The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-24
BOSS DAVE IS HOME AGAIN
Returns 10 Tacoma From His
California Tri
Big THREE ARE UNITED AGAIN
SOMETHING MAY BE DOING NOW
IN THE LINE OF STATE
POLITICS.

Internal Revenue Collector B. D.
Croker. senior member of the firm of
Croker, Stevenson & Baker, political
mechanics, has returned from Califor-
mia, much improved in health While
figuring on job of work in Walla
Waila a few weeks ago some one care
lessly dropped an anvil on the firm,
smashing the program beyond repair
and distressing Mr.. Croker so that he
went down into the sunny south to
forget it, says the acknowledgement
Mr.. Crocker dropped in yesterday
unanneunced. He called at once at the
Hotel Diller, Mr. Stevenson's local
ldogfng house, to greet the rest of the
firm and to learn how much it had
succeeded in pulling out of the late
republican convention, pursuant to the
orders he left when ne departed.
Mr.. Stevenson was the only other
member of the trio present when the
chief arrived. 1t was Mr. Bakers week
to work over on the other side of tne
mountains, where he has an excellent
position as United States marshal,
when he isn't busy on one Or another
of the firms numerous contracts.
When Mr. Croker was about to
leave for California he called a meet
ing of the corporation in Tacoma. All
OF the members were present with
Senator Will Potts and Frank Clancy
thrown in to give it tone Senator
Link Davis was among the also-rans.
AT that meeting Mr. Crocker in
structed that an effort was to be made
to break into the city campaign as the
lnltlatory step toward naming the hold
over senators who are to be elected
from King county next November. Mr..
Crocker explained that it was the idea
to capture the King county delegation
for delivery to Senator Ankeny. Or at
least to prevent Senator Piles from
grabbing the bunch.
The work was given into the hands
Of Stevenson and Clancy, with Chair
man Austin, of the Red Arrow of Truth
Club, now having headquarters in the
Cafe Barberis, as cheerful assistant.
Under the guidance of the three the
work progressed splendidly until it
came to getting something. Then the
meeting was out
The Clancy end of the combination
found that it had troubles enough of
its own in framing up with the Holt
faction, in the First ward. without
wasting any time pulling out chest
nuts for outsiders. AS a result Frank
quit, and attended only to the Job of
knitting that his brother Johnny hand
ed him. Austin Endorsed Irving r.
Coles candidacy for mayor until he
Withdrew, and that was all for him.
Stevenson tried to play lone hand,
but some one cut the rope, and he was
NAiA I'll q pCi oOildlly CONDUCTED DallOOn
ascension when the votes were counted.
He did make suggestion when the
whole city was hunting for man for
mayor, but they saw him coming. and
his entry was erased. He also tried to
frame up councilman in the Eleventh
ward, with the hope of getting a foot
hold, for senatorial purposes only. in
the north end of the city He had a
candidate all of his own, and he ran
like he was afraid of something right
up to the time of the primaries. Then
a rank outsider came in and stole his
own precinct away from him. and
Stevenson went back to the hotel.
That was the best that he had to |
offer to the big chief in the way of a |
report, and Mr.. Croker will go over to |
Tacoma today. In short talk with a |
reporter Yesterday !
afternoon he declared that his visit to |
Seattle had nothing in it of a political i
nature. I'm just back from Califor-
MA, SAID he, and do not even know
what is going on up here"