has been
appointed to anything. Ex-Congress-
man S. c. Hyde was promised the po-
sition of commandant at the Soldiers
Home, but the goods have not been de-
livered, and there is no prospect that
they will be.
Sharpening Their Knives.
The Sweeny men and the county Or
ganization are sharpening long knives
for Mead. They propose to demon
strate that Mr.. Rockwell cannot con-
troll the county, and that they can and
will. The language which the leading
Republicans of Spokane apply to Mead
is anything but complimentary.
Cheap skate" and false alarm figure
conspicuously in their conversation
when the governors name is mention
ed.
The day of Wilson control in SpO-
kane is gone. When the time comes
Mr.. Rockwell, to all appearances, will
not be able to muster corporaPs
guard in favor of the Mead Wilson
faction The present organization-