The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-19
MAKE COON
GOVERNOR
Mead Being Groomed as Candi-
date for the Senate.
" WOULD HAVE sraoMs SUPPORT
Friends at Port Townsend Are
,.L;,, the Standardization
County Not Averse.
. n, Evening Statesman.

,-,o;ol 10 the Evening Statesman.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 1s.-Albert E. Mead.
,rornor and Charles E. Coon, lieu
tenant governor of the state, may be-
come very active factors in the sena-
+orisl contest if the present fight con-
,oues long without break. for the
friends of Mr.. Coon are itching to
launch Mr.. Mead into the fight as a
candidate for senator. Their object
,ey do not pretend to conceal. 1t is
make Coon governor.
Mr. Mead has not been heard from
and his wishes are not public but it
is presumed ne would not refuse the
s4natorship if it were offered him.
Lieutenant Governor Coon has back
ars in Olympia from his home town of
Port Townsend who are shrewd and
active. They stand ready at the drop
Of the hat to hand over to Mead a
bunch of votes if he will consent to
enter the race They use a plausible
argument to show that Mead would
be the logical candidate in case of a
prolonged fight. Near the top of the
joint roll call are the names Bartlett,
Bishop and Clapp from Coon's county
and they say with such an opening
they would be able to start something
if Bartlett should announce after
awhile that he thought it was time to
break the deadlock, and if his vote for
representative Bishop and Senator
Clapp.
" course they say Whatcom county
Sqld not refuse to fall into line for
1d, who resides there and that
Sagit and Snohomish on each side
Would be strongly tempted to do the
same thing and that the entire NORTH
west would be anxious to avail itself
0l such a chance to win the senator
snip Mead has not been in the fight
heretofore and has not made enemies
anu would be acceptable to all parts of
TIE state as compromise candidate.
such is the talk of the Coon men
VINO are desirous of having Mead made
SeAa'or that the lieutenant governor
H@y become governor. All their
pNlIs' however, depend on a prolonged
"sn'' They must also determine
"Ae'her Mead himself has any obliga-
'iOl'S 10 any of the present candidates
lOf senator, which would prevent his
entering the race.
Inc first ballot for senator did not
''Nis the surprises which some had
eApec'eo. AT present there is nothing
'Vu' the situation to indicate a dead
''A' IL Is anybody's fight and it is
'alk to say that any one of the
-Ou' principals has the best of it.
mere is nothing especially assuring
"00u' the chances of the hign man.
l''F is there anything discouraging
Ou' The chances of the low man.
Efforts to line up sectional combines
'e tailed, in spite of the hard work
''ne managers. The northwest
N'ioed its vote between three or
'Ae -FOUR candidates. The southwest
voting together and the south
=, 'Ae new combine in the politics of
is divided. Eastern Wash
- OD on the very first ballot gave
Co.. W s"eeny, Foster, Piles, Wilson,
'O'e' Turner and Jones. Mr..
Nv nSseny' however, had more than all
go. put together, and his friends
H. ohiy a question of time when
Ma. nave practically all the east
,h.s votes which would give him more
cs;,. a''S Of the other candidates re-
>S'sd in the first voting.
STOREY BUCK.