The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-19
PILES STRONG WITH TEDDY
JUNIOR SENATOR FROM WASH
INcTON is PRAISED By PRES.
IDENT ROOSEVELT.
He is Said to Be the Kind Of Man Who
Appeals to the Chief
Executive.

By well-informe1 men of affairs IN
this state, as we'll as in Washington,
D c.. it is believed that Senator Sam
uel H. Piles has every chance of be-
coming in a comparatively brief period
the most influential member of con-
gress from the Pacific northwest.
There appear to be very good reasons
for this belief, and close political
friends of the junior senator, as wei,
watching his developing career in this
the first session of congress at which
he has had a chance to win his spurs.
That Sam Piles, as he is termed by
his old friends, as well as his new
ones, will gather to him laurels of
the first magnitude when the time of
probation imposed on every new SEN
ator by tradition has expired, is the
firm belief of every man who has
studied the situation, says the Seattle
Times.
Senator Piles has started well. He
has made a friend of President Rosee-
welt. The president. as every one
knows, is a man Of quick impressions
and strenuous convictions. Meeting
a man for the Iirst time the Roose
veltian mind instantly penetrates him
fob oSfu hut
view of his make up and then, with the
birds eye view Of the mans charac-
ter in his mind made with a marvel
Gus insight as we'll as rapidity, the
presidents opinion and attitude are
quickly formed.
President Roosevelt is already fond
of the junior senator from Washing
tor.
President Likes Piles.
The president, it is reported, mad in
mind the rejection Of the recommer
ton of Joe Lindsey of Spokane, to be
United States attorney for the newly
created district of eastern Washing
ton. Attorney General Moody had r.
ported that Mr.. Lindsey was a young
lawyer, and probably without suffi-
silent legal experience to fit him for
the position. Senator Piles favored
Mr.. Lindsey, but saw the wisdom of
the presidential objections. He there
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a more mature lawyer was. found in
the person of A. George Avery of Spo-
kane, he cheerfully recommended him
for the position.
That is one of Senator Piles great
qualities. He is more of diplomat
than a politician, and diplomacy is a
more lasting and valuable asset in
craftsmanship than political cunning.
This leads Senator Piles friends here
to believe that he will get along nicely
with the president, and once making
a friend of the chief executive, he will
quickly become not only strongly in
| 1uentiaI at Washington, but open a
way for better and more beneficial
work in the future for his state
Fulton Under Cloud.
One strong factor in Senator Piles
position at Washington. and one which
it is believed will shortly make him
the leading member of congress from
the three Pacific northwest states,
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, is that
| Oregon's influence is practically nil
at present and that Idaho's delega-
ton is badly disorganized. Senator
Fulton Of Oregon, although his per-
sonal integrity has not been brought
| in question, is more or less under a
cloud at the White House. This has
been proven by the president in max
/ ing appointments to high federal posi-
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