The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-19

BEWARE OF JOHN |. WILSON

Since the announcement by the Times last week
|of Robert L. McCormick's withdrawal from the
race, the stand-pat crowd has been
trying to bring out Judge Smell or somebody else in
Tacoma to divide up the vote here and prevent Pon
dexter from making a clean sweep against John
H. Wilson, the Seattle millionaire, who will be his
main opponent in the race.
Mccormick saw the uselessness of the game.
Money did not bring the results it used to- The
lcorporation organs of his town were already
tied to Wilson, gave support, and he saw the
only result Of his candidacy to not only
defeat for himself, but to also probably carry Wilson
idown with him.
Blood is thicker than water, and If Mccormick
cannot represent his millions and the other inter-
ests himself he wants Wilson to do it, So he got out
Ito give him clear field against Poindexter.
Now the local corporation Wilson organs may be
expected to try to quietly urge some other Tacoma
man to get in the game to split up the Poindexter
vote through matter of local pride.
AS THE CASE STANDS NOW, THE BATTLE
WILL BE BETWEEN POINDEXTER AND WILL
son; BETWEEN INSURGENCY AND STAND
lPATTISM; BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE
INTERESTS. BURKE AND HUPMRIES CUT NO
MATERIAL FIGURE.
Judge Smell would cut still less if he entered the
race this late in the day. The lines already laid
for the contest. 1t is not question of locality ex-
cept in Seattle. There they determined to have
the senator Humphries is out there for the purpose
|of keeping many of the laboring men and the
masses generally from PoindeXter. Burke may get
out of the before it is over but cuts figure
anyway. The fight is Wilson against Poindexter.
Wilson is stand7patter, millionaire himself, and
la clacker for the old conservatism that has sold out
the country for years to the privileged interests
Poindexter is progressive, representative of the
people, who would not let the politicians cram
vicious legislation down his throat in the name of
party loyalty He is the kind the interests do not
want.
But the masses are lining up for him. The move
ment is especially strong in Tacoma. The people of
this city determined to make it practically unani
nous for Pondexter With such result in this city
the people of Tacoma would be in position to expect
that when it came to future matters in Washington
lin which the interests of Seattle and Tacoma
concerned that the influence of PoindeXter would be
with this city against Seattle, where he will have
This strongest opposition.
With Tacoma solid for Poindexter and Seattle for
Wilson and Humphries, it is plain to be which
city would get the favors in the future, with Poin
the result would be with John l.. Wilson in the SEN
Ito teach Tacoma few things.
With this situation before the people, no candidate
lis going to get much encouragement to come out and
split the Poindexter vote here except from Wilson
followers. Judge Smell knows that this is the situa-
tion and he probably is too wise to put his nexk in
the moose being prepared by the Wilson gang.
There will be plenty of attempts made to play pol
tcs and hide the real issue this year, but the people
ARE getting it pretty well digested that the fight this
year is of principles and that it is choice be-
tween the stand-pat policies of Nelson Aldrich and
Joe Cannon with Wilson, or the progressiveness Of
La Toilette, Roosevelt and Cummings with Poindex-
ter.