A backroom bargain in Chelan County pits local ambition against the governor's power, revealing the high-stakes chess game behind early 20th-century endorsements.
“So close is the bond between Mr. Field and Governor McBride that he could not refuse to trade his legislative birthright for a mess of pottage in the shape of the nomination for lieutenant governor.”
The Wenatchee Valley Fruit Exchange, with a warehouse in White Bluffs, was taken over by creditors after a car shortage and a Great Northern embargo stranded shipments.
“The inability of the firm to realize on its assets promptly made it impossible to meet its obligations.”