The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-28
TO USE STATE CONVENTION
AGAINST POLNDEXTER

Conversations with machine poll
tlcIans, standpatters and so-called
"reeular" republicans develop the
fact thtat their only hope now to
beat Poindexter In the primaries
10 by reading him out Of the party
In the Tacoma state convention In
August to nominate supreme court
judges. They hope that resolutions
denouncing the insurgents and
aliening them with the democrats
will place Poindexter without the
pale Of the 9. o. p, and Wesn away
from him the support of the men
who believe in the party above
honesty and all other things.
In the event that Poindexter is
not beaten at the primaries there
is a strong probability that the
gang may try to tamper with the
legislative choice in January next,
as they have resolved upon rule
or ruin" policy in this state.
The movement to have the farm
ers and workingmen unite forces
In the coming county campaign has
stricken terror into the ranks OF
the courthouse bunch. The old
time wires by which they used to
head off such popular movements
have failed to work and the gang
has run up the distresss ignal. The
farmers, workingmen and taxpay-
ers generally united against the
gang in the nineties and threw
them out of office and it will be
done this year, if the people hang
together.
with Allan Scott and Henry
Rohwer as county commissioners,
If Fred McBroom should for any
cause resign we could then elect
George Collin to place on the
board. Say, would that be just
lovely" This is the way one of
the "old guard" figured it out, in
one of his pipe dreams of what
might happen. There are two con-
tingencies in this matter that will
not happen-the first is that Allan
Scott nor any other man can beat
Joe Phillips and the other is that
Fred McBroom has no intention of
resigning, now or in the future,
even If rendered the post Of mayor
Of Spokane, for which he has been
mentioned a number of times as
the best fitted man in the city to
take the job.
The finance committee of the
Poindexter senatorial club in Spo-
kane follows: F. NJ. March, chair
man, National Bank of Commerce;
R. Lewis Rutter, Spokane & East
ern. Trust company; J. Grier Long,
Washington Trust company; c.
Herbert Moore, 10000 club, Hut
ton block; L. Roy Slater, Zeigler
block; George A. Sonneman, the
Rookery; F. E. Langford, Fernwell
building; Peter Nelson, 1914 North
Division street; William H. Hagen,
Hazelwood company.
Judge Mann is back from a cam
paign trip to the Palouse with the
statement that he is much encour-
aged with the outlook and is in the
race to 1.-THE end.
Guy Croft has filed his declara-
ton for representative for the
fifth legislative district. He will
support the popular choice for SEN
ator.
In the postal card straw vote on
the senatorship POindexter still
gains. In total of 166 votes Poin-
dexter has received 1873, Wilson IA,
Burke Z, Ashton 8, HUMPHREYS 3,
Freeman /.
There are no so many dummy
candidates for sheriff this year.
The bunch feel that they are not
needed and that Sheriff Pugh will
get the plum without aid of this
character. 1t is charged that at
least three of the candidates for
sheriff two years ago were dunn
mics"
Bill Dean, ex-county commission
er, is for John l.. Wilson OF
EEL AND MAN IN