Evening star., 1922-10-08
P0|NDEXTER RACE
GROWING CLOSER
G. O. P. Split in Washington
Widened by Primary and
County Conflicts.
HEARST CROWD BOLTS
Throw Support to Democratic Nom
inee and Urge Farmer-Labor
Aspirant to Withdraw.
HEARST CROWD BOLTS

TACOMA. Wash. October AFTER
a breathing spell of two weeks
| following the primary elections.
Washington politics is once more
under full steam.
Republicans. democrats and farm
er-labor followers have perfected
their new state organizations, re-
quired under the primary law of the
state, following the election of party
precinct committeeman, and county
and state central committees are now
The democratic organization retains
George Christensen of Stevenson.
state chairman. and A. r. Titlow of
though neither the republicans nor
democrats as a general rule change
their national committeeman until
the state convention in presidential
years. this year there has been con-
siderable political gossip that efforts
would be made to unseat. through
forced resignation. both Guy E. Kelly,
republican national committeeman, and
Titlow.
Hebberd State Chairman.
The republicans reelected Charles
Hebberd. of Spokane. state chairman.
Mr.. Kelly remains as national COM
mitteeman.
The anti Poindexter republicans
of the pre-primary days. attempted
at the eleventh hour before the cleo
ton to create a feeling of distrust in
the republican organization through
the publication of story to the eff
feet that S. A. Perkins. former ma
former republican leaders Of the
old guard were dissatisfied with the
handling of the republican party
affairs in the state, and would force
the resignation of Kelly and oust
Chairman Hebberd at the organiza-
ton meeting of the state central
Mr. Perkins Immediately repudiated
the yarn. but in many of the coun-
ties the fight broke along anti-Kelly
and anri-Hebberd lines when the
county central committees were or
ganized. The Kelly-Hebberd fac
tions. however. carried the majority
of the state central committeeman
and will conduct the campaign this
year.
Hearst Backs Dill.
The Hearst following, which went
into the republican primaries in an
effort to defeat Poindexter. is rapidly
switching to the support OF the demo-
cratic nominee. Clarence c. Dill Of
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with the farmer-labor nominee,
James A. Duncan of Seattle. in an
effort to have him withdraw in favor
of Dill. This Duncan refuses to do.
The democrats declare that they
have already been given the assur-
so per cent Of the vote cast against
Poindexter at the primaries. They
estimate that with the normal demo-
cratic vote and the antt-Poindexter
vote as shown in the primaries there
will be large enough silent vote in
the state to elect Dill.
On the other hand. the republican
leaders are confident that the election
of Senator Poindexter is certain. as
the normal republican vote is such
that only landslide such as that Of
1919 will endanger the republican
senator.
Women Workers Active.
Dill Is making q campaign of a
house-to-house nature. Ee Is also
fold with considerable success. His
anti-war vote. instead of reactine
against him, as expected by his po-
litical opponents, is being used In his
favor. Dill when placed on the car
pet before a veterans organization
Congress defended himself upon the
grounds that he had been sent to
Congress upon an anti-war, platform
and stood by his guns until Con-
gress had overruled him. despite
pressure brought to bear.
The state elections, two years away,
are also being felt at this time and
will have some effect upon the cam
paign this fall. There is q feeling
that too much activity at this time
might tend to weaken the present
state administrations chances with
the voters two years hence IL Poin-
dexter should be defeated. This
means that the state Organization
will not be jumping into the fight
with the same enthusiasm and energy
as marks the presidential election
years,