The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-03-22

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If Senator Addison G. Foster
thinks he will strengthen himself in
King county by appointing Mayor
Humes as collector Of customs at the
port of Port Townsend he is sadly
mistaken. Doubtless he might
strengthen himself with Levi An
keny, but he would not make a single
vote in King county for either Mr..
Ankeny or himself by making such
an appointment. The Pie-maker
here admits that Tom Humes is
quite factor in the politics Of this
city, especially when he is a candi-
date for the mayoralty, simply be
cause there is at present quite a
strong immoral renegade element of
humanity in the city Of Seattle, who
strongly favor the election Of Tom
Humes for mayor because under him
they can ply their nefarious trades
with impunity just so they 'cut it in
two" with some Of the gang; but
when there is no longer any hope of
them having Humes to misrule the
city as mayor, and he leaves the
county and takes a political position
somewhere else, all Of his followers
will pass from him like a summers
dream. AS collector of customs at
Port Townsend Tom Humes would
not be able to dictate or rule ten
votes in city or county convention
in King county and not be able to
control single representative Of the
entire twenty-five delegation which
will go from King county to elect a
United States senator in 1908. Mr..
Foster, permit us to suggest to you
that you are mOnkeying with the
buzz saw, and unless you are very,
very careful you will find yourself
entangled in its meshes to that ex-
tent that, if you manage to get out
of them at all, you will be so badly
used up that even your best friends
will not recognize you-no, not even
Ben Grosscup.
The municipal policy Of this city
inaugurated by the present mayor
and chief of police, which has given
the city over to vice and viciousness
in order to gain monthly stipend
therefrom, was rebuked last Monday
night in a way that it must have
made even the administration look
like |dog in the face" with chagrin.
Major Rhinehart, who has been pres
ident Of the city council for the past
two years AMI who has been consid-
cred the mouthpiece Of the admins
tration, and during all that time so
vicious was the course pursued by
the administration that when the
time arrived for the election of pres
ident Of the city council, he was
turned down with such thud that it
must have given him the political
jim-jams in every joint and muscle
Out of thirteen votes Major Rhine
hart got but two. What a reward for
the labors of a good, honest, upright
official! If the same reward should
be given to him when he appears at
the pearly gates of heaven, st. Peter
would at once give him his passports
for the land which knoweth no
kindling of fires. AS was served to
Major Rhinehart so will be served to
Tom Humes next spring, when the
course his administration has taken
will be passed upon by the Republi-
can city convention. The Pie-maker
does not believe that DR.. Crichton
takes very much stock in what is
known as either the Wilson or An
keny faction in the Republican par
ty, hence his election cannot be con-
sidered as triumph or a defeat of
either of those great factions, but a
triumph of morality, good citizen
ship and Christianity. Since DR..
Crichton has been member Of the
city council he has ever been on the
side of morality and good citizen
ship. He has always opposed the
wide-open policy, and it now begins
to look as though his labors are not
without their reward
The law and order league which
appeared before Mayor Humes one
day this week asking that he enforce
the laws Of this city as he finds them
on the ordinance books, did not get
much consolation from the mayor