The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-08-20
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Washington shame. the election
of Levi Ankcny 10 the United states
senate. e. exposed % the nation In
the current issue 81 golfers IN an
article by q. p. Connolly. entitled
aAnkeny Of Washington the His
tory ~ senate Undesirable Who
II Unfit. Personally and Politically
20 Represent His state. and Whose
Main Strength j. His Bank Ae-
count
Connolly tells % the nation bow
bought his Way into the SEN
ate and what pitiahle figure be has
cut ia the national capital. where his
utter unfitness has been brought
into the iimslight
FOLLOW ing are extracts from the
article.
Anksny Represents Corruption.
Washington. up in the northwest
corner 81 the Union, j. the last land
that links ~ 10 the north seas. II
is a gateway to the unfoidinE com
merce 81 Alaska and the orient
Inland IL has every product ~ mine
and soil THIS YOUNG. Justly. edvanc-
ing commonW eaith, calling hY right
for the highest qualities ~ states
rnanship IN itH national representa-
tiyes. has al Washington senator
not only personally unfit but the
81 bribery and cor
ruptinn shamsfully open.
Levi Ankeny's real name is smith.
or schmidt When a boy he was
adopted hy Capt A. y. Ankeny an
old oregon sea captain, In she
sixties. Captain Ankeny bought hts
adopted son pack-train. With
which young Ankens iourneyed 20
Lewiston. idaho and engaged In
In Lewiston he ae-
aulrcd sufficient wealth 10 move
later 90 WRiia Walla. then she most
cnnniderab bic town in Washington.
where he opened bank
Before he was elected 90 the sen
ate. Ankcny had held only two poo
htical offices In the early DAYS he
vas mayor Of Lewiston. and later
he was an alderman of Walia Nalla.
NFkeFI ~ 0NffANNW&
Ankeny ~ deficient IN every quail
Is that makes for statecraft Tie
cannot preside az a meeting and put
"a motion properly. lie cannot make
a epeech In order To accommodate
his political managers he good
tried az a semi-puhiic
function in Seattle lately. Every
word that Anksny has uttered In
Nf.sf-
nnd typewritten, would not cover one
foulscap sheet
senator Ankeuv does not even
know BY sight many 81 his coi-
leagues ia the senate. HE Is a mem-
Der o. the committee on interoceanic
canals. 80 is Senator Knox Of Penn
sylvania. During certain session
~ the committee after Ankeny had
served a long while in the senate.
and after Knox had served as at
torncy general, Knox was very ac-
tive In examining Witnesses. After
the session was over, Ankeny was
walking down to the senate cham
her with fellow senator whom he
has known for years. Did you no.
tlce that little fellow that sat az the
end % the table, asked Ankcny. re-
ferrinn to Knox 4 don't know
what his name r.. bat he's mighty
bright fellow. ! predict that some
day he win make his mark in the
world
Asleep IN the Senate.
When the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition bin (to Seattle the most
important bill. perhaps, since An
kcny has been In the senotel was
called up last winter. Ankeny was
asleep in his chair In order TO
make amends for his inattentlon.
and for the purpose 81 securing the
good will OF senators when the bill
should be called up again, Ankeny
gave semi public dinner az the
New willard hotel TO his colleagues
i'm the senate and 20 Speaker Cam
non Much wine was drunk. a half
dozen Of the senator's guests as
well as the host himself being par
ticularly bolsterous. This was the
famous dinner at which Speaker
Cannon characterized President
Roosevelt as abnormal" and at
which Senator Charles W. Fulton of
oregon designated the president as
"a dangerous menace TO the repuh-
lic"
These are fow Of AnkenN's idio-
Dn one occasion he
called at tho white House To recon-
mend the appointment of a certain
to prominent Federal
office in tho state of Washington.
but by the time he had reached the
mansion he had forgotten
the candidates name Ankcny once
introduced Din ln the Senate to