Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-13


In favor Of resrsDehG,snf and seosoaly
in the s6miniarstios ct Ehs city az
fzizlS Hss be ssvod b. thss;
A-YeG
R-Well, tkien. yoa withdraw the rs
ssrtio1 that be has Eoas bash On the
piasfern Of the party which eIscted
him
Al suppose mast had forgot
ten just What the platforms we're. Bat
be just did 20 back on his pIedRss--sO
there.
B.-Let rs see. I do net think be
did. Ths ongy pledges which Mr.. Lssry
made we're made in . speech on rhe
evsnine Of bic nO@ination- will read
part Of it 10 you, for have II with ma.
He said:
a. Fsfi0is. CifissHs IL thank you nost
sincerely for the ho6or you have con-
fsFFed upon Ene by nominating me for
Mayor. As have read your pxiRciples
as ennncistsd IN the platform OF tbs
Business Mems Association, ! am prs-
pared TO say that am ready 10 main
tain those principles In every respect.
I can say thai I, as far - lies IN my
power, will, IL elected, Sc that the laws
Of the Territory and the ordinances Of
the city are enforced. and that they viii
be construed with justice and fairness
70 ALL
B. (contirT1ing) - There - note the
-pledees.s Is you call them; 70 main
tain the principles enunuiated in the
platform ard to enforce the laws. The
first pledge. you admit, be has kept ;
the second, also, think hs has kept.
Ayes, of course be has. He has
kept it too veil. Ii is the principle of
the thing that l obieef 70. LsaFy knew
well enough that his supporters did not
want any Sunday Law in theirs. Bot
he enforced ID iust the Same.
Blow did he know any such thing !
The two platforms were signed by such
men y. II. MeNaught. J. .. hIetcalfe,
J. G. Hsinss, G.. Poncin, julius Born
stein, G. w. Hall, ]. J. MeGilvra and
W. b. Taylor. These men asserted
that they were in favor Of the enforce
ment of all the laws. and tina. included
the Sunday Law. should Lsary have
acted on the supposition that they were
lying TO him and TO the publiei
A.-Eo; Of course not.
B.-Now, A., don't you see the posi-
ton in which you find yourself. II
Leary has not done what We wanted
him 10 do, he has certainly done what
We said We wanted him TO de. Both you
and took part in the meeting which
nominated Lsary, AMI, however voc
may feel. for one resent the impats.
ton that We he'd to tho public when VI
adopted our platform.
A.-Well. at any rate, there was nc
use in pushing things TO extremes. A
moderate enforcement Of law would
hsye bsen sufficient.
B.-I suppose you refer especially se
the Sunday law.
A.-Yea
b. Well. let rs see II things hay'
been pushed 10 extremes. The Sunday
ls~ has been violated every Sunday il
the year. heard you'ssy yourself tina
you could and did get drink, when
ever you wanted one, Sunday or an,
other day. The prosecutions for the vi
olations of this Law have numbered no
more than a dozen all told. II that i
not a moderate enforcement Of Law, h
the name Of the great dead Cesar, vha
is itf
| A,-Weli. I confess that / can't cal
that extreme. l badn'f thoaght Of ]
| in that light.
B.-weIl. where was Lsary's ineon
sistency7
| Al don't know. ! Ruess he hai
stood by his pledges after all.
| B.-You say you approve Of bis sd
ministration in other respects.
| Ayes.
Rand you have confidence in Mr.
Leary as an honest man and true CIT
izen Of Scatter
| A.-You know / have.
Band you are going to vote for
| A.-For Leary. guess I'll be . eranl
myself.l
| B.-I thought 20. You are man o.
too good sense TO be carried away by I
false cry, absolutely unsupported b,
facts.
| A.-Weli. goodbye.
| B.-(ioodbve.