The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-20
HE CAN'T Be
DESCRIBED

Thia Il q great year for news
pArertnea IA poiitics. In New
] YORK and San Francisco several
Of them are running for con-
gress. and IN Seattle the csie-
. brhtrd journalist known In His
s college days as Johnny Tight.
i pants "a rippiug down ths pike
IN the NulAe OF a candidate for
the Legislature In the 18th aia-
} trict. hanging his ping pong
I racquet on tho wall In Idle state
the while.
Tahnny hasn't had much ex-
q pertence IN politics. but In train-
inR Ia the weekly conference Of
! the editorial stan OF the after.
noon Newspaper on which con-
sanEuinitY has given him a ioh.
has developed hts parliament
airy qualifications to a degree.
In that eminent body the adai-
! earent statesman holds al the
] offtees. through a sort Of en-
ofrriD tenure. As sereeant-af-
! arms he rounds. up the stan.
ard Nhen all within reach are
] herdad into the anncfnn. ms
j chairman hn brings the meet
ing 70 order. Then. As serre-
] fary. he calls the roll. ana the
excuses Of the nhn~nteea are
presented by their ifnrnediats
J rapertor- After this. the
Tltoic ThInKs states fruKn tfe
chair the subject for discussion.
] and as ffoar leader ccru plea
most OF the time allotted 20 de-
bate
A life - strenuous as this
might hiring some men down
with nervous rruetrntlen. but Il
amounts 10 less than healthy
exercise for Johnny. who never
defachss n vest button IN the
fray. ~ appears now that he
] has merely been training for a
larger field Of usefulness At
Oiympia-when he gets there
he should be ahfe 70 give an
imitation Of parliamentary Ah-
soiutisru which VIII make
Speaker Henderson and his
4 COMMITTEES on rules look like
raw amateurs n his exp~ff-
cnce has not been vast and
! varied. II Is supplemented by
an equipment Of self-crnfidenca
which amounts to n fourth d.
rnenHiou. A head like his
J couldn't be- described by three
I dimensions. Length. breafsh
and thickness don't cover tho
case.
The Democrats party
couldn't thrive these days with
7 out a boy wonder. and since
william T. Bryan has reached
] maturity, tho Job has been va
cant n r. now up 10 Johnny
] Tiahtpants" 20 enact she role
and run a political course that
4 will dazzle the public eve like
4 a coruacatlnR flame. When he
wns nominated ne ala not make
\ n speech. bat called n friend
aside and faodestly confided his
ambition as follows, or In words
) Of similar irnrorts
Il feel myself 20 be the child OF
4 genius or Of fate. The aliur-
\ ing finger Of destiny tapped me
y on the shoulder when I was I'm
4 kniekerbockers. and has beck
I oned me onward ever since. In
4 my upward Night over the rug
= ged sleeps Of fame 7 have ever
I beheEd as a beacon 20 guide my
= course, the gigantic footprints
\ OF an Almighty hand, II must
= have been a supernatural hand
that could make a footprint. and
feel justified In claiming that
Il the tracks were made as mile
y POSTS for me, Hence 7 have
\ been able TO fly where others
3 creep slowly and painfully.
\ Yesterday has become temor-
row. and I can already feel the
4 greasy tail Of fame within my
J rrehenaile clutch
II is Understood that the bud
y ding legislator has mapped nut
a course Of conduct for him
4 self At Olympia which Ia In
y tended 70 scoop oil rivals. So
n pieaaed IS he with HIS snticipat-
2 Dry performance. that he Is said
n 10 have gotten II copyrighted.
\ after n system h. adopted last
i summer Of copyrlghting news Of
+ events that never happened.
= II will be remembered that he
8 paraiyzed his amateur contemp-
z orarfes by printing and copy
D FIGHTING a story of Tracy's cap
y ture IN a deserted log hut, In
n tending to Issue n after the
b seizure Of tho outlaw. The
q news Of the capture was n let
II ter that never came. but the
p paper was run out. anway--a
Il tournalistie triumph that awak-
y rmna .srflffaffad nue. In f51a sl1lufa