The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-04-12

POLITICAL P0T-PIE

j ne Pl6-maKof notes that ). h. Piles
has been spoken of in connection with
the next senatorial contest from this
state, and he is to be the King county
candidate, provided that all factions
will harmonic on him. Of course Mr.
Piles denies this or speaks of it in an
uncOncerned way, as much as to say
that he knows nothing of such a poll
teal deal, or move, and that by no
means is he party to it; nevertheless
many Of the leading Republicans of
this city are vOching for it and make
no bones in declaring that they will
lay aside all factional feeling or former
factiOnal feeling and support Mr.. Piles
with vengeance, if he has decided upon
being the King county candidate for
United States senator in 1903 But
with King county as a unit it does not
always mean success in this latter day
condition of the state Of Washington
unless King county can get the back
ing of one of the other larger cOun-
ties, and, the backing of either the
Northwest or the Southwest, without
which it is impossible for her oever
succeed in electing a United States
senator. In other words, King county
must not only have united delega-
ton, but either Pierce county or Spo-
kane county must always be in line
supporting her candidate to assure
such candidate being successful. Other
wise there is not the slightest probab-
ility of him being successful. The
Pie-maker is Of the opinion that it be-
hoOves King county, and especially
that part of King county that is sup
i
States senator, to begin at once to
make terms with one or the other of
these counties, that she may not be
handicapped in the coming fight The
name of Samuel H. Piles for United
States senator has been spoken Of for
United States senator prior to the COM
ing of l.. S. ]. Hunt, and was spoken
of by one of the most ardent advocates
that Senator John L. Wilson has in
this community, not that such advo-
cate was unfriendly to Wilson, but that
he thought Piles could harmonic King
and Spokane counties and probably
make a bridge for his friend Wilson to
cross over to the United States senate
on in 1905. 1t is very probable that
Senator Wilson is perfectly willing to
harmonic in this way, and he, too,
might consent to support S. H. Piles
in 1903 if that would mean the coming
Of United States senator from West
ern Washington in 1905. And it is
suggested to those persons who are
now booming Mr.. Piles, that they see
to it that Spokane county be taken into
this deal or there is much danger of it
falling through.
% % %
A friend of l.. S. J. Hunt said to the
Pie-maker one day this week: eff Mr..
Hunt starts a paper in this city, and
he will, it will be an Independent Re-
publican paper, and will have no cor
poration strings tied to it. Mr. Hunt
has no idea of becoming identified with
any large corporation in this state, and
for that reason such paper will be free
from cooperative influence when once
it gets under Roadway. 1t will be solid
for a King county man for the next
United States senator from this city
and will work to that end and pur-
pose. It is to be penny paper and
under all circumstances and conditions
to champion the cause of the laboring
man and the poorer class of citizens in
this state and community.
% % %
Speaking about the starting of a
new morning paper in this city, a gen
tleman said to the Pie-maker one day
this week: There is no probability of
a new morning paper being started in
this city any time within the near flu
ture; there is no probability of such a
paper, should it ever be started, get
ting any news only at an enormous eX-
pense, and it could not afford to main
tain it very long. 1t is all very we'll
to talk about starting newspaper,
but to start a competitive newspaper
in a town no larger than Seattle and
with no more facilities for getting out
side news than what the proposed pa
per for this city has, is the height of
folly and the SheereSt rot Then, were
it possible for such a paper to get all
the news necessary, it would mean that
advertising in this city would be cut
all to pieces, and would necessarily
paralyZe all classes of advertising in
this city for the next five years. 1t
would not only hurt the two morning
papers struggling for existence, but it
would likewise injure the patronage of
the evening papers, and l feel safe in
saying that it would take a new paper
five years to get on a paying basis,
under the conditions it would have to
labor in this city at present. 1t mat
tiers not how much money one has to
blow in and to throw to the birds, it is
not very probable that Mr. Hunt is go
ing to throw four or five hundred thou
sand dollars in such a rat hole as a
morning paper that will compete with
the POst-Intelligencer Regardless of
the great amount of talk that is going
the rounds Of the press and the public
in general concerning the certainty of
this new paper being started it is very
apparent to my mind that none will be
started and none will live if started
within the next five or ten years to
come"
% % %
Though experts have been working
on EX-COunty Treasurer G.. F. Whittle-
seys books for number of days, they
show no signs of approaching a balance.
Instead of approaching a balance it
seems they are getting farther from it.
and this has prompted the county
commissioners, aided by Mr. Whittle-
sey himself, to begin a regular system
Of checking the books up during his