Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-26
PLATFORM PLAYS
POOR POLITICS
State Capital Record Shows
Absurd Planks in the
Republican Platform.
ATTACK ON GOV. LISTER
Blind Attacks on Democratic
Administrations Proving
To be Roorbacks.

The State Capitol Record, a thor
Republican paper, recog-
nizes the roorbacks contained in the
Republican PLATFORM and calls It.
"Playing Poor Politics." The COM
ment of the Record was on the King
county platform, but as substantially
the same planks appear in the state
platform the criticism applies equal
ly. The Record says:
"King county Republicans last week
marred an admirable platform when
through excessive partisanship they
inserted these paragraphs:
1.-The administration of state af-
fairs under a Democratic govern
or has demonstrated complete in
ability of that party to govern.
Good men, long and honorable in
the service of the state with a
record of efficiency unsurpassed, :
have been displaced by a mot
ley crew Of incompetents whose
only claim to recognition is po-
litical activity.
1.-THE public service commission,
the tax commission, the argicul-
tural commission, the industrial
insurance commission and the
board of control have all shown
their inability to handle the
states business in an intelligent
and business-like manner.
ITO begin with this is not a state
election-there is no gubernatorial
fight on. 1t is not surprising the P.-1.
should have headed this paragraph,
"Inconsistence in Foreign Service
for intelligent people know there Is
practically none now in state ser
vice. - -ar'
Here are some facts:
Republican state officers elected for
the first time when Lister was, have
made proportionately more changes in
appointees than has Lister. If a Re-
publican other than Hay had been
elected he would have made more
changes than Lister has made. AT
least every new governor has.
LET us look back at some Of these
good men, long and honorable in the
service Of the state with record fol
efficiency unsurpassed
do they mean Ed Cowan and T. D
Rockwell who for weeks have been
filling the newspapers with sugges
tions for efficiency in state admins
tration, yet in all the years they were
on the state payroll and were leading
advisers to the then governor failed
to put these IDEAS into effect?
"Or can it be the reference Is tc
former Public Service Commissioner
]. C. Lawrence, candidate for the Bul
Moose nomination for governor ant
new proponent and chief booster fol
the Seven Sisters? Not that Mr.
Lawrence was not a good official, but
do the King county Republicans wan
to go on record as backing him to
day?
"And by the motley crew of incom
petents whose only claim to recogni
ton is political activity do the Kinf
county men refer to such men af Floyt
L. Daggett, former mayor of Spokane
to Frank r. Spinning, to Arthur A
Lewis who resigned as city treasurer
of Spokane to accept the state ap
pointment, or Judge M. M. Godmn
with his long and honorable caree,
as legislator, jurist and lawyer?
Instances could be multiplied o
the poor judgment displayed in rails
ing so untenable an issue. Just on
in closing. Reference is made to thu
board of control. The chairman il
H. T. Jones, who because Of his ex
perience, knowledge and ability ha
been appointed by several Republican
governors and kept on the job Hel
man w. Ross, newspaper man, wen
ON the board to succeed Ed Cowan
newspaperman. The third member i
Frank c. Morse, who for more thai
rs years has held important politica
positions, including those of secretar,
of the tax commission under Governo
Mead and assistant land commissions
during the Hay administration.
It is strange indeed that Jones an
Morse should have been able to d
as they did land do) faithful and in
telligent service under a Republican
governor and that now, because Liste
is governor, the board Of which the
are majority members is 'unble t
handle the states business in an II
telligent and business-like manner