Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-06-27
SENATORIAL CANDIDATES and
THE NEWSPAPERS.
GrayS H0rbOr Papers SuCCumb to
Wilson Wi!eS, and Create COndi.
tiOn That r1ay Operate Against q
Candidate for Congress From This
Locality.

With true newspaper instinct, John
l.. Wilson, proprietor of the Seattle
P.-l. and candidate for United States
senator, is a believer in newspaper
publicity, and, if his idea be correct,
he has the other candidates faded to
a frazzle in the southwest. At the
banquet in this city Thursday night.
the Aberdeen World, the Aberdeen
Tribune and Hoquiam Washingtonian
capitulated, and pronounced for Viii
son, while the Grays Harbor Post ad-
mitted it was open to conviction"
AS far as heard from, Wilson has,
in addition to his own paper, the
support of those named and one in
Centralia, one in Chehalis, one in Bel
lingham and one in North Yakima, be-
sides a number in the smaller towns.
while Burke appears to have but one
in Seattle, one in Spokane and one
in Walla PoindeXter has the Iarg-
est newspaper support of any of the
candidates among the country week
lies, besides the three leading papers
in Spokane, his home city, one in Sc
attic and one in Tacoma.
1t would, perhaps, be unfair to sug-
gest mercenary motives to some Of
those papers, but, we submit with all
candor, the time, the place and the
candidate were not judicially select
ed for the Wilsonian conversions on
Grays Harbor, if the support of those
papers was to be accepted as patri-
Otic-not commercial.
/ The candidacy of Gen. Ashton, sup
ported by the Perkins Tacoma press
is not taken seriously outside of
Pierce county, if there. 1t is general
ly regarded as a shrewd Wisonan
movement to endeavor to head off
| the PoindeXter vote in that county
by appealing to local pride in a sec
tion where he could hope for but light
support. In fact, the candidacy of
Ashton is sized up with the other
jokes -Humphries and Freeman---eX
cept in his case there is Wilson to be
served, while with the others ac
but cases OF exaggerated ego.
The attitude taken by three papers
on Grays Harbor in the senatorial
, contest places this section in bad
box as regards securing what 1t most
of all needs-a congressman.
Speaking of a congressman, the
most amusing-or amazing-thing so
far in this campaign is the attitude
of the Aberdeen World, in declaring
for Wilson on Thursday night, and
nominating Hon. Alex. Poison for con-
gress in the issue Of the next day.
Here was case of refreshing innO-
cence. No one who keeps track of
the trend of political events, outside
of the World office, is ignorant of the
fact that John l.. Wilson and Wal
ter w. McCredie have formed an alli-
ance, offensive and defensive for the
purpose of seating themselves in the
upper and lower houses of Congress.
Why, the formation of Wilson-McCre-
die clubs is now going on all over the
second congressional district, strong
one being launched at Centralia the
day before the Aberdeen WilsOnian
banquet The Herald ventures the as
sertion that the newspaper that at
/ tempts to support Wilson and oppose
McCredie will quickly find itself in
an impossible position, in whicl its
influence for either will be represent
ed by the figure 0.
This paper has always advocated
the sinking of all political differences
in favor of a congressman from GrayS
Harbor, believing that proper man
in congress would hasten the day by
many years when this will be one
of the first class harbors on the Pa.
cific, and would be pleased to support
Mr.. Poison or any other honest, capa-
BILE man with that view. But, for
many years, peanut politics and lust
for petty Office have controlled The
dominant party in Chehalis county
with the natural result that in nation
al politics it has been but an insiSni-
flcant pawn in the game. The machine
this year being divided between Burke
and Wilson, may change this condi-
ton to some extent, but no perma-
nent alteration may be looked for un-
til the average voter is educated out
of permitting tin horn politicians to
deal in his vote and trade in his pre-
JUDGES in national affairs while they
skin him at home.