The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-10-26

-Four years ago British Columbia
mines were selling coal in the mar
kets Of Puget Sound cities, and the
native coal was a drag on the mar
ket, there being absolutely no de-
mand. 1t is quite different now, for
all Of the coal that the Washington
mines can put on the market is sold
before it gets to the city, and it is not
being shipped to Alaska or sent to
India either
While Hon. John Sherman has
been slowly but surely passing away
for better than a year, yet the an
nOuncement Of his death last Mon
day caused many strong man to
stop and consider, for one Of the
master minds of the present age was
no mere No man Of his day was
more conspicuous in public affairs
than he, and he left history from
which nations unborn will quote
with authority.
Because President Mellen, Of the
Northern Pacific, does not assist the
Tacoma people run down Seattle and
"kick against the pricks," the Ia
coma News is of the opinion that Mr.
Mellen is playing one town against
the other" No, no, neighbor, Mr.
Mellen is not playing off one town
against the other, but he is playing
off no business in Tacoma against
business push in Seattle.
No one doubts for a single minute
but that Nelson Bennett, Of Tacoma,
will vote against Mr. Frink for gov
ernor. Nelson Bennett voted against
John H. McGraw for governor eight
years ago, but McGraw was elected
in spite Of Benefits opposition, just
as Frink will be. Bennett is a vision
airy old creature that is a failure at
everything except humping his
head against a stone wall Besides
being a miserable failure, Mr.. Ben
nett is also a political nuisance.
Mr.. Eugene Harris, who but a few
short months ago was in Tennessee
without a vote, is 50 well pleased with
the free exercise Of the franchise
right since he has been in this state
that he has even fallen down at the
feet of the very party, and in some
instances the very men, that disfran-
chised him when he was in Tennes-
see. Our opinion Of the man that
licks the hand that smites him the
hardest is not a very exalted one.
That Auburn weekly paper thai
claims to be Republican in poll
tics and then solicits the cuts OF
Democratic candidates for publica-
ton on the ground that it is bust
ness, is not the kind of Republican
paper that should receive reward il
case Of party success in the way OF
public work ''To the victor belong,
| the spOils, and likewise to the mer
that stand by their party without
pay or remuneration belong the pub
lie patronage.
With no intention whatever o.
throwing bouquets at ourselves, We
desire to say that there is not an
other weekly newspaper in the
! Northwest that shows more. enter
prise than The Seattle Republican
The superior presswork on The Re
publican over other weekly paper:
III this state is very apparent Com
pare The Republican with all Other
weekly papers and it will require but
a mere glance to see what paper i
due the honor of hading the list.
Bishop Ireland unqualifedly an
nounces his determination to Support
Mckinley and Roosevelt. Even re
ligiOn takes a business turn at times
Bishop Ireland recalls the fact how
easy 1t has been for him to raise
money from his followers during the
past tour years, and remembers how
1t was just the opposite four years
before that, and he does not desire
to go through another four years like
unto that brought on by Cleveland
ism. In other words, he found out
the difference when he went to suck
The ballot for King county will be
about SIX and a half feet long and
Will contain enough names and
parties to be voted for to confuse a
Philadelphia lawyer Now, we sug-
gest that Republicans avoid trouble
and perhaps the loss Of their vote by
placing d cross after "Republican
Ticket, which votes for every Re
publican nominee. That can be done
III five minutes; whereas, if you be-
gin cutting your ballot, it will take
you not less than half an hour to
fix it up just like it ought to be.
Charles Dudley Warner, the noted
New England scholar and Journal
ist, has joined the silent hosts of the
great beyond. The great man died
while on his way to the home of a
colored man in whom he was much
interested from an educational stand
point. How remarkable that this
great human benefactor should die
while performing an act in which he
had spent a great part Of his life, try
ing to better the condition of the
Negro race Of this country In the
historic archieves Of this republic the
name of Charles Dudley Warner has
been emblazoned in flaming letters,
which will live on and on until time
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