Show DEFEATED SENATOR wesley L jones jonea Ite republican publican candidate for the united states stales senate in tile the state of ington la Is a living argument for tile the primary election system by long odds the most molit powerful and convincing argument that has ha been offered fox or the primary system and particularly valuable lit in this time when there seems to be a growing four fear that primary election after alt all Is not the unmixed blessing that wo we had fondly hoped jones la Is a a man without went weal thy backers or influential champions ile he has been a member of congress con gresa from tile state at largo large for the past ton ten years and has not laid aside any great amount of wealth out of tits his balmy that goes with the office when ho he en tile the campaign for the united states ator ship it was waa to oppose the re reelection election of senator evl ankeny one of tile tho wealthiest men in n tho the northwest ankeny knows what it la Is to spend money in politics just how much he had paid for fd r tits his first election to tile the senate in 1893 is a not a matter of record but it la Is said to have bave been in the neighborhood nt it lie ho had spent OB as much more in two previous campaigns campaign s in fit which the goods were not delivered by the legislature the contest seemed anything but un even one arid and most unpromising sc far as pertained to the chances of jones who had no available aval lable assets other ahan a family and a record of honesty in the lower house at washington it was the first trial of tile the statewide state wide primary in washington and when ithe votes were counted it wag waa found that tile the had defeated the multimillionaire ti by a majority that left no room for question and this too lit in tin face of tile the fact that ankeny was supported by some of if the most influential newspapers lu in the state although notoriously unfit for the position emr jones Is 45 46 years old a native of illinois and a lawyer |