The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-12
EX-CONvICTS In LUCK.
Taxpayers Begging in Vain for
Work on the Sewers.
WHERE HAS The MONEY GOMEZ
ravorIfes with . Pail wsrkizr Two
sb,fss - rssorsaaass Citizens who
Hang Areund Week After week.


hall wreckers that thousands OF dollars
are sauanderei for the sois purpose OF
finding employment for deserving labor
ers they must be stapid Indeed. The
$4,000 year officials and the = eaT
suborainases are pretending that the
recklessness IL due 10 love for the needy
workmen: but il N only the love Of the
ofsice holder for the voter. which blooms
only q few weeks before eIection-
The truth Of the matter is that the hon
est taxpaying workman who inasginrs
that hss citizenship. his need and nis Ell
cheney are sufficient TO insure him work
will find himself badly fooled. Al any
hour on any day may be seen at the city
hall weil-knovn residents Of The city who
own little homes and pay taxes. They
stand there day after day-Ensn like Nc
Cuen and Weatherbee, whose names came
mp during the Cochran hesring-yainIy
hoping that their turn will come. They
are jostied aside BY Dan MeMulian and
William Robertson. both ex-convscts. and
while they are deluding themselves with
the hope of getting on shift. the heelers
are being quietly taken from one place TO
another and worked on double shifis.
There could not he more shameful
advantage taken of starving men than
TO max. them sell their vote for a few
days work. The officials deny II. bat
there IL no doubt whatever that men are
compelled 90 premise TO vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. aud that they are made TO
put up 50 cents and 81 % the campaign
fund
Isisnow known that over s7.6J has
been squandered somehow. and the pre-
text that few men too many. n. s.. - a
day had been put TO work. does not seem
TO account for the money.
There are hundreds Of men here who
hare gone day after day 10 the street COM
missioner and board of public works beg
glig Tor q fex days work TO keep their
families from actual hunger Nearly
every tiac they approached one OF these
officials they were promised employ meut;
they wouid be pat en- mex. week. {"
"Sexs week" came, but they were stu
put of from dag to day until they finally
became disguised and gave up all hopes.
Yet every day, even while these men
stood IN the presence of the officials they
we're impioring for work. members of the
Democratic central committee keepers OF
dive saloons and weil-known Democratic
ronnders have walked In with from one TO
three or -four men and secured orders for
them 70 70 TO work. These are positive
facts. furnished by men who have no in
terest either one way or the other outside
oftheiE unseltish dssire for good govern
ment
As to the political faith of the men who
REQUIRED jobs through these Founders. pos
sihiy no questions were asked. How much
inquiry on the officials part was necessary
to ascertain their inclinatiops on that
question? Possibly Democratic FOUNDERS
are philanthropic enough to use their Fin
ansnce' in getting jobs for Republicans.
A TO that the public can Judge. osten-
sihiy, the rule Is TO give each man from
ten 10 fifteen days work aud then lay him
off for = like period, so as To give ali q
show. But 1t Is notorious fact that all
the prominent 'heelers" have pretty
steady work, while those with less .'pull"
are laid of when the term OF service ex-
pires. and the poor unfortunate who forces
his way into a job 10y bis perseverance, In
torturing the board of public works fire.
quently has 20 walk the plank" alter ne
has worked three or four days
These facts have become so notorious
among the men employed on the sewers
tina. they poke fun at each other about
their pulls" For example. three intelli-
rcnt-looking men. who had been laid or
but were evidently given orders 10 return
10 work again, stood in the city hall yes
terday talking about the different places
they were going to work.
Have you got many friends7" asked
one significantly of another when the
- II.
would last was referred To-
NO, don't need friends, returned the
one addressed.
'fhe more friends you have the longer
your job will last. y said the first. with a
broad grin and knowing wink, aud then
they all grinnsd significantly.
This manipulation OF the public works
OF the city in tho interest OF the Demo
cratic party is not endorsed by the best
element in the party. on the contrary,
the most intelligent Democrats. men who
have always been the backbone of the
party here. severely condemn IL. and
several of them have already sounded the
warning that IL is bound TO aud shou q
lead 10 defeat Rut II is in accord
ance With the political principles "a
OF Heifner. Hart. Lane. Terry. Adair
& Co. the matchless managers of the
oeai Democracy. whose highest aspirations
are TO ape the political methods of New
Works Tamtnany ring. in hope OF per
petusting their own power. These men
always applaud the sentiment that 'to
the victors belong the spells. +" and at least
some of them have declared that II they
were managing the city work mo man but
Democrat should be employed" These
are tho men who brought the pressure
TO bear on Wolfe and Cochran to remove
Engineer Thomson because he refused "a
permit hts office 20 be made a part OF their
little fourth grade political machine. and
they now 10 around to the Ward clubs Of
their party representing that the city
engineer vas removed because he was
making his office nest for Republicans
when their own COMMITTEES stated that the
opposition against him was due to Ibis re-
fusal 10 employ Democrats that the com.
naltsee recommended"
\ leading Democrat. but man who
thinks more OF good government than hs
does of the success of = poor knock. kneei
Democratic machine. commenting on the
situation few days ago, said:
These fellows referring 10 the rorti.
cal combination Just named-'rh!nk they
have things nov with = dosn-hul pull on
account OF the prestige the employment, Of
50 many men On the city work gives then,
but yoa just wait. | am satisfied that o.
Per cent Of the mea employed are eN-
peeted To vote the Democratic ticket. hut
they VIII NOS DO - The day u that kind
of politics has passed. and am glad Of IL
Workipgmea naturally revolt against the
feeling thssthey can he hEibea into voting