The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-16
ONE OF THE THREE IDIOTS.

ONE OF THE THREE IDIOTS.
One Of the three erass-headed IDIOTS with
WHICH this community is cursed has sue
ceeded in thrustlng his gibhering tongue
and yacaous Ieer into the Cedar river con-
troversy through the columns of repu-
table although somewhat scyphomecusan
newspaper. As even unconyicted idiots
have votes. It may not be amiss TO
warn the unthlnking against him, just as
II seams to Dc necessary to denouncs the
inpostor Schweinfurth as a false Christ
The man who didn't know IT was loaded,
but plunges family in grief; the conceit-
ed dolt who befouis fair women's names
through sheer perverted egotism; the rob-
Der who viii kill man for few dollars,
have all been execrated. but he who most
of all deserves execration is the citizen
who VIII vote for a measure which VIII
bring suffering upon thousands solely 70
crafty his little spite against an indi-
vlduaI. One can respect men like the mem
beers of the city council who have. with
good-enough motive, become so absorbed
In the contemplation of their own scheme
that they are blind 10 any objections there
may be to f., but for the enfranchised
jackass who supports 1t merely because
newspaper he does not ike points out its
faults there can be nothing but contempt.
The idiot especially referred TO starts his
steilacoom logic from the basic bare-faced
lie that the Post-Intelligencer has never
evidenced desire to save a cent TO the
- Of -. ~rr+h
while to recall that It was solely due TO the
Post-Intelilgencer's courage and determlna-
ton that the krug defalcation was I'M
earthed in spite OF the abuse Of officials
and the denials of the rest of the press of
this city. But II may be pertinently
recalled that the Post-Intelligencer
advocated the purchase by the city
OF the water system; it advocated
the issue of bonds for that purpose. ard
that investment has been the best the city
ever made. 1t is pertinent 10 recall the
fact that the Post-Intelliseneer only adyo-
Gated the issue OF funding bonds when IL
became manifest that the city must either
be branded as insolvent or put IT'S ,iabli-
ties into business-llke shape. The Post
never dlSDSaItu Inc issue OF
bonds except when it was notorious fact
that by the issue OF bonds the city could
save from four 10 five per cent. per an
mum in interest, amounting to between s40,-
600 and $4,000 year.
IL now opposes the issue of constitu-
tion-dodging warrants because that issue
Will entail upon the city a cost I'm inter-
est to every man who pays a dollar of
taxes of nearly . per cent. more. The
present rate Is I2.4; IL this scheme car
ries 1t will raise the taxes to Is mills 1t
will deprive the city, in addition. of a
revenue of from $4,000 10 $4,000 a year.
which must come out OF the people In
some other way.
The city is so frishtfulIy near the condl-
ton OF Tacoma, TO the extent that 1t is
not known where the $4,000 interest due
in December is to come from, that IL
would seem to be entirely unnecessary
for any one newspaper to plead with the
taxpayers not to put stu moro burdens
upon their CALLED shoulders.
The warning may not be needed; the
thoughtless and the mischievous. tho
AfAIASSS anu TIE MALICIOUS may oALnufn-
Der the sober common-sense OF the COM
munity. but so surely as they do, the
city VIII rue e.
The stupid argument that the issue Of
sl.2250 900 OF warrants will not be an in
crease OF the Indebtedness OF the city. is
too puerile for serious comment The
people will have TO pay every dollar OF
II. and we cannot AFFORD it-that is the
all-sutheient. incontrovertlble reply.
! The people OF certain country once,
/ 20 spite the hanks. are said 20 have made
i bonfire OF their notes. If there Is a man
| IN Seattle who thinks that hy adding
| $i.25o,o'o to the debt of this city. by putting
| upon 1t an additional outgo OF interest at
/ the rate Of $3.50 year or slH a day.
/ and by depriving Il 81 another Sl5.00o in
/ come. or altogether t26s a day for six
years. ne can get even" with the Post
! Tntelligeucer. we can only say that he IS
/ paylng an altogether inordiuate price for
/ his grauacatlon. \ much cheaper and
more satisfactory vengeance - 70 stand on
| tho street corners and rev!le e. That costs
| nothing. the idiocs plan entails heavy bur
! dens upon TIRE innocent taxpayer.