The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-09-27
SPLAWN FOR
G0vERNORSH|P
Such Is Responsibility to Superin-
tendent Collier of State Fair
Poultry Department
FEATHERED STOCK MAN
TELLS ABOUT POLITICS
Thinks This State Is In for
Warm Campaign and Talks of
Taft and La Toilette and the
State Offices

Superintendent Harry Collier of the
Washington State fair, who is now in
North Yakima, a guest at the Wash
ington Hotel, is considerable of pol
itician and was the original Poin-
dexter man in this state, though of
democratic proclivites for the most
part Mr. Collier thinks that Hon.
A. ]. Splawn of this city may be in
the race for the democratic nominal
ton for governor. OF the general
political situation Mr. Collier says:
THE insurgent element are going
to try and cArry this state for Sena-
tor LaFollette for president and II I
do not miss nay guess there is going
to be one of the highest races for del
egates in the republican convention
that was ever seen in the state of
Washington. For governor the re-
publicans are going to have at least
ten candidates to start in the primary
race. I am going to predict that Gov
ernor Hay is going to get plurality
of the first choice votes but not
enough to be nominated. Whoever
the insurgents endorse is going to
be the next high man and the fellow
that goes out after the second choice
votes is going to come very near
landing the nomination.
Fawcett's Candidacy
"A. V. Fawcett, the recalled mayor
OF Tacoma is going out for the re-
publican nomination on a platform
against the public utility corporations.
He is going to, make a canvass around
the big cities. He will go into these
cities on his record for fighting for
what he calls the peoples right and
wherever he finds a man with a griev-
ance against public utility CO.
peration in the state he is going to
have an attentive listener. There are
many of these voters around the cit
les, which was shown in the fights for
lower car fare in both Tacoma and
Seattle This crowd all know A. V.
Fawcett and he will get big follow
ing from the start. I do not say that
Mr.. Fawcett will get the nomination
for the reason he will have to stand
a fight put upon him by the saloon
interests in the state. The backing of
an anti-treating ordinance by Faw-
cett cost him a pile Of his old-time
friends, among the liberal element
FaWcett will have the saloon men
against him but he is going to get
support from the other side enough
to make up for that and he will get
second choice votes from many peo-
pie who will give their first choice
vote to their local candidate In
King county there are already two
avowed candidates and two possible
candidates among the republicans
Otto Case the present county auditor
of King county is already in the field
William Pitt Trimble who was de-
feated by Hi Gill for the republican
nomination is already out with his
announcement Sheriff Hodge will be
candidate and George H. Walker
has his lightning rod up hoping Cor
the insurgent support.
Splawn May Be Candidate
THE democrats throughout the
state are all jubilart over the strug-
gle in the republican party and they
hope to put out ticket that will win
William Fl. Dunphy of Walla Walla
stands good show to get the demo-
cratic nomination for governor A.
of North Yakima may come into the
race. Former Judge E. C. Million
of Seattle and Oliver p. Erickson, one
of Seattle's councilmen, may be can
didates before the democratic pri-
maries, but whatever may happen in
that direction the republicans are GO
Ing to find the great unwashed put
ting up a bold front with hope that
the republican split may land the
state democratic. The Oregonian is
already predicting that if LaFollette
should by any hook or crook get the
republican nomination that he will
be defeated worse than Bryan was in
1895 and on the other hand LaFol-
lette and his followers are making the
same prediction in case of Tafts nom
ination. All these things are going to
have tendency to create a lot OF
interest in the 1912 campaign.
Another feature of next years
election that we must consider and
that is our new vote, the women
They showed themselves capable of
doing their own thinking in the city
elections They bursted all the plans
Of the politicians in both Seattle and
Tacoma and from what I could UNI
derstand they bursted all states in
Walla Walla. If they keep up this
Independent voting in 1912, Washing
ton may have big changes of officers
In Olym MIA after January 1919"