The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-16
INSURGENTS
VICTORIOUS
Primary Election Results
in Complete Rout of
Standpattism in the State
of Washington.

Well, the first spasm is over Wash
ington insurged a bit, too. Rather dis
| concerting news to flash back to dear
old Uncle Joe and his obese friend in
the White House, but it had to be done.
You see the standpatters had been
laboriously telling the voters that in
surgency was just flash in the pan
and was confined to half dozen states
in the middle west. New Hampshire
and Maine spoke up and told them
about a little ruction Cannonsm and
Aldrichism had been kicking up along
the Atlantic seaboard and so Washing
ton just had to speak up and confess
that the Pacific Coast was not doing a
Rip Van Winkle stunt either. By this
time the standpat crowd the country
over has found out that insurgency is
beyond the swaddling clothes stage of
its existence. Quite distance beyond
In fact it is donning long pants. Up
to this writing 26 Broadway is in doubt
whether to bring its 13inch guns into
action or to give an imitation of the
Northern army at the battle of Bull
Run.
The magnificent vote piled up for
Miles PoindeXter was a surprise to his
most ardent supporters. Even though
his nomination had been conceded by
many of his political opponents, no one
expected a landslide of such magnitude.
The poor showing made by Judge Burke
was the surprise of the day to friend
and foe alike
lnsurgent candidates for congress
were nominated in the second and third
districts, but in the first the outcome
is uncertain at this writing. VIM. E.
Humphrey seems to have shade but
it is not at all certain that he will
In case he does not, Thos. P. Revelle
will be an easy winner.
Humphrey was repudiated in his
home city of Seattle chiefly through
the efforts of The Star which fought
him bitterly through the campaign.
While the primary failed to prove the
existence of many Democrats, the pre-
diction is freely made that plenty will
be discovered in this neck of the woods
should Humphrey nose out, and that he
will go down to final defeat at the
hands of Judge Black.
The contest for county offices was
void of excitement save in two or three
cases. In the race for commissioner a
big field started but most of them never
made the first quarter Fleming and
Strong came down the stretch neck and
neck with Christianson running strong
for place. Fleming is winner by a bare
plurality of 23 votes
Mrs. Lizzie Jones ran Ike a prairie
fire. If women ever get to voting and
running for office generally, oh my
Campbell leads for the legislature by
about 500 while Holmes nosed out
Bennett and will be the other candidate
at the general election.
Bell for prosecuting attorney Lawry
for county treasurer and Deering for
sheriff were re-nominated by handsome
majorities.
1t may take the official count to de-
termine the winner in the race for con
stable. Knowles and Hodgins ran neck
and neck and things seem so badly
balled up in many of the precincts that
neither man knows where he is at.
Some of the election officials might,
with profit, take correspondence
course on chow to become an election
judge" Here is the list of winners on
the Republican ticket as closely as can
be estimated;
CONGRESSMAN, 1st District
WM. f. HUMPHREY OR THOS. p.
REVELLE.
UNITED STATES SENATOR
MITES pOTNnEVTEp