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THREE MEN OF KING
Humes, Frink and Guie All
Out for Governor.
TITANIC WAR AMONG DEMOCRATS
tLee Hart's Fierce Fieht Asralnst J.
"W. God-wla for Delegate to Kaa-
sas City Convention.
SEATTLE, "Wash., May 5. B. Helster
Gulo for the Gubernatorial nomination Is
the newest thing In the confused local
Republican situation. Guie -was Speaker
of the last legislature, having been the
particular candidate of the Humes forces.
He Invited and incurred the bitter hostil
ity of John L. Wilson, who appeared to
hold Guie personally responsible for the
attitude of the King County delegation
against him. Wilson manifested his mighty
displeasure on a notable occasion when,
after his defeat, he made a speech before
the Joint convention that had Just elected
Mr. Foster, and sneerlngly referred to cer
tain caucus bolters, shaking his finger
significantly at the Speaker. Gule's friends
looked upon the pointed allusion as a
deliberate Insult, and did not forget it.
So, as a sort of vindication, he was ad
vanced by the Humes managers as chair
man of the Seattle city convention last
February, and later was called on to pre
side over the state convention at Ellens
burg. The same Influences have been urg
ing the young politician for United States
Attorney to succeed Mr. Gay, at the ex
piration of his term, and the supposition
lias been that he would be appointed.
It is known that he has the Indorsement
of Senator Foster's local cabinet at Taco
ma, and that the Senator himself Is in
clined to be favorable. But evidently Guie
thought he was not advancing fast enough,
and, the District Attorneyship being a
year and more distant, he would better
seize the golden present. By common
consent all Republican factions In Seattle
have determined to avoid a struggle to
secure a Congrcssamn, and make a try
for Governor. So now the county has
Gubernatorial triplets on Its handt
Humes, Frink and Guie.
In hi9 announcement, Guie frankly owns
up to being a young man, but youth Is no
bar to an honorable ambition, and he
thinks he has an indisputable right to aim
high. He is S2. Responding to the in
quiry of an Interviewer, he declared that
he had discharged any possible obligation
he owed to Judge Humes, and that his
candidacy was entiled to be considered on
Its merits. The young candidate's state
ment deserves to be quoted:
Judge Humes is Mayor of Seattle. I
have not heard that he contemplated be
ing a candidate for Governor. Many peo
ple believe he should serve out his term
in that office. However, In answer to your
question I will say that I am not, to my
knowledge, under any political obligation
to Judge Humes. I have supported him
In every political light he has made In
this county for several years. The fact
that he may be, as you suggest, a candi
date for Governor, will not Influence me
nt all. I shall go ahead Just the same in
an endeavor to secure a delegation favor
able to myself. The contest, however,
will be a friendly one.
"When Humes was seen, he had nothing
to say beyond a diplomatic statement that
if Guie wanted to run that was his busi
ness. "Mr. Guie Is a friend of mine." he
eaid, "and he has a right to be a candi
date for Governor. So have you, and so
has anybody else."
The Guie candidacy has nevertheless
been pretty fully exploited by politicians
and papers unfriendly to the Mayor, as
a break In the Humes ranks, which it cer
tainly Is. But the Humes managers pro
fess to regard It as of trifling Importance,
and, indeed, as being a matter to justify
hilarity. They claim that all Guie ever
was they made him; and that he has Inju
diciously turned his back on his friends
without a commensurate gain from his
enemies. And they say further that he
will very speedily find himself and his
eelf-nurtured boomlet high In the air with
no landing place anywhere In sight.
An Impartial view of the facts would
seem to be that Mr. Guie has been en
couraged to bloesom out into a guber
natorial possibility by Influence? unfriend
ly to Humes and not heretofore espe
cially friendly to himself: and of course
he has some very warm friends, who re
gard him as a young man of ability and
promise and who are willing to help him
forward and upward for his own sake.
The Frink boom has given obvious sign!
of sagging In the middle. Mr. Frink Is a
man whoso estimable qualities are nu
merous, but they are not of an especially
attractive or positive character. His rec
ord In the state Senate, while entirely
creditable and upright, would, it is be
lieved by many, be detrimental to him as
a candidate. He is iid to have voted
gainst the railroad freight rate bill and
the eight-hour bill. The 'etate at large
does not seem to have looked upon the
Frink candidacy with increasing enthusi
asm, or with any marked signs of ap
proval, and It does appear to be anxious
to get a chance to nominate Humes. These
are. In brief, the reasons why the Guie
movement will do more to weaken Frink
than Humes, and why this the Humes
crowd saye the ox-Senator will In the end
be side-tracked altogether. In a .show
down between Guie and Humes, they
say the result for the latter would be
overwhelming: and doubtless they are cor
rect. A combination1 between Guie and
Frink. if It were feasible, would be more
formidable. Whether It can be brought
about or whether It would be If it could
must for the present be regarded as en
tirely conjectural.
