The Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1894-1???, 1898-06-17

of this state as one of their STA
tionary engineers, free of cost to
him, said manager to have all he
can make out of the advertising
columns of the paper as his COM
pensation for running the same.
This leaked out few weeks ago
when the paper was known as the
Northwest illumination, when a row
broke out between the colored men
running it over the spoils thereof
and the founder discontin-
ued the illumination, but the
Pops were not to be outgeneraled
so easily SO they had the local
man IN the city to at once issue
the Sun, which took the place of
the illumination. 1t has some adj
vertising patronage and the mana
ger of the Sun is quite a rustler,
but the paper shows that it has
not sufficient advertising to get out
a single issue were it not held up
by some power behind the throne;
in other words, it Of itself is evil
dence sufficient to prove that it is
a parasite. The Pie-maker sees
nothing condemnatory in such DO
litical strategy, but he rather
thinks it shows political ingenuity
on the part of both the political
party and the colored man that
has been able to work up such a
scheme, and he only mentions it
to show to the Republicans that
the Popul1sts are neither asleep
on their rights nor the ignorant
street corner howlers in every par
ticular that they have been put
down as, for some good political
generalship is creeping out here
and there that Republicans should
at once offset.
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In view of the above the Pie
maker is decidedly in favor of see
ing some one from among the
Swedish voters whose nomination
will bring strength to the Repub-
lican party from that source, being
put on the next county ticket made
up by the Republican convention.
Most assuredly this should pri-
marily be done to get votes for the
party, but at the same
time it is secondarily done to
prove to the world that the Repub-
lican party is the party for the
people. It was SO considered in
the past by all classes of voters
and there is no reason why it
should not continue on in the same
direction by the present gener-
alton. The party may have made
mistakes in the past on this line,
but mistakes should always be cor
rected and no party is more ready
and willing to do so than the Re
publicans. Keep this in mind I'M
til the next county convention is
IN session and then put it in prac-
tice.
q q q
Another Republican political
weakness has been taken advantage
Of by the Populist party, which
may make them a few votes. One
day last week Sheriff Meyer ap-
pointed'W. S. Gayles deputy sheriff
and put him to work Never in
the history Of King county has
there before been a colored man
deputy sheriff and given
a star as has been Mr.. Gayles.
When Republican sherifs were
approached on this point they
would always remark that it would
be dangerous for colored man to
hold such a position as the whites
would not submit to be arrested by
them. This was all buncum of the
worst kind for, if one of the ex-
sherifs themselves should do any
thing to warrant their arrest at
present and they would come
under the observation Of Deputy
Gayles they would 60 to the
county Jail either dead or alive
and they would be cody given
their choice as the way they pre-
ferred to 60 The Populist party
claims to be a party of non-politi-
clans, but they never fail to take
advantage of such party weakness
as the above and they have made
many votes thereby. Not long
since some Republicans were ap-
preached about the nomination of
q colored man, they expressed a
fear less a certain element would
knife him on account Of his color.
Now as to that, the Pie-maker
would suggest that the convention
do its work conscientiously as it
should and then let the final re-
suits be as they may. Republican
ism will have cleared it's skirts of
trying to draw color line.