The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-07-13

Republican nominee" There GER
! tainly is much truth in this CORE
spondent,s madness, and it would
stand the Republicans in hand to not
fall into such political death trap
as that he tells about.
Another paper, all the same Sun
day Mercury, has made its appear
ance on the streets of Seattle, and,
if the first issue is an Indicator of
what the future issues will be. a
blackmail proposition of the worst
type will soon be fourishing among
the good people of Seattle. If any
man ever gives single dollar up to
such sheet to keep from being ex-
posed by it then he will show to the
world that he is a genuine "darn
fool"
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According to d. K. Larimer. of
the Times, Piper and Fiske are no
longer at the head Of the Humes
campaign in this city, having been
peremptorily decapitated by Levi
Ankeny through his agent J. How
ard Watson. There may be some
truth in the story, but the Pie-maker
is Of the opinion it is but a political
ruse to catch suckers. Mr.. Ankenv
has learned that Piper and Fiske are
IN bad repute in this city and county.
and he therefore proposes to sugar
coat them, as it were, Aand then give
them to the voters so sugar-coated
as to deceive them as to what thew
are really taking. No man save
George Piper would be guilty Of do
ing the kind of work that Mr.. An
keny wants done in this county, and
therefore Mr.. Ankeny cannot afford
to dispense with his services.
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Pleasantly chatting on the street
corner one day this week stood Sher-
if Van De Vanter and State Senator
Wooding. 1t was a rather remark
able coincidence, for but a few min
utes prior the Pie-maker overheard
two Geutenants Of the two candidates
abusing each other with all their
hearts and souls as to the rights Of
their masters for the office of sheriff
OF King county, and not over block
away, though not in sight of the sec
onds, were the principals talking as
socially to each other as if they were
not rival candidates for the shirley
atty.
Candidates for most of the county
offices in King are trying all in their
power to keep from lining up with
either faction on the gubernatorial
question, but they find it a hard
problem to keep from doing so. A
candidate for county office, where
he has sharp competition for the
place, will find that he will be com
PEELED to line up before the conven-
ton in spite of his opposition to do
ing so. The candidates for superior
judges, with but one or two notable
exceptions, are refusing to line up,
and one or two Of them, in the opin-
ion Of the Pie-maker, will pull
through on that independent plat
form, which is right and proper,
while those who have lined up will
find it very hard to pull down su-
perior judgeship nomination.
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The Fifth ward promises to be the
battle ground in the primaries in this
city in the coming Republican con-
test. Each gubernatorial faction
has a strong candidate for county
clerk in this ward, and their candi-
dacies promise to separate a good
many old-time political friends. FL
lis Morrison is very strong man
and has made such warm personal
friends in that ward since he has
been there as will be hard to take
from him. He has those kind Of
friends that work at the polls, but the
same can be said of G. A. Koepehi,
which will make the contest up there
a very bitter one. Both are from the
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