The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-16
DEATH OF GOVERNOR LISTER.

DEATH OF GOVERNOR LISTER.
Idaho mourns with her sister state
of Washington over the death of Ernest
Lister, governor of Washington.
Washington's loss is also loss to
idaho and the northwest Governor
Lister was man of sterling worth, OF
high ideals, of wonderful force and
he was clean. Few men enjoy the rec
ord he has made in our sister state
Elected twice as governor of state
that was almost two to one republican,
he being the democratic candidate in
1912 and 1916 is a record of which his
friends may we'll feel proud 1t was
due to his sterling personal worth
that he attained these victories. The
writer had been intimately acquaint-
ed with Ernest Lister since 1897, when
he was chairman of the state board of
control, which position he held I'M
til 1908.
The death of Governor Lister calls
3
Washington governors. Although
Washington was only 20 years old
last October, having been admitted as
a state in 1889, there are but two liv-
ing ex-governors of that state-Henry
Mcbride and Marion E. Hay. 1t is a
strange coincidence that neither of
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came governor because of being liteu-
tenant governor when the governor
had died. Henry Mcbride was elected |
lieutenant governor in 1900, when John
r. Rogers, Washington's first demo-
cratic governor, was reelected and was
the only democrat elected that year.
Mcbride was defeated for the republic
an nomination by Albert E. Mead in
1904 and Meade was elected
Marion e. Hay was elected lieuten-
ant governor in 1908 when Thomas
Cosgrove, of Pomeroy was elected
governor Cosgrove was taken i'll
soon after his election and went to
California. Hay was sworn in as
lieutenant governor and filled the Of
lice of governor from the start Co.'S
grove recovered sufficiently to return
to Olympia and be inaugurated as
governor of Washington, but never
filed the office. He returned to Cal
fornia a few days after his Inaugural
Il 81.
vas in session. Hay filled out the en-
ire term as governor !,
Another strange coincidence is that
ernest Lister, who was chairman of r
he board of control when Henry Nc
Bride was acting governor of Wash :
ngton, defeated both Mcbride and .
lay, both of whom had been elected
lieutenant governor and had served ;
s governor after the death OF Rogers
nd 1916. Q
In 1912 Hay was the republican
ominee for governor. Lister defeat G.
him by few hundred votes, his =
lajOrity being less than 1000. IL 1916
enry Mcbride received the republic
4 nomination and Lister defeated f.
IN by 1880 votes. In both OF these
ections the republicans elected eve
candidate. for a state office and \
cry congressional candidate, except n
, governor in both elections and con- ~
essman tDilD in the fifth district in N
IL. N
Louis F. Hart, elected lieutenant ~
vernon in 1912 and reelected in 1916 N
comes governor of Washington and "
the third lieutenant governor to "
cceed to the office of governor of ~
at state in less than 80 years of w
atehood for Washington W
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The Grangeville Globe is now edited ~
Jonathan Bourne, Jr.. of Washing ~
n, D. G. Mr.. Bourne is trying to edit "
of the newspapers of the United ~
ates, but the Globe is the only paper N
aching our exchange table that uses N
urnes dope, which is TRADE ~
ainst everything in America be- "
Use the president happens to be a "
nocrat. According to the warped ~
lgment of Mr.. Bourne everything in "
United States is wrong and is IN ~
ior to things in other countries. W
e last issue of the Grangeyille Globe N