Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-01-03

opposition 10 Ulle Administration he mas not
split hairs, but called spade spade and
exposed both fraud and folly with all the
vigor within his soul This state will give
Dental nomination.
Now that Clark Savage has eliminated
himself from the gubernatorial race it
leaves the contest at this stage of the
game to big four, who, when in action,
will make the fur fly. The retiring of
Savage from the race will undoubtedly
strengthen the candidacy Of Gov. Hart as
Savage had many strong supporters even
in Tacoma, the home of the governor. AT
this writing it is next to impossible to
even surmise the relative strength of the
gubernatOrial quartet, but certain it is each
is sufficiently strong to keep the others
constantly guessing.
Goernor Harris chief strength lies in his
own administration. Not that he has no
strength outside of his appointees, because
he was elected lieutenant governor over
strong opposition, and some of that strength
he still retains, but if he goes over the
top it will be due to the good work of
his respective appointees. At present he
is playing the trumps he holds, in his mind,
to the best advantage. The ms always have
more or less advantage over the outs
and yet it sometimes work the other way.
The three other candidates, Col. Roland
H. Hartley of Everett, Col. George B.
Lamping of Seattle and State Senator
Conan of Spokane, each has more or less
negligible strength due largely to their
respectie personalities. Many questions OF
public interest will be talked over during
the campaign and the candidate that seems
to understand them all will probably get
the plurality vote. TO get majority vote
on the part Of any candidate will be next
to impossible and it is barely possible that
thirty per cent plurality vote will pull
the persimmon. TO say the least it will be
an interesting set-to to watch from afar.
There is no more positive character with
in the confines of the state than Col. Hart
ley and he is undoubtedly the best cam
pagner Of the bunch. He always knows
exactly what he wants to say and he is
never afraid to say it. In a free for al
campaign COL, Hartley is Johnny on the
job and the other fellow had better drill,
if he wants to be at the finals.
Col. Lamping will not get many votes
on his political personality. He, however,
has been designated as Radical and he
may accept the gauntlet as thrown down
and nike his cmpig On on the issues arising
from the Radical discomfort. Not that
Lamping is a Bolshevist but he is most
decidedly against legislating to make the
rich richer, and with such a plea for
paramount issue he might sufficiently rally
the wage eaarners to put him over the
top. Lamping is forcible talker and is
making preparations to make the best of
the situation as forced upon him.
Senator Conan comes from the ambitious
business GLASS; who is always looking for
more businessmen exactly against the
working man, but wants him to keep still
when he gets big wages. He is the only
Bunch Grass Candidate and hopes to get
such an overwhelming plurality east of the
Cascades that the moneyed interests Of the
west side will easily put him over. While
he would have the hardest time to be
elected after nomination of the Ouartet vet