The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-23

ss.1lsF .sr.nr more people every ve@r aai
the continuation Q All ard Offices u tns
rrenrS for ventilation make the entire
buiiasnx a bail, IN al particulars except
those q looks All oarS
whe4 the pu13fc business shall have m
rrsas~s sufficiently. TIE present Ccurt
fs1ss@a rzasxsls way wei be 1s<1 t1r TIE IN
crease1 5aA a. ,.,s ~
E sux tfgsoa TIE site Of the present City Hail,
with th@ aszIrion OF further <Itacs 20 ae
acquired By eoEaeeEra 'asasao'a. Nosha So
: Convenient grouping q public offacess
AZ minimum Of cost for construction
re- -s--s go inflicted upon the pubic
ksx tte present location Of the Court House
) X something that can never be eonten-
{ plated without Indignation
INDECENT RELIEF.
one Of tne most serio0s questions and
results % modern life are the growth CT
paupsrIsn and OF indigsa, application for
.ss,nsssuar ;ses have ignored Il and for
/ rms rsatIgs~rfSYn rejoices. IL has found
wav 10 thrive 30 long as the uunic1pa lsEies
vii let i alone X shfiFes apea s'i s1ss
( Ny pref experience has brought 10 my al
/ fantfosa Incidentally. a number OF cases
Z ~ rnnxf s,usra geosas and criminal fmpoSz-
I tion. and which ! can now see are bat
t.fssss az irnDosa ton constantly Pfacticed
l usson our people. Although the responsl-
| bfiity az providing for indigents Is placed
I a,paenS Counties ana the discretion vested
81 .ennty Commissioners the law and
/ It's administration are both farces.
IMPoSTORS.
II IS my firm conviction that out OF the
I sel asss annually paid by King County. TO
iasffgents more than half of IL goes 10 tzn-
f1sgeors or persons who are injured rather
/ than benefited by IT.
I IS 4 matter OF the gravest concern. not
alone during the years OF special depres-
/ sion. but nj all tirnas. Although reason
| tats question fer many years have my
1 Self been namboozlei by members OF this
craft under pretensions that would de-
/ csiye the very elect
MENDICANTS.
In converse tons with applicants for per-
rngts 10 sing upon the streets otherwise
| wheedle an existence out of the tender
hearted public. most astonishing reveia-
SONS haye been made and many appica-
tons have been refused. In one case where
i granted a permit 10 an aged man ana 4
! little girl to grind an organ upon the stree,
/ found that this man. who was propaoiy
/ in early life. an Industrious nec ma mic. anu
/ who lost his sight through an accident.
had soon, with his family, been compelled
| 10 resort to begging and that during that
/ sort of life his family had been increased
By the birth of six children, who had all
been reared as beggars and who were prop
| ably now neither able nor willing 70 follow
any other trade. These beggafs viii marry
| persons perhaps who are not beggaTs, and
IN each case. the whole outnt Will become
beggars. thus We close our eyes and beg
| gars are increased III geome tr1cal ratio at
& double rate or twice as fast as would
| be the case in any other vocation Bessing
| Is contagious
The relation of instances here would be
| humorous, ridiculous and astounding IL
| Ia difficult TO say whether the beg5ars are
most 10 blame or the foolish generation
| that degradss them and whose only es-
| cape from criminal responsibility Is ther
! ignorance and cowardice: or the officers
and legislators who neglect TO PROVIDE Tor
the ineapacitated. and TO insist that the
children and others who are dspendent
| sorbed into the useful membership OF So
! ciety. 1880
1t Is impossible to have patience with
the practice OF handing out food, clothing
and other valuabtes 10 strangers. 10 the
unsophisticated heads of families who ini-
agine that 1--WE minutes of work for a meal
| and a half OF yictuaIs Is an evidence OF in
| dustTy, il would ba highly interesting III
they could look over the begsars directory
In every city IN wmqh st tne dlHerens nousss
fair" good, soft or very soft, with
all the accuracy Of "Dun's' OF. Brad
| streets commercial reports, and find That
| they (who pride themselves upon never
turning away hungry man. are invar-
| iably rated as soft" or very soft.
Seattle has duty in this direction and
| there is no reason why We should not
| lead in an effort for humane remedy
| OF this great evil. In ihe absence OF state
legislation, let our City begin a system by
| providing relief work and relief Tainten-
| anoe for those Who need it and cannot
| work. | do not say deserve, any VINO
| IL unless they need It." We should pass
rigid ordinances not only against solicit
| ing aims upon the streets or from house
| to house. but against the giving OF aims
| to persons Of whom the donor knows moth
ing. One years faithful adherence 10 such
| a policy would make tramps as scarce as
| millionaires. not only III Seattle. but else
| where. What shall We do with those who
cannot work. support them. We 40 II
now; and not only the helpless, out nine
| times as many more who could work.
INDECENT CHILDREN.
What will we do for the children? Sup
port them. educate them, train them 10
useful habits. organize plans Tor getting
them adopted, where this can be done.
| The washington Chlldrens Home Society,
principally through the efforts OF the
Superintendent and her husband. has Sc
cured the adoption Of about 100 homeless
children in the State OF Washington, dur
ing the last II months, at an average cost
to the charitable people who have support
! ed the work OF about 5000 per child these
children although orphans Of poor pa
rents or waits OF ulegittmacy or
Of broken homes, have been taken into
homes whose conditions physically and
morally are above the average OF the
homes in which the children OF the state
are being reared.
These things can be improved; in fact.
they could not be worse tDan we now al
| low them TO be. We are leaving the soiu-
| ton of the question 10 the ramps ana
| own amusement and degradation and TO
our dismay and shame.
I earnestly appeal TO your Honorable
Body and the public TO study and deal with
this question. which Is serious, not IN the
future, but ia the year 1877
PARKS AND DRIVES.
The bicycle has come into American life
II other considerations have failed to
impress as with the importance of laying
out streets and drives according 10 natural
grades this new and increasing element
| Ia our life must AT once DO so. 1 appeal to
your Honorable Body. TO our park COM
mlttee. and To the wheeiman to take up
again the question Of planning and desig
mating throughout our city and especially
through our suburbs and unplatfed lands
q series of driveways which shall reach all
priucipal districts by natural and easy
''checker-board plan has been fatal 20 our
Plating. Whether these ways be wide or
narrow: whether they are 10 b. construct
ed now or In the future let US plan ana
locate them where they ought 10 20 and
where their Improvement viii not ruin the
ahutttug property by cuts and Ills nor the
city by the enormous cost OF thus flying In
the face az nature. When such a system
has been planned and adopted. its various
portions can he secured and improved ac-
coriing 20 oar ability: and when once en-
tered upon the merit in such a system will
secure its completion without further sup
mort than the seif-fntersst of those who
viii bear the cost and be benefited by IT.
The difficulties encountered by our wheel
men In their efforts 10 provide the most
uaearer riding ways are conclusive evil
Geuce Of cur duty in this regard.
TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR FACTORIES.
constitutional amendment is 20 be sub
mitfei 70 the people with a view OF con-
ferring upon municipalities certain diScre-
ifouary powers as 70 taxes. If the policy
81 fhfs proposal fz sound in other respects
n is deserving OF consideration on the