The voice of the dominant clement of
the Republican party throughout the
etate Is apparently for the Seattle
Mayor. The old Humes-Ankeny combi
nation is still operative, and Senator Fos-
aer has given no sign of a purpose or de
sire to withdraw his sympathetic interest
and support therefrom. The Ankeny men
end their allies controlled the late Ellens
burg convention three to one, and there
is every reason to believe that they will
have the same dominance over the Fall
convention. There is more or less talk
to the effect thai If by any mischance
King County wete to declare against
Humes the state would nominate him,
anyway. Just as Ferry, without e single
vote from Seattle, was forced down that
county's throat In 1SS9. Theso statements
eeem to be inspired rather by knowledge
that there Is opposition to Humes in his
own home than by fear that he will be
turned down, there.
The Governorship Is, after all, largely
a politician's fight. King County Is not
so very much, stirred up over the pros
pect of controlling the state government.
The abiding hunger of all parties is for
a Congressman. Seattle wants a repre
sentative at Washington, and wants him
badly. It is not apparent to anybody that
the city's Interests have recently suffered
at all by reason of non-representation, but
the fact that Tacoma has both a Repre
sentative and a Senator Is nevertheless
felt to be a constant menace. A corre
spondent of one of the local papers en
deavors to put the unsatisfied yearnings
of Seattle Into words, saying:
"Here aro a few expressions from
prominent Republicans: 'Kill off some of
the politicians and then King County will
get Justice'; 'King County Republlcana
fight each other, that to what is the mat
ter; 'representation In Congress is King
County's due. Any one who subordinates
this to personal consideration will seal
his political doom'; 'Republicans that
fight each other need not expect the Re
publican party to fight for them'; 'the
party knows no man in this fight for rep
resentation in Congress, but demands rep
resentation In Congress; 'what the great
commercial city of Seattle wants is rep
resentation In Congress. It will be worth
more to us In one year than all the Gov
ernors the slate will have In the next
20 years.' The one objection to King
having a Representative in Congress now
la because King County owes this cour
tesy to Pierce County. Courtesy, Indeed!
Justice and the right are greater than
courtesy. The Republicans of King will
not concede representation in Congress to
any county or city on account of courtesy,
so-calied."
Perhaps, too, the state will refuse to
concede as much to King County on ac
count of courtesy, or for any other reason.
The email regard in which the claims of
any particular county are apt to be held
in Washington was painfully illustrated
In the case of Spokane at Ellensburg. Tho
truth is, the politicians are perfectly
aware that King County wants a Con
gressman, and they are also pretty firm
ly convinced that it cannot get It. All
the factions decline to take the responsi
bility of making a fight -in behalf of King
County against Cushman, and returning
home from the etate convention with
empty hands. It is a condition, not a
mere question of sentiment, that con
fronts Seattle. An onslaught on Cush
man Is a forlorn hope. A sense of fair
play to him will give him the renomlna
tlon by acclamation, unless Seattle should
object, and If it docs, it will in all like
lihood give It to him anyway. He took the
nomination against James Hamilton Lewis
two years ago when there seemed to be
almost no chance of success. King Coun
ty not only refused to offer a candidate,
but supported the Pierce County man.
Seattle will scarcely advance the poor
plea that It thought It was giving Cush
man a gold brick, and now it "wants dem
presents back."
The Republican differences are for the
present overshadowed by the terrific war
fare in the Democratic party. The Irrup
tion of Governor Rogers into the Demo
cratic organization has created vast
havoc Old alliances have been severed,
and new alliances made. The. alignment
now throughout the state is the Rogers
Democrats on the one hand and the Lewis
Democrats on the other. In the prodigious
contest waging here between Lee Hart
and J. W. Godwin for delegate to the
National convention, there Is no half-way
ground. Every Democrat is for ene or
the other. The Hart machine lsengl
neered by Hart, Rogers and War-Horse
Bill White; and the Godwin machine by
Godwin, Lewis and Judge Moore. Time
was when Moore and Lewis did not be
long to the same chapter of the Demo
cratic Mutual Admiration Society; but
these be troublous times, and it is becom
ing for Democratic braves whose scalps
are in jeopard' to dwell together in amity.
Theso are. broadly speaking, the lines of
cleavage: the Godwin campaign is actually
managed by Jay Allen, an attorney, and
the Hart campaign by that redoubtable
warrior himself. Hart hates Lewis, and
says so between election times; Just now
ho says nothing except that he Is not
fighting that kaleidoscopic statesman.
