The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-07-19

drug store and saw the fighting go
ing on and at once turned and went
in another direction. Now at the
next meeting Of the civil service
board The Republican suggests that
Officer Crane be asked to tell where
he went after reaching Guys drug
store on that fatal occasion.
| Seattle's Lexow committee have
asked the city council for more time
before it makes its final report,
which keeps quite few persons on
the anxious seat lest they be among
those whom the committee will
make adverse reports upon. The
work Of the committee has been con
demned in good many quarters, but
the consensus of opinion, not only
IN Seattle, but throughout the state,
Is to the effect that it has done most
admirable work, and its work will
prove the stepping stone toward pur-
flying the moral atmosphere of Sc
attic.
If there be any red-handed MUIR
derers in Seattle they are the wide
open policy promoters. Those per-
sons who say that Seattle has to have
so much sin and vice in order to
make business good; those persons
who advocate the theory that Seat
tie must be overrun with thieves and
thugs, tin-horn gamblers and houses
of ill-fame and fallen women in gen
eral, from which monthly stipend
can be collected in order to build
streets, churches, school houses and
sanitariums. 1t is repeated, if there
be any red-handed murderers, these
are the ones.
The charge Of the Seattle Times
that Wilson and Humes had formed
a political combination and made
Meredith the scapegoat Of the com
bine, is as false as everything else
that the Times has said since it has
been dOmineered by the Blethens.
This paper is noted for its SANDER
Gus statements, and the one herein
is on par with the thousand and
one others that it has uttered since
the Blethens have been cit" on the
paper. There is no doubt but what
Tom Humes is willing to combine
with a tom cat, if it would bring
him a few votes, but The Republi-
can knows no one in this or any 9TH
er community that is looking for
dead ducks to form political COM
binations with.
Let each member of the jury when
the COnsidines are put on trial ask
hlmslf the question, What would I
have done under the same circum-
stances, and if the answer suggest
ing itself to the question be followed
those men will 60 free. John and
Tom COnsidine should not be tried
for having run a variety theatre con-
trary to law, but for shooting W. L.
Meredith. Hanging men on general
principles is more the act of barbara
ans than Christians.
The political perfidy Of the pres
ent municipal administration is be-
ing felt just now by DR.. McKechnie
just as others who have run up
against it have felt it. DR.. McKech-
ME has been an administration man
without equivocation ever since he
has been appointed, but when the
administration sees that it can no
longer advantageously use him it
drops him like a cold potato, just
as it has dropped everybody else that
has ceased to be serviceable to it.
DIR. Gibson and DR.. Limerick, who
constitute a majority Of the mem
bership of the board Of health, are
creatures Of the Tom Humes admin
istration, and as such they do his
bidding regardless of the conse-
quences that may follow, and as a
result Of this DR.. McKechnie has
been removed from office and DIR.
Carroll has received the appoint
ment 'All is well that ends WE'LL"
at is long lane than has no turn"
"The mills Of the gods grind slow
ly," and one of these days all of
thse things are going to be talked
over and the man at the helm is 90
ing to fall with a dull thud and be
no more.
Since the adjournment of the leg
islature the Turner-Rogers combine
has been rather quiet; in fact, they
have not dared to poke up their
heads for fear somebody would
throw brick at them, but recently
they have made another political
move, and as a consequence S. NJ
Allen is to lose the SUPPLEMENTARY
Of the Old Soldiers Home, which is
located in Happy Hollow, over the
hill beyond Nowhere, and J. NJ. Car
son, noted for his letter writing, is
to receive the appointment in his
stead. Carson is all right; pretty
good man, but why remove Allen