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

appeared and began war on gam
bling in Seattle. The gamblers
declared it only a bluff at first, but
soon they realized that there was
trouble ahead for them and then
it was that they began to cry for
some one to stop Big Bill. First
one man and then another was
sent to him on behalf of the
gamblers, but all to no avail for he
was immovable. As a last resort
former student Of Mr.. Morris
was sent to him, and, rumor has it,
that ten thousand dollars in cold
cash was laid down on Mr.. Morris
desk with, now will you come off
the gamblers whereupon, accord
ing to report, he replied, "This is
more money than I ever had and
more than ever expect to have,
but | have never been known to
60 back on my friends and I pre-
fer to drag along just as I have
been doing all this time rather
than ever betray a trust that has
been imposed upon me by friends
and constituents. Gambling must
stop in Seattle and must stop at
once. This city is over run with
men and women that are too vile
to live on earth and halt must
come and come right now. My
duty to my fellow men, and, espe-
cially, when my own children are
part Of those fellow men, is sub
servient to my own ends and this
has prompted my friends and my
elf to move against the gambling
fraternity as we have money can't
buy me-"
UUo
Tom Humes will not be a can
didate for governor next fall, if he
has any political sense. If, how
ever, he does decide to be candi-
date he will not have solid King
county delegation to back him in
his aspirations, and for King to go
to the state convention, which
dominates candidates for the vari-
GUS state Offices with divided dele
cation simply means that it will
succeed in getting what it has
gotten for the past four years
"Nit." King will, in the opinion
of the Pie-maker, decide on can
didate for governor and he will be
supported by all factions, and then
a fight will be made by united
King in the state convention such
as 1t was wont to make in times of
yore for the nomination of said
candidate. There is no doubt but
that such candidate can be found,
and at the proper time, his candi-
dacy will be officially announced.
The Pie-maker has not heard
one word as yet about the saloons
closing at 6 o'clock to let their
help have some rest Even the
labor union leaders, who few
weeks ago, paraded up and down
the streets like Debs was in
town, when the grocery houses and
dry goods stores decided to close
their places Of business at 6
O'Clock, has not had one word to
say against the saloons not doing
likewise. A merchant, however,
refused to close at the 6 o'clock
hour and so violent as we'll as
demonstrative did the labor union
adherers become against him and
his store that protection from the
courts had to be invoked to pre-
vent them from committing crimi-
nal depredations against him, and
yet aught is not said against the
saloons not only, not closing at 6
O'Clock, but at them even running
all night and likewise all day.
Do the labor union howlers want
the public to understand that, they
want the stores and business
houses to close that the operators
and laborers in such places will
have better opportunity to par
tlclpate in the all night brawls and
revelries, which are of nightly
occurrences in 999 per cent Of all
saloons? Now, Mr.. Labor Union
ist, make the same kind Of 6
o'clock closing fight against the
saloons as you do the stores and
work shops, if you are sincere in
the fight for early closing, that
man like beast can have so many
hours in which to work and so
many to rest, and not leave the
impression that you really want as
few hours to work as possible and
the balance in which to saloon
carOuse.
u q q
John R. Rogers, "per se," has
made this state an excellent COVER
nor, but his appointees, "per Sc, !"
have made the state lots Of trouble,
therefore John R. Rogers will
have to return to Puyallup to con-
tinue his musings on the "Irre-