Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08
CAMERON GOES ON
BOARD Of CONTROL.
WTli. SUCCEED MQI~ESTEN No
MEMBER '. CAPITAL Cos
SIP SAYS.

Though no Official announcement
has been made. il is generally under
stood in statenouse circles that James
j. Cameron Of Tacoma will succeed
G. Dove McQuesten. also of Tacoma
as the Republican member of the state
board of control on November l. Nc
QuesteE, who was appointed by the
late Governor Ernest Lister as the
representative of the minority party,
has rendered his resignation.
Both Cameron and McQuesten have
served in the state legislature as
members of the house, Cameron hav.
ing been elected from the Thirty
eighth district for the 1903 and 1911
sessions and McQuesten having repre-
sented the 35th district in 1911
Cameron was deputy county treas
urer in Pierce county when he was
sent to the legislature and afterward
was elected and reelected assessor He
is one of the best known Republican
leaders in Western Washington and
through his legislative experience and
affiliations with the assessors has a
wide state acquaintance.
A factional fight has been waged
against McQuesten for a long time.
and prediction was made more than
two years ago that Governor Lister
ognize factional Republican demand
that he be displaced Whether this
would have happened had Governor
Lister remained in the executive Of
flee is problematic, but the fact is we'll
known that Governor Hart faced the
same problem when he came into
Office. McQuesten settled the contro
versy himself by resigning and Gov
ernor Hart offered the place to Cam
eron.
In political circles it has been pre-.
dicted that Fred Baldwin of Spokane.
Democrat named to succeed w. H.
Cochrane by Governor Hart early in
the year at Governor Listers request,
would leave the board. 1t Is unofii-
cialiy stated that BALDWIN will remain
at least until after the first of the year
unless some unexpected complication
arises. 1t is we'll known that Cover
nor Hart wishes +. E. Skaggs of Ever
EFT to remain as the Democratic repre-
sentative on the board Skaggs was
reappointed by Governor Hart.
No announcement has been made as
to the appointment on the public serv-
ice commission to succeed A. A.
Lewis. whose retirement is expected
soon. In capital circles the impress
sion still prevails that ultimately
Hance H. Cleland, assistant attorney.
general, will be offered the place. Gle
land, who is former member of the
legislature and once resident of Spo-
kane, has been attorney for the COM
mission and is well advised on public
service matters. A small army of
Spokane residents and few appli.
cants from the west side are clamor-
ing for the place, but something new
will have to happen to injure Gle
lands chances for appointment
It IL pretty well understood. too.
that the governor expects soon to ap-
point another industrial insurance
commissioner, so the board would
consist Of Fred w. Llewellyn, Harley
L. Hughes and the appointee yet to
be named. There is every probability
that the new appOintee will come from
Western Washington and II things
politically work out as expected he
will be named about'the time that the
change in the public service commits
sion is announced.
The governor shows little DISPOSE
ton to make changes at the state in
stitutiops or to interfere with the Sc.
lection of subordinates by other ap-
pOintive officers. An illustration of
this attitude occurred when the res
ignation of Cotterill was accepted and
the appointment of A. T.. Marion as
his successor was made by Highway
Commissioner James Allen, the exec.
utive learning of the change inciden-
tally. At the time he urged Allen to
remain at the head of the highway
department, Governor Hart empha-
sized the fact that Allen would be ac-
tually in charge.