davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
WILLIAM n. MURPHY.

For the past two years the above
gentleman has represented the Ninth
Ward in the city council and the re
cord that he has made since he has
been a member of that body is one that
no man need feel ashamed of. 1t may
be true that the Republicans elected
Mr.. Murphy two years ago, though a
Democrat, yet they need not be asham-
ed of what they did, Notwithstanding
the fact that they defeated one of the
whitest Republicans, Hon. A. J. God
dard, that ever lived. A glance at
some of the work that has been &C
cOmplished by Mr.. Murphy since he
has been in the city council will prove
to you that he has not been asleep
since that time. When he was elected
there were but 100 street lights in the
entire Ninth ward, now there are 245.
Fremont was without fire protection;
now a new fire engine house graces
Dynden avenue, which has caused in
surance rates to be greatly reduced.
Fremont was without water supply;
but now water main is being built to
that suburb, and not only to Fremont,
but to Latona, Green Lake, and the
same will be extended to Ballard. In
terbay, which is also a suburb of Sc
attic, has not been ov arlooked by him
and fire apparatus at cost of $4,000
and two miles of two-inch pipe have
been caused to be laid by his untiring
work. Street work has not been over
looked by him, and new street has
been built from Brooklyn to the Uni
Versity grounds at a cost of 5000. A
sidewalk has been built from Fremont
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
JOSEPH WINSHIP.

1t was Lincoln that said: ''The
Democrats always do the right thing
at the wrong time" which, for the
most part, is quite true, but it is very
doubtful whether they nominated JOS
eph Winship at the wrong time or not,
for he is decidedly a most popular bust
ness man in this city, and one who has
lived here for many years. In nomi-
mating him for the position of city
treasurer a man was nominated in
whom the people of Seattle have the
utmost confidence. He has been con-
nected with the grocery firm of Win
ship Bros. for, 10, these many years,
and everybody who has dealt with him
has found not only Mr.. Winship him
self but the firm, honest, upright and
straightforward in all Of it's dealings.
This has made such a favorable i'm
preston upon those dealing with him
that it can be safely said at this time
that a number Of persons will vote for
him who are Republican in politics, for
they realize in him a business man
and one worthy and fully competent to
look after the interests of the city,
and, regardless of his political faith,
will give him a vote. Joseph Winship
will probably give his Republican op-
ponent the closest rub for election of
any of the Democratic nominees.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
n. r. STOEL, JR.

Last week The Republican spoke of
H. T. Stole as the probable Democratic
nominee for city comptroller. Its pre-
diction came true, and now he is before
you for your suffrage. Young Stoel
is certainly an ideal young man, and
certainly an ideal business young man
and this statement is borne out from
the fact that the Crescent Manufacture
ing Company has employed him for a
number of years and strenuously OBJ
jected to him accepting the nomina-
ton because it thought that there was
a probability of the firm losing his ser
vices. He is most worthy young gen
tleman, and is deserving Of better
treatment than can be given him at
the hands of the Democratic party, but
it is here predicted he will receive the
full strength of his party and perhaps
even more.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
FRANK p, MULLEN,

Twelve years ago or Whereabouts
Frank P. Mullen, who has been nomi-
mated by the Republicans of this city
for cOuncilman-at-large, came to Seat
tie and pitched his tent in the thriving
Queen City believing that he had final
ly reached the Eureka city of his COM
mercial ambitions. For many years he
was engaged in the pile driving bust
ness on the water front, and during
that time had in his employ hundreds
of labOrers and mechanics, all of whom
to this day swear by Frank p Mullen.
He finally sold out his business and
purchased what is now known as the
Abbot House, which is located near
the corner of Pike street and Third
avenue. In this business Mr.. Mullen
has been a huge success, and he has
always been active in Republican poll
tics in the ward. Prior to coming to
Seattle Mr.. Mullen was a resident of
the state of Montana and in that state
he was one of the best known rail-
read contractors in the Northwest. He
has built railroad trackage, spurs and
switches practically from st. Paul to
Seattle and should he be elected to
the city council, owing to the fact that
Seattle will in the near future do a
vast amount of street grading and
strete work in general, will prove to be
a most valuable member Of that body.
1t is such practical men as Mr.. Mullen
that the city council needs and not
schemers and tricksters, who seek the
Office not only for the salary that is in
it, but for whatever else they can get
out of it by virtue of them holding the
position. The voters of Seattle will
find in Frank P Mullen, if elected to
the office, a man worthy of their most
Implicit confidence, and a man who
will give the city such services as has
been seldom ever before given by
any one in similar capacity. Since
Mr. Mullen has been in the city he has
acquired a vast amount of property
and at present he has in the course of
erection some seven different resi-
dences in the various parts of the city,
and he has much other valuable prop
erty. 1t is, therefore, reasonable
to suppose that he will do the
best he can, if for no other reason
than to protect his own interests, if
elected councilman-at-large.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28

