The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-05
Hsvin and Erisman Say They VIII
Be Forced to Close.
LATTER EvADEs \ QUESTION.
aefusss % DeAy TAat Ne sousAt to
Uxtest Fusien Campaign runas
yron the 0amblirg Fratsrnity-
HI. Navin Declares All Asfee-
AeAts with Council Have Been
violates -Talk Of ssClsan Hands"


- -. r..,.,,,r,.. r,or.. N.v,n
49, $500 ~ ssrsSssrtst,vs ~ the Ffrst
dion In the city council Tuesday nisht.
sthers has bsen much gossip in gambling IN
essvns action ana e 70 fns S US. asssrsa
conn come %. g ne ,n M srssarn ~ ~ S
Yesterday Mr.. Nevin positively declared
shis StStemeit Wa reinforced BY I point
blank declaration q And Esw,, Eri sam;
in the 19Snr nsns - t1 sa
morrow for the arrest Of all the gambling
Nouss proprietors. Erisman says the
warrants vili b sworn 70 BY church ps0-
The gamblers 90 not hesitate 20 assett
t,t Is hold f them up for money to be
used otsnsbiy 70 advance the Interests interest .s q
Scsng citx cadmps,sand that s the sambins
sIsc s ~ wseT from e now W. on until election
az y S s: Ss: so1sss VIC
March Sp to such p aSsa H. II n S.yn de-
Sire S to close lose them at once.
xrismsn Explains HE Pesition.
Mr.. Erisman ID not backward about az
pressing his views on the gambling cues
ton e & ds ne f4ssns hat
BE, was .disgruntled because Of certain ac s.
ses them closed up. u. ~. .-..r..r.
.Mno I'll "vviIi vos, ~, Il y.
- cn. no., no.; was the reply. 'fne church
people VIII attsna g n,s sn erievance against
~" "a Samhiers Y. M. Erisman declared
s sscs.- g s.us ana had beey refused BY the
cS Snif q ' rcl ce He He admitted. however,
~ ts,,. 80 nrSsr ia Mover reStnae.
1aMe s .n Hss,,,,nS /" \ Was| sisSested. sthat
yoc made Ssmsadn uGona "a. s1s g ssn s.ss
from now nnti eisct,c @ nai XD Known e po
tcisns o. re First ,o ward ~ that
gs,rhiir. VouId "a Closed up Il, case your
3sn"nd ~ not scceded Is. what have
~ - Ts,~nss, stsrted 10 talk about
lx.xx;,su nv svy.n fHis fot1io VaS broAch.
"a. btt beinr pinned down and : pc.itiys
" S,srx D %ofds: n y !" s a !,
~ SsfnsS 10 either affiffn or deny that"
IT i sso claimed Is! consin ros,r TIE re- ss-
pprsssioon. .ribbed Navin up to Introduce
{hst peso,ution Tuesday night. Is that
& u IS
u ..S ,o,a Tommy Nayin.', was the frank
reniv That II he didn't introduce that
1sscIntion would fight him for renoralns.
y fhs 'front.'. and now I'm spend my own
money. IL necessary, to see that he Is
re.eiected."
Nj, - NJ. ravfn says.
Councilman Nayin. when seen and ask
ed II he was still hostile to the gamblers
4 aid:
II was misQuoted in the PoN-lntenigen-
Ger WEDNESDAY morning %. ratp tsn, T y"r
Of the council that the gamblers had vio-
lated their agreement py putuhg IN hISn
percentages games; that az the TIME tne
agreement was MADE reserveu the risnt
g close lnem my tS resaIntion Tnesday
night I went to the mayor and chief Of
forced to cut out the skin games. They
10Th told me that they had nothing to do
n the matter: that the council had opened
ss6ne the last time and that na the e1u ay
II force the gamblers to i've up to their
aSreement I introduced the resolution.
invent any objection to legitimate gam
dnnsf propose to tolerate them Il can
heir ~;
ANDY Ecrisman says" said the report
er. that he told you II you refused to In
vnm Far Decentralization. rs that true?"
sSrhat--that WAS AFTER I had begun my
frht. and after I had seen the mayor and
statesman with some hesitation. THAT
vas merely a side issue. / would have in
froduced the resolution. whatever Andy
Tsrisnan said
Gil did aid a you not, that t YOU knew Of some
affempt being made to hold the gamblers
up upxt JOE r, ausion canpas" iuuS' was tho