The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-20
Corselius' Version of the
Way Cashmere Candi-
date Was "JObbed."

Editor J. D. Corselius was very in
Istrumental in inducing Judge Chase
| to make his withdrawal. His YER
sion of the affair makes interesting
reading in view of the fact that a
publicity here. Mr.. Corselius was
very instrumental in bringing out the
candidacy of Judge Chase last spring
but he realized that owing to the po-
sition of Judge Chase on the ques-
ton of fruit inspection that he could
not be elected, and after reading the
letter that Judge Chase had written
advised him to withdraw from the
race. The statement made by Mr..
Corselius is as follows:
ION the claims that misrepresen-
tations had been made to him to
withdraw from the legislative race,
Judge Chase has reconsidered his
withdrawal and is now making an
nouncement that he will be a candi-
date for the republican nomination
of this Office. The situation and cir
cumstances leading up to this state
of affairs are unfortunate and rather
embarrassing.
Judge Chase belongs to the pro-
gressive wing of the republican
party, and in view of couple of let
tiers written a year ago against the
present system of fruit inspection,
his friends in this faction of the
party were firm and sincere in their
belief that he could not be elected.
The matter of raising fruit and it's
inspection is a question near and
dear to every fruit growers heart,
and his friends realizing that this
attitude of Mr.. Chase's would defeat
him, and in their desire to put up
a candidate that could defeat r. F.
Holm, induced Mr. Chase to with
draw from the race in favor of T.
H. Atkinson of Entiat.
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Chase, one in Cashmere last Tues
day and one the day following in
Wenatchee The committee in Cash
mere was Rufus Woods of Wenat-
chez, ]. P. Wantz of Monitor, and
F. W. Stein and J. D. Corselius of
Cashmere. The matter was put up to
Mr.. Chase fairly and squarely and
after going into the matter thorough
ly and explaining that it would be
stances for him to continue in the
race, Mr.. Chase saw that it was for
the best, and with the feeling that
younger man might make a more
active campaign, he practically &C
ceded to the views of the committee
Before giving his decision, however,
he was urged to take the matter I'M
der advisement, and the following
day met with number of prominent
progressive republicans in Wenat
chez. The same pressure was brought
to bear upon him there, and Mr..
Chase then feeling that it was the
desire of his friends for him to step
aside, willingly did SO and in a
statement declared he would support
the candidacy of T. H. Atkinson.
subsequent to this arrangement
on the part of the prOgressives, ThOs.
BOllman, who is recognized as one
of the old party war horses in the
county, out of what he says is pure
friendship for Mr.. Chase, got busy,
and not only created CONSERVATION in
the camps of the progressives, but
has precipitated the county all over
into a fight that will no doubt wax
warm before primary day. Some
where, either from authentic source,
hearsay or pipe dream, he learned
that things had been 'juggled,' as he
says, and he started a cry of job
bed and fraud, and in the interests
of Mr.. Chase he went down to We
natchee last Saturday and told what
he knew, stating among other things,
that the fruit growers of the valley
had raised large sum of money to
place at the disposal of r. F. Holm
to defeat Judge Chase.
I'm the meantime the retirement
of Mr.. Chase from the race and Mr..
Atkinson filing, set the old guard to
thinking. Apparently Mr.. Holm be-
lieved Mr. Atkinson would be too for
midable an opponent and at the last
moment he decided not to file. With
Judge Chase he could have used as
a hammer over him his former atti-
tude on fruit inspection, which would
have partly offset a declaration at
tributed to him that he would not
support in the legislature the choice
of the voters for United States sem
ator, if that choice was Miles Poin-
dexter With Atkinson injected into
the race he had no club to swing
and he thought best to stay out of
the contest.
Where Mr.. Bollman'S story had
it's origin the Record has been UNI
able to learn. He says it was told
him by Mr.. Chase, who in turn de-
clares it was one of the things told
him by Rufus Woods at the meeting
in Cashmere. To the positive knowl-
edge of Mr.. F. w. Stein and the