Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-28
Nc CREDIE'S VISIT
CANDIDATE REFUSES TO TAKE
PEOPLE into HIS CONFIDENCE.
CuSS Anything but Baseball. Be.
yOnd Admitting He is d Cannon
iian, lie Stands Mute on All Pubic
Topics of interest.

Candidate McCredie has come and !
gone, and the voters of Chehalis I
county are as much in the dark as to |
his views upon questions of national !
import as they were before his ar
rival. They have been made aware
Of the fact that he reveals the quail |
fications of a vote seeker in a fair de-
gree. The stereotyped smile and
warm handclaSp; expressions of un-
dying gratitude for the nomination,
which is to be intensified by election
are all there, as with all candidates
for the suffrages of the people, and
which are known to have a wonder
fully mysterious way of disappearing
Immediately after election. The
campaign of Judge McCrede can
scarcely be termed silent" He is a
| fluent talker--on the subject of base
ball, but on topics that the voter
chiefly desires to know the attitude
of the candidate he becomes either asI
silent as a clam or artfully lodges
the question. The day before his ar
rival, the Herald propounded some
questions when the candidate either
studiously ignored or straddled. The
questions were couched in courteous
language, and were such as should
! be demanded by every voter in the
Second congressional district whose
vote is expected to be cast for w. w.
McCredie.
The Judge made two short speeches
| in this city, one at the meeting Of the
chamber of commerce and the other
at the banquet in which he he had
ample opportunity to signify his po-
sition on questions pertaining to the
office to which he aspres. But, both
speeches were devoted to base ball
and shelf worn platitudes, which dis
Iappointed and disgusted his Repub-
! lican hearers, and confirmed the allie
cations of his opponents, that, while
a good base ball sport, Judge Nc
| Credie would prove misft in the
halls of congress. Here are the
questions put to him by the Herald,
together with such replies as Candi-
date McCredie condescended to make:
If 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?
To this. he indicated in his BAN
ouet speech that he would be found
supporting Car Cannon, putting II
thus: ITO accomplish anything for
his constituents. a congressman must
stand in with the powers that be-
Are you not, in running for con-
gress, violating the constitution
of the state of Washington. and
vour 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? -, 20
Are you not violating your oath OF
office in refusing to obey the law
of the state requiring superior Judges
to wear gowns?
| To those important questlons'
which are really public charges ne
stood mute, which in courts or law is
taken as a plea of guilty. An atu-
tude that can occasion but one con-
clusion with every unbiased voter.
Are YOU acquainted with the re-
cent action of Senators Bourne ana
Chamberlain and the Portland
Commercial club, which the Ore
gon members of both houses OF
congress are pledged to secure an
appropriation of $13,OOo,ooo 1or
deepening the Columbia river from
Portland to the sea?
Are YOU not aware that this sum.
if secured for that purpose, would
har other river and harbor appro-
priations for the northwest. and de-
law improvements on Grays Harbor
a,l XXv;llinn HorbOr3
! Could you, a resident on the Co
,umbia river, oppose such measure
in the house in order to secure pro
rata of appropriations for the other
reouired improvements in the dis
| trict?
If Won did so successfully, how
would Won be received by your nome
constituents upon your return from
Washington? :.
These questions are of vital i'm
mort to every citizen on Grays Har-
bor and in Chehalis county, and. ow-
inp 70 the residence of this candidate.
called for an unequivocal reply, yet
If is met with meaningless ironic
answer. which he attempts to divert
attention from by contribution of
$50 to the North river road fund.
Here is the reply, as published in the
Aberdeen World
MY opponents are circulating the
story that if am elected to congress
am going to work for S13, 100000
appropriation for the Columbia river.
Now I owe something to Grays Har-
hor and 7 will give YOU my word of
honor that if an appropriation of
$4,000. 600 is secured for the Co
lumbia river, through any effort Of
mine. a s3o,OOO,ooo appropriation
will be obtained for Grays Harbor
You may put me down for $50
towards this proposed road to North
3 riye' MS starter and to show that
am going to be one of your sons