But the Godwin forces, through Tom Ma
loney, havo raised the Macedonian cry
that the noble ambition of Lewis to be
Vice-President is being opposed by Hart,
Here Is what Maloney says about it:
The flqht In Klne County for the National
dclcK-.t'-i'hlp Is In reality a fight against
Colonel Letrls and his friends by Lee Hart. A
month or more ago Mr. Hart and I rode on a
train together In Eastern Washington. Tills
was before the visit of W. J. Bryan. At that
time Mr. Hurt -.aid to me in substance:
X am going to rkln Lewis, and I am going
after every Lewis man in the state. I shall get
Godwin's head first, and then you will come
next. Then I shall go after John T. Condon,
and next Judge Moore. I will compass the de
feat of all of those men."
Mr. Hart's plans aro thus shown to be
somewhat comprehensive.
On the other hand, William Blackman,
apparently speaking for Mr. Hart, author
ized publication of the following:
Thomns Malony will never go as a delegate
to Kansas City. If be is Indorsed in the south
west he will be defeated In the state conven
tion because of the manner In which he acted
with reference to Hugh Wallace In 1S00. Tou
can quote me a saying this.
Malony, who recently achieved the
chairmanship of the Democratic State
Committee, at Spokane largely through
his superior vigilance In acquiring prox
ies Is standing as a Candida to from
Thurston County for delegate to Kansas
City. A very vigorous fight is being put
on him there by the friends of Rogers,
and the threat is openly made that they
will beat him in the state convention,
anyway, no matter if ho has the indorse
ment of the Southwest. But to return to
King County.
Tho Hart people have relied on tho
neutrality of Lewis, and have intimated
that they have had assurances from him
to that effect. But he has been drawn
into the trouble, notwithstanding, as the
following telegram from him, just printed
with much flourish, will show:
Detroit. Mich.. Mar 2. Hon. Jay C Allen
and Committee: Answering your inquiry, I
would esteem It an honor If the State Democ
racy would Indorse me as their candidate for
Vice-President.
After Judge White declined to go to the cos
rcntlon I agreed to support Mr. Godwin. Any
statement that I have withdrawn my support
is untrue. I am for Godwin.
Lewis knows better than to Intrust his
ridiculous Vice-Presidential aspirations to
his avowed enemy.
Governor Rogers has named Bill White
for the Supreme Judgeship, soon to be
vacant by the resignation of Judge Gor
don. Judge White has announced that he
will be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination this Fall. The Godwin fac
tion has made a counter-move by bring
ing out Superior Judge Moore for the
Supreme bench, and will carry the war
fare down the line. The Godwin faction
needs to put forth all its energies and
resources to down Lee Hart. He Is a
fighter of great skill and marvelous In
dustry. As it looks now, he has the best
of It; and, if he can hold his own till
May S, the day of the primaries, he will
Trtn,
OREGON POLITICAL NEWS
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A USEFUL
LEGISLATOR.
Ability to Do Something: Besides
Waste Time la Telling: Stories
Is Desirable.
Ashland Tidings.
It is amusing to read the criticisms In I
some of the opposition papers or one or
two Republican candidates for the Legis
lature in Oregon, as though oratory and
the gift of gab were the only requisites
needed for an effective member of the Ore
gon Legislature. Orators are all right In
their way, but the successful legislator
needs other qualifications than brass and
lungs. As a usual thing, men with ora- f
torical qualifications alone waste too much .
time at the state's expense.- Their oratory
UNCLE SA'M That last
is generally one word for the state and
a dozen for themselves. They confuse
Issues that otherwise would be clear. Good
story-telling and a skillful handshaking
indicate no talent for wise legislation. One
quiet and effecUve worker is worth a 10
acre field of these gentry. The State of
regon pays Its legislators so much per
day for a day's work. A self-respecting
legislator understands that he Is expected
to give value received for his pay, and
candidates for the Legislature ought to be
sized up to an extent on this basis. The
orator, spell-binder, magnetic candidate,
the player to the galleries, lazy sinecure
seeker and fool - tinkler, should be set
aside, and only the square and study man
wno really wants to do his duty to the
state and his constituents selected. The
Republican candidates for the Legislature
In Jackson County have most of the prop
er qualifications for the position to which
they aspire, and it would be refreshing
to see more like them in public life.
"SMASH THE RING" EDITORIALS."
Efforts of Portland Sorehead to
Worlc Papers Thronjrh a Dalles
Paper Tiot Appreciated.
La Grande Journal.
