The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-10-21
CITIZENS
OF MOULTON
Seattle Man Speaks for
Local Candidate-Ad-
kison Withdraws

"Let me tell you folks of Ben
ton county that your representative
Mark M. Moulton was chairman of
the most important committee in
the legislature, the judiciary COM
mittee, and as member of that
committee had influence over a
great portion of the bills that GOT
thru during the past three ses-
sions,' said Judson F. Falknor,
representative from King county,
who spoke at the Liberty theatre
last night. "And busy as he was,
he was never too busy to call a
halt in the proceedings to consider
affairs of Importance to the peo-
pie of Benton county"
Mr.. Falknor was renominated
in the primary in King county, he
having already served two terms
as legislator. He is one of sew
eral members of the last session
who volunteered to assist Mr..
Moulton in his campaign, coming
over here, not to tell our citizens
how to vote, as he explained last
night, but rather to tell the people
what Mr.. Moulton had done for us
and the state at large, and of how
important it was that he be re-
turned to the next session.
"When Mr.. Moulton first ap-
peared at Olympia even the speak
er of the house did not know
where Benton county was, nor
who its representative was," de-
clared Mr.. 'Falknor. "He found
out shortly, and Benton county's
representative was made chairman
of this important committee. Two
other speakers of the house, rec
ognizing his ability, have followed
that lead, and Mr.. Moulton has
been chairman of the judiciary
committee for three terms. Now
Benton county is known thruout
the state as the county which
claims Mr.. Moulton. He has done
a great good for this state and for
your county. Consider this when
you vote"
Between three and four hundred
people were present at the meet
ing which applauded both speakers
at intervals and who listened at
tentively to Mr.. Moulton's speech
wherein he discussed matters of
general interest to the people of
this community.
Of the several topics discussed,
perhaps the one of most interest
to the people was his explana-
tion of what had been accomplished
toward getting the Kennewick high
line started. Several angles of this
great project of such Importance
to this section were touched upon
which gave his hearers newer in
sight into the difficulties to be
surmounted and the accomplish
ments already made. "This mat
ter is of vital Importance to us
here" said Mr.. Moulton, "and I
would rather be instrumental in
securing this project than be pre-
sented with the highest office this
state has in its power to bestow."
Touching upon state politics,
Mr.. Moulton stated that his op-
ponents had claimed that all he
wanted to go back to the legisla-
ton for was to fight the COVER
nor. "Let me tell you," he said,
II did not fight the governor. He
was farthest from my thots when
was in Olympia. We differed on
some of his measures, or his meth
DDS but at that my record will
show that voted for more of the
governors recommendation than
did Ed Sims, leader of the Hartley
forces in the legislature.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Addison
has withdrawn from the race, leav-
ing the contest to be settled be-
tween Mr.. Hill of Prosser and Mr..
Moulton. Mr.. Addison today re-
fused to either affirm or deny the
rumor, altho he stated that per-
sistent efforts had been made by
hackers of the Prosser candidate
ever since the primaries to bring
about this result. So far as is
known, Mr.. Addison has made no
campaign since the primary any
way and his action either way
will be of little account.