The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-22
FROM THE BAY CITIES
Tide-IAnd Jumpers Are Greatly
Disconnected.
EXPENSIVE rEaM or COURT.


WHarcrn Oct @s--tBe oec1ss11 fsss
s~-ed az the rsxlsser and receiver OF the
s~assIe lad o.iee, that sisiegant grzbbsrs
~.nros locxse scrip Oh the tide lands r:fhin
49, s.rs.stx az A.. incorporated CITY. - OF con-
ssa~vslsx frgporsxnce 20 Whafcora- A
.e-sp-rrxbsser. BIZ nasne CT Blaine. bad NJ
yes.iv located forty acres on the Whascona
xassr srerss. ard another aiyeusurer, will
ing 20 become rich through stealth, vas
b~re saturday With . y1ex 70 locating OF
vaIaabs~ tide lands. bat be discovered That
The estv charter covers the water front cut
81 a arpth Of t.xusy-one feet NJ low tide
IL Il nos 30, however, ia seho,ne and FAR
haven. which towns are NOT blessed with
similar provisions to protest their water
frersss isorz szaSxuders- IL IL very prooa-
ole that -~horne and Whascom viii. how
eysr. under new state LAYS, BE welded IN
der one city government. bearing one name
q. city.
AZ the recent term Of corrt here the
xysnd iary decided thai Aipin Mehiuen
had caused the eoanty eoFis1deFsose costs
By raalicloa.ly prefsrr1ng frivolous charges
before the B<iiingham justice OF the peace
against John DeTicre, and therefore rec
commended that the costs Aforesaid BE pad
By MeMiilen. Chief Justice Hansord, con-
ssdering the matter. decided that the terri
torial law imposing such summary and TN
esremoniors Punishment MAS uuconstltu-
t.onal. on the ground that IL practically de-
prsved citizen of property aud happiness
without due process Of Law. TIE judge in
tsmatei that persons entaiiiag costs upon
the pubic by prefersing frivolous charges
before She grand jury should be- compelled
t.s.s ft.s he tsxefrs - a try a
FAUST amend the present law, which does
not provide the proper method OF procedure
Thus MeMsilen escaped aad the county
bears the costs.
The term of court jnst closed has been
an expensive one for whatcom county.
and people are heartily glad that the last
grand jury has adjourned. The grand
jury Vas composed Ut good and honorable
citizens, but the system which allows one
neighbor to avenge al imaginary wrong or
vent his spite by procuring the indictment
of his fellow-man has proven dangerous,
cumbersome and expensive piece OF ma
chinery In this county.
In the case Of Purcell, who was hello to
answer before the grand jury for incest
with his daughter, II was proven that he
was the victim OF some ones malice and a
daughters weakness. On examination be-
fore the grand jury il was proven that
some one had induced the daughter TO
make the charge OF incest through spite.
In the case of A. Il. Misncr, accused of
stealing horse from former partner in
business. the petit jury acquitted Misner.
and Wbatoom county viii have a bill of
81 600 costs 10 pay.
IL Is u matter Of surprise TO many here
that although the gambling rooms have
run wide open and in fun blast, even up to
the day OF court. no indictments were
found against the law-breakers- This was
not an oversight, neither was IL for lack OF
evidence Is to the existence of gambling
In the most fragrant manner. because some
OF the county officers and q few of the
grand jurors 81 least. were thoroughly IA
miiiar with the games some OF the coun-
try people. however. say they do not pro-
pose TO make the county bear ali the ex-
pcnse OF prosecuting the city's criminals,
while the city collects all, or nearly all.
the money from the saloon licenses. The
farmers urge that the city should use the
whisky money To enforce the city laws.
the present time the gambling places
ana saloons are powerful factors in politics.
On Beliinghsm bay there is an element
numbering from 300 to 500 men, possessing
votes which 60 20 the highest bidder AT
the recent election in this county this CON-
mercisi part of our voting population cast
sufficient votes to defeat Judge weisen-
burger and elect at least one legislative
candidate. A few saloon men. however
have kept their hands out of corrupt poll
tics. but others have ccrralled their
haneers-on like sheep at election time and
sold them ~ SO much per head. The city
and county officers, and even the newspa-
pers ara swed at the boidness Of the saloon
politicians and have not the courage 10 in
terfere, % great is the power of saloon poll
ticlans. backed by their herds of CONNER.
ciai voters. who are almost auctioned for
sale 10 the highes, bidder.