The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-09

x.-A,,n, First" as 1t has been
munscfpai politics during all
- M history. Is destined N On p' III,
I. ~ n - recurrence OF even.s. aN =.
4. sSsss Vhich>yave II undyins iains ~
- rome BY. Already IN an''ci,
~. N ~ municipal campaign o.
s. ssxt the clans are being sathereu
~ Z ..i,lt a. unrest and of anticipation
~ 49, fines broods over the First.
s:,~s for this lies In the fact that
X ;.v the voters Of the ward will
"a -srsbAr OF the city council, and
4 u ~. :. : Nsvin and william McArdle, both
..s.ss no now represent the ward
y n. snspciI. win be pitted against each
~ x.Ardle yesterday announced his
~ q ~ reelection on the Peoples
\ !. ~ 1900 Mr.. Navin is said to have
"A ~ ~. irlipsate friends that he would
~ ..~,r IN. NcArdle to wrest from him
& q. s.<f and his glory as the representa-
~. y ~ yard IN the city's lawmaking
IVA W. Y Sfsuce the Populist party of the
Y 14...l ~ FIrsf's b torn asunder. and
" S1ra ~ being mobilized IN anticipa-
- Y It'd fr4y.
S's inere are great possibilities in the
i. ssseSa1k contest between the two
sTsf radiators Of the First. Neither
~ Il 81 ruth and fairness be said to
3. t1as.bound Ii q matter of politics.
essnpIe. m. Navin's fame Is due
s. a NJ espousal of the cause of the
SS. ~ b which he Is the devoted
ssr II ss0ene. Way, than to his adj
s !, ~ IN principles ''as found in the
S77s nntforn," in the language of the
sssS1-s pUpulist conventions So mar
sS ~ IN pathway which Mr.. Navin
ssS,c3 Il IL support of the single tax,
~ a flrsi9ht the way. that perhaps
- Slople know Mr.. Navin as Single
- fsohle than as Councilman Navin,
~ ~ cther hand, Mr.. McAriie has. it
\ 4 = rsccrd. strained his loyalty to the
4 1lssipjis d PopulIsm to the extent Of
sS1re a. len openly opposing some Of the
4 S~snIi9 onndidateS In the First ward in
~ rone by. The senior councilman from
| ~ lin III NJ. McArdle has served four
yS1R IL usually singled out for defeat
h political prcteGes Of Boss" way. Nat,
Srkiy mefitorlous business of killing off.
m{ficaly, Mr.. Ways ambitious friends.
n Marble has encountered the OPPOSE
/ n and even the peppery criticism of Mr..
Xasin, his colleague and seat mate In the
0sncil
n he campaign "a year ago. however,
4 NJ. NcArdle demonstrated his freedom
1 frcm partisan bias y the presence OF stern
duty to his country when he saw to it that
Nr. Way NJ not elected to the upper
house d IL legislature.
These fach an merely recited as show
IND that the impending contest is likely to
be d interesting = those of other days.
Bald ". HcAfelo yesterday: II shall be
candidate ~ fs-election as councilman
from The rif1t ward. / can carry the
ward Against 6nybody, / don't care rap
whom, a1pect TO run an a Populist."
Nj. Navin Ass, II Ii said. also announced
that be Nce4 SEX 4 return to the eoun-
O. Agdfnst Mr. McArdle and his many
ifitnda for the First warder runs a sa-
loon and b power, will be pitted the sin
sie AZ following Of Eugene Way. Both
ltatee1ea are expected to take the stump
during 4e contest before the primaries,
90 defend themselves against the attacks
u Zach othef. Mr.. Navin, who is a warm
adyucatt Of the single tax, municipal
o9atf1hip ample money for all, etc, will,
\ expected. make the issue squarely on
theDe llnes