The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-09-02
TALK OF FUSION OF MOOSE and DEMOCRATS
in A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS

tative Eugene A. Childe. Frank A.
Manogue and Francis Rotch. Man.
ogue. n brewery clerk. recently NOV.
I'd into the district Rotch IA &C.
credited m Banker J. =. ChiIbcrg''s
selection 10 defeat the mutual saw.
ings bank bin which Chiide intro.
duced and failed 10 get action on
last session. Childe is hated by the
standpatters. but will probably be
nominated ia spite OF them From
an independent standpoint. both
Rotch and Manogus are unsatisfxc.
tory. but one or the other OF them
win necessarily be nominated.
With this condition IN tho repub.
llcan party. tho perpetual smile on
Sunny Jim" II. G. Forces face
widcns. Force and A. NJ. Anderson
are the progressive candidates. The
democrats have only one candidate,
Tom s. Patterson. and there 10 talk
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fusion.
No Contests
The s6th senatorial contest 10
without a democratic candidates The
progressive 10 DIR. John G. Gosneli.
The republican candidates are Lin.
coin Davis, ex-senator from Pierce
county. and Senator Josiah Col
Inns. A pretty battle In on between
these two. with Davis as the IA.
vorlte.
The 18th representative district
presents a simple situation. There
arc no contests for nominations.
There are no democratic candi-
dates. and two each in the progress.
sive. republican and socialist par
ties. Robert Grass and Frank II.
Renick. with standpat records, will
meet l.. w. Barnard and George
w. Bright. progressivcs. In battle
November 3.
VIII Hastings Win outf
In the seth senatorial district,
Charles A. Riddle IL the progress
sive and J. II. Hemmer the demo-
cratic candidate. The three re-
publican candidates are Senator q.
r. Steiner. Adam Beeler and Geo.
H. Rummens. Steiner will prob
ably be nominated. but the out-and-
out standpat vote Is against him.
Only one democrat, Mrs. NJ. B.
PHILIPPE, has filed In the 18th rep
resentative district Tho progress
sive candidates are Representa-
tives Fred Hastings and DR.. Eu-
gene T. Hurd and Stephen Hull.
Hastings represents the progress.
sive republican element, and Hull
the standpat crowd. Hurd 10 be-
twlxt and between.
DIlilng. France and "Joe Smith"
Former Mayor Geo. w. billing
is the progressive candidate for
senator In the 47th district, and
George Murphy In the democratic
candidate. Miller Freeman and
II. Il. Palmer are the republican
rivals. Palmer Is n former men,
Der of the senate, with peach Of
a standpat record. Freeman's REQ
ord In not quite so standpattish-
Joe Smith, peer OF insurgents. IL
one OF the republican candidates
for representative in the 47th dis
trict. Leola May Blinn. claiming
progressive tendencies, is also a
candidate. Just how much chance
these two stand In etandpat field
Is problematical. The outand-out
standpatters are Il. II. Cute. for
mer speaker; John r. Wilson. w.
I. listed and N. A. Schellberg.
No Socialist Contests
In G. J. France the progressives
have an ideal type OF legislator.
France and Emil ]. Brandt are the
progressive candidates. Harry NJ.
Westfall and J. #. Cronin are the
democratic candidates.
All the socialist nominations In
all the districts are uncontested.