The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-30
A FRIEND OF CHINESE
Awful Accusation Hurled At
Two Per Cent. Parker.
HusoN ALSO HoTLY ATTACKED.
afs Connection with the Taeoma Light
and Water Company Not Apparent
He Favors Different System.

backs hoped over the tub, washing dirty
linen.
Alexander Parker is accused Of opposing
The expulsion of the Chinese from Tacoma,
nd to catch the vote of organized labor,
Parker's skirts must, of all things, be
cleansed. yea. even whittier than snow, on
the Chinese question. Every trades union
in Tacoma is pledged to smite, hip and
thigh, any man who cherishes in his heart
desire to foist filthy Chinese labor upon
Tacoma. Why, only week or two ago,
the Cigarmakers' Union established the
blue label to drive out of this city filthy
cigars such as are licked into shape by the
leprous tongues of Chinese workmen.
H. S. Huson is charged with yielding
too reluctantly to taken-for-granted
embrace OF the Tacoma Light and Water
Company. 1t is probably a fact that 90
per cent. of Tacoma taxpayer RS favor
municipal ownership of light and water.
Both parties favored such ownership IN
their respective platforms, the Democrats
little more square-toed, perhaps, than
the Republicans. Without quibbllng,
however, let 1t be said both favored the
proposition, but the charge has been
Haunted in Mr.. Huson's face that he does
not come out to the chalk-mark on the
water QueSIIOu, anu stLIi VIC AiOh DAAS
does not-well, here are his words at the
Republican league meeting last night:
am told, or learn from the same source
Democrats that ! did not come out square
toed on the water question. II I've not come
out the platform of the party has. What even
more can be said? What more could l sa7?
More cannot be said. 1t Is question that the
council will have to deal with before the mayor
can act, and before bonds can be issued every
voter will have to decide or help to decide the
question. As ! have said before when asked,
am ready to pledge myself to assist in securing
for the city its own light and water plant.
Turn on the hose; this garment must be
immaculate; and again the political wash
crwomen hoop their backs over the tub.
Perhaps this one tantalizing speech will
defeat Mr.. Huson, should he daily too
long.
Well, what of it? He did not mold the
Republican platform. The metal used in
the fusion of that document was contrib
uted by many minds; and indirectly the
Democrats are responsible for some of the
alloy. A thing or two the Parker plat
form men were to say had to be antici-
pated-but at Tacoma it is "invidious p" to
dig up nasty, unpleasant details. That no
elector, by too much continuous thought n
one direction, may not have conviction be-
fore the facts are in, here is a paragraph
from II. G. Clement, as published in to-
days Ledger, on Mr.. Parker and Chinese,
Mr.. Clement having arraigned the Demo-
cratic candidate for failing to keep his
word, as he stated at the convention he al
ways had and always would do:
The next was during the Chinese trouble. He
came into the Office Of Cook & Clement, in the
Wright block, and said: al want to sell every
dollars worth OF property have in Tacoma. l
will not live in q town that will allow such pro-
ceedings or elect such mayor, and the quicker
it is sold the better II suits me. / don't care
whether the purchaser pays me 81 in money or
not If he will put up some additional security
he can have five years to pay the principal" or
words to that effect A list OF his property was
taken aud the price fixed. purchaser was
found within a few days and he expr,.sfd y-A,t
sa' isfacton when notified by Cook in the even
ing. "But oh, what difference in the morn
ingl" He refused to stand up to his az -eement.
Again, Mr.. Huson's present position on
the light and water proposition is disap-
pointing to Republicans, who long to hear
him come out and say he d. not propose
to pay fancy price for the Tacoma Light
and Water Company's plant, and that one
of the vital issues is to assure ~ Tacoma
its own light and water plant Mr.. Parker
elso coquetted with this matter until to-
day, when, in his letter of acceptance of
the nomination of mayor, he, in addition
t. dissecting and indorsing the Democratic
platform, adds:
The whole opposition to this system proposed
Masnell river and CT Ear Lake supply, which Mr..
Huson indorses1 arises from those who want 20
unload upon the city at an enormous figure he
present inefficient, inadequate and unwhole-
some water supply. Against such an act stand
resolu'riy, for under the pre,ent system the
water must be artifcially oievat I'd, while under
the gravity system IL will flow on forever
Still this is a wee bit bombastic. The
points, will the taxpayers buy up the
present plant? However, Mr.. Parker has
stolen march on Mr.. Huson and when it
is known that C. b. Wright owns the
Light and Water Company plant, except
ing few blocks of Its stock. and
that taxpayers say Mr. Wright does not
want Tacoma to own these necessaries to
healthy municipal exis, ence Mr.. Husons
position looms serious enough. And be-
sides, the gossips say that Mr.. Huson Is in
league with the water company. Still,
when on a committee of CT. zens to look
into its supply of water. he did not hes-
tate TO lay bare the weakness of the ccm-
psny. And yet Huson and Parker are
both on the fence so far as breaking with
the Light and Water Company, and the
latter has the Chinese linen to soap and
rub.
Accordingly, Fl. C. PatFik, Demo
crat, John Forbes, Democrat, Jake
Ralph, Democrat, all members of
the now historic committee of if
teen, which had executive charge of
driving the Chinese out of the city, are
putting their time in securing the sigma
lures OF the committee to little soap and
water preamble, which it is expec'ad will
take the spots" out of Parkers skirts.
Democrats predominant among the men,
bers OF the famous committee now in the
city, and while eS-Judge Wickersham snd
+. G. Bacon are Republicans, the a~ru-
ment is used that they will not refrain
from putting their signatures TO a state
ment of facts.
And the facts are, according TO the
Democrats at work on the proposition
that Mr.. Parker did not allow the use of
his name in connection with the Chinsse
exodus he did contribute money "for tho
purposes for which the committee of fr.
teen needed it," Dolph Hanna. chairma,
Peoples party state committee. Police.
man Rlrler q Republican, A. u. Mills
Charles Johnson and John McGouIdrlck
are to be considered Democrats and fair
game for the purposes for which the sur.
viving members of the committee wish IN
use them" II. A. Stephens is People',
party man, aud it is feared he may not
sign-reasons not given.
Policeman Bixler puts q dampener on