The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
CONGRESSMAN HUMPHREYS
HELPING THE DEMOCRATS
Making Unwananted Attack on Senator
POindexter Will Not Help His
Candidacy

A recent number of the Springdale
Reformer contained the following per
tinent and pointed comment:
Congressman w. E. Humphrey OF
this state, who is now seeking the re-
publican nomination for United States
senator, is not in harmony with the
principles of the republican party as
expressed at the Chicago convention,
nor as they are being carried out by
the party leaders of his own state. He
does not believe there is any honesty
Of purpose in the 5000 voters Of the
state Of Washington who cast their
ballots four years ago for the head OF
the progressive ticket, and who are
now a part and parcel of the republi-
can party, and with whom the success
Of the republican congressional and
state tickets rests at the polls this year.
Under date of June Dist, the Re-
former is in receipt of a personal letter
from Congressman Humphrey, written
on the stationery of the house of Rep
resentatives, and signed by Mr.. Hum
phrey himself, in which he says, l
am inclosing you herewith statement
that Senator Poindexter has made about
the republican party. think it might
be we'll for you to place it on file, for
it may be of interest during the coming
campaign" Tnclosed are a number
of extracts from speeches of Senator
Poindexter made during the campaign
of 1912, when the latter was support
ing the progressive ticket, the one to
which Mr. Humphrey appears to take
particular exception being the state
ment made by Mr.. Poindexter upon
receipt of election returns from this
state, showing a total Of 113, 6o8
progressive votes, as against 70, AS
republican, to the effect that the
republican party is dead
That the republican party did not
die at that time is not any fault
of Congressman Humphrey whose
efforts four years ago helped very ma
terially to make such vote possible,
as we'll as to saddle the state and nation
with a democratic executive during
the four past years, and whose eff
forts right now, as expressed in his
bitter hatred and vindictiveness against
reunion with the progressive element,
is doing more to aid in the success Of
Wilson, Turner and Lister in this
state than any other cause. Hum
phrey, were he possessed of one-fourth
the political acumen for which his fol-
lowers give him credit, would be able
to see this for himself, but he is of the
-blooded, unconvinc eable, rule-or-
ruin element that first caused a split
in the republican ranks and made nee
essary a reunited party such as is now
represented by Chas. E. Hughes.
The Reformer is not now, never has
been and never expects to be, an ad-
vocate OF the progressive party, and
its editor believes his brand of repub-
licanism is just as good as that of w.
E. Humphrey. At the same time,
we believe there are just as good re-
publicans among those who followed
the progressive movement as there are
among those who remained with the
old party, and we fully realize that
reuniting these two elements is abso-
lutely necessary Tor the success OF the
republican party, both in state and
nation. Fortunately for those who
have the welfare Of the party as whole
at heart, such a condition has been
brought about, and Mr.. Humphrey
only emphasizes his littleness when he
attempts to keep alive the former diff
ferences in his own state. His actions
are only aiding the democrats in this
state, and should he, by any chance,
secure the nomination for the senate
and then be defeated by George
Turner, he will have only his own
warped and prejudiced views and his
ill-advised action in publicly expressing
them to thank Tor the outcome.
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