The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-28

In 1908, the Royal Arch 4 liquor mems organza.
ton indorsed Mcbride when he ran for governor
II Is due 20 Mcbride. however. to say that nothing
III ms administration as governor associates him
with any liquor interests that his word is good, and
that he IS today firmly against any tampering with
the prohibition law. He vetoed a fake local option
law when he was governor and the temperance
forces approved that veto
IL IS needless io say that Gov Lister is emphatca
~ against booze legislation He has been Good
lemplar for years and is naturally against the liquor
traffic
II Gov Mcbride is the same kind Of an indepen
dent, aggressive. forward-looking man that he was
as governor before the state will have cause for con
graduation that he has been elected. II, his
paign silcnces might indicate he has changed then
Gov Lister is the safer to elect
Listers greatest fault is that he has been posi-
tive. lie has shown flashes OF bigness timcs-but
they only flashes He made a great showing
when he took TO the courts the question OF the lcgis
laure's right attach emergency clause to bills
that were not really emergency measures BY at
taching an emergency" 20 a bill. the legislature de
prives tho people OF the referendum Lister won
that fight in test on bill tina, purely political
in effect.
When the Reniek bill came up to him. it also con
tained emergency clause. Yet apparently for
getting the fight he had but recently made for the
great principle that the legislature has right 10
abuse the emergency feature. he signed it and thus
deprived the people OF the right of referendum
that bill II signed the anti.port commission bill.
in spite Of the fact that the people Of Seattle had
practically voted against every feature contained
and IN spite of the fact that purely Seattle
He signed tho anti-pcketing bili tho he now
declares he mistaken. Gov. Mcbride IS slcu,
on this measure. Lister signed the Certificate OF
necessity BILL companion to the notorious Senate
Bill 10 lie now IS against 1t. Mcbride Is silent.
To Gov. Listers credit must be cited the fact
that he vetoed the bill TO repeal the eght-hour
law public employment He approved the
minimum wage law for women and other very
good laws
To Gov MeBride's eredi, must be cited his
great stand in his administration. which cost
him a denomination and which laid the founda-
tion for the direct primaries and direct legisla-
ton
Early in his administration Gov. Lister had
the opportunity to unite the progressive and
democratic forces in the legislature. Instead
the democratic group united with the reaction
airy republicans, elected Standpatter as speaker
and Lister then was confronted with a stand
pat organization. Had Lister been as strong as
his well-wishers wanted him to be, he would
have roundly put his stamp OF disapproval on
such coalition, and the democrats would have
shown more liberal organization of the legisla
ture. II will be remembered that because of
this Standpat combination, such measures as
the mothers pension and minimum wage laws
were nearly shelved-and only an accidental
piece Of good fortune placed the progressives
temporarily in control for the last two days OF
the session and forced these matters to a vote
On the other hand, we have nothing in the
present campaign but vague and colorless state
mentS from Gov. Mcbride, except his firm
opposition to the booze bills Has he lost his
punch?
Who for governor? The voters have the
facts. To The Star, it appears to be
case of 6fty-6fty.