The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
LORD IS AFTER REINHART
OLYMPIA BANKER WANTS SCALP
OF THE CLERK OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
Has "Get Even" Bill Introduced in
the observation-disclosures Office
Elective.

There is a wide diversity between a
! law creating a depository board to
handle state money and a law making
| the Office of clerk of the supreme court
elective, yet two bills now before the
| legislature, providing for the enact
ment of the two last named are closely
| bound to each other, according to the
story that comes from Olympia.
Both are get even bills. The de-
pository BILL which contains some good
features, is particularly designed to
| get even with C. j. Lord and the Capt.
| tai National bank because they will not
let go of part of the state deposits
amounting to a million dollars now in
their control.
The supreme clerk bill is aimed at
Capt. c.. S. Reinhart, who is clerk of
the court and is nominally president Of
the Olympia National bank. Capt.
Reinhart, after long and uniformly I'M
successful efforts to secure a slice of
the deposits for his bank, has now
turned to and is supporting with might
| and main the state depository law.
1t is said that short time ago he
was warned that retaliatory measures
would be taken unless he quit monkey
ing with the buzz saw. The retaliation
is now afoot, as Capt. Reinhart was not
scared of. The trainers Of the bill,
when they first had under considera-
ton the best way to relieve Capt. Rein
hart Of the $4,000 state job he has held
for fourteen years. wanted to declare
the office vacant and provide by ap-
pointment by the governor until the
next general election. 1t was finally
decided that the appointive feature
would not be constitutional, and so
they are content to make the Office
Reinhart out two years from now.
The supreme court clerk is now ap-
pointed by the court, and as the court
does not let politics interfere with it's
duties, the position when once OBJ
tanned, is practically lifelong if the in
cumbent performs his work satisfac-
torily Capt Reinhart is a republican
and was once allied with the Scobey-
Lord political machine
The organization of the Olympia Ma
tional bank, however, estranged them,
and Capt. Reinhart discovered that
while his contributions to the cam
paign funds and labors in behalf of the
ticket were very acceptably, he, with
all others who owed no allegiance to
| the Capital National bank, could not
secure places on the state delegations
and that their opinions in party coun-
ellis were received with Indifference.
| Capt. Reinhart then bucked over the
| traces and has been bucking ever since,
until now he has run away with the
whole wagon and dumped the Scobey-
| Lord machine into the ditch. In other
words. he became Boxer" and led
the Boxers to victory.
| 1t is said that last spring prior to
the holding of the primaries for the
general election, the machine in Thurs
ton county. finding it's strength grad
uaIly waning, sent an emissary to Capt.
Reinhart and wanted to compromise
all difficulties by giving his bank a
share of the state funds. When it
4 came down to a direct proposition the
amount offered was one-t tenth.
This would have givenJLord 5000. 900
and Reinhart 100000.
/ Offer Turned Down.
/ The offer was turned down. The
gang won, took a Lord delegation to
the Tacoma convention and secured
the nomination of Mills for treasurer.
When the county election came on.
however, the Boxers combined with the
democrats and whipped the republic