The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-04
TACOMA ELECTION TO-DAY.


IsSht Couwc1Dmea 70 Ne Chosen-A Re-
view Of the Present Council.
TACOMA, April Especial. Eight city
counciimen will be elected tomorrow. As
. rule partisan lines will not be closely
drawn. There are seven hotdover Repub-
licans In the present council, and Of course
u II expected that the new council will be
Republican by . large majority. The
present council il q curiosity. 1t came
into Office with the Tacoma Light and
Wster Company sparring for domination.
il defeated its arch enemy, George II.
Hollidge, for q seat in that body. and 1t
also was pleased with the election of Re-
publican mayor.
But the council ~ body was pledged to
secure wholesome supply OF water for
the city and il vas supposed by the gull
bic that 1t was '.agin" the wafer company.
The water proposition. as regards city
ownership, had been forced on the people
o. ~ issue, when ~ q matter OF fact the
bulk Of taxpayers then Al now did not
believe that il was proper time to agitate
tho water question. Still, the individuals
Who had ever fought the water company
tooth and nail, controlled the local news
papers. and these talked from day to day
about the horned frogs. filth. putrid ami
mai substances, worms, and various rotten
matter which II was affirmed was being
served up gratis with the water. All Of
the candidates for the council were asked
. series Of questions. and If they opposed
the wholesome water idea they were TO be
turned down.
When the election was over ex-City
Clerk George Haskins says the man who
- h> mr. iUv1
for IL said. replying to . suggestion that
the water supply question - stated before
the election:
Poohl We cannot afford 70 have Q council
that 10 not with u. and II money can prevent It
We will not. Nothing viii b done about the
water question.
Nothing was done until the water COM
pany got ready 70 sell out. and It did not
get ready to sell ont until an engineer
brought here BY the city condemned it,
principal source Of supply. 1t had to de-
eide between putting In over $500. 600
worth Of improvements or selling to the
city, provided Il could get the city to pur-
chase 1t it, price.
In the meantime the individuals who
precipitstsd the whole matter had some.
company, and what was twelve months
said TO b worth 81. $50. 900. In order to So
cure which the city 10 to b deprived of the
prospect OF necessary sewerage systep,s.
People not under the immediate influence
Of things - they exist cannot understand
why the city should DO anxious at this
time to make the purchase At all. The
present supply Of water is ut least vet.
and will put out fires, answer for sprink-
ling purposes, and when filtered or boiled,
or both. It can be safely used for table and
cooking purposes. On the other hand, the
sewer proposition cannot be 90 easily dis
posed Of. Still money 10 tight. and the
bankers have conceived it good scheme
20 make money freer in this city 10 buy
the water plant. They advise those who
desire to borrow. and the borrowers realize
which side OF their bread is going to be
buttered and they In turn are beginning
81 see some merit III the proposition. And
there you are.
This il . case whore proximity and not
distance lends enchantment. If there is
not to be new railroad tor Tacoma. and
several new and important enterprises.
scores who will vote for the purchase of
the water supply are going TO be woefully
disappointed. They have been led TO be-
hcve Mr.. Wright will make the $l,7so.0D
- long way for Tacoma
So tar ~ the election tomorrow is con-
csrned. neither Of the old parties seem TO
have put ap candidates in the Third ward
Who are satisfactory to the Prohibition.
tsts. and in the Third ward the fight will
be the hottest. Isaac Pincus. hon
broker, aad Mr.. Dcrrickson. a bookkeeper
III wholesale liqaor house. have been
dominated by the Democrats and Repuh.
iicaus respectively. William ]. Tav.or i,
the Populist candidate. and. being aG. A.
\. man. he Is expected 10 have some
strength outside OF his party.
in the First ward the Repu hiicsn rar,v
y nominalIy not represented. Tie Re-
puhlicans falling 10 nominate. two men,
bsrs ct that party. Hardenbnrga and Har-
gis, have announced themselves -
independent and nom partisan candidates
respectively. In that wasd the Democrats
have . candidate IN Mr.. Lupton.
The -'oloody Seventh" ~arsl hs. a fun
Mt OF partisan candidates. besides an In.
d.