The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-01
THE RACE FOR FEDERAL JUDGE
GIVES PROMISE OF BEING
INTERESTING ONE.
John L. Sharpstein Has Been An
nouncea as Receptive Candi-
date for the Position.

3 Although it is conceded that Judg.
Thomas H. Brents has the inside tracl
and is several laps ahead in the race
for the new federal judgeship, if the
new district is created. it is very evil
dent that he is not going to win until
after he had been hard pushed by g
number Of other contestants, who are
also running. So far as the score
card shows at present there are eight
other contestants after the much
coveted position and each one has a
hest of friends who are now pulling
the wires in the hope of landing their
favorite ON the bench.
The list that has been made up by
the political bookmakers shows the
entries to be as follows:
Walla Walla county-Judge Thos.
H. Brents and John L. Sharpstein.
Spokane county-Samuel Stern.
f. Kittitas county-Austin Mires
Whitman county-Judge Mark Full
lerton.
Yakima county-Edward Whitson
Garfield county-Mack' Gose and S.
G. Cosgrove.
Those who claim to be wise" on
the proposition assert that Walla
Walla county will get the judgeship
and in support of the assertion it is
pointed out that it has been agreed
by all concerned that if the new dis
trict is created Spokane is to rbe made
the headquarters of the district. This
means that that city will get a gov
eminent building and that the presid-
ing judge, United States marshal,
United States clerk and United
States attorney will have their head
quarters there. With all this Spokane
could not expect to have any person
from that city appointed to the
bench, and Walla Walla, they claim,
will land. the plum either for Brents
or Sharpstein.
Sweeny May Butt In.
While Sweeny is not senator, and
may never be, he may have some
thing to say about the distribution of
the plums when the tree is shaken.
Naturally he would support Spo-
kane man for judge, but it is limited
that he is very favorable to Judge
Brents. Some Of the local attorneys
say that Sweeny would not endorse
either walla Walla or Spokane man
for the place, but would play politics
and be found backing Mark Fullerton
for the place, thus giving to Whitman
county some of the pie.
Bar Association May Endorse.
1t is expected that the appointment
of the federal Judge may be the oc-
casion of much discussion among the
attorneys of Walla Walla and when
the time comes the Bar Association
will be called upon to endorse either
Brents or Sharpstein. Many of the
local lawyers are quietly talking over
the situation and they seem to be
equally divided as to their choice 1t
will take a meeting of the association.
LII
receive the Endorsement.
For Attorney.
So far there has been two lawyers
as prospective" candidates
for the attorneyship. They are State
Senator Charles T. Hutson of Frank
liz county and Will H. Fouts of Co
lumbia county Hutson probably
stands closer to the powers that be
and some of his friends in Walla Wal
la say that if he wants the place he
will undoubtedly receive it. Hutson
is one of the leaders of the south
east combine" and is in close touch
with B. D. Croker, who is the re-
puted manager of the new factor in
politics in the state of Washington,
and Dave would probably be very
strenuous in his effort to hand over
the attorneyship to Hutson.
Fouts has a strong following in CO.
lumbia county, notwithstanding he
was defeated for the legislature at
the last election. He would have the
Endorsement of Judge Chester F. Mil
Ter and Joseph Mohundro, both of