The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-08
ENERGETIC MEN
IN THE THIRD.


legislative district of this county
have men of ability, originality, in
dividuality and integrity. Both
were nominated on the democratic
ticket by the rank and file of the
voters of the district. They were
named through no collision with
any clique. Both are animated by
principles which should force the
successful citizen into positions of
trust by the people. One is resi-
dent of the country section of the
district and the other of the city
section of the district, yet both are
in accord as to what the entire dis
trict needs. They are on common
ground as to action wherein the
district is affected.
c. w. Bowne's Platform.
"While | have no pet measures
which l am determined to push if l
am elected" says Mr.. Bovine, there
are sources of revenue, now mo-
nopolized by private corporations,
which should be controlled by the
state for the benefit of the public.
1t is my belief that any man who,
as an official, sells legislation to
corporations or to private persons,
or who trades in special privileges
to his own advancement, is open to
the severest condemnation. The
man who will sell himself, is a de-
pendent on his purchaser. A repre-
sentative is merely the business
agent of the people who elected him.
Squandering of taxes for the beneflt
of special interests can be remedied
only by direct legislation, or the
initiative and referendum; hence, |
stand for that remedy in present
public life"
The above statement comes from
man who has served the state OF
Washington in various capacities.
Mr.. Bovine is native of Wisconsin,
received his education in Iowa, be-
came printer and editor. For four
years he was clerk of the territorial
court of Dakota, continuing in a
similar capacity for year after the
admission of North Dakota as a
state, being elected on the first
state ticket. He refused renomina-
ton and came to Washington in
1891. For several years he was
editor and school teacher. In 1897
he was deputy state treasurer, in
1899 in the state land office, resign
ing to conduct his farm, three miles
west of Freeman. In the fall of that
year he was elected to the legis-
lature and served with satisfaction
to his constituents. 1t was Mr..
Bovine who refused to accept passes
from the railroads, giving the rea-
son that he was the servant OF the
people, not the corporations; that
the railroads owed him no more
than the farmer or the merchant.
and he received a salary as legis-
lator.
Mr.. Bovine is a man fearless in
his own thought, carrying out his
convictions without reference to
self or self-aggrandizement. His
past public service and his present
attitude on questions of the hour
constitute a bulwark in behalf of
the common people of the district.
A Merchant Nominated.
Hunter Chandler has been in
business in the same city block, the
same precinct, the same ward and
the same part of Spokane county
and the state of Washington for
ten years. He was one of the chief
men in the organization of the r. p.
TURNKEY Trading Company of this
city, and is still with it. Coming
into personal contact with patrons
alike from the city and the country,
he is in touch with the problems
confronting both. He has brought
to his mercantile life the culture of
a collegiate education obtained at
Bethel College, in his native town
of Mackenzie, Tenn. AS young
man he was ready debater, quick
of thought and able to force home
arguments in support of his conten
lions. Natural intellectual qualities,
sharpened by training and supple
mented by actual business life.
make Mr.. Chandler a prospective
legislator of no mean caliber. Add |
to this thorough and complete UNI
of the needs of the |
people of the Third district, gained |
by daily contact with its citizens, |
and the most exacting voter cannot |
fail to see in him a champion of |
their cause.
Always a democrat, Mr.. Chandler |
today stands sQuarely on demo
cratic principles as declared in the |
democratic platforms. He writes |
Il am for the initiative and refer |
endum, as one OF the safeguards
Of the rights of the people as
against encroachment by corpora
tons. For the same reason | am
for the choice of federal senator's
by the people instead of by legis-