The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-22

Spokane, Nov 22.-Congressman
Miles Poindexter of the Third district
of Washington, at a meeting of the
progressive Republican league in the
chamber of commerce assembly room
Saturday afternoon, announced his
candidacy for the United States SEN
ate. He will be a candidate at the
next senatorial primaries to succeed
Senator Samuel H. Piles of Seattle.
Twenty-eight members of the Pro-
gressive Republican league, formed
in Spokane October 20, met in the
assembly room yesterday. Each is
an editor or proprietor of a news
paper in eastern Washington and
each pledged his papers support to
the work of the league. Articles of
faith of the league were presented as
drafted by Rufus Wilson of the Nal
den Herald, secretary of the league.
They were unanimously adopted.
Resolutions endorsing the country
life commission created by President
Roosevelt were passed. Rufus Woods
of the Wenatchee Daily Worli, presi
dent of the league, presided.
Following the adoption of the arti-
cles of faith and the declaration that
Judge Poindexter was the choice of
the league for United States senator,
Judge Poindexter was introduced.
He expressed himself as gratified
at the steps taken by the league and
then formally announced his candi-
dacy for the senate. Continuing, he
outlined his policy as follows:
Candidacy is Announced.
s"I will make a. close personal can
vass OF the state. There is no doubt
in my mind that the republicans of
this state are independent and pro-
gressive The issue of this sena-
torial campaign will be whether the
state will be represented in the sem
ate by progressive senator or by an
Aldrich reactionary senator. My
opinion is that the tests and stand
ards of republicanism are to be fixed
by the voters of the republican party
and by party conventions.
II deny the right of Speaker Can
non or Senator Aldrich to dictate the
Of hn n "
standards of republicanism. The
trouble with congress at present is
too much Cannon and too much Aid
rich. The west is big enough to get
along without a boss from Rhode Is
land or from Danville, Ill. The re-
publican party by its national con-
vention and by its vote at the polls
declared in favor of downward revi-
sion of the tariff. Senator Aldrich
denied this on the floor of the senate
and proposed a revision upward. |
prefer to be guided by the national
convention and the vote at the polls
rather than by the sealed orders of
Mr.. Aldrich.
''The republican party by its con-
vention and by it's votes declared in
favor of Mr. Roosevelt and his poll
cies and his way of doing things.
Senator Aldrich and Speaker Cannon
declared against Mr.. Roosevelt and
against his policies and against his
way of doing things. ! prefer to ac-
cept the judgment of the convention
and of the people at the polls rather
than the judgment of the interests
and the system who speak through
Mr.. Aldrich ani Mr. Cannon.
'It would not hurt the United
States senate IL 1t were permeated
by a little less tender solicitude for
the great moneyed interests and a
little more care for the great people.
1t is undoubtedly true that in the
leading committees Of the senate and
of the house, and in the oligarchy
which controls them, the trusts, the
monopolies, the seekers of govern
mental privilege have voice and an
influence which the public has not
The people are silent there, and they
should be represented by those who
are chosen supposedly for that pur.
pose. But by means of the primary
election law the people are at last
beginning to have a voice; and q
new, and freer, and more represen
tative element has appeared and Is
increasing in the senate. There Ii
no doubt that in short time the
castigation of public opinion viii
drive the bosses out of power, anG
that the needs of the people will pre-
dominate over the greed of the in