The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-08
SEATTLE. THURSDAY. MARCH $.
Good Government for Seattle.

Good Government for Seattle.
The people OF Seattle voted on Tues
day for good government There was
no error or confusion In their minds,
and we believe that there is none in
the mind OF the party or the men who
cipal affairs for the people In it's name
Now that we have done with the mis-
representations the wild extravagances
the hyperbole OF the opposition cam
paign. let us set this matter straight
before our own people. and before those
who are Interested in the present and
the future OF the wonderful metropolis
OF the Sound that Is the talk of the
country today.
Reports which have been sent out that
this Ia a wide open" victory, that all
restrictions will be relaxed. and that
the undesirable element TO be found IN
every community will have things It's
own way are cut from the same bolt
OF cloth as the shameless ISLANDERS that
ala duty 10 attract the votes Of men
whose moral sense was more acute than
their knowledge Of practical affairs
They are the inventions OF yellow cor
respondents OF yeIlower newspapers. the
aftermath OF a contest where such fic-
lions were thought to be stepping stones
to success and proved to be only part of
the ascent to q public pIiiory. Let us
have done with them. and establish the
fair fame OF the city where II has stood
and deserves to stand
We know that we voice Republican
opinion. and believe that we express the
determination Of every man who was
chosen TO office on the Republican tick
81. when We say that they consider
themselves commissioned to give 10 Sc
attic the best government possible un-
der the circumstances attending the sit
nation. life and growth OF the city.
This Is the viii expressed In the hal
ioting Of Tuesday. II Is the win which
We hope and expect to see realized In
our municipal administration.
The desire Of our people we conceive
% be an honest. capable aud practical
enforcement Of the laws, without undue
tolerance on the one hand or an I'M
reasonable severity, certain 70 defsat
Itself, ON the other They desire the
maintenancc of law ana order They
ask that life shah be safe from assault
and property from depreciation They
wish to see the unruiy sentry who neek
hi,her. attracted by the thrush Of pop
nlation. dealt with unspafingly and
either run out az town or placed where
they can neither inJure nor annoy They
believe thai the liquor traffic should be
restricted as q ia at present and chat
all forms % vice should be under the
closest surveillance. where they can
neither run riot nor offend compelled 20
how 90 the law and 70 bear lts penalties
These policies they think should he
carried on, without undue harshncss
but with a thoroaghness that win leave
10 no citizen any legitimate ground for
complaint They wtn not tolerate any
open haunting % the terhiddcu: they
VIII denounee aay movement toward
extreme laxity. they win not consent to
the dissemination ef immortality that is
always pressing against connning limits
ana seeking 70 plant itself In new spots
and TO exhibit itself ina unsecuston,ed
earh. In all of this they look 20 the
coming administration Tor hrmness and
severity. a policy that Is rooted in the
maintenance OF the interest Of every
horne and in the protection II the Citl-
zen and the stranger. This, We are con
naent Is the sort ot government that
they will receive.
The victory tina; has been won was
triumph for practical ideals. Repuhlt-
cans achieved H. But they had valiant
assistance. Democrats helped; Demo-
Gratis who were inoensed at the betrayal