Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-15

rs Nf1aaEs4 ma 3 ssf4fls4ft 81 - - ~
mess eianalsy dsznsassraled than by cur
muniespAl eau1sas q M0ndag. g pos
be15sSe thas ehs dessmaRa tmaae nf that
hard fsuzht sEruagEs waa really expected
e9an - he nAasI ssaRaime a. So vfefC-
gs0aa PARTY. The aeste instincts Of the
nnlza4eaan waxR hmwsl aF3naay a fmm1 ID
faFse aainR tie nesalt. ana toe survey 81
his wraakn3 pxuanaa&ice even nos fails
- fsoonssaa ~ rsa@onina 9th the loaie
Of events. Ths mssx aeespeaAis sia&ets
perhaps, ever usesantsd far ne auaraQrs
81 stlH eisr @Mn a8arsNeed im = c4u2e
fhse h5ned shat have teeu TIE con
trolling fsators u car manicipai affairs.
A ma wso presamsbly h4s nea en- ene-
my Is fbs aifF, whs f0F . RaaeEalaos has
been tha esaias 81 her eFowth ard
prosperity, aBd shsm Il miEht b e.
peessd grateful pablie w0sid delight -
hos0F. VS. fsfseted for he Msgoraity
b. : blind disregard for personal claims
q eminent aad Fsesguizsd Superiority.
The osndsdats foe Ghief q Police %
tha sans tiekst, whoss bs1astY and ex-
saa1ive sbiiify we're e0aesds4 81 every
hand. met sith lie dsfesa 10 tbs Eacs
eth & eompetitaE We0se record W4s Pos
itiEsIy and shamsfuilY bad. A CITY
Attorney. whssa fidelity and ssDabiliay
had been trisd b. yeass q paoiie ST.
sice, uaa forced % 90 oiioial surrender
10 favor q = young attorney conpara-
lively unknown.
This unazpentsd oonssmmati0n vas
breaaht aboat. TOO. - have observed.
IN ths faos q dsxtsfoRs poiisiesl man
aaemsas and ths uniOn Of powerful
l0EasA Tha lats eamSaign uitnsssed
tha atFaaas mtnQiina of eIsments PRE-
gioaaiY irFeeoneliahi-, and stFtkiasly
flluatFafed tbs parable a the Soriptafai
iion and iaDk. Ths familiar tefma
- Appie Orchard and - Whisky Ring
wsFs baniahsd from the populaF soesb-
uiarF, aud the ssaaesissd tsaoeKs 81
thees once hostile factions mes IN fra
tarsal acoof& upon common platform.
/ bsiisgs that this fsuaafkable esalition
uaa not TIE result % AFtful ehieanerY,
0r u any forced pFscess. believe that
ihe aaeFtEss Of indIviaual bias and par
tiaau diaeTsnca was genuine and spon-
sansoaa. and had % faint Of ring ma
nipulation. No amer disqualification Of
devotion 10 civil daty adorn the annals
81 any city thAn vas shown IN the suE
render Of scnnseR interests mutaaily
1 aaada BY tie elements thak combined for
the uupooRs of ths Loyal Citizens
| Tiakst.S TIE s5aa believed 10 be rep
resented By THAI tiekss vas grand and
SACRED. Ths laW Of the lAsd had been
openly Get at defanee By 80 excited
mob IL 0aF streets. and the Dartiaana Of
that tiekst deemed it Of paramount pc
easMity % Fooaka the oafFAQe 81 the polls.
| 70 vas charged that The acouFa d eeeds
~ oommnniam and ANARCHY were bsina
sawn 10 cur midst, aud, IL the belief
thas The OLD landmarks Of social order
weFe threatened By the Hi0asFn fahdal,
hundreds ct msa end women voted, -
they thoaghl, for The eradication Of the
abomiaable heFesy.
