The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16

given anu Ills eleCllOu SeCuTtu WIZ
)ut a promise, combination, or TIL
improper expenditure of a dollar L
influence a single vote" And, fui
Their, when speaking of his campa,r'
for the senatorship: "He decla cd h
would spend no money and make n
promises or combinations to secur
support and directed his manager
to make no promises or com binations
his personal expenditures during n
candidacy were less than one thous
and dollars'-cheap, l should say
and he was successful bv larr
majority"
Then comes the glittering climax
MT. Jones has never acted as attor
ney for any railroad, teleg api ul
express company, or for any publ,
service corporation. and has no per
sonal int. ests, directly or indirectly
n any public service corporation
with the exception of two shares ~
stock in the Horticultural Union nj
No tn Yakima"
Pausing and Paining the Politicians
There! What do you think OF that
If that doesn't describe a statesman
eminently fitted to trail the octopus
y us idlT WUdt WOulu IL may W
a matter for regret among the friends
f this fearless and unfettered YOUNG
statesman that he retains thosev two
shares of stock in the Hoi ticultura
Union of North Yakima, but since he
ras made this frank confession, per-
iaps it can be forgiven. Many other
senators could make similar state
| ments, could they not? Yes-they
could not, and there is where Wesley
L. Jones shines. No shackles impede
him. No stocks and bonds distort
his clear and unfaltering vision. I'M
less. perchance. there might be a hor-
tcultural measure up, but it is not
to be supposed fol a moment that
hose two shares of stock would in
1uence him. Nay; he would cast Il
no. ticultural vote as bravely with the
two shares as If he were not encum-
bered with them.
He made no combinations or prom
Uses when he was elected fist TO the
house of representatives, back in
1898. Indeed, he did not. He hidn't
have to, to say nothing Of having ex-
pressed publicly, here in his
biogra ply, the fact that he didn't
which MEANS without doubt, that he
wouldn't. AS matter of fact. Wes-
ley turned a trick on the political
leaders of Washington. when he was
first elected, that gave them pause
and pain. He put one over on them,
as the saying goes, and since that
time he has had things all his own
way, for he made good at the start
and the people are with him. which
ather left the political leaders out
in the cold, and caused them to be
with him, too, inasmuch as the polit-
cal aXiUm pertains in Washington, as
elsewhere. that political leader with
out followe is as useless as a last
years hirdnest.
Washington went for free silver in
1895. A combination of democrats,
silver republicans and populists
chased pellmell after Mr.. Bryan and
his incandescent doctrine. and carried
the state by about thirteen thousand
Then came the Spanish war in 1898,
and the taking over of the Philip
pines. Meanwhile, Wesley Jones was
lawyer in North Yakima, and the
late Frank Cushmah a lawyer in Ia
coma. They were both republicans
and both good speakers, and ANXIOUS
to get out on the stump for the adj
vertisement. THUS, whenever the
state committee had a articularly
forlorn spot on hand that needed a
speech, either Cushman or Jones
was sent there. 1t might mean travei
all day in canoe, or on horseback,
O. in a wagon along mountain trails.
Other and older speakers were re-
served for the cities. Jones and
Cushman were sent to the outposts.
They went, made their speeches, came
back and went again.
Washington had no congressional
districts at that time, but elected lis
representatives at large. The silver
fusion had carried the stale. Things
looked hopeless for the republicans
in 1898. Thus, when Jones and Cush-
man mildly minated they should
nave some recognition for all theii
work in the years past, the state
leaders clasped them warmly by the
hands and said: "Why of course, boys.
You deserve recognition. You have
done noble work. Now, we We got
TO nominate some men this fall for
members OF congress. How'd you
like to lun?"
Clever state leaders! They would
put up these men in a year when
there was no chance to win, eliminate
them, and then pass on to happier
days.
Jones thought it over. He was wise
enough to see that the taking and re-
tention of the Philippines meant ex-
pansion of business on the Pacific,
and he said he would lun. All the
leaders chuckled. 1t meant the last
of Jones. Meantime, the people OF
| Washington began to think McKin-
leys Philippine policy would be n
good thing for the state of Washing
ton. They forgot Bryan and silve.',
and they elected Jones with a. whoop.
Whereupon, Jones stood in North
Yakima and told the state leaders 10
go where they belonged. After that
ne was regularly returned to the
house of representatives, and remain
{ d there until the direct primary law
gave him an opportunity to run 70
the senate as opposed to the re-elec-
ton of Ankeny. He ran and was
elected and is now Senator Wesley L..
Jones, sole owner of two shares of
stock in the North Yakima Horticul-
tural union, but, as previously set
tn, in no wise affiliated with any
other corporation.
Jones is a big. husky virile chap,
a haid student, not given to display.
and a conscientious lawmaker He
made a good record in the house es-
pecially in his work on the Rivers
and Harbors committee, and is eX-
tremely popular at home. He will
never by a snowy senator but he will