The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-06-13

as does the Doctor Mayor Humes
depends on Chief Sullivan and his
men to report those matters to him,
and they do so and no one knows
better than the police as to what is
going on in those places. The Mayor
Of Seattle, the Chief Of Police, the
detectives and every single policeman
in the city are quite cOnversant as to
those places, and it is most remarkable
that meI with families, living in
christian community, where civiliza-
ton is supposed to rank the very high
est, should allow such places of vice,
hell and destruction to exist and make
no effort whatever to close them out.
Talk about your twentieth century civ
iliZatiOn, your Caucasian superiority,
your cultured and refined civilization
but ii this is not a NEST excellent ex-
ample of them all then a splendid ex-
ample of them would be hard to find.
Councilman Gill has introduced
resolution for the suppression of gamb-
ling in this city, not because Council
man Gill disapproves Of public gamb.
ling, but because a client of his is
not given a fair show at gambling.
The old lady who prayed for bread and
was overheard by some bad boys, who
threw in a bag of bread and biscuits
to her, stopped her prayer long enough
to say, Thank you, Massa Lord sent
it even if the devil did bring it," So
if Councilman Gill does stop gambling
in this city, it is alright though it
is done for selfish motive Council
man Gill's client has as much right to
gamble as the other councilman's
client, and it is right and proper for
Councilman Gill to stop the other Coun-
cilman's client if his is not granted
equal privileges; but, summing the
whole of it up, it looks like splendid
case Of dog eat dog, a splendid pot of
poisoned pups, and most extraordi.
nary example of twentieth century civ
ilization.
The mass meeting held in Colfax
last Saturday in the interest of Har-
cid Prestons senatorial candidacy
seems to have been the political fiz-
zle OF the season. The promoters OF
the affair fell away short in their ex-
pectatiOns because they failed to get
the other senatorial aspirants there
in order to inveigle them into a politi
cal wrangle that they might make
political capital for Harold Preston.
Just why this mass meeting was called
to convene in Colfax, is rather a de-
batable question among the politicians
Il am of the opinion" said a we'll
known politician one day this week
that more political jobbery is carried
on in Whitman County than in any
other county in the State of Washing
ton. 1t seems that the men who get to
the front in that county are men who
are ready and willing to turn any kind
Of a political trick that the most sub
tie and evilminded politicians can
conceive. There are men in Whitman
County who advocated anti-railroad
measures from start to finish before
election, but supported the railroads
after election. Of course this is not
a reflection on the rank and file of
the politicians Of Whitman County,
but it is a reflection on some of the
men who have represented that county
in the legislature of this state After
they got to the legislature they never
knew before breakfast what they
would do after breakfast, and so goes
the story from Olympia, whenever one
wanted a measure to pass in the leg.
islature and got votes enough, lacking
few, no matter which way the meas
ure was to go, you could always de,
pend on getting the required number
from Whitman.
Among the offices to be filled at the
election this fall none are of more i'm
pOrtance than that Of assessor. Upon
| his judgment and discretion is based
the foundation Of public revenue,
| which is the very life of the state,
county and municipality. Great wis
dom should be exercised in making the
choice Of assessor, having in view the
person endowed with special aptitude
for the position. In the division of
locality it is universally conceded that
Ballard is entitled to this Office, and