The Dalles newspapers evidently think
that the burden of the present campaign
In Oregon rests upon their frail shoul
ders. With metropolitan airs they are
sending out marked copies and proof
sheets to editors of other papers, who
are in Just as good a situation to arrive
at the facts and who are perhaps equally
capable of forming an opinion. These
marked articles have to do chiefly with
the deeds or misdeeds, with the virtues
or vices of certain men, who now repre
sent us in Congress, and who may now
be in a situation to appreciate newspaper
advertising. Whether they are author
ized bv the men who are most interest
ed or not thero la no way of determining,
but In any event they aro an offense to
those to whom they are sent.
Just Like Bryan.
Ashland Tidings.
"Pooh Bah" Crowell, whose fame will
go thundering down the coming ages as
having given his sobriquet to the precinct
that bears his name in this county, was
"up Rogue River on a fishing trip, out
of reach of both the telephone and tele
graph, during the progress of the Demo
cratic convention at Jacksonvlle. Satur
day. But he seems to have fixed things
quite effectually, and, none but Crowell
men were put on guard by his lieutenants.
Thi. half-dozen or so of- weary Fusion
Populists who held their "mass conven
tion." at Medford. Saturday, ought not
complain of the treatment the Democrats
accorded them. Considering their large
numbers, succeeding In having two of
their party named on the Democratic
ticket, was doing fairly well, even if Dem
ocratic candidates were difficult for the
convention to obtain.
This Seeds a Coasting Brake.
Pendleton East Oregonlan.
Down in Portland an Independent can
dldate for office brazenly announces. la
a display adverUsement of his own vir
tues, that he is "not a sorehead; not a
perpetual or a disappointed office-seeker,
not tied to or controlled by any clique,
party or faction." Just so; but knowing
the man, and knowing his character, one
cannot help from remarking that his van
ity and ignorance make him a notoriety
seeker and one not capable of filling a
Dubllc office, because even If he does not
1 have the Instincts of a knave he hfca those
of a fool, and this erects as great a bar
rier against his being- a faithful public
servant.
Welcomed "With Open Aral.
The Dalles Tlmep-Mountaineer.
On the- Citizens' ticket in Multnomah
County appears the name of Hon. Frank
lin P. Mays, for State Senator, instead
of Hon. D. P. Thompson. Mr. Mays Is
a former resident of The Dalles, and was
United States District Attorney during
Harrison's Administration. He is a life
long Republican, but. like many other
Republicans, he repels the bosslsm under
which the party In this state has fallen,
and believes the proper way to down the
bosses Is to beat their candidates. He
Is In good company when he takes a place
with Democrats on the Citizens' ticket.
All Kinds of Bosses.
Enterprise Chieftain.
The La Grande Chronicle, presumably
Democratic organ, is very much worried .
about the Republican party, and cays it
is dominated by bosses. This does not
seem very consistent to one who knows
that the policy of the Chronicle is dlc-
shot just finishes up my ammunition. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
tated by the most corrupt and unscrupu
lous ring of dirty Republican politicians
in the state. The Chronicle's bosses were
beaten in the primaries and conventions
and to prevent further Indictment at the
hands of the Republican party, has forced
the Democratic Chronicle to give vent to
their pent-up spleen.
Free "Wool for Oregon.
Albany Herald.
Valley Oregon wool has seen some pe
culiar fluctuations during the past decade.
During 1S90 to 1S92 It was bought In Salem
at an average of 20 cents per pound,
ranging from 18 to 21 cents.
From 1S93 to 1895 it averaged 10 cents,
the actual price paid by a Salem firm be
ing 10 cents in 1S93, 1S6 and 1S96, and 11
cents in 1S94.
In 1S97. Valley Oregon wool began to
pick ,up in price, selling at 13 cents. In
1S93 and 1899 It did even better, being
placed at 1C cents. The same firm that
bought at these figures expects to pay
20 cents for the same grade of wool this
year.
If Oregon farmers will consider the
economic conditions that existed when
.a.. . Inn n1 Vtt. tl.trtAB 4 tttnl,.
nn-V kul .- lun ixitu ..f F-Ca w - i
won. thv will roadllv understand that '
the protective tariff and Republican ad
ministrations of 1S20 to 1S92, and of 1SS1
to 1S0O, were by far the best for the Amer
ican sheepgrower.
Oregon farmers don't want free wool,
Bryan says: "I am for free wool." There
fore the Oregon farmers don't want Bryan
for President, or any representative in
either branch ot Congress who will vote
on Bryan's side or run on Bryan's ticket.
Better Than Congress.
McMinnville Reporter.
