The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-03
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did . good deal TO raise the wet
blanket that seemed TO fall upon
the audience at the mention Of Krug's
name He defended the reform" admin
isirasion IN q judicial var. the crowd cheer
ing the names Of Corporation Counsel
Donworth and his assistant ]. b. Howe,
whose body was all brains" as Col.
Lewis pat IL The only time the colonel
mentioned Mayor Ron AIDS II anne was in
telling story OF ex-Dog Catcher Coleman
idea Of city government, which ran about
as follows:
Now there may be some of you in this
hall tonight, Democrats as veil as Repub-
ilcans, " no think that il is an easy thing
to run . city. That reminds the OF a little
story. Ny friend John Coleman-ous
perhaps You don't know Coleman. Well,
he was city dog catcher. The adm!nstra-
ton not long ago asked for his resigna-
ton. John Is one Of the incest colored
boys IN the city. and a great friend of
mine. He Is strong Democrat, and he
came to me and wanted 10 know what he
should do about it. l asked him why he
didn'i go to the mayor, and he replied,
scratching his head with . puzzled air:
OATS jes' the trouble. ! done went TO
the mayor. and when | 'gin ieiiin' him
bout de trouble he gins criticism my
work in catchin' dogs. En- jes' speaks
up an says:
WOW. jes' you see here. Mister Ronald.
you MAJ be all right in youah business;
mos any man kin run q city But when
ii comes down TO ca;chin' dogs, Wv you
isn't qualified; dat takes some science. dat
does"
This sally of Wit at the expense of the
mayor just suited the humor Of the crowd
and the applause was deaieniag.
When Col. Lewis. had concluded, about
half OF the audience got up aud went out,
thinking nothing more remained to De
said, but nevertheless, Mr.. ronwcrth, the
present corporation counsel, was intro
duced. He made an earnest defense OF
the reform" administration saying that
it was about time the ne xspapers quit
spelling the word reform in quotation
marks, for it had been demonstrated that
il was truly a reform administration. He
made great many odious comparisons
with former Republican city governments
in Seattle, and the existing government of
Tacoma.
The nominee for mayor, D. E. Durie,
followed and made n short speech defend.
ing the present administration, and say
ing that the city would be luesy if it con-
tinued in as good hands for the next two
years. He said that it hsd been COM
planned that the administration had made
many promishes which il had not kept.
He would promise but one thing. and that
was q good city government. The rest he
was sure the people would trust him for.
Really the only thing that Mr.. Durie
could commend without hesitation was
the habit the Democrats had of quarreling
among themselves, SO thai secret job
berry was impossible. bat nevertheless his
speech WAS listened to with close atten-
ton, especially so when hs spoke of the
Republican nominee for mayor as a man
whom he had me, when he first came to
Seattle several years ago, and for whom he
had the warmest personal admiration. If
Mr.. Phelps were to be elessed it was Ger.
tain that he would make a good mayor, as
would also Mr.. Chaplin, the Citizens nom-
inee.
BY the time Mr.. Duris had finished
speaking the big bare hall was nearly
empty, hut Alfred Battle. the nominee for
corporation counsel; P. 2. Padden. who is
running for city treasurer, and W. II.
Middleton, who aspires to be city clerk,
made short speeches. Then the chairman
announced that the next big meeting the
Democrats would hold would be on the
evening following the election, when they
would meet to rejoice in great victory,
and the meeting adjourned to the cheer
ing strains Of 'Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay.