Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-06
The Bulletin Raps Ankeny.

The Bulletin Raps Ankeny.
Writing under the caption els it
disloyalty to Walla Walla, the Bulletin
hands the following to the friends of
Senator Ankeny:
The Union has discovered that there
are lot of people in Walla Walla
county who do not regard Senator Ank-
eny as so sacred an individual as to be
above criticism. 1t denominates this
spirit of independence as disloyalty to
Walla Walla county. The Bulletin has
never expressed any great confidence
in Senator Ankeny's ability as a sena-
tor. He has done nothing lately to
alter it's opinion in this respect. AS
private citizen he possesses many
traits of character that have endeared
him to people who have been recipients
of his favors. AS a senator there is
no use attempting to conceal the fact
that he has never been a success or a
credit to the community. In past pol
itical fights The Bulletin has done it's
level best not to drag Senator Ankeny's
name in when it could be avoided, but
his advisers and managers persisted in
putting him on the rack every time
they have scheme of any description
of work. Even the Senator himself
has rushed in on several occasions
where senatorial dignity. if nothing
else, would seem to forbid. Therefore
he has no one but himself to blame if
he gets mixed up in every little dinky
neighborhood controversy.
1t has gotten to that point where a
newspaper cannot publish the political
news of the state and even the ordinary
news of the community, sometimes,
without laying itself liable to the
charge by one of the senator's news
papers of leading scrap against him.
This thing of continually bowling An
keny to carry through all kinds of
schemes is getting just trifle weari-
some and if people cannot take part in
local affairs without laying themselves
liable to the charge OF disloyalty to
Ankeny there are good many who will
accept this as fact and act according
ly. What has Senator Ankeny done
for this community that should make
him such high and mighty individual
that the slightest reference to any
other man in the state, who may be a
possible opponent of his, is to be con-
strued into an attack on him? The
Bulletin is not a very strong believer
in kowtowing to anybody and especially
to someoneYwhom it does not believe is
especially superior to the ordinary run
of people. 1t can see no reason why
an exception should be made of Sena-
tor Ankeny.
He seems desirious of putting him.
self to the front upon every occasion
and asserting that this or that individ-
ual is fighting Walla Walla when they
refuse or fail to join in the applause
which some heller starts every time he
ambles about his official duty. One
might, therefore, let these accusations
go for what they are worth. If you
said you were for Senator Ankeny
some heller would probably call you a
liar, anyway. 1t is either take Ankeny,
Croker, Stevenson and the whole bit
ter pill, or nothing. The Bulletin is
not endorsing any of these gentle
men. 1t has endeavored to make a
distinction between them and Ankeny,
but there is none. They have said so,
and he has confirmed their statements.
Walla Walla can not be for its senator
without endorsing bunch of political
renegades and corruptionists that have
made the state a stencil throughout
the land. And there you are.
| If this is treason to Walla Walla, SO
mote it be.