The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-02

greatest citizen as president of ms
country.
In the state of Washington these
same influences have been at work.
and while it is doubtful whether WASH
ington. which is a strong republican
state. will join in the Bryan landsnde,
it is clear that the vote in this stare
will be close on the national TICKET.
Regarding the state ticket, heavy dem
Ccratic gains coupled with the rae
tional dissentions in the republican
marty means the overwhelming eiec-
ton of John Pattison for governor anu
the majority of the state ticket. This
result will be due not only to TIE tact
that Mr.. Pattison will receive HVery
democratic vote in the state, but in
addition he will receive the support
Of thousands of republicans who DO
not believe that the republican nomi-
nee, surrounded as he is by an un-
scrupulous gang of political crooks, Is
the proper man to take charge of state
affairs at Olympia.
Democratic gains in the legislature
are also apparent, this like The Cover
cnrship being due not only to me IN
creased democratic vote III the state
but to local conditions as Well BY
local conditions, in this instance, IS
means the issue which the candidacy
of Wesley l.. Jones for the United
States senator ilvclves. The election
OF a republican legislature means The
election of Jones t. the senate. The;'e
are thousands Of ;niOn mer III mis-
state who see i'll Jones a bite enemy
to organized labor and man who. if
| elected will make il MS boast that he
was elected IN spite IF the unions In
addition to this lie ;iis:l ueS result
| iDE from Jones attempted Hlee sc
steal have conv.nncd .hn s.rsi; of Ie-
publicans that he is not fit man to
represent the stare i'll the United state )
senate, an unftnHSS which was at
least partly displayed in The mie-
cency of his primary campaign, & cam
p;t;gn which he Won IL Il result d .
malicious perS )nai attack upon his Cp-
ponent the Hon. Levi Arkeny, Of this
| city.
| In the third congressional district all
| indications point to the election OF
| William Goodyear to the lower house.
| This district is normally more nearly
| democratic than either of the other
| two districts in this state. while Mr..
Goodyear's great oratorical ability has
| won to his standard many men who
| cannot be ordinarily classed as demo-
| Gratis Coupled with this is the varie-
| gated political career of his Oppone'
| Mr.. PoindeXter's evasive answer to thu
| point blank question of whether or not
| he would support Joe Cannon for The
| speaker of the house. Cannonism
| been raised as an issue in this dis
| trict as it has been raised in prac-
| tically every district in this state an1
| the people have learned that the Way'
| to defeat Cannon is to elect a dem D
| cratic house. For this reason Th9
| Evening Statesman unhesitatingly pre-
| diets the election of Mr.. Goodyear.
| In Walla Walla county party lines
| will not be drawn as closely and the
| election of a mixed ticket seems prob
able. This county is very bitterly OPP
| posed to the election of Wesley L.
Jones as senator and as a result will
|
| democratic delegation. At least it
| should do So On the purely county
| ticket the democratic candidates. with
| few exceptions, entered the race ham
dicapped by the fact that they were
less we'll known to the voters of the
county than their republican oppon-
ents. practically all of whom had serv-
ed in public capacities here and had
been enabled to extend their acquailf-
| lance while drawing pay for so doing.
The county ticket, however, is COM
| posed of first class men, men who in
| each instance stand at least as high
as their respective opponents, and
were not the county normally repub-
lican. the election of every man on the
democratic ticket would be assured.
AS it is, they all have fighting chance
and if the people who believe in de-
mocracy and who believe in the Ameri-
can principle of rotation in office do
their duty tomorrow, the election of
the entire county ticket from Brunt ~
to Thompson will result