The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-16
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over the appointment of the new fed
eral judge for western Washington.
While President Taft is expected to
do as he pleases in the matter of the
appointment, still it is regarded as
certain that Senator Piles will be
consulted. 1t is said that the sem
ator has agreed, in view of the fact
that one federal Judge (Hanford) is
resident of Seattle, to have the new
man come from some other county,
probably Pierce That will be salts
factory to Pierce county, but it does
not suit King, Judge Albertson, of
the local superior court, who seems
to be the leading candidate for the
federal judgeship, has the political
backing of the King County Repub
lican club and a number of other po-
litical organizations. His friends are
making hard fight for him. Sena-
tor Piles, it is said, has agreed not
to name any King county man for
Office who is not Endorsed by the
King County Republican club. If he
sticks to that agreement he cannot
na kne his former law partner, George
Donworth. He must either name
Judge Albertson or let the appoint
ment go outside of King county. In
short the senator must either disap-
point King or Pierce county, or many
republicans in both, and the mix-up is
probably not a pleasant one for him
IL he intends to seek reelection two
years hence.
The feeling seems to be general
throughout the state that it will be
a good thing to have an investigation
of the insurance commissioners Of
flee regardless of what the truth is
concerning the charges that have been
made against Mr.. Schively. 1t may
be true that some of his political enc
mics brought about the investigation,
which the legislature ordered just be-
fore it adjourned, but the answer to
that seems to be that public officer
would hardly expect his friends to
demand an investigation of his office.
Mr.. Schively undoubtedly aroused
some suspicion when he opposed an
investigation. He says he did it be-
cause there is nothing in his Office
to investigate. He is willing to adj
It, he says, that official charges filed |
ainst him are true, but claims that |
they were in no sense call for an in
vestigatiOn. His contention is that he |
was within his legal rights when he
did the things charged against him.
One thing which the investigation |
should accomplish is a general clear
ing of the present political atmos-
phere.
''The state of Washington need not !
fear a lack of visitors to the Pacific
northwest this summer" said a well |
known railroad man who was in the |
city last week from Chicago. "The
people who have to worry are the rail-
road officials, and their worry will |
be over the problem of furnishing
the equipment to carry the people
west. We will have all the traffic we
can handle, and maybe more. There
is not day goes by without our Office
answering a hundred inquiries about
the A. Y. P. exposition. The crowd
will be here, all right"
The campaign for pure food being
conducted by the state authorities
under the leadership of State Dairy
and Food Commissioner Davis, is
meeting with the approval not only
of the people of the state, but of the
dairies, meat companies and others
who are being vigorously inspected.
A novel instance of this occurred in
Ellensburg last week when deputy
inspectors Hanson and Adams accus-
ed the Carstens Packing Co. of hav-
ing in its possession diseased beef.
lie Carstens company investigated,
found that two cattle slaughtered by
parties who were selling to them were
afflicted with lumpy jaw. and recov-
cred 800 from the sellers. Then
they thanked the inspectors who were
accusing them. "The inspection is a
big help to our buyers" said Manager
Morck of the Carstens company, "and
SO long as they save us 500 each
time, they can investigate us as often
az they please We are heartily in
sympathy with rigid inspection"
The "Pay Streak" which will be
the amusement street at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition, is three
quarters Of mile long, yet there were
five applications for every site on 1t,
which enabled the directors to select
only the best attractions.