whom they can point with pride to
and against whom no one can say
aught detrimental to his character or
general department. AS a candidate
for councilman-at-large Mr.. Creevey is
going to give his antagonist a pretty
close call and if his opponent wins
he will know that he has been in the
fight. Already a majority of the labor
organizations of this city have en-
dorsed the candidacy of Mr.. Creevey
and the Street Car Mems Union, COM
posed of some 800 members, has like
wise endorsed him for the position he
seeks. For the past five years he has
been plumber in this city and for
four years he was a delegate from
the Plumbers Union to the Western
Central Labor Union. No man, re-
CARELESS of his politics, will get more
Of the labor vote than Mr.. Creevey and
if he gets the natural Democratic
strength there is every reason to be-
II0N0 LudC lie SLdUuS d IuOSL SXCSIlSuI
show of being elected. Aside from
having a strong following among the
labor unions Mr.. Creevey is also a
prominent member of large number
of the secret societies of this city and
especially strong among the Wood
men of the World He resides at pres
ent in Fremont, where he has a most
excellent home overlooking Green
Lake and Lake Washington. Never
before has he been a candidate for any
Office at the hands of the voters, but
he has always taken an active inter
est in Democratic politics and has
been a delegate to every Democratic
convention that has been held in the
city since he has been a resident of
Sattle.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
MAI 4. GORMLEY.

No party in the history of this cOun-
try is more progressive than the Re
publican party, and it never does
things, when it undertakes to do them,
by halves. The convention last Fri
day nominated Mat H. GOrmley by a
unanimous vote, and in doing so it
named the youngest man of any con-
ventiOn held in the city during the
present municipal contest for a high
official position. Captain GOrmley was
born March 8, 1867, in Walworth coun-
ty, Wis, where he spent his boyhood
days. In 1878 he came with his par
ents to Seattle, and since that time
has been identified with the city, hav-
ing received his education at the pub
lie schools of this city. He is a car
penter by trade, though he has not fol
lowed the vocation in later years. In
1882 he entered the State University,
and four years later graduated with
hOnOrs. While Governor McGraw was
sheriff Of King County, Captain CORN
ley acted as one of his deputies, and
also acted as deputy in Sheriff Wool
ery's office for few months. He also
served in the capacity of deputy in
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28

been nominated and as many times
overwhelmingly elected as councilman
at-large, and at the last convention he
was nominated practically without OBJ
position, and, Judging from the past,
he will be elected in the same way
next Tuesday. Mr.. Rude is a tailor by
profession and has followed his trade
ever since he has been in the CITY.
and is at present at the head of one
OF the largest tailoring shops in Sc
attic. By no means a fgurative head
either, but every day he is to be found
at his place Of business, scissors in
hand and working away the same as
any of his hired men. Since he has
been member Of the city council his
record in an official capacity is an open
book, and he has always been found on
the side advocating Seattle's CONNER
cial advancement. Things that came
before the city council and which
meant prosperity for Seattle were
AOuSAC 1O1 NY MI. I0OuSl ne
has been a member of the council for
eight years his name has never been
connected with any public scandal in
any shape, form or manner, which is
a most excellent recommendation for
any man that has held public office
as long as he has, and especially the
office of city councilman, where brib-
cry is so often charged against the
members who vote for franchises and
other public improvements. Not so
with Mr.. Rude. He has steered clear
Of them all, and he can today defy any
man who would arraign him on such
charge. The Republican takes espe-
cial pleasure in commencing H. P.
Rude to its readers and friends for
their suffrage next Tuesday, and in do
ing so it does SO with the belief that it
is recommending to you no better nor
more worthy man for whom YOU can
cast your vote.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
JOHN RIPLINGER.

