The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-02-15

POLITICAL POT-PIE +:


The push has decided that w. Y.
Rinehart shall stand for the next Re
publican nomination for mayor Of
Seattle His past record will be
thoroughly scrutinized by the voters
Of this municipality and his past
acts will be weighed in the balance.
Certain corporations will Of course
work for his advancement, because
they are not dissatisfied with his past
record. The telephone war has elm
mated party lines in a great measure
and there is no telling where the af-
fair will end before the matter is
settled 1t is safe to say that the
major has not lost any money since
he obtained his position on the coun-
Gil.
1t is currently reported that A. T.
Van De Vanter has announced his
candidacy for sheriff Of King county
two years hence. 1t would appear
to the average voter that the recep-
ton he received last November
would preclude the very idea Of his
submitting himself to the tender
mercies Of King county suffragists.
Much has been said and written in
regard to the side or family entrance
to saloons, but the subject has not
been exhausted, nor will it be until
the question has been eliminated
from future discussion. Only a few
days ago the writer was standing
near a side entrance of Pike street
saloon on a Sunday evening and wit
messed the entrance Of three young
couples to one of the vilest dens in
the city. Some Of the parties were
well known and tried to hide their
faces from recognition, but their eff
forts were unsuccessful. One Of the
girls was virtuous, capable, inno-
cent girl when she entered the den,
but who will say that she was the
same when she emerged from this
place Of sin and shame? The only
wonder is that the people have suf-
fered this vile octopus to fasten its
tentacleS upon the public with such
a grasp that heroic measures are
essential to their Acknowledgements
The Preston bill has gone the way
Of so many buncomb measures
which are introduced for the pur-
pose of throwing dust in the eyes of
the voters. Preston is a competent
lawyer, and well knew that if he sue
ceeded in securing its passage, the
courts would pronounce it unconsti-
tutiOnal. Mr.. Preston has been a
very devoted Ankeny adherent, but
even his friends helped to down the
bill That Mr.. Preston did have
any serious illness on account of the
way the farmers were used, is well
known to all who are familiar with
him, and another fact that is equally
well known, and that is that a sena-
torlal bee has been buzzing in his
hat for some time, and if he could
onl y make those Eastern farmers be-
heve that they were his true friends
he could depend on some of his
friends to attend to the voter west
of the Cascades.
There is a story going the rounds
to the effect that in the "deal'' en-
tered into by Mayor Humes with
the Foster crowd, by the terms of
which Humes agreed to throw
George Piper overheard, it was final
ly arranged that Piper might con-
tlnue to be the King county manip-
ulatOr for the combination, but that
he must have nothing whatever to do
with managing affairs outside of
King county. There is either a mis-
take III this report, or else Piper has
run up against the most innocent
crowd OF amateur politicians any
where on earth. 1t the apportion-
ment bill passes King county will
have Twenty-Five members Of the
next Legislature, and if they are all
Repubnca rs, as they should be, they
can cOnrDl the election of united
States senator. Suppose that Piper
is allowed IL have charge OF the COM
bInatlOnIS Interests Ill king county,,
and thai ccmbinatlUn should win
out. Does any Ole vino knows
George Pipel suppose Cor minute
that he woGid then qu4elIy surrender
and turn over all his secrets, and his
influence with the King county dele
cation, to his persona! IN IN g
There was a row 0etaeep George
Piper and t. e other Anhcny-Humes
managers during the last primary