The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-14

county this fall is going to be a
beauty. Walter Olive forswears pol
itics after every campaign, but be-
fore the next one has started he is
busy at the game, and he candidly
admits that the coming contest is
going to be the hottest one ever
known in this state, from United
States senator down to county school
superintendent.
There are many elements which
will go towards making the coming
campaign lively one. First, there
is to be a primary recommendation
made for United States senator and
inasmuch as John l.. Wilson is can
didate, this insures something doing
all of the time Second, the Gin
surgent" or progressive republican
faction will contest the election of
any but anti-Cannon-Aldrich repub-
1ican members of the legislature.
Third, the unsavory disclosures made
as to the conduct of public affairs
has made it imperative that the re-
publican party make general
housekeeping and put into office
none but the cleanest of men.
But Three Factors i'm SenatOrship.
There are but three real factors in
the senatorial contest, ex-senator
John L. Wilson, Judge Thos. Burke
and Congressman Poindexter. Nat
urally Seattle wants the senatorship
and with both men in the field Sc
attic stands a chance to lose it. AL
ready there is an effort being made
to eliminate one of the candidates.
Wilson has captured the organiza-
ton of King county and it is under
stood that the entire membership of
the King county central committee
gave Wilson the endorsement. Judge
Burke has waited long and patiently
for the toga and he started in early
this spring with the idea that it was
going to be easy. Wilson's name in
the past has been the symbol for po-
litical chicanery and years ago he
had gathered around him one Of the
most disreputable bands Of political
henchmen that ever infested state.
After the retirement of Wilson this
band become scattered, the members
died off and Wilson has gradually
worked his way back into favor. APP
parently Judge Burke's hopes have
gone glimmering and while the vote
of King county will be divided yet
the chances are much in favor of the
ex-senator.
From the connection of Judge
Burke with the material growth OF
Wenatchee, the city and county are
accredited to him rather than to
Wilson Apparently there are but
few Wilson men in the county. The
vote will be divided between Burke
and Poiniexter, providing Burke
still continues in the race. There
was in the city yesterday man
prominent in political matters who
freely predicts that Judge Burke
will pull out of the contest before
long, leaving the field open between
Poindexter and Wilson. Early in
the game a great many friends of
Congressman Poindexter expressed
themselves that he was committing
political suicide by his determination
to make the race for the senate this
year. AS the months go by it can
be plainly seen, however, that he
has chosen wisely and that senti-
ment is changing. Mr.. Poindexter
is gaining friends very rapidly. A
travelling man while in the Daily
World office this week stated that
last month he had been In every
county on the west side of the noun
tains with two exceptions, and be
found that Poindexter was the most
promising candidate of the three
The labor organizations as unit are
for him.
Locally, the county is divided on
the senatorship A strong fight will
be made to give Poindexter the best
of it in the primaries and a men,
Der of the legislature elected to vote
for him. The joint senator from
this district, John H. Smithson, from
Ellensburg. is holdover, but there
is a member of the legislature to
elect from this county. r. F. Holm
is the present incumbent of the Of
fee and it is generally understood
that he will be candidate to sue
coed himself.
Congressional Possibilities.
1t is not every city of the size of
Wenatchee that has two congress
sional possibilities. Some few weeks,