The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-24
CITY MIsGovEIsNMRN

Rev. wallace Mating Has Another
Word on the subject
Notwithstanding the Ok jections{o f J. Eu-
gene Jordan to preachers neddlirsg In poll
tics, Rev. Wallace Nutting has aga :, spoken
on the subject His pre- lode last light was
entitled, Another Word. on City Misgov-
eminent" He said:
The week has been fruisf IL In prod ding ma
teria for more to be said on .ais sub3>st, II there
had not already been moro t1an enofsh mate
rial History has been makissg very flst In our
city Affairs, 50 fast that We san't tell What may
happen next But 1t 10 figat 70 ef3,ourage
good deed, and We perceive with REJOICING that
the bill to extend the saloon limits tlss failed.
Whether that 10 because e Sss felt Ytat public
sentiment would not tolerate this en- sargement,
or whether the judgment o! che secoed branch
OF the government was against 1t I've do not
know. but We ought to give the bei1sdt of the
doubt to them, and 70 suppose thsk they de.
feated the extension because they dld not b.
lieve in II They are gefti,g aheas A little
while ago bill to extend .hs saloon fimits Wa
passed by both houses. and only stSoped with
tbs mayor, 20 that We SEQ ats IMPROVEMENT II
1t too much TO hope that the city gosArnment 10
waking up 70 the fact that Unless THY do what
the citizens wish they will os be In Zdics long
But let Us look At q few things thts will still
bear looking at 1t IL said that whSn the pro-
posal was made to allow iit.uor sellsug at the
end OF car line, at one OF eur parksf one Of the
arguments made In favor Of such hcz Iof selling
was that 1t could not 20 prsyented. Che report
II thst members OF the xcSsrnmer{ said they
could not prevent IL, and that . libby in the
liquor dealers interest said IL scould not
be prevented. Hence t. WAS Needed TO
license It Now, Just observe she.position in
which our government has placed itfslf: IL de-
clares that 1t cannot preveat systs Slat1c viola
ton Of law in particular pace BY She side of
one Of our parkA Il declares that s. knew OF
such systematic violation tAst year End did not
prevent It In other words, our government
coniessss its inability to govern. Hi this dec.
iaration come from other ouarteSs. or had IL
been challenged by the gsvernmess itself. We
might suppose that some mistake had bsen
made. But this confession IL 90 think that We
feel free to observe: II they cannot Govern they
had better get out When 10 10 knswn that in
one locality illegal sellins il regularly carried
on. and when the police force sitheff can not or
will not stop It: when ~ are ,.1ormed that
there must be saloons By our pubic parks be.
cause We cannot prevent t. the t,4s for criti.
cism OF such governments - pest p 10 time for
them to resign.
II 10 whispered that wh.n ourkmayor went
away some bricks were fo,nd in j drawer Of
one Of the aldermen'S tables We lsrs told the
remark was made: Eve shall Y4sod them to
protect ourselves before w get thihugh" Has
. certain portion Of our city gov(rnment en-.
tered into . deliberate eorspiracyf TO dsbauch
the cityf One official. Ne read, 4as been de-
posed from his position. Ds,auss. = he says. he
would not consent TO toterats d,mbling. 10
gambling any worse than Illicit nkaor sellin9f
10 II any worse than the pollution 81 the public
parksf We are told BY the present OF past city
od1cials that they have heen tsmrSsd BY large
bribss: that they have hem obiked 70 refuse
handsome incomes II the2 Woulr b true to
theIR conscienceA This means Skhatf That
unless We nominate for c{fice mSu with good
populations, Ne cannot expect decent govern.
msnt No doubt the TEN ptafion II take bribss
II Tremendous Men who have M other occu.
patton than politics must tive byboiitics. We
tacitly require men OF No meant or business
whom We elect to steal enoagh to support them.
man must live We hsts no Aoubs of the
future OF seattle a. . wGai-gove,SS,sd city. Il
will b . bright day worth working for. II has
been proposed to organise . eoEfaittee Of 100
prominent citizens, who shall forrS nucleus OF
great party OF clean govHumsn& hope to
hear more Of this later.