Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-25
VOTERS MUST know
A Few PERTINENT QUESTIONS
ASKED JUDGE MCCREDIE.
The People Not Only Have the Riqht
to Know, but Should knUw t.e
Attitude of the Nan who ASDlres
to Become Their Agent in Con
greSS.

Judge W. w. McCredie, candidate
for congress on the Republican ticket
is due in Aberdeen tomorrow in quest
cf votes, and will arrive with the
glad-hand of the seeker for office.
and wearing the smile that won t
come off. The judge is credited by
the press of the district with being
a good mixer" a pleasant gentle
man and lover of base ball, all ex-
cellent qualities for politician or
boon companion, but for a member
OF congress some other qualifications
are desirable if not absolutely neces-
sary.
: Prior to his nomination it is doubt
ful II dozen voters of Chehalis
county had the pleasure of acquaint-
ance with the judge In a general
way he was known as the base ball
maganate of Portland, and the su-
perior judge who refused to obey the
gown law. Now that he is seek
ing to represent this district in con-
gress, it is but natural for those he
is ambitious to represent to desire
to know more of the man, especially
in his official capacity, in order to
election promises by comparison with
past performances.
The glad-hand, perennial smile and
capacity to mix are valuable acquire
ments for the politica, but are not
always safe guides for placing the
gifted one in position of trust-as
witness our own J. II. Schiveley. In
addition to representing the local in
terests of his district, a member of
congress legislates for the nation and
his position on questions of national
import counts for more than a genial
manner in the process of vote getting.
With view of securing an express
sion from Judge McCredie upon mat
ters pertaining to his fitness for the
high office to which he aspires, and
to the position he would assume in
the halls of congress if elected. the
Herald will ask him few pertinent
questions in which all voters, ire
spective of party is or should be
vitality interested. The questions are
propounded in all courtesy and are
such as may be answered with an
unequivocal yes or no. The Herald
will be pleased to publish the replies
as he may make concerning them.
Questions.
IL elected, Will you align yourself
with Congressman Humphrey, of Sc
attic, and Cannonism, or with Con-
gressman Poindexter, of Spokane, and
the progressive Republicans in the
house?
Are you not. in running for con-
gress, violating the constitution
of the state of Washington, and
your oath of office as superior Judge,
in the expectation of being seated in
congress for party reasons in de-
fiance of your constitutional dis
qualification?
Are you not violating your oath of
office in refusing to obey the law
of the state requiring superior judges
to wear gowns?
Are you acquainted with the re-
cent action of Senators Bourne and
Chamberlain and the Portland
Commercial club, which the Ore
gon members of both houses of
congress are pledged to secure an
appropriation of 100000 for
deepening the Columbia river from
Portland to the sea?
Are you not aware that this sum,
if secured for that purpose, would
bar other river and harbor appro-
priations for the northwest, and de-
! lay improvements on Grays Harbor
and Willipa Harbor?
Could you, a resident on the Co.
lumbia river, oppose such measure
in the house in order to secure pro
rata of appropriations for the other
required improvements in the dis
trict?
If you did so successfully, how
would you be received by your home
constituents upon your return from
Washington?
These questions are very material,
entirely relevant, and they are asked
at this time in order that the judge
may satisfy the people of Grays Har-
Dor upon them during his visit.