The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-08-06


runs as republican in the primaries
just naturally isn't allowed in any
other party in the finals"
We were a bit dashed at this, but
our hope revived as soon as we saw
what lots and lots of candidates there
were anyway. The woods were full
of them, brothers. There were
plenty to spare for any number of
tickets.
"Then wouldn't it be good
scheme we cannily said, to put up
one bunch of candidates in the re-
publican primaries, just to discom-
mode and inconvenience our natural
enemy as much as possible, and have
another bunch of candidates all ready
and waiting in Third party to
catch any Offices that got by the first
lot? Wouldn't that be a bright little
scheme
But again those ruthless, disheart-
ening lawyers of ours said: "No! No,
1t cant be legally done Any collu-
sion to put up two tickets like that
by the same bunch of people would
just naturally land you in the courts
somewhere"
And so on the second day we gave
up this cheerful hope. And we set
out to decide which of these two little
schemes we should try since we
weren't allowed both. Should it be
republican primaries or Third party?
We discussed and cussed, and wor-
ried and agonized our way along for
two days or so, and some of us flop
ped about four ways in twenty-four
hours, and then we found ourselves
on Thursday morning with the non
partisan leaguers and railway boys
explaining to the rest of us just why
they were going into the republican
primaries. And the triple alliance
and the forty-eighters were explain
ing to the other folks just why they
were starting third party.
Then all the newspapers yelled:
"They've split,' And of course we
always believe the newspapers, being
good American citizens, so we looked
at ourselves mournfully and said: att
is indeed true that we have split from
our brothers that we were so fond
of 1t must be true since Colonel
Blethen says it,"
And then all of sudden the
smoke rolled away and we all began
to look at each other and laugh. And
we shouted: "Why look what's
here. The lawyers said we couldn't
do it, and we've gone and done it any
way, We've got exactly what we
wanted on the first day.
"We've got ticket for the primar-
les and another for the finals, to pick
up any offices that get by our first
line of attack. Now let's get to-
gether and see that everyone under
stands it,"
1t was really funny. 1t seemed to
strike us all at once! The leaguers
began going around to the alliance
boys and saying: "Say, we hope you
boys understand this thing. Well
put up our ticket in the primaries and
grab whatever we can grab, but be
sure you have your third party ready
for the follow-up!"
And the alliance fellows were ex-
planning exactly the same thing, and
saying: "Go to it, boys and do all the
educating you can from now till pri-
mary day. Knock the old Hart ma
chine as full of holes as you can. If
any of the offices get by you, you can
count on us to be round to gather
them in with the third party And
after all big third party is what
we all have to have some day"
And from both sides at once began
to arise the glad voice: "WELL
ALL BE TOGETHER ON ELEC-
TON DAY."
And if any of those lawyers come
around and tell us again that this
double-barreled plan is illegal, We'll
answer: may, nay, brothers. The
Lord took care of us after you turned
us down. For we have several hun
dred perfectly good witnesses, as well
as all the newspapers of the state to
prove that there wasn't any conspir-
acy or collision, and that we were all
perfectly separate and split for
whole halliday in Yakima"