The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-27
a new departure. but 1t is not wholly
at variance with the tendencies Of Bry-
anfsm.
Concerning HogQishness.

ties that have thrown on the thralldom
OF King county. should form an ALI
ance at once and invite the other Re-
publican counties OF the state TO unite
with them. 1t should be made clear
that Spokane and Pierce counties con-
slider themselves as only two of the
thirty-five counties of the state. and
that they have not In the past and do
not intend in the future to adopt the
King county tactics of political hoggish-
ness.-Tacoma Evening News.
This is but one specimen of the choice
bits of humor with which the Tacoma
News daily regaes its readers. Evident
iy it has no feeling of security in the
alliance which. as announced, put
pierce in the Saddle" and contem-
plates at any moment the breaking OF
a stirrup leather.
What will strike the rest of the state
with amusement as well as amazement
is the sublime gall of any Tacoma man
who charges upon King county rapaclty
or the desire to run things. Here il
little town. the third In the state. con-
tanning perhaps from one-fifteenth to
one-twentieth of it's population. At the
present moment, II has one senator and
one representative, or one-half Of the
states entire representation at WASH
ington. with both feet in the trough
and a snout plunged up to the ears in
the provender. It squeals shrill alarm
against the "hoggishness" of King
county which has no representation at
all
Quite as unique il it's proposition for
future political relations. 1t calls upon
Spokane county as an ally because Spo-
kane has population, votes and infiu-
ence. Spokane and Pierce" are to do
the trick. Yet at the last political APP
pearance OF these two counties 1t was
Pierce that led the combination which
refused to give to Spokane any voice
! whatever, which denied Justice. and
told Spokane 10 go about her business
ana not pretend to be in 1t with Pierce.
perhaps 1t was right to dissemble your
love-" Spokane may say. "but why did
you kick me down stairs?'
1t is just as well for Pierce county TO
take the alarm. because II ever there
was a case OF political "hoggishness'
In any state, II sits in front of the sty.
King county IL not shying any rocks
at anybody. While II had proper In
f,uence in the affairs Of the state, nell
ther state nor party iad any cause for
complaint The Republicans Of King
county recognize perfectly the fact that
their present position Is due in no slight
measure to their own mistakes. d.
ish political plotters have shorn them Of
the influence that they should carry in
the state. They propose to remedy that
by closing up the ranks and fighting
first. last and all the time for "the Re-
publican party. the state OF Washington
and the interests OF King county"
On that platform they expect to have
the sympathy and the cordial co-opera-
ton of the remainder OF the state. with
the probable exception of Pierce county
There is some hogsishness in state poll
tics at this moment. and that county
knows better than any one else where
the porker lives. We are attending to
our knitting here. and propose to de-
serve success before we attempt It, Then
perhaps some of the bristies with have
TO come of. But the Tacoma News
should not suppose for one moment that
this clamor of abuse Of Seattle for sup
posing that II has a right TO live and TO
share in the councils of the Republican
party win conceal the absurd ambition
to boss the affairs and monopolize all
tho honors of the Republican party Of
Washington.