The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-08-20

pension veterans ~ TIE Indian wars
IN Washington territory He called
b up-or thought he did--one day
and had Il passed. Later he dis
covered that IL was somebody eise's
BIN he put through. His own lies
dormant.
How He Bought Seat
when the legislature OF 1903 met.
Ankpnys chief opponent for the SEN
atorlal honor was Harold Preston Of
Seasle. Preston had been con-
sistenf champion 81 a railroad COM
mission bin Seattle has always felt
that u Jared poorly IN the distribu-
tioS II senatorial honors, and its
twenty five king county legislators
were pledged BY resolution o. the
republican county convention to
vote for Mr.. Preston Tor United
States senator until he shall be
elected. or until Mr. Preston yoiun-
tarily releases them"
Prestous Seattle managers saw =
chance FOR his election in the latter
part ~ January. but were harried by
rumors o. bribery on the part of
Ankeny's managers
on one Saturday afternoon Pres
tons supporters called a meeting in
the supreme court chambers. The
Seattle delegation. being told at this
conference II certain support. suf-
ficient 10 elect, that would be avail
able 60 Preston on the following leg
isiative days. lined up before the bar
81 the supreme court, and. one By
one repiedRed themselves that they
would stand by their written agree
mcnt not 20 20 into caucus until re-
leased by Preston.
Thirteen Deserted.
Fifteen minutes later. thirteen Of
them walked across to the Ankeny
headquarters and signed the caucus
cali which resulted In Ankeny's
election on the following legislative
day. This WAS ten days after a
great mass meeting had been held
In Seattle. reminding these iegisla-
tors Of their pledges. at which meet
ms Judge Burke. a stanch friend Of
the railroads. was Missed down when
he attempted, IN pagsuance OF a pre-
concerted railroad plan. 20 refer
favorably to Ankenys candidacy
The Seattle Times" which. under
the same management. is now open
~ supporting Ankeny for re- election,
made in IS columns the following
computation Of the amounts paid to
Paid the chief fugieman SIS, 900
Paid eleven others. at s3Oo0
apiece ..........--s-...-. 1000
Paid the tail-ender ca no, ac-
cording 10 The Times, was
tardy In shedding his
scrupies) ..........-....... 1000
Total ............. s4s, OoO
Railroads Spent Thousands.
Ankeny had spent money reckless
~. The railroads contributed ti14,-
coo for the joint purpose OF electinE
Ankeny and preventing railroad leg
islation. "Ankeny's entire cam
paign." said The Seattle Times Of
February 4, 1893. probably cost
him more money than has been ex-
pended IN politics on the Pacific
coast by any other man In the last
half century, The legislature Of
1908 was one Of the worst railroad
orgies IN the history Of the state.
Every republican state convention
since the admission OF the state, at
which candidates for state offices
were nominated. had declared for
regulative railroad legislation. and
every republican legislature had ig-
nored the request
I ne fNaN now ttAIt TO the nation
al capital. Arthur +. Statter. an
Englishman, was formerly Ankenys
private secretary and IN now his
constant attendant. He Is sometimes
Referred TO In Washington as the real
senator from that state Slater
speaks Of himself as Ankony's "po-
litlcal representative" He has late
~ advertised himself rs a candidate
for postmaster general.
GRATED or Of Treasury.
In order TO Increase Statter's COM
pensation while secretary Of the
senator, Ankeny wished to pad the
senate payroll by the appointment
of NJ. l.. slater. Stattcr's wife. as
messenger Of his own committee. the
committee on coast ana msular sur
VeN To avert suspicion Ankeny
made "a deal with hts colleague, Sem
ator Foster ia accordance with
which senator Foster appointed Mrs.
Slater as messenger of Fosters
committee. The committee on geo.
logical survey. while Senator AM
kcny appointed Senator Fosters
brother az messenger ON his own
committee. Mrs. Slater never per-
formed any services, although one
report of Charles G.. Bennett. secro-
tary OF the senate, shows that she
received St560. Tho same report of
the senate secretary shows that
Neauith Ankeny, son 81 Senator
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