The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-08
ny ABE AuRWITZ

cation OF popular demand for him.
Asked for an interview today. he
branded as untrue any statement
to the effect that he had decided
not TO run.
4 cannot say will run or will
not run" he summed up his posi-.
tion. Il shall await such time as
can Judge whether there Is a
substantial request from the people
for me To become a candidate"
THIS announcement falls like a
bomb into the camp OF a group OF
local politicians who were busy
with press agent stories circulated
outside Seattle to the effect that
Seattle is solid for Congressman
VIII r Humphrey. standpat candi
date for republican senatorial nom
ination. who II opposing Senator
Miles PoindeStcr. progressive.
+ As a matter OF fact. Humphrey
will be lucky TO break even with
. Pulndexter in Seattle. according 90
men familiar with the real aitua.
tion. With Judge AlbertHon IN the
race. Humphrey will not be able TO
( do better than third Ia king county.
+ with a record OF II years on the
/ bench. with never a word OF criti-
+ cism against his fairness from any
source. judge AlbertBon lis easily
one OF the most popular mon In the
county.
/ lie Ia also we'll known turnout
tho state. having been speaker OF
the house during one session. and
generally active IN state affairs
/ on the other hand. Humphrey
never has been a vote gettcr IN Sc
attic or King county. II Is due TO
Humphreys extreme unpopularity
here that even stAndpAtters are
urging Judge Alborison 10 run. |
Judge Albertson has also been ask |
ed by many leading progresslyes.
tho Senator Poinde1ter. 81 course. |
has tho progressive support gcner.
ally Albertson. as judge. has been |
no partisan ITS election came term /
after term. without effort on hla |
part lie never made n speech or |
passed card AlbertAon. there
fore. cannot be considered allied |
either to tho standpat or progress
siye wing Of the republican party.
With Albertaon In the senatorial |
race, there would undoubtedly be
fourth candidate IN tho field before
long. 80 that the voters would be |
called on 10 express first and sec,
ond choice votes.
Friends Of tho Judge. who are
urging him TO run. assert he would
be In a strategic position 20 receive
second choice votes from both tho
Polnderter and Humphrey support
crs. This. added to his own popu.
iari,y. would mako him a winner.
they declare.
What sort OF man f. Aibertson7
A story that dates back TO 1895
may be illustrative.
Abe rtson. then n comparatively
young man. vas nominated by
the machine" for the legislature
II was done without consulting him.
and he accepted Il as n servant OF
tho party.
No questions were asked. No an.
svcrs were given.
n vas during tho session OF the
legislature when ex-senator An
keny first became n candidate for
the senate. Senator John u. Allen
OF Seattle was asking for re-elec-
ton.
Ballot after ballot was taken
without result The King county |
machine" wanted Ankcny. Albert.
son refused TO be bossod by the |
machine. He placed Allen in
nomination.
The district delegates 10 the |
county convention who had nom
mated Albertson for the legislature
met and sent a telegram To him. |
signed by three-fourths OF their |
number. demanding he should quit
voting for Allen.
The next morning Albcrtson read
tho telegram right out in open ses-
sion OF the legislature.
MY conscience" he said. tells
mo that Senator Allen would best
serve this state In the United
States senate. My loyalty TO the
men who have nominated me would
put me in the position OF voting for
Mr.. Ankeny. do not wish to seem
dlsloynl. yet 7 cannot vote against
my conscience"
The result was that neither An
keny nor Allen was elected that
session. The plum fell TO John l..
Wilson by a fluke.
II was Mt that session that the
railroads Of the state woke up with
a start when. In opening their mail.
they found returned 10 them the
railroad passes Issued to Repre-
sentative Albertson.
This was long before any one
dreamed OF an anti-pass law.
Thus. his independence in the
senatorial matter and tho dlspleas-
ure which he incurred from the rail.
roads put him out Of politics when
his tor1n in the legislature was over
He was tn bad" with the bosses.
and so he devoted himself strictly
to the law business
fTe became associated with
James Hamilton Lewis, a democrat.
who was congressman from Seattle
at ono time. and who now IL United
States senator from Illinois.
In 1900. however. while Albertson
was in Nome on legal business, his
friends again placed him In nomina-
ton FOR the legislature. and he was
elected by "A big vote.
~ regarded that IA n satisfactory
indication OF my course in the
legislature" says Judge Albertson
II was at this session he was
choaen speaker. Later, I'm the year
1901. there was special session.
and no received every vote in the