Captain H. L. Heath Is said not to have
been greatly disappointed in not receiv
ing the nomination for Congress. On one
ballot he stood within six of reaching the
plum. The Whitney forces were his down
fall. Some of his friends came home
somewhat crestfallen. A defeat In con
vention in this case is better than defeat
at the polls. The Captain is well-fitted
for useful positions in life outside of the
sometimes doubtful honor of mlngllngwith
Congressmen. His interest In the Badger
gold mine Is likely to prove the greater
gold mine of the two, anyway, and he is
pursuing Its development with a persist
ency worthy of success. The difference
between Dr. Daly, who Is a banker, and
Captain Heath, after the election. If Daly
does as his party expects him. will be
that Heath will have his gold, while Daly
will be out his gold and office both. The
Captain is to be congratulated.
All Eyes on Oregon.
EdltorlalCorrespondence Waltsburg Times.
Politics, not only in the city of Portland,
but throughout the state. Is waxing hot.
and. as Oregon's election comes In June
earlier in the year than any other state
In the Union all eyes are now focused
In this direction, for In this, the firing of
the first gun In Presidential years. Ore
gon may be regarded as the straw which
Indicates the direction and the velocity
of the political breeze as she goes. Indi
cates the direction her majority indicates
the velocity. Oregon's motto, being Inter
preted, means "She files with her own
wings," and so she does, for In all politi
cal matters she makes her proclamation
months in advance of any other state. I
am not In any manner mixed up with Or
egon's politics, but the handwriting on
the wall reads unmistakably that she will
go Republican by an unusually large majority.
THAT "LITTLE COTERIE'
BRYAS'S DISCOVERY OF
LAWS ARE MADE.
now
His Mixed Ancestry Gives Him Pe
culiar Insight Into the Occalt
la Government.
Mr. Bryan's long and patient search for
an Issue upon which to run for the Presi
dency has resulted In a triumphant suc
cess, says the Now York Commercial
Advertiser.. He has found It, and he
revealed it before tho Sunflower League
of Kansas, who, as advocates of fusion
on Bryan by Democrats and Populists,
had atronff claim to the flrat sIght o j
They received It not so much with enthu
siasm as with terror. Mr. Bryan went
before them, saying in his heart as the
Fat Boy of Dickens said, "I wants to
make your flesh creep," and he made It
creep. He showed that we are, through
the depravity and sycophancy of the Mc
Kinley administration, nothing under the
sun except "minions of Great Britain."
The American people think they are run
ning their own government. Fools 1 Their
government is run by "a little coterie of
English financiers, who meet in secret
and plan the laws of this country." The
McKlnley administration not only adopts
the gold standard In 'obedience to this
coterie, but takes sides against the Boers
under similar orders, attempts to thrust
the English colonial system upon us, and
to have a treaty adopted which will tie us
up "in a secret alliance with England to
be used as a menace to other friendly
nations."
This. Is the substance of the Issue which
Is to lead In the campaign, but it is not
to supplant the silver Issue. Silver must
remain an Issue as lomj as that "llttlo
coterie" continues Its hellish secret ses
sions and operations. So with Imperial
Ism and trusts. They are simply phases
of the coterie's plan for bringing us Into
subjection to the British Empire. How
does Bryan "get on" to all this? Why.
through his blood. "I have," he says,
with truly noble magnanimity, "some re
gard for England, because I am part Eng
lish myself. I am also part Irish and
Scotch, but. above all, I am an Ameri
can." It goes without saying that a man
with such & variegated ancestry as that is
able to "feel" a great many things that
other people must get through the more
arduous process of acquired knowledge.
Whatever Bryan feels he knows. He sees
that "little coterie" assembled in a hall
bedroom or attic as clearly as if he had his
eye to a knothole in the wall, and he
knows every one of the damnable tricks
that they are putting In operation for the
subjugation of this country. "I am for
the Republic and everlastingly against the
Empire," he shouts, and he knows, mighty
well that they will hear him and shake
In their cowardly boots. One of the worst
thtng3 they have done has been to In
veigle us Into "abandoning the Monroe
doctrine." Bryan will make "em sweat
for that.
The Republican campaign manager
may as well prepare at once to meet this
"Issue." They may as well make up their
minds now that the country will be
flooded with pictures of the "little coterie"
assembled In "secret" and making our
laws. The number of conspiring villains
wlh be given, the dimensions of the room
and samples of the laws. Doubtless there
will be cuts of the room, with the pictures
of McKlnley and Hay and Queen Victoria
hanging on the walls. How will the Re
publicans meet this? That Is no light
question. It is said that while speaking
Mr. Bryan was uncommonly "fierce."
Small wonder that he was, with
so many kinds of blood in him all boiling
at once. He Is a formidable antagonist
under any circumstances, but armed with
an Issue of this caliber, an issue which
shows what he can do when he devotes
his full intellectual powers to questions of
statesmanship, there Is no telling what
havoc he may cause.
