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Show SEN. POIND EXTER CAMPAIGN PIVOT Claims Newspapers and Labor Bosses Are Hatching Hatch-ing Charges BEATTIE, Wash., Sept. 6 The question ol whether Mlllea Polndext-er, Polndext-er, the junior United States senator from Washington, who was swept into office on the Hull Moose tide In 1010, Will be returned to office, is the outstanding out-standing one In the nt.it'- primary election, elec-tion, September 12. One of his opponents oppon-ents for the Republican nomination is a woman, .Mr-- Frances Cleveland Ax-tell Ax-tell of fielllngharn Senator Poindexter. who has been engaged tor weeks In a vigorous peaking campaign throughout tho state, asserts th.i newspaper and la-hor la-hor bosses'' are responsible for charges charg-es that ho was recreant to Progres-Blve Progres-Blve principles When tic raised large campaign funds, voted for the four-power four-power treaty and for Ihe seating of Senator J'mman H Newberry ol Michigan Mich-igan The opposition to Senator Polndex ter centers around two personalities one in the Republican party In Mrs Axtell, and tiic other In the Democrat ic pany, Clarence uiu oi j.poKune, a former oureasman. WOMAN PROMISES MUCH Mrs Axtell was the ftrt.t woman member of the Washington leglsla-ture. leglsla-ture. her term beginning in I'M., l-'roin 1917 to l'J21 sne was a mem- j ber ol the federal employes compensa- j tion commission and Is chairman of in' Washington slate organization for redui Uon ol armament by international internation-al agreement. SIio declares that she represents the 'general protest against the reactionary reaction-ary record of Senator Poindexter" denounces de-nounces the seating ol Senator Newberry, New-berry, asserts that the senate has been lndliferent to the welfare of farmers and promises to work for a soldiers' bonus, child welfare legislation, upholding up-holding the Volstead law and for tm avoidance of entangling foreign relations. rela-tions. Mri. Axtell's campaign began with endorsements by a group oi representatives represen-tatives ot the Raiiwa Men's Political Politi-cal club, a state-wide association of I organizations with .lu.uou members, and bj the slate federation of labor, and the state grange. Aet opponents assert that members of tins group. wHIl n is styled the conference lor progressive political action, and whicn met on a Sunday, with a scanty previous pre-vious announcement, only seemed to represent the farmers and laoor. LABOR s t AfiULUA i t The rank and tile yt labor, according accord-ing to tne opponents are for George B, Lamping, a member ol the Seattle pon commission limpings appeal to the public is a claim mat he is the author ot a bonus received l'rom the slate by all men and women who enlisted tioni WaahinRton In tne lighting services oi Hie world war. 1-ie w.is a member of tne state senate when the bill was passed. George H. St' L'CnSOn and AUbtin E. I Griffiths oi Seattle and Lree Tune of aklma are the otlier K-publican candidates. can-didates. I former 'ongresMiian Dill is a Spo-j Spo-j kane lawyer, "Wi)0 vas private secretary secre-tary to Governor Krnesi Lister in (r 1919 and Ull, ;;nd was in congress from W16 to IV 19, In Congress he voted against the declaration of war with Germany, a lad wnuli his op-Ionents op-Ionents in the Democratic senatorial race arc using against mm t LMl'AlG 1 1U d P. I l A pictureiQuc candidate for the '(.Democratic nomination is Jame.-, 'I Cleveland Longstrec, or Port Towns-1 Towns-1 end, who is an inmate of government I hospital in Colorado for lun-: tTOUOlb, I incurred by service in the world war, J land announces that he will not return I tD Washington this season, but win conduct his campaign trom his ieu . In 1.9 i 8, whiU in France with an en-I glncer outfit Jie ran tor congress. Jy- ! I man Seelye of Belllngham 13 the tmru Democratic aspirant. James A. Luncan, secretary of the Seattle Labor council anu one or tne leaders In an attempted general striKe in this city in 191V, Pas riieu papeis, I for nomination as a lanaiuate of ti.e I'Farmer-Labor parts'. WOM i .n ASP1KAN l S I Encouraged by the election of two j women to the S -attle city council, U.st year, many women are aspirants lor j office throughout the state and one of j jthem Is seeking a Democratic nomina- I I tion for congress Sne :s Mrs Min-erva Min-erva I'- Troy, ot 1'ort Angeles. All ! five of the present Washington con- I jgressmeii are Republicans. Albert Jonnson of Moquaim, chair-I chair-I man ot tne house immigration coin- j mlttee anu author or tne three per 1 cent immigration bill, and wno has Spent a decade in congres?. Ls opposed tor the Republican nomination in the Third district by u. M. Nelson, of Montesano, who say the time has come to restore wine and beer to legal respectability J. M. 1'hlillps of Ab- j eraeen is tne Farmcr-labor candidate j in this district. |