The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-05-11

that Levi Ankeney proposes to run
the politics of this state and proposes
to run them by no other means than
by dollars and dimes, and the ale
cation made herein some time prior
does not now seem without the best
kind of foundation, and in corrobora-
ton of said allegation the following
article is clipped from the Walla
Walla Argus, published at Mr.. An
keny's home:
''The great fight of the Ankeny
men this year will be to elect a ma
jority Of the hold-over state senators
with view to the election of sue
cessor to Senator Turner in 1903
Ankeny is going to make his SUI
preme effort during the next three
years to reach the goal Of his ambi-
ton, and to that end he is prepared
to expend the half of his fortune of
four or five millions.
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To further substantiate the An
keny theory here advanced, one J.
Howard Watson, formerly chief SON
of-a-gun on the Post-Intelligencer
under the Turner-Piper regime, an
nounced one day last week that he
was the purchaser Of the Walla Walla
Union, daily and weekly paper pub
lished in that city. Now, Watson
has not put one red cent in that pa
per, no more so than did the Pipers
in the Post-Intelligencer; it is
owned pure and simple by Levi An
keny, and it was bought by him for
political convenience. There is no
doubt but that he had hoped to be
able to put in daily newspaper in
Seattle under the management of the
Piper hirelings, but that seems for
Torn hope, owing to not being able
to get news service, though he still
has hopes of seeing the deal go
through. 1t is stated on very good
authority that Ankeny now controls
the Olympian, so far as its political
policy is concerned, owing to much
filthy lucre he has deposited in its
money tills, and he is very near the
throne of the Spokesman-Review
With the newspaper combination
brought about by dollars! doIlars!
dollars! he stands ready to try to
have himself elected to the United
States senate, all the same Clark of
Montana. Now, voters of the state
OF Washington, who is the political
autocrat? Who is it that considers
you and each of you as so many dumb
driven cattle, with no manhood be-
yOnd mercenary one that stands
ready and willing to sell your
self to the highest bidder at all times,
places and under all circumstances?
1t looks to the Pie-maker like
CRATER Chadwick did not find the
library commissionership very lu-
crative place from a grating stand
point, and he therefore resigfned.
Chaddy does not seem to care for any
place if he cannot get his financial
gratis to work. The Piper followers
say that Chadwick uses Sheriff Van
DE Vanter as a pretext for breaking
with the Humes faction, but he
broke simply because the Ankeny-
Piper money politicians refused to
dig up any more.
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The Republican would be under
many obligations to you for a good
word to your advertising friends in
its behalf. It takes money to run a
newspaper, and unless money comes
from some source, advertising or
otherwise, no newspaper can run very
long.
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Leander Butt, the well-known OPP
tician of Seattle, has taken a place
with the new jewelry firm of L. Gold
man & Co., which is about ready to
open business in the store room in
the Burke block, corner Second ave-
nue. and Marion street. Mr.. Butt
is splendid workman, and the new
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