The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-03-30
Political Pot-Pie.

not near so doad III spokane
county as many of his enemies
would have the other part of the
state believe. At a recent primary
election held in that county the
friends of John L. Wilson were
successful beyond degree, in other
words, his man Friday (Hopkins)
was overwhelmingly endorsed as
the delegate to the National con-
vention over Sam Stems and
'Mistah Moorphy,' . who had early
announced that it was their inten-
ton to break down the Wilson
strongholds. Now the Pie-maker
is not particularly interested In the
outcome of this fight, further than
the enemies Of Mr.. Wilson seem to
take much pleasure in parading
the ''Wilson is Dead" allegation to
the Pie-maker, as though he could
help it. Now, if Hopkins Of Spo-
kane wishes to subserve the inter
est Of his county and party to the
best end, he will quietly have the
convention select Hon. John l..
Wilson as the delegate from that
county that, at least one man may
be sent East from this state, who
has something more than passing
acquaintance with the powers that
be.
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It begins to look now as though
the Humes people have made up
their minds to reward DIR. Samuel
Burdett for his faithful service to
the gang by creating place for
him. If all things work well DIR.
Samuel Burdett will soon be the
city veterinary surgeon. ut never
rains but what it pours," has been
said by some prophet and in the
doctors case this addage seems to
be quite true, as his friends are
also urging him as one Of the presi-
Dental electors. The latter has
no pay in it but the former will
doubtless carry about $1,000 per
year salary in it. The fellow who
thought that the horse doctor was
not a schemer can now compliment
him self as having a dark
horse on him. But why boiler
for a party without getting
your reward in honOrs as we'll as
dough?
Since the last municipal cam
paign, politics have figured quite
conspicuously in the various
churches Of the city. A climax
was reached in the First Presby-
terrain church over politics not long
since, by the operators of the
church paper, "The Dasyman,"
severing themselves from all con-
nection with both the paper and
church, because, at a secret meet
ing held among the members of
the organization, it was decided to
allow the Dasyman to discuss
municipal politics. The Pie
maker thinks it perfectly absurd
for any one to say to a preacher,
because you are a preacher you
have no right whatever to discuss
municipal politics" The preach
er should be as much interested in
the community as the business man
and certainly has the same right
to raise his voice and vote for
what he thinks is right as the
business man. If what the Pie
maker heard Of Ell. l.. Wilhelm,
late editor of the Dasyman, the
night after the late municipal
election be true then. the Pie-mak-
er makes no -hesitancy in saying
that he should have resigned from
the editorship Of the church paper
months before he ever connected
himself with it.
Its all bosh, rot and hogwash of
the worst type for any one or
newspaper to say or intimate that
there is any faction in Seattle
doing anything whatever to the
detriment of the return Of Frank
w. Cushman to Congress. Mr..
Cushman is {, rising young man Of
the Northwest, and because he
halls from Tacoma is not a suffi-
cient reason for the young men of
Seattle to fight him to the extent
Of running his prospects of making
a name in history for himself.
Seattle thinks she is justly EMIT
led to at least one of the represen-
tatives in Congress from this state,
but it is not in the cards for her
now, and so she will abide her
time. She has no advocate at the
National Court at present simply
because she had men within her
gates, who were so hungry for
"blood money that they preferred
to see Seattle left in the political
cold rather than loose that blood
money. No sir, Frank Cushman
will not find hand raised against