The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-05

the august parsonage now serving a
Seattle's chief of police. If the lat
ter's reputation rests upon such frai
foundation as to render it liable to de
struction by such comment as Cay
ton published he is not deserving o
the benefits of public confidence" AM
ought to be summarily removed from
the position that he now holds by tn,
grace of the wide open" government
of the chief city of the state.-Sa1
Juan Islander.
However much may have been the
aggravating circumstances it would
seem that Chief of Police Meredith
went two or three steps too far in in
generating Editor CaytOn of The Sc
attic Republican in the city Jail anC
refusing to admit him to any Other
than cash bail, although the best O1
personal security except cash was Of
fered. No doubt the continued harsh
criticism of the Seattle city govern
ment in CaytOn's paper was cause fol
a feeling of great resentment on the
part of the chief, but he was not justi
| IICo III ICIuO1nS " c1CCCpI ISOOOuO1DIt
bail for the appearance of the editor
in court to answer to the charge foI
which he was arrested-Port Orchard
| Independent.
The arrest of Editor Cayton Satu1
| day night was an uncomfortable ex
| perience, but Cayton is too shrewd a
| newspaper man not to take advantage
| IOf 4Io
| ity the act has given him and The Re
| publican. We venture the assertion
| he will be ready a month hence to
count out many shekels as the result
of his experiences. Many a newspaper
man has courted such an episode for
| the sake of publicity. Shekels cannot
cannot compensate for narrowed feel
ingS, but in this mercenary age the
suggestion is made to The Republican
man that he sees to it his hosts of
sympathiZers subscribe for The Re
publican while they are in the mood );
and let them see what rich brown
| rOasts of the police department can be
| served la mode-Daily (SeattIe)
Bulletin.
The arrest of Editor Cayton, of The
Seattle Republican on last Saturday
night was the most culpable and dia-
bOlical act that Seattle has wrought
upon an honest citizen for long time.
1t was wholly and solely the work of
spite, and should be sufficient cause for
the removal of the chief of police The
citizens of Seattle should demand this.
The best retributiOn for such want of
rectitude by the police is removal We
hope to see CaytOn get justice at the
bar.-Buckley Banner
Under orders from Chief of Police
Meredith of Seattle, H. R. Cayton, the
colOred editor of The Seattle RepubG-
can, was thrown into Jail at a late hour
Saturday night on an alleged charge of
libeling the chief of police. Friends,
newspaper men and attorneys, were
alike denied admission to his cell, ac-
cording to reports. The warrant for
his arrest was issued by a Justice of
the peace while that official was in at
tendance at a theater The whole pro-
ceeding smacks of high-handed out
rage and grOs misuse of power by the
police experimentation Gazette.
force, must aspire to the infamy of in
famous, terrorizing Capt. Dan Nc
Carthy Ga character in the March
number of McClure's magazine). H.
R. CaytOn, editor of Republican
weekly in Seattle, was arrested last
Saturday night at the instigation of
Meredith upon a charge of criminal
libel against the latter, and thrown
into Jail. Cayton was taken from his
home at late hour, placed in the pa
troll wagon like an ordinary criminal,
showed into a damp, filthy cell occupied
by hObOes; his lawyers were refused
admission, even Snubbed, and $500
cash bail was demanded Mr.. Hoge. of
the First National bank, proffered a
check, but it was refused-nOthing but
cash would be taken. About o'clock
Sunday morning the $500 was raised
and Cayton was released A majority
of the leading citizens are indignant
at Meredith's high-handed proceeding,
and it is believed that he has stepped a
little too fast in the procession of mu-
cipal corruption; that he has thrown
down all safeguards in his venom.
and will be ''yanked" pretty lively in
quit IOI ududSSS. IuO WnOl0 is Cn6
outcome of a factional rumpus among
Republicans in Seattle At the trials
to follow, in the language of Sir Roger
de Coverly, much may be said on
both sides," and all hands will be
| 'piped" to scrub dirty linen.-Argus,
Mount Vernon.
Nothing, perhaps, more quickly be-
| trays the individual of shallow mind
| and blind prejudice than an attempt
when clothed with a little brief au-
thority," occupying a temporary off
| clal position, to use that position in
| getting even" with people against
whom he may have a real or imagin-
| ary grievance, and such attempts in
variably result in confusion to the
short-sighted people who make them
A glaring case in point is Chief Mere
dith, of the Seattle police, in his treat.
ment OF H. R. CaytOn, the colored edi
tor Of The Seattle Republican. Editor
| CaytOn had called down the wrath OF
| Chief Meredith by criticising his off
cial acts in The Republican to such an
extent as to cause the lodgment of a
complaint for criminal libel under the
| state law
SO far the chief was clearly within
his rights, and person with mental
vision strong enough to see a hole in
a ladder would have left the matter in
the hands of the sheriff. where il
thenceforward belonged Not so. how.
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