The Republican convention could not
have nominated man in the city of
Seattle who stands higher in the pub
lies opinion than John Riplinger. Mr..
Riplinger was born October 18th, 1864,
in Hastings, Minnesota, and spent his
bOyhoOd as we'll as early manhood in
that state. At the age of % he en-
gagged in the newspaper business at
Hastings, his native town, by purchas-
ing the Hastings Union" weekly
paper of that city. He continued in
count Of failure of health, he sold out
the paper and came to the state of
Washington to permanently reside. He
first cast his lot in Skagit county, near
La Conner, where he purchased home
and went into the real estate bust
ness. Later he came to Seattle, and
on account his splendid clerical abili-
ties he was given a temporary situa-
ton to check up the tax roll under
county treasurer. After completing
this special line Of work in the Office
he was made chief deputy by Mr..
Phelps, which place he held about
eight years. After retiring from that
Office, owing to the fact that Popu-
list had been elected over a Republi-
san nominee, for two years he engaged
in the mining business in Eastern
Washington, but he returned again to
Seattle, and in 1898 was appointed
chief clerk in the city comptroller's
Office under Will H. Parry, and was
continued in the same position under
Frank H. Paul, until now he himself is
a candidate for the same position, and
will, in the opinion of The Republican,
be overwhelmingly elected.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28

business in Seattle he was for four
years engaged in the same kind Of
business in Tacoma. He has been an
active and prominent Democratic
worker ever since he has been in Sc
attic and his store has Deen the head
quarters for leading down town Demo
Gratis for years. He is prominently
connected with the Fraternal Order of
Eagles and with number of other
fraternal orders in all of which he
holds important Offices. Mr.. Kulies
does not believe that being on the
Democratic ticket this year is going
to prevent him from getting a large
Republican vote and he intimates that
already a number Of them have signi-
fed their intention to give him their
vote next Tuesday and if they keep
their promise it is more than likely
that he will also give his antagonist
a close call for the election.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
Total

The Ninth Ward paid city taxes for
the year 1900 amounting to $4,000;
and for 1902 S14,350, making a total
tax for the two years $4,000.
Another important matter which Mr.
Murphy has taken the lead in is the
opening of the 100-foot boulevard from
the corner of Fourth avenue and Pike
street to Lake Union, thereby giving
the residents of the Ninth Ward
cleaner and quicker route to the heart
Of the city. This proposition has been
favorably received by all concerned,
and if Mr.. Murphy be elected to the
council for another two years to push
it, it will soon become an actual real
ity. He is most excellent gentleman
and is generally liked by those who
have met him, either officially or other
wise, and whether you agree with him
in politics or not, if you talk to him
you will be convinced that he is the
man to represent the Ninth Ward in
the city council. Being a prominent
business man of the Ninth, it is but
natural that he do his best for the
community.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
Nominees

sketch OF the improvements he has Sc
cured for the Third ward during his
two years incumbency of the Office.
First, the ward has secured more ap-
preparations than ever before. For the
opening and improving of Madison
street he secured an appropriation of
$1,000. A liberal appropriation was
also made at his instigatiOn for the
planking of East Union street. A sew
age pipe has been laid on Fourteenth
avenue. East Pike has been opened,
graded and sidewalked. An appro-
priation for the opening and grading
of TWenty-third avenue was also Sc
cured by him for his ward All ap-
plications for opening and grading
streets in the Third ward have been
given due consideration by Mr.. Byers
and in most instances the request of
the petitioners have been granted. An
increased number Of street lights have
been put in throughout the ward and
other improvements, which Mr. Byers
says, was sadly neglected in the past,
have been put in under his administra-
ton. Without cost to the city he Sc
cured quit claim deed to a portion
OF Twenty-secOnd avenue, 2OOx66 feet
and likewise quit claim deed for
4OOx33 foot lot on East Jefferson street
between Twenty-third and Twenty
fifth avenues, the same without cost
to the city. These two pieces of prop
erty were worth $1,000, which would
more than pay for the salary of Mr..
Byers for the two years he has been
councilman. Evidently he has been
doing hard work for the city and for
his ward and he points to his record
since he has been councilman as an
endorsement for his reelection at the
polls next Tuesday.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
J. c. REDWARD.

The Seventh Ward Republicans have
nominated the weIlknown builder and
contractor whose name heads this ar
tlcle, for councilman from that ward.
Mr.. RedWard lacked but one vote Of
being nominated for the same position
two years ago, and it shows his per-
sonal popularity when he could wait
two years and then come forward
again and receive the nomination over
man who is as popular among the
boys as is Jed G. Blake. The Republi-
can predicts that Mr.. Redward's Dem
ocratlc opponent will not get one
fourth as many votes as he will; in
TACT, there seems no more show of Mr..
Christopher being elected than there
would be of lump of ice passing
through hades. Mr.. Redward will
make a most excellent companion for
such men as Mr. Mullen, Mr.. Morrison
and Mr.. Kistler, who are thorough
business men of this city, and who
have had large experience in construc-
ton work, such as Seattle will have to
do in enormous quantities during the
next few years to come. Who knows
better about the needs Of Seattle than
an experienced contractor therein?
Who could serve the city in a better
capacity than a successful contractor
who had done business in such city
during all of it's booming times? If
such be true then there is no doubt in
your mind but that Mr.. Redward will
make an ideal councilman even for
ward in which as many of the 400"
live as in the Seventh. The Seventh is
at present the largest ward in the
city, and for the past two years it has
done more building, and at present
more building is going on in that ward
than in any other in the city of Seat
tie, and it bnhooves the citizens of that
ward to look well to their interests and
elect man who is thoroughly identi-
fed with the business push of not only
the ward, but the entire city, and it is
predicted that they will find a most ex-
cellent subject in J. G. Redward, who
has beer nominated by the Republi-
cans to represent the ward in the coun-
Gil for the next two years.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28

