The Senator and the Governor

Senator Ankeny, Mayor Gilbert Hunt, P. D. Crocker and other republican politicians of the state who train with the railroad lobby, held a conference in Spokane. Monday and Tuesday. It is now proposed to unite the senators of Washington, Oregon and California in a fight for the removal of Secretary Hitchcock from the cabinet. This will amount to a war upon President Roosevelt, and as the strenuous one is not disposed to submit to dictation, the result of the proposed contest can easily be foretold. As all these senators are corporation men, they are at heart opposed to the nomination of Roosevelt next year and would welcome an opportunity to throw their support to Senator Hanna or any other faithful ally of the trusts. The railroad lobby is bitterly opposed to Governor McBride and will leave no stone or dollar unturned to prevent his nomination by the republican state convention next year. Senator Ankeny recently said: 'Governor McBride will not even be nominated by the republican convention.' However, Levi is not always a reliable prophet. Present indications point to the control of the next county convention by the 'Boxers' and the indorsement of McBride. Last year McBride outgeneraled the Ankeny-Stevenson combine on both sides of the Cascades, and at next year's convention he may be able to repeat this signal triumph over his opponents.