The Seattle Republican., 1901-03-08

Of womanhood, she has accomplished
some good in calling the attention
Of the authorities to the fact thai
there is an immense pressure behind
her in the nature of public opinion
Charles M. Schwab, the president
of the Carnegie Steel Company, il
80 years old. He went to work il
the steel works at Braddock in 1885,
as a stake driver in the engineer
corps at 81 a day. In seventeen
years he has become the president O
the greatest steel manufacturing
company in the world at a salary Of
$4,000 a year and a 3 per cent. in
terest. His stock holdings are now
worth $3O,OO0,0O0. Who says thai
young men have no chance to rise
| i nthe world?-Tacoma News.
And yet there are hundreds Of
young men in Seattle and Tacoma
lounging on street corners and pray
ing for the good old times when q
man had a chance to work his way
| up to positions Of trust. When you
ask when that time was, they will
point to the time Of the civil war OF
some other inflated period. The fact
is there never was a time in the his
tory Of the country when young
man Of industrious and economical
habits could earn as much and save
as much as at the present time.
An anti-gambling bill has been in
troduced at Olympia which provides
that the player or victim in gam
bling game shall be equally guilty
with the keeper of the place, and
that all stakes seized in at raid or
Otherwise taken possession of are to
60 into the public school fund.
Everett would draw the line on this.
She may use fines collected from pro-
moters Of gambling and other evils
to pay the cost of policing the city,
but she would not care to raise
school revenue in that way.-Everett
Herald.
The bill was probably introduced
at the request of the gambling fra
ternity of the state, and is intended
to suppress all chance of obtaining
evidence against the fraternity.
Representative Ed. Brown, of
Whatcom, is championing some non
descript legislation which provides
for the nomination of a candidate
for .. S. senator by each party at the
convention preceding the meeting of
the legislature. The electors are to
vote for their candidate and the re-
suit is to be certified to the legisla-
ture. All this is intended as a straw
ballot, as the legislature cannot be
bound by the proceeding. It is only
intended as an expression Of the
opinion of the voters, and might
easily occasion serious dissensions
within the parties. 1t is pop legisla-
ton of the worst kind, and is not
likely to be popular with the major
ity.-Reveille.
If this is Populist legislation, in
the name of common sense let us
have more of it. The practice Of
voting and indicating the prefer.
ences in the party has been Otter
tried in several states and no one
questioned the wisdom of the acts
The effects of abolishing the can
teen are already noted at Fort San
Houston, Tex, in the opening of ;
number Of saloons near the arm,
post. Army officers who sounded thu
unheeded warning are not surprised
and have just grounds to fear a de
moralizing effect upon the men,
Oregonian.
Every one knew what would
finally be the sequel except few OLD
grannies who thought and caret
more for theory than for the prac
teal effect. The same report come
from Fort Sheridan. Since the clos
ing of the canteen the receipts of tn
saloons have doubled.