Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-20
DEMOCRATS ARE
FORGING AHEAD
Black and Drury, Nominees
for Senate and Congress,
Campaigning Vigorously
HARBOR CITIES TONIGHT
Drury Forces a Campaign Of
Explanations Upon Con-
gresham Johnson

TACOMA, Oct. 20-A whirlwind
electioneering campaign is being car
ried on this week in Southwestern
Washington by Judge w. w. Black, of
Everett, Democratic candidate for
United States Senator, and Charles
Drury, of Tacoma, Democratic candi-
date for congressman in this district.
The two are making joint itinerary
and are visiting every important CEN
ter in the district.
Taken together Black and Drury are
likely the two strongest political
fighters in the Northwest. Judge
Black is one of the very ablest CAM
paigners this state has ever produced,
and Drury is the best vote getter
that ever came down the pike. The
election of both men by emphatic
majorities is foreseen here by men Of
keen discernment.
| 1t is this itinerary of Black and
Drury that scared Congressman Albert
Johnson off the official roost in Wash
ington. Johnson did not purpose TAX
ing any part in this campaign, and
had written letters here so stating.
But the gains Drury has been showing
in the past two weeks throwed scare
into Johnson's henchmen and hurry
up-call is bringing him back to his
bailiwick. He arrives here Wednes-
day, and has already sent letters ahead
to papers here explaining his failures
in stewardship at Washington John
sons campaign will be one of ex>
planning. Johnson has but one issue
his fight against Wilson-and that
is the very thing that is defeating him
in this campaign. Every time he re-
fers to it in this district he will lose
scores Of votes to Drury. The district
is overwhelmingly for Wilson and
Johnson knows it, and he will not
dare to say anything in his speeches
here in the next two weeks about the
fight he has been making in Washing
ton against President Wilson.
Johnson, therefore, has nothing to
talk about in his campaign but his
record, and every statement of every
speech he makes relative to his record
in Washington will be a statement of
apology and explanation. In slang par
lance Drury has Johnson "going
South"
"And if he had have had good po-
litical horse sense he would have re-
mained in Washington and trusted to
luck instead of coming out here" said
a republican of statewide reputation
here today. Every step he takes here,
every time he turns round he must
explain, explain, explain, and these ex-
planning campaigns are losing cam.
paigns. For instance, there are liter.
ally shoals of pro-Wilson republicans
all over the district. These want
Johnson to explain why he carried on
private feud against President Will
son and throwed down the district to
do it. When he gets over to Grays
Harbor the Harbor towns will want
him to explain why he frittered and
fooled away their opportunity to got
an appropriation for the Grays Har-
Dor jetty which is enormously i'm
portant to that part of the state.
Willapa Harbor will want him to ex-
plain why he lost out on their Har-
Dor improvement appropriation. He
simply cannot satisfactorily explain
these things, and poor explanation
is worse than an apology. He'll carry
on red rag campaign. Every time
he speaks he'll lose votes.'
Judge Black and Congressional Can
didate Drury held their first joint
meeting in Shelton yesterday after
noon, appearing last evening in a
meeting in Olympia. They speak to-
night-Tuesday-at Aberdeen and Ho-
quiam, the two men changing plat.
forms during the evening and each
appearing at both places. Tomorrow
they will visit Elma and Montesano
and hold meetings at Centralia and
Chehalis tomorrow evening. Thurs
day they will take in the Willapa
Harbor cities, speaking in Raymond
and South Bend Thursday evening.
Kelso and Kalama will be visited FRI
day, and Friday night both men will
speak at a mass meeting at Vancou-
yer. Saturday will see Judge Black