IXVITIXG THE PRODIGAL.
Senator Teller Asked to Return to
the Republican Party.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Senator Teller said the other day that
he would attend the Kansas City conven
tion and that he expected to see the old
Chicago platform adopted. "I do not be
lieve, however," he remarked, "that any
particular stress or emphasis will be laid
upon it, but my Judgment is that It will
be approved in general terms. What we
1 should do now Is to pay attention to the
X..
issues of the hour." There are some ad
missions In this expression which will call
out comment from his former associates
on the silver side.
The Denver Times, which was formerly
as devoted to the silver cause as ever Mr.
Teller was, appeals to the Senator to drop
his recent affiliations and return to his
old place In the Republican party. That
paper shows, by his own words, that the
Senator does not believe the Bryanltes
will lay any "particular stress or empha
sis" on the sliver question this year. It
points out the bearing of his remark that
we should now "pay attention to the is
sues of the hour," and tells him that this
means he should get back into the Re
publican party Immediately, as the great
er number of those who went out of the
party In 1S96 have done recently.
Of course, there is wisdom In this coun
sel. Neither Mr. Teller nor any other
reasonable being supposes there i3 any
vitality In the sliver question any longer.
Bryan, to be sure, declares that silver is
still a burning Issue, but his scramble
for the candidacy has warped his judgment-
Teller Is against Bryan and the
Bryanlto party on every question except
silver, which has been cast into the back
ground by events. He stands with the
Republicans on the tariff and on Na
tional expansion. On "the issues of the
hour," which he says the country ought
to "pay attention to," he 13 a Republican
and against the Bryanltes. The proper
course for him to take !o to follow ex
Senator Mantle, of Montana, and the
thousands of other receders of 1896 who
are returning to the Republican party.
This will place him once more In fellow
ship with the forces which control the
country, and from which ho has been cut
oft for the past four years. The Colo
rado Senator is certain to bo back with
tho Republicans next year or the year
after, if he does not return, this year.
Pride may delay the return 12 or 15
months, but reason suggests that it be
mado now.
A Dlfflcnlt Christening:.
Salt Lake Tribune.
It will bo hard to decide when the Kan
sas City convention meets what to call
the party. Mr. Bryan was a. Populist six
years ago; ho called himself a Democrat
four years ago. but lately he has been
more Populist than Democrat. If the
Populists hold their convention and nomi
nate him and later the Sliver Republicans
nominate him, and if then the Democrats
honor him in the same way in their con
vention, what will be the campaign title
of his party? Will it bo Democratic or
Populo-Democratlc or Sllvoro-Repubiico-Populo-Demo
party? Things have a look
as though the Populists have the best of
the situation, and as though they would
have a right to protest against Mr. Bryan
being held as an exclusive Democratic
candidate.
Bryan and Anarchy.
Boise Statesman.
.Mr.- Bryan ha3 had a conference with
Willis E. Abbott and others in Chicago.
Mr. Abbott Is the gentleman who Is mak
ing a specialty of circulating lies about
tho Coeur d'Alene trouble as Democratic
campaign literature. Mr. Bryan Is known
to be opposed to the action of the authori
ties in suppressing lawlessness In tnat sec
tion with an iron hand. For these rea
sons the conference between the candidate
and the head of the literary bureau may
have been rather interesting. If the
bureau continues to send out tho anarchist
literature It may be fairly assumed that
the policy has Mr. Bryan's full approval.
He knows what L being done, and if he
does not approve it he will have taken
occasion to put a stop to It.
THE BEES ARE BUZZING
In the Heads of Washington State
Officials.
Morning Olympian.
It Is a very chilly day for news when
there is nothing of a political nature to
be learned within the precincts of the
State Building. Ordinarily the news is in
the nature of a falling out among the of
ficials or an old sore breaking out In a
new spot. Recently, however, several
booms of various sorts have been started.
First, It was Rogers avowed candidacy
for the position he now occupies; then It
was the Vance boom tnat died a 'Dornin ;
then It was the Bridges boom for Con
gress; then Charley Cllne for any old
thing. Now it is said that thero Is a
genuine boom In the vicinity of the State
Auditor's office. It is said that over In
Eastern Washington the middle-of-the-roaders
want Auditor Neal Cheetham to
run for Governor. As for Cheetham
himself, he cannot be coaxed into commit
ing himself. He says It Is not his place
to announce himself for anything; when
the people speak, then It Is time to talk.
