The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-04-20

already declared that he would
appoint none other to this coming
vacancy than Attorney W. H
White Of Seattle, more commonly
known as, "War Horse White. .
Should he do this, and he will
that will make Mr.. White an
ardent supporter Of Billy Bryan,
the anti-expansion champion, and
thus make Mr.. White most pain
fully contradict himself on ali be
has said in opposition to Bryan's
expansion ideas, but wait and see,
and the Pie-maker will help to
keep your mind well posted on
this point, as it progresses from
time to time.
There are quite few Republi-
can lawyers in this city that have
their eyes fixed on being a King
county judge, and, to that end,
they propose to capture a Repub-
lican nomination for the Office.
King county has three superior
judges and each Of them gets
$4,000 per year salary and holds
the position for four years. Law
yers with practice and lawyers
without a practice are all strug-
Cling to get one Of those places,
believing that, if they once get the
nomination and election it will be
an easy matter to succeed them
selves and then at the expiration
of eight years, will be perfectly
willing to retire, having laid up a
little money and at the same time
perfected themselves in their
profession for advisory legal
codnselship.
Among the candidates for these
positions are: John K. Brown, at
one time corporation counsel of
Seattle; W. T. Scott, who also
served the city in similar capa-
city prior to Mr.. Brown; Judge
Osborne, an ex-county Judge, is
said to be a candidate; Judge
Langley, while not scraping for
the place, would not refuse a re-
nomination; Mayor Humes, it is
said would rather have a judgeshlp
than to be mayor, and, if he does
not succeed in getting the guber-
Material nomination will ask for
judgeship nomination in King
county; M. V. Bell of the law
firm of Preston & Bell is also
formidable candidate and will
make a hard fight for one Of, the
places; A. w. Frater from FIRE.
mont is said to be a candidate and
will be able to show strong fol-
lowing by the time of the conven-
ton; Arthur e. Griffin proposes
to try his hand at it again and will,
it is said, bring the South district
solid to the convention for his re-
nomination; Boyd J. Talman, who
has been war horse in the Re-
publican bailiwick of King county
politics for many years, is also a
candidate and will get, practically,
the city solid for him. There will
be others, who, perhaps, will be as
strong, if not stronger, than many
OF those already mentioned in this
connection.
Free Silver Republicans and
Populists are not getting very
much consideration at the hands Of
Governor Rogers these days, which
has prompted the former to leave
the three-ringed political circus
tent almost in a body and the latter
to pass resolutions denouncing the
governor as having deserted the
Popplist party completely. He is
a Democrat at present pure and
simple and all of the good things
that come his way for distribution
are given to none but lifelong
Democrats. But recently he ap-
pointed J. B. Slater, of Colville. to
fill the position made vacant by
the resignation of Billy Ridpath
from the board of audit and con
troll and Mr.. Slater is a most pro-
nounced as well as uncompromis-
ing Democrat. Now, even before
the supreme judgeship is declared
vacant, Governor Rogers announces
that War Horse White, lifelong,
cotton-mouth Democrat, will warm
the seat. All of which shows very
conclusively that he has no further
time for Free Silver Republicans
and Populists and that he is now
flirting hagrantly with another DO
litical party.
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The Northwest is being flooded
with Japanese laborers and this
has caused a bitter protest to come
from the labor unions of this Sec
ton. For once the labor unions
hvae struck the right chord. It is
nn-American to food the laborine
departments of this country with
cheap j japanese entrants who