The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-30

In 1908, the Royal Arch, liquor mems organiza-
ton Endorsed Mcbride when he for governor.
1t is due to Mcbride however to say that nothing
in his administration governor associates him
with any liquor interests, that his word is good and
that he is today firmly against any tamperng with
the prohibition law. He vetoed a fake local option
law when he was governor and the temperance
forces approved that veto
1t is needless to say that Gov. Lister is emphatical
ly against booze legislation He has been Good
Tempar for years and is naturally against the liquor
traffic
If Gov. Mcbride is the kind of indepen-
dent, aggressive, forward-looking man that he was
governor before the state will have cause for
graduation that he has been elected IT, his
pagn silences might indicate he has changed then
Gov. Lister is the safer to elect.
Listers greatest fault is that he has been posi-
tive He has shown flashes of bigness at times--but
they only flashes He made a great showing
when he took to the courts the question of the legs
atures right to attach emergency clause to bills
that not really emergency measures. BY at
taching emergency" to bill, the legislature de-
prves the people of the referendum. Lister
that fight in test on bill that was purely political
in effect.
When the Renck bill up to him, it also
tanned emergency clause. Yet apparently for
getting the fight he had but recently made for the
great principle that the legislature has right to
abuse the emergency feature, he signed it and thus
deprived the people of the right of referendum
that bill II signed the ant-port commission bill,
in spite of the fact that the people of Seattle had
practically voted against every feature it contained
and in spite of the fact that it was purely Seattle
matter.
He signed the ahti-picketng bill, tho he now
declares he was mistaken Gov Mcbride is silent
on this measure. Lister signed the Certificate of
necessity BILL" companion to the notorious Senate
Bill a. He now is against it. Mcbride is silent
To Gov. Listers credit must be cited the fact
that he vetoed the bill to repeal the eight-hour
law public employment. He approved the
,a,s,,a fo~1 Ip<hA
good laws
To Gov McBrides credit must be cited his
great stand in his administration, which cost
him denomination, and which laid the founda-
ton for the direct primaries and direct legisa-
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 a standpatter as speaker,
and Lister then was confronted with stand
pat organization. Had Lister been as strong as
his well-wShers 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. 1t will be remembered that because of
this standpat combination, such measures as
the mothers pension and minimum wage laws
were nearly shelved-and only All 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 coloress 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 Times, it appears to be
a case of fifty fifty.