The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-07-26

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than any other living man. Though
Mr.. Hill has succeeded in capturing
two new transcontinental railroads
since he last visited Seattle, still he
did not feel called upon to bring the
new union depot that he has prom
ised Seattle for so many years, under
his arm for the accommodation of
the passengers who come to and
leave Seattle. Capturing vast rail
way systems is small matter to Mr..
Hill, but when it comes to building
union depots, he seems to be a most
complete failure. Seattle does not
give thinkers whoop in Whoopville
how many systems Mr.. Hill controls,
but she is deeply interested in
union depot for Seattle, and if Mr..
Hill will only give her that, the
thing he so earnestly promised to do
many years ago, she would be willing
to commission Mr. Hill to 90 to the
markets and buy up every railway
system in the United States. In def
erence to the Jim Hill interests Seat
tie has refused to grant other rail
way systems the privilege Of build
ing union depot, and though that
system has subsequently fallen I'M
der the control Of Mr.. Hill, yet he
does not seem inclined to combine
the interests of the two systems and
build the desired depot at once.
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AS has been said by The Repubh-
can on a previous occasion, the Con-
sidines in their fight for life are be-
ing represented by the strongest ar
ray Of legal ability that can be found
in the Northwest. AS a criminal
lawyer, Hon. James Hamilton Lew
is has won a most enYiable reputa-
ton, and the Hon. Will H. Morris,
who has figured in pretty nearly ev-
cry big criminal case that has been
tried in the courts Of King county
for the past five years, is close sec
ond to him, and the two will make |
the hardest legal fight that the
courts Of King county have seen in
good many years for the acquittal
Of their clients. Though the Con-
sidines we're arraigned in court a few
day ago they took until August 9th
to plead to the charge filed against
them by the county attorney, when
they will plead and the day Of the
trial will be fixed for some time in
September Mr. Morris has nothing
to say for publication about the case,
but he intimates that the chain Of
evidence that they will put up will
be forged SO strong that it will be
impossible for any jury Of sane men
to do other than bring in verdict
Of not guilty for the Considines.
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Speaking about the Considine
case, the Piemaker notes that at least
ninety per cent. Of the state papers
are of the opinion that the Consi-
dimes can never be found guilty Of
any charge, if the state does not pro
duce more evidence that it did at the
preliminary trial While no great
amount Of love is expressed for the
Considines, yet the county press is
practically unanimous that they can
not be found guilty Of any crime for
killing Meredith, land it is due to the
Considines as American citizens that
they be given fair and impartial
trial on this occasion for the killing
of Meredith, and not be tried for
something they have done in the
past, or may be expected 'to do in
the future. Some few Of the state
papers are endeavoring to make po-
litical capital of this affair, but the
most Of them are treating it as it is
and cut out completely any political
significance whatever that might
have been attached to it by the
Times, which is right and proper
An effort on the part Of few per-
sons who have been jobbed by the
board of civil service examiners to
have the law repealed at the next
regular election, is to the mind Of
the Piemaker frivolous and puerile,
for positions and other places in a
government, national, state, munich
pal or otherwise, one and alike,
should be filled by civil service rig
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