The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-07
Times Political News of
Tacoma and Pierce Co.

JOuu II. bdlidlH6 OI Ctdttlo IL
in Tacoma this week building
fences for his campaign for con-
gresham at large. Ballaine
wants to go to Washington for the
particular purpose of getting the
government to open up Alaska
with government railways to the
coal fields. He used to be a news
paper man here and was secre-
tary to Governor Rogers.
Since then he has been largely
interested in Alaska, having
founded Seward and done other
things in that Far North country.
He knows Alaska and wants to
tell congress about its needs.
Mrs. Josephine Preston of
Walla Walla, candidate for state
today looking for votes.
j. Murray, delegate to the ma
tional prohibition convention at
Atlantic City, who lives at Ever
EFT, will speak to Tacomans this
evening at a meeting held at w.
G. T. u. headquarters on the
work of the convention.
Speculation is rife today as to
how many of the Roosevelt dele
gates to the Aberdeen conven-
ton will get here for the new
state Bull Moose convention in
Moose hall tonight to finally de-
eide about the third state ticket.
At an informal caucus of local
men last night, sentiment was
against third party in this state.
Walla Walla, Clallam and Wah-
kiakum county delegates have
sent word they cannot get here,
but they want their votes record
ed against the third ticket.
Spokane sent a protest against
the whole constitution.
The prohibition state commit
tee met here yesterday afternoon
and formulated call for the
state convention to be held at Sc
attic September 10. County con-
ventions will be held In all coun-
ties at the same time. The fill
ing fee, which would cost the
cold-water folks several thousand
dollars to get their candidates on
the ballot, practically legislates
them out of it, but they will have
national ticket and will make
their fight for Chafin and Wat
kifs in this state and will prob
ably throw their support to such
legislative candidates as will
pledge to wipe out the filing fee
of the primary law.
The socialists have completed
their referendum and nominated
their county ticket and the sue
|cessful candidates will be filed for
the primary election this week.
The ticket is. as follows: Audi
tor, August Einhaus; assessor,
Louis Larsen; clerk, w. C. Rave;
engineer, w. w. Swain; sheriff,
treasurer, r. v. Hoyt; prosecu-
tor, Homer T. Bone ; school sup
erintendent, J. c. Mckee; COM
missioner, End district, James
Sutton; commissioner, 3rd dis
trict, G.. B. Parks; justices, How
ard Wright, p. l.. Pendleton;
constables, Gus E. Hagen, P. A.
Johnson; legislature, 35th, e. l..
Percival, w. e. Lingham; 36th,
Sherman Evans, Alice Yarnell;
3Sth, George d. Davis, Harry
Lewis; seth, ]. r. Oman, E. B.
Ellingson; 37th, w. E. Reynolds;
senatorial, 25th, G. w. Garrett;
2Sth, Joseph James; 37th. F. e.
Wuerch.
Gov. Hay wound up his two
days campaign here with re-
ception at Tacoma hotel last
night, where the Hay faction of
women voters, headed by Emma
Smith DeVoe, Esther Allstrum
and others, had arranged a social
function to try to get the women
innoculated with Hay fever.
81 am unalterably opposed to
the recall of judges" said Cover
nor Hay in his speech to the
South Tacoma shop men yester-
day. He said If the people ever
did enact the provision into law
he hoped they would fix it so that
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