The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-26
Saws he Stands for the Enforce
ment of Law.
MANLY AND OPEN STATEMENT.
He Ind0rses the Ttternnces OF the
City Conventton-He Resents IN
sinuations That the Present Ad-
minfsfration Has Ever Entered
Isto Any Compact With the arim-
mai Glasses of the City Of seattle.

Mayor Hnrnez. who returned YESTERDAY
from Tacoma. where he had been Trying
an important case before the Federal court
plants himsen squareIy upon the piaiforn
adopted by the Republican city convention
He was questioned al once upon his return
by a acknowledgements reporter
"Yep" said Mayor Humes, Il have read
the platform adopted BY the eonYentloa
yestarday and with reasonable and tair
corssss rticsf0n placed upon II. ] can tncGTse
every line OF H. In Tho main | think it,
u1erances are peculiarly timely and forcs-
ris am specially grateful 20 iae eonFeD-
ton for inserting the paragraph when
says:
srhe Republican party OF this city has
not formed and VIII not form. any alliAfce
with crime. vice and immortality. and VII
no. favor indorse any violation OF law
federal. state or municipal
"If lad had a hand In framing the re-
port myself could not have more accu-
rateiy summarized the aims u my own n
mtnistratlc. than the committee did n the
paragraph with which its report Originally
closed which reads as follows;
That We are in favor Of an honest. eco-
nsnscaf prudential and bustnesS-like ad-
ADMINISTRATION or all public AFFAIRS. ana We
hereby promise the people OF this cRy t1at
the Republican party viii administer an o.
Alr.1RN1
for the best interests. protection ana pehe-
n, a, all tho citizens. The people VIII De
protected II all OF their lawful rights OF
life liberty and property, and taxes VIII
he reduced to the lowest limit and expenses
made az light az possible. coI,slstsii e~H s
an efficient management OF the CITY CIV
eminent.
with regard 10 the last paragraph OF
the platform, apart from the manner IN
which Il was presented TO and adopted
BY the convention. have simply 10 say
that I am now "a I always have been. IN
favor OF a rational enforcement OF the
CITY ordinances I am In favor or pun
ish.ng all yioiators OF those ordinances.
A, the sam. time | must say that | can
NOT undertake. I'm case | should once more
be placed nj tho head Of the city admin
iStration TO guarantee the absolute sup
PRECISION or elimination OF the criminal
classes or their practices from the city
of Seattle. Such thing never has been
done and never can he done. The last
paragraph tn the platform reads as fol-
lows:
THAT we are in favor OF the enforce
ment Of the ordinances OF the city regu-
hitting prostitution. the sale OF ardent
spirits and gambling. as well "a other
ordinances: and most emphatlcally deny
the right OF any branch Of the city gov
ernnlent to make any stipulation or ar
rang fnent whatever for their enforce
ment or non-enforcement other than the
mole presented by law. and II any such
arrnrremen' has been made we hereby
repudiata the same and denounce the UNI
authorized acts of any person or persons
connected herewith
WOW. II by lndorsinE this plank In
the platform / can be clearly under
stood 20 mean that ! am In favor OF the
enforcement Of the city ordinances. then
can ard 40 unhesl;atinglv iudorse II. IL.
On M hsr g q
that AZ any slime I have entered into n
compact az any kind with the criminal
elements Of the city. l uuheSltatingiy deny
the lusinuafion.
In "A word. am willing 20 continue 10
administer tho laws of the city just "a
] think the common sense OF the repre-
sentative citizenship OF Seattle. from the
laboTsr 20 the banker. would have them
administered am willing % guarantee
that vioiators Of the law shall be- dealt
with "a the law prescrlhes. I arm not will
Ing - guarantee that surh violations shalt
b. absolutely suppressed M mortal can
d. that For years 1 have been dealing
for Instance. With petty larcenlsts and
other criminal offenders and I think the
record Will show that I have melted out
sufficient penalty 60 such offenders fsut
J certainly could not undertake 20 guar
antee. whether as Judge or mayor. that
petty larceny should cease - EXIST or lie
prsc'tc-d ln the city ~ seattle
Finally. 81 common With the 6ecfera
ton O. the convention. and ~ their nom
inee | most ~innhRtiraliy deny ia. risht
~ any branch OF the city government 70
make any stipulation ar arrangement
whatever for tNe enforcement or uon-en-
ioTcemeUt ~ the city ordinances other
than the mode prescribed hy law. and
deny tha' any stipulation or arrangement
of that sort has ever eeen made hv the
present admin sstrRtinsl d"
The political atmosphere was clearer in
Seattle Yesterday than T. has been for
soma weeks past Republicans through
cat the city We're rrntiNed thar the con-
ventina had Settled upcn We'll defined
policy as expressed in its platform and
selected q group * candidates entitled