The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-04-26

a law the SOlidification of the Repub-
l1can party would have been assured
at once, but as it now stands the party
is rent in factions and in such factions
as will defeat the nominees not only
OF this city, but all over the state, at
the next election. That is, unless a
decided change takes place, and there
is no great probability of such taxing
place. In those states where it is
| being operated at present it is work
| ing most charmingly, and under no
i consideration would the voters give it
up, and | am certain that the next
legislature will be convinced that it is
to the good of all concerned to pass it,
and the governor will not dare to veto
| it,
yes, the capitol bill is settled, and
settled for all time to come, and every
voter in the state should be proud of
the fact that it is settled" said a
MEMBER of the late legislature.
| While | would not have had it set
tied in the way that it was, had
have had my choice in the matter, yet
| it is settled, and l think it is settled
to the best advantage of all concern
ed. The capitR question will not
come up again for the next fifteen or
twenty years, and there will be no
Olympia lobby before every IegisIa-
ture asking for appropriations for a
capitol building deficit. The amount
necessary and adequate for the con-
verting of the court house into a
st9te house has been appropriated by
ne legislature and practically con-
sumed. AS soon as the workmen will
have completed their job the state
will have state house adequate in
every particular for all of it's needs
for the next filCeen years It is too
bad that the foundation of the old
state house could not have been COM
pleted one story at least, but the gov
ernOr was very antagOnistic to the
measure and the Republicans would
not unite sufficiently tc pass it over his
veto, and | consider the court house
compromise most happy hit out of
most awkward legislative dilemma"
'It was a mistake, l admit, that so
much politics bobbed up in the last
legislature; that is, so much sena-
torial politics. 1t could have cen
kept out just as well and the people
would have been the gamers thereby
Certain factions were pulling this
way and that way and trading votes
for such and such a measure in order
to strengthen their political senatorial
fences two years from now, and this
cause much legislative opposition to
measures from members who
ordinarily would not have been
against good propositions. Then
again there was entirely too much
railroad lobbying, and l am of the
opinion, more than the general direct
ors of the railroads themselves would
have sanctioned had they known such
was going on. | do not impute vicious
motives on the part of the railroads
in their efforts to prevent radical
legislation, but some of their agents
did certainly carry things pretty high
handed. When once they started out
they did not care so much about de-
feating certain measures, but wanted
to convince the railroad magnates
that they held the legislature in the
hollow of their own hands and could
either pass or defeat a measure as
suited them best. By such tactics
they hoped TO make themselves even
more plant tools than the corpora
tons themselves had ever expected to
make of them. Then there was an
other class of lobbyists who were not
paid a single dollar for their work,
but who went down to the Iegis-
Iature on a pass to convince the rail-
road people that they were able to
handle Mr.. AS or Mr.. BIS vote as they
desired.
Personal aad written notices have
both been served on the owners of
buildings in which open gambling is
conducted, by the Law and Order
League, to the effect that warrants
will be sworn out against them unless
gambling be discontinued in their
premises at once.