The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-07
klNcAID MAY GET ANOTHER JOB
Seattle Man May be Soothed by Place
On Board Of Control.


attic has been rendered a position as
member of the state board of control.
The organization of the board with
kincaid as member would prabobly
also include James A. Davis of Taco
ma and H. T. deep Creek Jones of
Spokane, the latter being the demo-
cratic member.
kincaid and his friends have some
kind of assurances that the place will
be made for him, he succeeding Grant
Neal whose term expires with the end
of the present bienniai period. The ap-
pointment of Davis would be for the
term of Jesse Mills, whose nomina-
ton was withdrawn from the senate
and will not be sent in
The appointment of Kincaid would
upset the calculations of friends of S
A. Calvert, who have. figured conf
IDENTIFY that he would be given one of
the places. At present Calvert is at
the Soldiers Home in temporary COM
mand. The governor has intimated
repeatedly that he intends to offer a
place to Calvert and if he fills the
place on the board of control with a
Seattle man he will have to find a new
berth for his Bellingham friend.
Both Candidates Jolied.
Originally there were four candidates
from Seattle for commissioner of la
bor Kincaid, S. F. Harmon, NJ. Sum-
merfield and Ben Williams being on
dates dropped out, leaving Kincaid the
field
According to the friends of Kin
| caid the governor told him plainly
| that his appointment was virtually de-
| cided upon. AS the story goes Kin
caid was assured that he was as GER
! tain of his place as though he had the
commission in his pocket.
At the same time hope was being
held out to the Pierce county workers
| in behalf of Charles Hubbard. There
was never a time when the Pierce
county workers felt anything but the
most superb confidence. despite the
| claim that the place had been pledged
| to Kincaid. Even now that the state
ment has gone out that Hubbard will
get the place although no commission
| has been issued.
! Hubbard was a Northern Pacific en-
gineer. An Italian flagman, connected
with a section crew. tagged him on the
| mountains near Lester. but Hubbard
did not understands the foreigners
movements. He slowed up, but took
new confidence when he saw a hand
car moved from the track. His train
ran into short rail around the curve,
and the engine went off the track. No
| one was injured, but Hubbard had
leave to depart from the company's
service.
Despite this fact Hubbard had the
Endorsement of high Northern Pacific
officials He was backed sOlidly by
the Tacoma and Pierce county rail-
men and brought in a petition signed
by railroad men all along the North
ern Pacific between Tacoma and Spo
kane.
Grosscup Aided Hubbard.
The story runs that B. S. Grosscup,
western counsel for the Northern Pa
cific, interferred in Hubbard's behalf.
He is practically reputed to nave
brought pressure in some way to bear
upon the governor and the appoint
ment of Hubbard was guaranteed, then
formally announced. Hubbard was
never notified of the appointment. but
day or two ago he came down to
Olympia and received the governors
personal assurances that the place
was his.
Politicians have not been able to re-
concile Grosscup's activity for Hub
bard with the mountain experience of
the train that Hubbard was pulling.
Railroad employees have declared that
Hubbard would not remember the
circumstance agaisnt the Northern
Pacific and this may be the basis for
Grosscup's activity.
When word came that kincald mad
been turned down and Hubbard named
Seattle politicians were indignant.
Several prominent party workers went
down to Olympia, and it is declared on
the best Of authority that there was
stormy scene in the governors office
when the demand was made that he
keep faith with Kincaid.
The part that King played in the
governors nominal ton and election
and the pledge given Seattle railroad
employees that they would be recog-
nized were rehearsed, but the governor
held out that the place had gone to