But those who would ran Cheetham are
of the kind of Populists who never take
no for an answer. They say Bryan will
hold the Democrats in line, and the nomi
nation for Governor bexongs to the Popu
lists by rights. They also say, and this
may cause Rogers some trouble, tnat tne
present Governor has announced himself
a Democrat, and in that case he Is out
of It. In this same connection, they say
Bridges has also announced himself a
Democrat, and he. too, need expect noth
ing from the Populists. Some of the middle-of-the-road
papers In the Palou3e sec
tion are already springing Cheetham's
name.
In the same office there Is another bee
buzzing. Deputy Auditor Garrison thinks
the Job of State Treasurer Is a good one,
and he desires to be nominated for it on
the ticket this Fall. Garrison is also an
uncompromising Populist, and has some
friends who are pushing him. Garrison
may have some trouble, as he has given
up his residence In Whitman County, and
owns property In Thurston County, but
he thinks that would make no difference.
He has the idea prevalent In some quar
ters that when a man has held a state of
fice and settles down here, he Imagines
he comes from the state at large, and
that the nomination will not be charged
up to either Thurston or the county from
which he originally came.
Sample of Inveracity and Spleen.
Kalama Press.
Apparently the only trade that has fol
lowed our flag In the Philippines. Is tho
British trade. The annexation of the Phil
ippines will never bring us the trade that
was at first anticipated. Our Army and
Navy get most of their supplies even now
from Australia. Holland and Japan. The
clothes used by the officers and men are
purchased In Hong Kong all except shoes
and they could be bought there cheaper
than they can be made In the United
States. We don't even furnish the coal
for our Eastern fleet. That comes frevn'
Cardiff, England. We have a large num
ber of transports maintained at a heavy
expense, able to carry food and clothing
without any charges for freight, still It
Is cheaper to buy our supplies on the other
aid. All we furnish Is beer and coffins
beer to fill the men and men to fill the
coffllns.
To Divide the Pie.
Garfield Enterprise.
The Democratic County Central Commit
tee at Its recent meeting decided that a
small piece of pie Is better than no pie
at all, and that If the Populists will unite
with them In making a fight the Demo
crats will divide. Both Democrats and
Populists have arranged to hold their
county convention for the nomination of
county officers on the same day, and the
Bryan platform being entirely In line with
Popullstlc views,' there remains nothing in
the way of fusion except an agreement
as to the division of the spoils.
A Good Combination.
Kalama Bulletin.
Dude Hamilton Lewis, of pink whisker
fame, went East a few days ago to work
up a Vice-Presidential boom for himself.
He and Mr. Bryan would make a warm
team: Bryan would furnish the wind and
Dude Lewis the whiskers. After election
they could both explain how It happened
by simply saying "the wind blew through
his whiskers."
POLITICAL EXCERPTS
WHAT THE PAPERS HAVE TO SAY
IX VARIOUS WAY'S.
Opinions on Politics Varied Enough
to Salt All Kinds oX
Tastes.
W. H. Hampton has come out as an In
dependent Republican candidate for Rep
resentative in Josephine County.
A young men's Republican Club has
been organized in Seattle which allows
no one to become a member who is un
der 21 years ot age or over SO.
E. H. Guie. Speaker of the last House
of Representatives of Washington, has
announced his candidacy for the Republi
can nomination for Governor.
The Salem Journal says: "In the Con
gressional fight in this district voters can
take their choice between Tom Tongue,
an Englishman, and Dr. Daly, an Irish
man. This Is a good year for the Irish."
Judge Stalkmp has resigned from tho
Governor's board of audit and control. He
was a little late, but he has at last purged
himself of the Snlvely influence and he is
to be congratulated, says tho Walla Walla
Union.
An Important political note from Wal
lowa County Is the following from the
Joseph Herald: "Ye editor and wife went
to Enterprise on Wednesday, we to take
in tne Populist convention, and our wife
to visit her mother."
The Joseph Herald says that If Joe Si
mon can manage the affairs of the Na
tional Republican Convention as well as
he succeeded In managing the affairs of
the state convention, Oregon should cer
tainly furnish a running mate for Mr.
McKlnley.
The Antelope Herald says that the local
Democrats of Portland have been flim
flammed out of $30 by a crowd of negroes
styling themselves the Afro-American.
Democratic Club, and now there is a howl
of indignation. Those Democrats will
know better next time.
Public apathy on public matters is Shown
by the fact that only 176 persons registered
for the election to authorize the funding
of tho city's warrant Indebtedness, says
the Boise Statesman. Many of those who
did register will forget to vote, and the
Important question will be decided by a
mere handful of people.
John G. Wooley, the noted prohibition
ist worker and orator, is to canvasa Ore
gon In behalf of the party to which he
belongs. He Is a speaker who will draw
large audleroes, but the success of his
campaign fiom. a vote-getting standpoint
will not place the Prohibitionists In the
front rank in Oregon, is the opinion of the
Walla Walla Union.
