The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-13

The f.iis-iss 10 the fret 81 !. sesses
/ sf .tsrt~s ahsut the saftsas candidate.
Foe the Guberpstsrtsi nensiasfisn. rbs<s
sr~ eight Of thsm o, tho pr~s~nt fin,s
In the Republican p.sty-=bot ~hs know. :
There may b. sight msre In the ses'
sight dsy. There SCENE 10 DO . n~~
Z sn- rsrry day
radsy's .,.ry tell. .issaf senate. .. W
- ten ~ Cheney. Tho n~us COS wiil
- on keissa Hs~i~. 81 tverett
II ia pardonahle. in political par
lance. 90 hsrk back TO qulps and
Z phrases and observations and mot.
toes that have grown mossy with
E age
Thus. II IL always permissible. In
Z introducing the candldat. Of the
{ evening 20 care at the audience In
a manner that should make them
think you have tas<eu them close
10 your heart and revealed your
Z innerrnost secret when you re-
mark
And now. fellow voters. We
have with us Mr.. So.and.so. whose
life and record have been an opea
book 4"
Taking advantage OF the said 20.
litical license. we are willing 10
admit that Senator W J. Sutton's
record has heen an open book
except IN one particular.
William Jsnniresf Aorrorsi
No one vet has learned what the
w. J" stands for So far as pub.
lie documents are concerned.
there ia deep. dark mystery about
II. II IL even gravsiy hlnted that
W. J. himself has forgotten what
they used 10 denote Political en-.
emies OF the senator from Cheney.
Wash. who n now candidate for
the governors chair. have been
mean enough 10 charge that. tho
the senator r. n republican. W. ].
can stand for nothing else than
William Jennings
Horrible Yea. horriflc'
But while Senator Sutton may
thus have mark AKA inst him iit.
orally. he toes the line and sizes
np IN Glass A when you consider
him figurally.
He's Fond OF Figuring
Figurally-not figuratively, mind
you Senator Sutton reckona and
must be rcckoned with. A few
years ago when w. J was too
young 10 be state senator and
Just old enough 10 quit school and
go out into tho big world 10 carve
out fame For himself. he was told
the old one about looking before
leaplng.
Figure Il out ahead" he was
admonished.
And W. J. never forgot the
lesson
As figurer. he's tho final word.
or number. we should say.
He's so precise that way that
when he reached six feet in height.
he quit growing. He figured Just
that much and no more.
Naturally. then. when Sutton.
Just six feet in height. got 10
teaching NJ the normal school at
Cheney. Wash. II was as n pro.
fessor OF mathematics.
He Makes Some Money
After two or three years OF that.
Sutton figured there was good
money in farming.
ilf llhNIfI ilEUts
Sutton has prosperous bit OF
land In Eastern Washington and
war prices for wheat isn't making
the senator the least bit peeved.
Nor In that all
The senator, having established
himself as successful farmer. fig
ured II would be Just fine 10 hold
some stock In a farmers bank at
Cheney. II was not till 1912 that
he figured on plunge actively In
politics, and figures cant be con.
tradicted. lie was elected state
senator.
He Bests Gov. Lister
Just before the legislature con.
vened, the Cheney normal school.
of which Senator Sutton became
regent after he quit as professor
OF MATES, burned down.
Sutton figured II ought To be re-.
built. Gov. Lister figured other.
wise. Why nave several normal
schools in the state, the governor
asked? Let's consolidate them I'm
one.
Senator Sutton couldn't figure
that the consolidated normal would
be- located at Cheney. Therefore
he figured the battle must 0, made
for n aeparate npDronriatio,, A., -.