Tue asnfimeut that gathered 70 ths
support Of shs Dsnny ticket 9 devoted
band Of conservative citizens vas In
deed viFtusua and exalted. That our
candidates we're defessed ! still regard
~ public misfortune. both because Of
thsiF personal fitness and ca account Of
the idea they wsFs supported By strong
| following e home and the outside world
at large 10 represent before the people.
Th0sa Who % considered will be tn
eiiBed b await Developments before
embarkiRg further interests "a the en-
terpEisss Of this city. Capital is nsF-
Eous and iseasily alarmed, and Ia these
days Of strikes and social agitation
maat be coaxed into Investments By
nee communities. and not iatimsdsted
Bat the election Il "a established
facs. and she question nos arises,
sWhat is 10 be done about il2" Shall
We suIk 10 orr tents and publish 20 the
WoFsd that seattle has become doomed
polisieAl Sodom and that q majority Of
her citizens are given 40 10 the worship
| Of tha false gods Of anarchy and die
loyalty? Shall saeh q construction and
significance be given and heFalded
abroad reg araing the vote on Monday
l believe no Fati1nal Ssatileite will be
guilty Of the saioidal folly. To bold
and psomalRAta such views and con
time to live In the plaos would BE- alike
q glarinz inconsistency and q fatuous
assanlt upon every hope for the future.
A. an earnest supporter Of the Denny
ticket Who expects 20 "stay By the
town." protest against she Fuinous
doctrine. I bald IL 10 be the duty OF
every citizen 20 Fepadiats the idea that
our fair little city u going rapidly 10 she
dogs, and 10 exert every energy 20 re-
store good feeling at home and our
shaken credit abroad.
Let us reason together, and see II no
other construction than thai Of disloy-
atty can be placed upon the action Of 3
majority Of eur ps'ple on Monday last.
fe 50 maintain would be rank IN
suit 10 hundreds Of FiRht feeling II not
right minded fellow-eitiEens, and no
sane man ooald assert ths proposition.
Upon q dispaasionate review of she
situation. ] believe that both parties
can be credited with honesty Of pur.
pose without an undue stretch OF lilo
eFal Judgment. Indeed. am con
strained 70 think, Ia professional Ian
guaee, that The case vent Of on q false
issue. fhe question Of loyalty, esF-
tainlY, Vas raised oa one side, bat Il
vas not accepted aa the point % differ
ence by the other. The pleadinRs ia
he oause did not join issns on that
great principle. and the popular verdict
did not necessarily bear upon the point
There we're hundreds OF ioval men and
women vho voted shs Peoples ticket -
sone bsoaasa Of the American combat
tive disposition 20 DO thing simply for
TIE Feason that another tells him not 10
do - With an air 81 superior virtue;
some as . protest against the expedisney
OF the lats deeisfation Of martial Law,
which aetiea ~ least gave room for an
honest difference Of opinion; because %
q ausptoten % the outside that the
Legal League" was organized ard con-
tFolled BY political ring for selfish
purposes; but the great majority on aa-
count of the widely disseminated and
accepted idea smoug laboripg men that
g ngAt was being urged against them By
an arrogant better class" 10 is Be
yond the province Of this article 90
disoass the merits Of these vieWs. SAT
noe Il 10 say thai. as matter Of fact,
they earnestly obtained. and tuda
eneed the votes Of many COED citiEena.
! prefer 10 ascribe TIE vietofy OF their
tiekst 90 Monday 10 those considers.
tiooss and not as the triumph Of disioy.
ATTY and tafealenee In this city. There
are doubtless some man IN ths CON-
mnnfty uhe are bad aud danReFuus,
whose social ideas are radical and 70
selatioaafy. and Who feel eFamped and
embarrassed By the restgicfious Of lav.
Bas refuse % believe that this pssiifeF.
oas eiemeat has inoealated the mass Of
ear people. TIE soenea Of she 7th and
sth Of Febraary we're calculated %
sFouss the high indignation Of Law
abiding citizens aud make ear paises
beat = constant tstteo Of loyal devotion
TAe tRsaue rawlings 0f pink-tinted
disgrace % toaFnaiism. and the inao