The Seattle Republican., 1900-01-19


leader in theory, but leader in fee
simple. if Goodwin can convince
Way that he (Godwin) will give
Way fair play in the division of
the political spoils. then there
will be a Goodwin Way combina-
ton On the Democratic convention
and John Collins will be the nom
inee for mayor, Samuel Archer for
city comptroller and so on down
the line. Democracy feels conf
dent that with three tickets in the
field a united Democracy would
have splendid show of winning,
and the Pie-maker has no hest
fancy in saying that it will be a
dangerous foe for the Republicans,
and, especially so, if the Republi-
cans should nominate Humes or
some one else of his stripe for
mayor.
'Does it necessarily follow that
any man who is elected mayor of
Seattle will politically kill him
self?" was a question propounded
by the Pie-maker to one of the
most sagacious politicians in the
city, and even state, for that mat
ter, one day this week. mo, not
by any MEANS" was a prompt re-
sponse. while, | must admit,
such has been the history of the
Office for some years past, yet, in
my opinion, it was the fault of the
men rather than either the office
or the criticism of the public.
: When a man is installed in the
mayoralty chair, if he would be a
successful official and a prosper
Gus politician, he should at once
: adopt a policy, which, to his mind,
would subserve the city's best in
terest and then have backbone
enough to stand by his guns, and
| not be driven from first one forti-
cation to another to appease a
carping tickle public. Yes, take
2 advice, but for every ounce of adj
t vice taken on be sure to take a ton
t of hOrse-sense on, and, in the end,
= he would come out with flying
e colOrs, and, above all things, never
y permit himself to be cat-hauled
+ about by every man or set OF men
C who have been devoting their en-
tire lives to crankdom. Such a
n man would be benefited instead of
9 being injured by being mayor OF
L such a city as Seattle"
q q q
q Frank Paul, who has recently
o left the L. s. government service
o and who halls from the Third
ward, has announced his candidacy
for city comptroller. This makes
> two very active candidates for
p places on the next Republican
> municipal ticket from the Third
: Paul had no sooner left his late
a position than his friends decided
that he was the man for the office
! Parry had decided he would not
: be a candidate for again. For
), awhile he did not take kindly to
= the proposition, but last Saturday
) he decided to accept their offer
: and at once announced his candi-
, dacy for the comptrollership. The
Pie-maker has been gently In
E formed that there is strong prob
= ability Of the Third ward having
: still another candidate for the
, place and it is none other than
Harry w. Carroll, the present eff
cient accountant in the city comp
troller's office. Mr.. Carroll has
not, officially, announced his can
didacy as yet, and may never, but
he is certainly keeping a weather
eye on the way the cat is jumping,
and, if he thinks he sees a snap,
he will lose no time in shying his
political castor into the squabble,
; with the firm belief that his castor
VIII be Just as likely to catch the
prize as the other fellows. The
Pie maker is told that there will
still be other candidates for this
place.
q q q
{ The secretary of the state central
committee has called a meeting of
the committee for January 3lst in
, this city, when the next state con-
. vention to elect delegates to the
National convention will set both
time and place. Chairman }. H..
Schively, is not in the state at
present and SO the secretary called
} the meetings
Professor Lippy has come
squareIy out for partisan politics
in the coming election in this city,
and the same is true of Mr.. Bur
well and W. H. Lewis, who are his
fellow-workers for the Good Gov
ernment Move. Their plan is to
get the very best people in the city
out to the various caucuses and
many, if not all, of such persons
named for delegates to the respec-
tive conventions, and then elected
at the primaries. This is most
, laudable move on the part OF the