Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-10-24
Democratic Nominee Has Had
Many Years Of Expert
ence in Insurance
JESSE F. MURPHY NAMED
Makes Straightforward An
nouncement Of His In
tentions If Elected


Herald considers worthy, stands out
Murphy, the nominee for Insurance
Commissioner. This gentleman re-
Quires no introduction to old timers
in Chehalis county and Southwestern
Washington. He is a pioneer who
has made good. His record, as in
surance man and as register of the
United States land Office has gained
for him the confidence of his neigh
bors and the authorities under whom
he served. The editor of the Her.
aid has enjoyed the acquaintance of
Mr.. Murphy for more than twenty
five years, and can safely say that
for capacity for hard work, knowl-
edge of the insurance business and
absolute integrity he has few equals
and no superiors in the state of Wash
ington.
Announces Platform
Mr.. Murphy announces that his OBJ.
ject in seeking the office is that he
may aid in bringing about many need.
ed reforms to protect the, taxpayers.
His platform is as follows: g
III elected shall enforce the law
as it now stands to the letter, and
when or where I am convinced that
our insurance laws should be amend.
ed for, the better, and in the interests
Of the people, will 80 recommend
and assist with all my power.
MY every effort will be, however,
to enforce the law and my 81 years OF
experience a. q student Of insurance
and actual. practice in the business
will, ! believe, aid me II elected to
this responsible ofiice In administer
ing its affairs.
Honesty, economy and efficiency
in the management of the office shall
be the, motto and highest pride of
any official who is the servant of all
the. people.
IF l am elected to this important
office and fail in my official duty or
obligation and the public interest is
thereby injured or threatened, 1t is
not only the right but the duty of the
people to recall me and replace me
with some other who may be more
faithful and efficient"
Mr. Murphy was appointed regis
ter of the United States land Office
at Olympia in 1894 by President
Cleveland and served four years, re-
firing with a good record. His refer
ences include bankers, business and
professional men of Seattle, Tacoma,
Olympia, Aberdeen, Hoquiam and
other Washington cities with whom
he has done business for more than
"a years.
The republican opponent of Jesse
F. Murphy is H. o. Fishback, of Lew.
is county, and his reputation in his
home county may be given in the
following extract from the Lewis
County Advocate of October II, 1912:
"In the selection of H. o. Fish.
back as republican nominee for state
insurance commissioner, the republi-
cans, perhaps, chose the lesser of two
evils, when they selected Mr.. Fish
back instead of ]. H. Schively. But
in so doing they did not by any
means secure man in any way fit.
ted for the Office, either by expert
ence or by past record.
Four years ago Fishback emerged
from his seclusion at Adna and an
nourced himself a candidate for state
senator, thinking his record in the
unsavory failure of the bank with
which he was connected in Tacoma,
had been forgotten Mr.. Fishback
after the failure spent some time in
the Office of the city treasurer in Ia
coma, and it may be that here he
first got a lust for office.
Probably no candidate on the re-
publican ticket is less entitled to the
vote of the people of Lewis county,
or for that matter. of the state. than
is Fishback He has absolutely no
experience in the insurance business,
so that he can qualify for the office
by virtue of knowledge of the work.
Compare his record with that OF
Jesse F. Murphy, the democratic nom.
inee for the office, and you will find
that Mr.. Murphy is the logical can.
didate, both through his knowledge
of the insurance business, and be-
cause of his efficiency.
To make the administration of the
affairs of the state economical and
efficient, political oftice-seekers who
are not qualified, are not the men to
elect, nor the men who have failed
| in their own business enterprises the
kind to make a success of the ad
ministration of affairs of the state
when it comes to spending the money
of the taxpayers. II you employ q
man, you employ one who is better
qualified to do the work you want
done, than one who knows nothing
about the work. Why not use com
mon sense in the selection of officials
and vote for man like Murphy, who
is capable and qualified through