The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-10-31
A FEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Question 1.-Why should anyone
who desires to see the principles and
policies of Roosevelt continued take
any chances by voting for Mr.. Bryan?
AnsWer-BecauSe his record and by
his public utterances Mr.. Taft has
shown himself to be the tool OF 1.-The
interests while Mr.. Roosevelt and
the so-called Roosevelt policies have
jbeen directly in opposition to "the in
tereStS."
Question why should a republic
! can vote for any man on the demo-
cratic ticket when there are at least
as good men on his own ticket.
AnSwer-Because the republican
party has been long in power and has
become permeated with corrupt men
and measures and the people demand
a change.
| Question 3.-Is not the republican
ticket to be voted upon by the people
of this county on Tuesday next one of
| the best ever submitted to voters at
any election?
| AnsWer-No ticket which contains
the name of j. D. Bassett and no tick
| ct which is composed of men ninety
per cent of whom are either Office
holders or Office holders deputies can
ever be called lone of the best ever
submitted to voters at any election"
| Question ADO the decent demo-
Gratis of Walla Walla county approve
of the attempts to help Mr.. Pattison
| by publishing maliciously false re-
ports about Cosgrove's health?
no n
Mr. Cosgrove's health were malicious
or false no democrat would approve of
them, but since the reports are neither
malicious nor false, not only demo-
Gratis but republicans alike are enti-
tied to know the facts of the case.
Question 5.-DOes the democratic
party in the county approve of the
methods of Dr. Fall, Seth Maxwell and
Mr.. Day?
Answer-Rot.
Question 6.-Does not the attitude OF
The Evening Statesman in the present
campaign make loyal republicans more
loyal?
Answer-If by "local republicans is
meant those few men in the republic
can party who are seekers after public
offices in the forthcoming administra-
ton, the chances are that it does; if by
loyal republicans" is meant that
large body of American citizens resid-
ing in this county who voted for Roose
welt in 1904 the chances are that The
Evening Statesman's attitude will
make them more loyal. not to the
present buShwacking clique in control
of the republican party but to the
eternal principles of Americanism.
Question Has any republican in
the state legitimate reason for not
voting for Samuel G.. COSgrOve for
governor? i.
Answer.-NOne whatever except, to
quote a loyal republican newspaper in
this city, Mr.. Cosgrove "is surrounded
by the most INSCRIPTIONS gang of po-
litical highbinders the state has ever
known"
Question 8.-DOeS any one in the
state of Washington republican or
democrat, know of q single reason
why CosgrOve will not make the best
governor the stae has ever had?
AnsWer.-TO be truthful, though
brutal, the fact remains that the pres
ent condition of Mr.. Cosgroves health
does not indicate that he can possibly
live to serve the state as governor even
though he should be elected
QUESTION 9.-Has anyone ever denied
that Miles Pointdexter is qualified in
every way to represent "a portion of
the great state of Washington in the
national legislature?
AnSwer.-lf by qualification is
meant always being a member of the
dominant party, Mr.. Pointdexter is
certainly well qualified. If by qualifica-
ton is meant honor, honesty and polit-
ical decency, Mr.. PointdeXter has none
of them
Question 10.-Why should any voter
wish to see change when we remem-
Der the time the democratic party
ran the government from 1893 to 1897?
Answer.-The panic of 1907 is con-
elusive proof that the republican par
ty with all Of it's administrative ex-
perience is not panic proof. The re-
cent disclosures of graft and corrup-
ton and incompetency in high places
indicate that it is high time the peo-
pie decree that there be change.