The late Democratic convention rec
ogniZed in nominating H. H. Kulies,
the German-American element of not
only its party, but OF the city of Sc
attic, and that class of voters highly
appreciate the honor and will doubt
less rally to their countryman's sup
pert almost to a man and this means
much to candidate especially in Sc
attic. Mr.. Kulies has been a resident
of Seattle for nine years and has dur
ing the time he has resided here been
cigar manufacturer employing all
the time large force of men and new
er using at any time any but strictly
union men. He believes in the prin-
ciples of labor unionism and employs
only men, who have their working
cards with them. Prior to going into
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
NEAL BOYLE.

The Democrats of the Sixth ward
believe that in the person Of Neal
Boyle they have found man that will
defeat the present councilman from
that ward, who has twice been elected
to the position. In a circular issued
by Mr.. Boyle he charges that the Sixth
ward councilman during the past two
years has gotten but $500 out of the
city's funds for ward improvements all
because the councilman would not ask
for it. He further charges the coun-
Gilman with general neglect of duty
and with not looking after the neces-
sary improvements that the ward is
much in need of at present Mr.
Boyle's circular charges the present
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
ABRAHAM kISTLER.

After hard fought primary battle
in the Second Ward, Mr.. Kistler was
nominated for the ward councilman.
No sooner had he received the nomina-
ton than every Republican in the ward
came forward and congratulated him
and promised him their undivided sup
port. In 1892 Mr.. Kistler was a mem
Der of the house of delegates of the
city Of Seattle, and in such capacity he
proved to be one of the most import
ant members in the city council. His
efforts in behalf Of the city were untir-
ing, and they were always crowned
with success. For years he has been
a resident of the Second Ward and has
run the veritable corner grocery" and
he has been a success beyond even his
own expectation in the business. The
business has not only been a financial
success, but during that time he has
met everybody practically that has
lived in the ward, and no one has aught
to say against KiStler in a business
way. While Republican in politics, he
has not allowed his politics to interfere
with his business, and for that reason
he has enjoyed the confidence and
trade of all partisans in his commun-
ity. Though he is only grocer by
profession, yet his business experience
will be much needed in the coming de-
alterations of the city council, and if
elected he will be of much benefit to
the city. The Republican voters of
the Second Ward, when they scrap
they scrap hard, and when they loose
they lose equally hard, and the fellow
that wins out is always the fellow that
gets their united support, and that be-
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
r. n. CALLIGAN,

For forty years this sturdy old pio-
neer has done business on the streets
of Seattle. He has seen it grow, not
from village, but from a forest to a
fine city. He has not only seen it grow
but has helped it to grow, and during
all of that time he has been a part
and parcel of it's active business life.
Some twenty eight years ago Mr.. Cal
ligan cleared the lots where his pres
ent home now stands and built house
out of the logs which he cut off of the
lot. That home still stands as a re-
hinder to him and the other old pio-
neers of this city what Seattle once
was. Last Saturday his Democratic
friends urged him for the first time in
his life to accept a political honor, and
he was given the nomination for coun-
Gilman from the Fourth Ward, which
he finally accepted after much hesita-
ton. II integrity, honesty and straight
forward business dealings count for
anything Mr.. Calligan will be the next
councilman from that ward, because
no one can say aught against him, and
he is liked by the property owners,
laboring men and business men, one
and the same, and all know naught
of him but fairness and honest deal
ings. At present a score or more lead
ing Republican workers of the Fourth
Ward have publicly announced their
intentions to support and work for Mr.
Calligan's election, and it begins to
look now as though their efforts will be
crowned with success. Men love to
vote for good, straightforward bust
ness men, regardless Of their politi-
cal faiths and beliefs and especially
when such men are candidates for
municipal offices where politics should
play no part in the election. The Re-
publican is, therefore, of the opinion
that R. H Calligan will be the next
councilman who will hand in his Gre
dentials of election as representative
of that ward in the council chambers.