The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-03
NE MUST CARE
FOR OUR FRIENDS
COSGROVE ADMINISTRATION is
GOING ON THE PRINCIPLE
THAT ITO THE VICTORS BE.
LONG THE SPOILS."
Special to the World.

| Seattle, Feb. 3.-The action of the
Cosgrove administration in request
ing the resignation of many state Of
ficials and installing in their places
firm friends of the administration
has caused considerable comment
among politicians in this county and
throughout western Washington.
One thing is very evident, the Co.'S
grove administration proposes to take
care of it's friends. Certainly it has
done SO to date, and if Gov. Cosgrove
continues to have a voice in state af-
fairs he is pretty sure to see that
other friends are provided for
Howard Cosgrove, son of the gov
lernor, seemed to express the admins
tration policy when he said to Adju-
tant General Hamilton. whose resig-
nation had been asked for, 1--WE have
to take care of our friends, you
know, and we are not sure whether
or not you were our friend during
the late campaign" Mr.. Cosgroye
is certain that Captain Maurice Thorn
son was, and so he will succeed Gen.
Hamilton.
Some enemies of the Cosgrove adj
ministration have sought to create
the impression that Howard Cosgrove
and Eugene Lorton have been trying
to set themselves up as bosses of the
new administration. AS matter of
fact they have sought to do nothing
of the kind. With the failure of Gov.
Cosgrove to return to Olympia at the
time the legislature convened, chao-
tic conditions would under ordinary
circumstances have existed. All How
ard COsgrove and Mr.. LOrton sought
to do was to prevent if possible this
condition. They protected the adj
ministration's interests and carried
it over a very delicate period with
the least possible disturbance. Gov.
Cosgrove, a very wise man and an
old hand at the game of politics.
found nothing on his return to the
state to criticise, and he went back
to California we'll satisfied that his
interests will be properly protected
by his son and Mr.. L6rton.
Speaking of Lorton, his friends
would not be surprised to see him
back in the editorial chair of the
Walla Walla Bulletin before a great
while Lorton, as matter of fact,
does not take to active political life
as readily as a duck to water. He
is a newspaper man first to last, and
that means that he believes in doing
things along newspaper lines. He be-
came a member of the board of audit
and control, his friends say, more for
the purpose of getting good line on
state affairs; not because he is of the
office seeking variety. He has learn
ed lot of things during his stay in
Olympia, and some day (before his
term of Office expires) his friends
WOulu uoI NC SUI iocu W iCdAh VI
his return to Walla Walla to manage
| his very successful newspaper.
Ole Hanson will come back to Sc
attic bigger man in the eyes of the
community than when he went away.
The people here think that Hanson
made splendid fight for his bill, and
if the senate kills the race track
measure, Hanson's stock will not fall
much so far as King county is con-
cerned.
| The people of Seattle are anxious
to have the state senate take as ia
vorable action on the Woman Suf-
frage bill as did the house, which
passed the bill by 80 votes to II.
The Suffragettes will hold conven-
ton here next summer, and If the
legislature consents to put the ques-
ton of women's votes up to the peo-
pie. it will add interest to the con-
vention and bring more women to
Seattle and the exposition. Seattle
is not overlooking any chance to get
a thousand or two more visitors,
hence sentiment here is all with the
ladies. They seem to have q good
fighting chance of getting their cause
before the voters.
Every large motor boat manufac-
turer in the United States will parti-
cipate next summer in the exhibition
of motor boats at the Alaska-f ukon-
Pacific exposition.