On the eve of the state campaign, In
spector McConnell comes along with a
yarn about his adventure with dog-eating
Indians in Wisconsin. It is not clear just
what motive the story is Intended to serve,
says the Lewiston Tribune, but it is prob
ably to the effect that having escaped the
Wisconsin orgies a little matter like an
Idaho campaign holds no terrors for the
inspector.
The Republican party has shown its
appreciation ot the work of the Second
Oregon boys by nominating Captain M.
D. Phillips, of Company I. for Sheriff.
Besides having a reputation as a soldier,
Captain Phillips Is known to .be a man
of the strictest Integrity and to be pos
sessed of good business qualifications.
Captain Phillips will make as good a
civil officer as he did a military one.
Lebanon Citizen.
Congressman Moody and Senator Simon
are the best Representatives Oregon has
had for some time, says the Enterprise
Chieftain. They are looking after Ore
gon's Interests very closely. They are not
exhorters, who talk to the audience in
stead of the Jury. They decide on some
thing that must be done for Oregon's
benefit, and then go after It, one In the
House of Representatives, and the other
in the Senate.
The Dayton Chronicle's opinion of good
government movements, not based entire
ly upon the history of the Portland effort,
Is that the reason that the politicians
never fear a "reform" movement among
"the beter classes" very much, is that
they know that It Is certain, before ac
complishing anything, to fall Into the
hands of pilots and helmsmen who are
either rascals who can be exposed, or
fools who will make the movement .ri
diculous. The New York Herald seldom commits
Itself as unreservedly as when It says:
"The greatest menace to the progressiva
evolution of the United States' moral and
political welfare lies in Mr. Bryan, or
rather In Bryamsm. To defeat him should
be the object of every American, for his
election means official Indorsement of an
archy, depreciation of currency, repudia
tion of obligations and the fomenting of
dissensions In the two branches of the
Anglo-Saxon race." The Herald's" Indict
ment is lncslve and not a. word of it can
be disproved.
There is great activity at the Republican
headquarters, says the Salem Journal.
Chairman Wrightman is completing a
close poll of the county. Chairman Mote
Is having the same work done for his
committee, with the help of Joseph Sell
wood. He has the hearty co-operation of
the Populist couaty .chairman, George W:
Weeks. The Cirpe-Nomers are resisting all
efforts to keep them here until after the
June election, although they are assured
of substantial additions tc their numbers
after that date.
Says the Port Townsend Leader: "Sena
tor Allen of Nebraska, that stalwart friend
of the Tagols. made a strong point when
ho called attention to the caes of insanlty
among American soldiers In the Philip
pines until Secretary Root spoiled the sto
ry by proving that the rate of Insanity
cases in the Philippines is less than it was
in the regular army In this country for the
10 years ending July, 1S9S. One of the
worst features ot the McKlnley Adminis
tration, by the way, is the cold-blcoded
habit It has acquired ot disproving the
choicest theories of the Agulnalditcs.
Cyclone Davis says: "We are going ta
burst the hills in twain and give the
sliver and gold to the people." Won't that
be nice! . "Burst the hills in twain!" But
that would be work, and the Idea Is to
avoid labor. All of these hills of gold and
silver or, excuse us, silver and gold
will have to be stamped by the Govern
ment or It would not be a medium of
exchange. Then all would roll In silver
and gold, none need work and If any get
real hungry they can eat silver and gold.
'Tls a beautiful dream with the practical
part left for the wakening moments in
the morning. Aurora Borealis.
Colonel H. W. Scott tells us In his Ore
gonlan that the Republican party at this
juncture Is a valuable means to a good
end, says the Yakima Republican. Tho
heart of this sturdy old mugwump Is
right, and therefore many esteemed con
temporaries are wrong which criticise him
severely for roasting all the Republicans
In office. Doubtless Colonel Scott has at
some time been betrayed by a man In
whom he had placed confidence, and
hence he has no use for men; but he un
derstands very well that It is safe to tie
to the party, and does not hesitate to ad
vise his readers to do so.
Hon. Stephen P. Moss, of Lakeview, has
declined to accept the nomination on the
Fusion ticket for joint Representative
from Klamath, Lake, Crook and Wasco.
Mr. Moss was not consulted regarding
this nomination, and can no doubt read
between the lines can easily se why the
nomination came to him unsolicited, and
by whose fine Italian hand his name was
written on the scroll in the House of
Lords. Mr. Moss has resided In Lako
County a long time, and however smooth,
suave and olly-tongued some people may
be, they can't make a cat's-paw of him.
saya the Lakeview Examiner.
J