The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-10

tack 1t from an apparently neutral
source, and cut deep into The tender
est sore it was known to possess.
This is the plan, and events alon
will serve to show how successful
the desperate step may prove.
The Seattle Times is given credit
for launching the candidacy of John
ID. Atkinson for the nomination OF
governor, and is ostensibly supporl-
ing that gentleman However, the
Times is an open and avowed advo-
cate of the denomination and re-
election of Senator Levi Ankeny.
There is nothing today in the politi-
cal situation in this state more evil
dent than the complete and most
harmonious understanding between
the Mcbride and Ankeny forces, and
1t is a foregOne conclusion among
those who are closely following po-
litical events that the Seattle Times
will sooner or later abandon John
d. Atkinson to his own fortunes and
throw its entire influence 10 Mr.. Nc
Bride. This, no doubt, is unknown
to the Review, therefore the Times
presented the proper instrument to
be used in goading the Review back
into the Mcbride camp. Either Mr..
Mcbride or a trusted go-between
presented the plan of coercing the
Review to the editor of the Times
and in the issue Of that paper of
April LIST an article appeared best
calculated to accomplish that end
That article, under a flaming head
line that brought out the salient
points, gave out the astounding
statement that Mr. Cowles. the pro-
prietOr of the Review. whose chief
aim for years has been to continue
John L. Wilson in private life and
blight every ambition that he may
have to attain further political hon
ors, had buried his old time ami
mostly and hatred and entered into
an agreement with Mr.. Wilson,
whereby that geneleman's old politi-
cal machine in the city of Spokane
was to be revived and rejuvenated
for the express purpose of electing
w. L. Jones to the senate, paving
the way for the elimination of Sen
ator Piles two years hence to the ad-
vantage of the said John L. Wilson,
and incidentally secure the renomi-
nation and reelection of Governor
Albert E. Mead
This very improbable and alto
gether remarkable allegation had
two possibilities: First, the mere
suggestion of such an arrangement
between the Review and Mr. Wilson
would probably arouse the blind
fury of that paper, which the very
mention of the eX-senator's name
has been sufficient to accomplish in
the past. and cause it to denounce,
by way of refutatiOn Of the charge,
every candidate in the republican
party towards whom Mr.. Wilson,
through his paper. the Post-Intelli
gencer, has displayed favorable at
titude; second, if the Review ig
nOred the charge made in the Times,
it might be possible to lead the peo-
pie of the state to believe that it
had actually entered what would be,
in the light of it's past uncompro-
missing position. a most inconsistent
and unholy alliance, and thereby
serve in a measure to nullify it's in
fiuence in this campaign.
The transparent Blethenism of the
charge, winch mas no 1OunQdClOn III
fact, is characteristic of the attitude
of the Times in assuming that the
ignorance of the public generally is
so great that it will accept without
thought or suspicion whatever state
ment is presented in print, and in
this instance that Mr.. Cowles lacks
in perception TO such an extent that
he will be effected by the article in
question.