Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-05

Confessions CT Taft faith were
~rCng from tWenty-One republican
county candidates at the meeting OF
the Taft club Tuesday night, and the
membership of the club passes into
the record as making ones opinion
on national affairs an essential quail
tication for local office, from state
representative to constable. The club
advertised its stand-stillness in a
manner calculated to warm the cock
les in the heart of that staunch old
standpatter. Senator Hepburn.
Same Old Bunch
If anything was necessary to con
vince the public that this club is man
iuplated by the old cOterie who have
managed the politics of Chehalis
county for many years, the farcia
action Tuesday night furnished it
We have been hearing biennially. fol
many years all this talk of party re
sponsibility being necessary in the
selection of county officials ,and have
yet to learn of case wherein the
responsibility was not lodged wher
the acts of an official We're censur
ed
The power behind the Taft club
elected the present officers of Che
halls county. Three members of the
board of equalization are generally
believed to have betrayed the people S
trust by the actions of the board, yet
the club endorses the single member
Of that board who is up for re-elec-
ton. and turns down the two candi-
.1.~ pi,
personal desires-at the urgent solic-
itaton of the Chehalis County Tax
payers League. a non-partsan organ
ization that interiors with no can
dldate's views upon any subject but
one-a square deal in taxation.
1t is just this system of politics
that has made Chehalis county the
most rotten county in the state
in the matter of taxation. The term
rotten" is not the Herald's. it was
first applied by the state tax commits
sion and fully borne out by the
sworn testimony of the taxing author
tiles of the county. The value of the
of this coterie to. a
county candidate is questionable to
say the least
The Absurdity Of It.
Chehalis county is about to select
three representatives in the legsla-
ture and a number of officers whose
duties are purely clerical and min
isterial. and whose aspirations
should be scrutinized only as to the
selection of the most fit. yet. in this
alleged enlightened age. those aspir
1,I hn ht-
body of estimable citizens-politics
apart-not to submit 10 an eXanina
ton as to fitness, but as to their opin-
ion upon something entirely foreign
TO the duties they may have to per-
form.
The Honor Roll.
When the proverbial disinclination
Of a candidate to give oifense is CON
sidered along with the old time pow
er of this little c0terie of Aberdeen
politicians to elect or defeat the
names of those candidates who re-
fused to be dragooned deserve a place
on the roll of honor. and the Her
aid greatly mistakes the temper of
the people of Chehalis county if that
honorable roll is not creditably re-
at the polls next week.
They are: W. A. Fuller. candidate
for representative, 29th district; a.
NJ Wade and O. NJ. Nelson. candi-
dates for county attornay; Schelle
Matthews and T. NJ. Quinn, candi-
dates for sheriff; r. S. Locke, candi-
date for county commissioner; Rob
ert A Wiley. candidate for assessor;
J. NJ. Phillips and Geo. W. Walsh.
of Aberdeen candidates for justice
of the peace and constable respect
lively. OF this number. Messrs. Locke,
Wade. Nelson and Quinn replied to
the impudent letter but the replies
We're pronounced unsatisfactory.
The Elect.
1t will be remembered that the let
ter of inquiry did not stop at the sta
tutory requirement for participation
in the republican primary election.
but demanded specific fealty to Taft
1t was for denying the right of this
club to make such a demand that GER
tain of the candidates We're branded
unsatisfactory The brand is, how
ever, subject to obliteration by the
voters at the polls.
The following received the o. X.
Of the club, and, although they may
each be an ardent admirer of Presi-
dent Taft, they will have left an
with a perverse public
that may not result in the expected
vote:
State representative, Twenty-ninth
A. Mapes. Edward X. Bis
hon r r. Mckay