The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1908-05-29
POLITICAL POT PIE

nlblican nomination for state offices from
King county were more or less c0nSplcu-
GUS at the late state convention, and if mix
ing counts for anything they made many
votes while there. 1t is hard to find bet
ter mixer than the Hon. Ellis Morrison,
who is seeking the Republican nomination
for lieutenant governor. Owing to his po-
litical affiliations in the past he having
served in two sessions of the legislature,
one as speaker Of the house of representa-
tives, he even prior to going to the conven-
tian had many acquaintance among the
politicians of the state, and those old ac-
Quaintances introduced him to others and,
being a conGenial mixer. was soon the lion
of many informal gatherings where the
souls of men were Quickened by the SPIRITS
of the days gone by. MIR. Morrison, to say
the least, was hale fellow well met, and ne
left Spokane with his chances for nomina-
ton greatly improved. II am well pleased
with the results of the state convention so
far as I was personally concerned, " said he
one day this week. and am OF the opin-
ion that, my chances were materially ad-
vanced for getting the nomination for lieu
tenant governor.
There is Senator Austin" exclaimed
an old timer in the political arena OF this
state as Judge Charles G. Austin came
smiling in the lobby of the hotel where
hundreds of the leading politicians OF the
state were assembled. knew him years
ago when he was political factor In Whit
man county, from which place he was elec-
ted to the state senate, serving in the first
and second legislatures; He was well ana
favorably known all through that section
of the state then and many Of the old tim-
ers still hold warm spot in their hearts
for him." Mr.. Austin was quite equal to
the occasion and wore smile that captl-
waited the most of those who met him.
Candidate for lieutenant governor, eag-
erly asked many of those to whom he made
the announcement, which was met with
well. you will get my vote and all Of my
friends that can influence. Il
II the late Republican state convention
showed any signs Of favoring Ankeny over
Jones for United States senator then it
must have been in the minds of those who
desire to see Ankeny nominated instead OF
Jones, who in the opinion of the Ple-maker,
were greatly in the minority in that con-
vention. There were only two points that
arose in the convention that gave any evi-
dence of the relative strength of the sena-
torial aspirants, and those were the local
option plank and the resolution to make
more definite the meaning of the candidate
getting the greater number of votes for
United States senator to the effect that it
apply to the entire state instead Of to the
the senatorial or representative district in
which the legislative aspirant may live, and
each of these went through with whoop
in spite Of the fact they were opposed by
the Ankeny forces to the last ditch. The
fact of the matter is, despite the clackings
of the Ankeny organs in the state, Jones
had the last state convention by an over
whelming majority and the Ankeny folks
knew it, and that fully explains why they
BODY. If Ankeny succeeds in defeating
Jones the work of doing so is yet to be
done, for if a vote was taken at this time,
Jones would lead in the fight by an almost