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Show VIOTIM OF "VENDETTA I United 8tn.tcs Senator Levi Ankeny of Wash-Ington, Wash-Ington, is the latest of tho "vendetta list" of (tV!?. "senate undesirables" to bo defeated for rcnom-f. rcnom-f. "SUk$n 'n'on at the primaries. Hoports as thus far re-W re-W iP celved and tabulated show that Congressman M ' - Wesley L. Joiicb Ib ahead from 1.C00 to 3,000 SltJS -MrB vutC8' wh" Jml8e Sno" 18 " tod third. Anko-Wr Anko-Wr n " -.iMlAfB nt'y 18 ono ot 'ho "sted by Senator La Fol- iJQfe loUo for defeat. VJIhS. ir Ankeny has been ono of tho unique char- actors In tho senate From tho start It has boon tSBW charged by his enemies that ho bought his way P&i k ,nt0 tll8t ,,0(ly' nni1 nB ho ,a moru than ft million-Bl million-Bl n'r0 80,1,0 precedent lu his favor in sen- F4rkBVJ nt0 ,,l8,0,'''' ,lle c,1RrKe did Jmt excito his follow dtfBEIJHBBHi members, Ho first tried for tho senate in 1895 Ho was not successful, and tried again In 1903 when ho won, It is asserted by his political enemies that ho spent 110,000 while tho railroads, with whom ho is said to have been allied, spent 1114,000 more to elect him. Wesley L. Jones, the victorious candidate, is a poor man a lawyer, and has a good reputation In public life. Senator Ankeny was born In Missouri and stnrted his fortune In tho transportation business to and from the Oregon mines. He was tho Hist mayor of Lowlston, Idaho., and later an alderman In Walla Walla, Wash., which city is his present home. Ho was married In 18C7 to tho daughter of United States Senator Ncsmlth of Oregon, tho union following an accidental meeting on a train at which tho young people fell In lovo at sight. |