The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-10-24

Walla WalIa county democrats have
reason 70 be proud of their county
ticket. 1t is ticket which is entitled
to win on it's own merits, one that any
good citizen of this county can sup
port without even making an apology
to himself.
For sheriff, the democrats have nomi-
mated Ira d. Brunton, an honest and
capable young man who comes from
one of the best and most widely known
families in the county. He has no ak
to grind and if elected will administer
the Office in an efficient and economical
manner He has never been seeker
after public office, and his election viii
be a credit to the county.
Perry Lyons is an ideal candidate for
county clerk, and it is no exaggeratlon
to say that his candidacy for this posi-
ton so appeals to the voters of the
county that his election is conceded by
all save the closest personal friends #
his opponent. Fate has not been par
ticularly kind to Perry Lyons in the.
PAST. and, recognizing that he is thor-
oughly competent to fill the position
to which he aspires, his friends, and
they are legion, have determined to
give him a taste of good fortune.
Thomas Stanislaus Scally, who has
been named for county auditor, is an
other ideal candidate His genial dis
position has won him countless friends
and his long experience in work IN
volving accounting makes him excep.
tionally well qualified for the po5iti, II
of auditor.
It is q peculiar fact that, aside from
one or two exceptions, the democratic
candidates are men who have not here
tofore asked for public office, and are
consequently men who have not become
affiliated with any faction. This is
particularly true of r. A. BfrdWell who
has been named for county treasurer.
His honesty is unQueStiOned his abi1-
icy is unQuestioned, and no one dis
putes the fact that the office which has
been graced by the genial Jeff" Hon
eycutt will be ably filled by Mr.. Bird
we'll.
Fred M. Hedger is making an active
campaign for the office of prosecuting
attorney and is a thoroughly capable
man. Mr.. Hedger is a lawyer of ab1l-
ity and is well fitted to take care of
the great mass of detail work which
accumulates in this Office. On Mr..
Hedger's campaign cards he has had
printed the simple word Economy"
which is taken to mean that under
his administration there will be a
maximum of work and a minimum of
expensive deputies.
Ic isn't necessary to say very much
about Mike" Toner He has made a
good assessor and his reelection Is one
of the very few sure things in politics.
For superintendent Of schools, r. z.
C"Dic") Stafford, one of the best
known school teachers in the city, is
making a good race. His administra-
tive ability, together with his thor
ough understanding of the school af-
fairs of the county, entitle him to an
election.
For coroner, DR.. ]. F. Coon needs no
introduction. His nomination. which
was made by stickers during the pri-
maries, was the result of the belief that
the peculiar duties of this office were
such as to make a doctor as competent
to fill the position as an undertaken.
This leaves nothing more on the
county ticket but the two county COM
missioners, one from the first and one
from the third district. Joe Harper,
the commissioner Som the second
district, is a hold-over George Stru
theirs is the present commissioner from
the first district, and his economical
administration of this Office certainly
entities him to a reelection. The cam
d:date from the third district is Frank
NJ. Lowden, who is one of the best
known and most progressive men in the
county He believes in 'straWing the
roads" and thai alone is sufficient to
win for him the support of every
farmer and every believer in the good
roads movement in the county.
The ticket as a Hhole is a good one,
and one that appeals 20 those vhr' rs
who believe that party politics should
be made secondary in purely local af-
fairs 1t is certainly worth consider
;rg.