The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-08-29
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Who is it that is most DESTROYS of
defeating Hon. John C. Lawrence for
the Progressive nomination for gov
ernor?
Echo answers: The Perkins news
paper twinlets of Bellingham, the
Tacoma and Everett, the Seattle
Post Intelligencer, and the Spokane
Spokesman-Reyiew all advocates of
the nomination of Accident Hay on
the high-horse brigade ticket. 1t
is this triumvirate of republican ring
ruled daily newspapers that is push
ing Senator Paulhamus to the front
as a Progressive candidate for gov
ernor. Thsee opponents of political
high-finance methods, of corporation
rule in politics. are claiming that
the Pierce County senator has ever
been a real Progressive, and that
as banker and farmer he has
been notably successful"
Now, let us see at what Mr.. Paul
hamus has been successful in his po-
litical and official life, and then let
us compare the record with that of
John C Lawrence as published on
the first page of this week. Tribune
During the '9O's Paulhamus was
known as the head of the railroad
lobbyists and is credited with hav-
ing resorted to every known meth
cd of corruption to prevent the en-
actment of any legislation inimica
to railroad interests.
He was elected a member of the
1907 session of the legislature and
has served continuously since as
member of the state senate.
During the 1909 session the Sem
ate Journal records him as voting
for the Anti-Pledge Bill. which, had
II become a law. would have denied
all candidates the right to make any
written statement as to what stand
they would take on any issue II e.
lected.
On page 712 he is recorded as
having made the motion to indefin-
itely postpone the wOmen's eight
hour law, which motion prevailed by
a small majority. The motion to in
definitely postpone was purposely
made by Senator Paulhamus to pre-
vent any possibility OF reconsidera-
ton. Two years later, after wo-
men had been granted the right
of franchise. he became a firm be-
lever in eight hours for women.
WHY? Because longer to oppose
it was political suicide.
On page 754 he is recorded as
voting to exempt Supreme Court
Judges from the direct primary. At
la%o hn others
ed to put the judges back under the
Direct Primary after they had ac-
complished their purpose of electing
majority of that court without
submitting to the primary OF 1910.
On page 691 he signed commit
tee report amending the miners g.
hour law so that it would not apply
to men engaged in hosting coal and
material On page SCI. he voted for
the law after his committee report
had been stricken by a vote of the
senate. The bill passed unanimous
ly but at a later date Senator Paul
hamus accompanied the mine oper
ators to Olympia and personally de
manded that the governor veto the
bill.
At the 1911 session he was e.
lecleu pIcSluchI VI thO s'NA''NS "'A"
as such refused to appoint Senator
Huxtable (the only member OF the
senate who could qualify as labor
ing MANI chairman of the Labor
Committee, appointing instead a
lawyer-lumber-shing manufactu-
rer.
On page 1O44 he is recorded as
voting to exempt judges from the
Recall.
Paulhamus is one of six senator's
who agreed with Governor Hay toI
prevent the passage Of the bill to-
amend the constitution by the Initi-
alive unless amended so as to re-
quire that 60 per cent OF all votes
cast in the election tnstead OF a.
majority OF the votes cast on the a
mendment) must be in favor of a
constitutional amendment in order t
adopt same
With such record behind him no
can any man honestly and conscien-
tiously go before the people as thel
candidate of the Progressive party
with whose platform his past record
is at such variance?
Never in the history of this state
has gubernatOrial candidate gone
before the people with a cleaner rec