The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-03-26

Merit Reelection bers for the twelfth legislature
comes round' said a very prom
nent newspaper day this week After listening
to the remarks leaving the members of the eleventh
legislature at home when the twelfth legislature is being
made up occurred to the writer that word might be
said this subject
King county has eight state senator's and the first
in order is l. B. Knckerbocker of the Thirtieth Sena
toria District. There may have
Thirteth District. been brilliant speakers in
| the senate than Mr.. Knicker-
booker but there conscientious successful
worker in the senate than he and there is not shadow
of doubt but that if he desires to succeed himself he will
do So and that too almost without dissenting vote
He of the very strong of the senate.
While Ralph Nichols of the Thirty first Senatorial
District very active member of the and al
ways got in with the majority,
Thirty First. yet it is very doubtful if he gave
general satisfaction to either his
constituents anyone else Ralph feels his Importance
and if you do not join with him in that feeling he pro-
leeds to cut you out Some like Billy Carle some
other strong and popular will skin Ralph two to one
and for him to be left at home would be real blessing
to the taxpayers
Senator E M. Williams voted on some measures that
before the late legislature that made him great
many political enemies and they
Thirty Second already after his scalp in the
H..
It said that his political enemies are organizing against
him and satisfied they will defeat him in the pri-
maries This, however, is much easier said than DONE
because Williams, too is political scrapper and is like
wise organizing for the battle. With dozen more
aspirants in the field he is almost certain of succeeding
himself but the other hand if the battle narrowed
down to two-handed contest, the odds greatly
against Williams
In the Thirty Senatorial District it is hard to
athor T, ba h1o
not but the chances that
Thirty Third. that he can, providing he is salts
factory to Senator Piles, who
lives in the district 1t cannot be said of Allen that he
useful member of the legislature that he has
any particular fitness for that kind of work. can
said of him that he makes himself good fellow with the
members and succeeds in getting many things through
the legislature in which he is personally interested by
doing He therefore may be able to succeed himself.
It looks to the writer that George U. Piper made
himself solid with his constituents in the Thirty
Senatorial District and will have
Thirty Fourth no opposition for reelection. IF
he has any at all it will be so
slight that he will mind it. It is said that the whole
sale liquor dealers will oppose him, but it's long time
before the election and they may it in different
light by that time but if they do he will be nomi
mated beyond the peradventure of doubt.
State Senator w G. Potts who was chairman of the
committee of the in the eleventh
legislature, will hardly be a can
Thirty Fifth. didate to succeed himself in the
Thirty-ffth Senatorial District
he has moved into the Thirty-seventh Senatorial Dis
rict He therefore is looking the job from that
district but it is said that his mantle destined fall
on Representative G. W. Jeffries c
While Senator George F. Cotteril of the Thirty S
sixth Senatorial District proved himself very useful
member and truly an able
Thlrty-Slxth. one, yet he is Democrat in /
politics. and despite his ability he
will have the task Of Hercules to succeed himself Tt
will be remembered that he only beat his opponent two
votes when he elected and the Republicans of this
district beginning to organize now to defeat
Cotter and there hardly any doubt but that they will
down him. Prior to the senatorial contest however Cot
erl will again try to be mayor Of Seattle and should he
be successful he would not be candidate to succeed
himself. e