The Seattle Republican., 1902-03-07

WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MA
made against his reelection by the
moral element of this city and he
would have been defeated had the
Democrats stood by their nominee, as
it was generally supposed they would
do Mr. Goodwin lost ten per cent of
the Democratic vote, which vote would
have elected him by a handsome plur-
ality had he have received it. The
Democrats, therefore, were their OWL
executioners.
From last Tuesdays vote it is very
evident that there is as bitter factional
tight in the Democratic ranks, as there
is in the Republican ranks. During
the entire day the Hart-McElroy-Fu
ton-Steve Bailey faction of the Demo
cratic party fought Godwin's election
to the bitter end and that faction can
give itself credit for having defeated
the Democratic nominee for mayer OF
this city at the polls last Tuesday.
The moral element of the city did it's
duty and voted against Humes to the
tune of about $500 votes and this
would have elected Mr.. Goodwin as has
already been said by at least 1000
votes had the bolting faction of the
Democratic party stood pat for their
candidate
The Pie-maker wishes to extend the
right hand of fellowship and heartfelt
congratulations to John Riplinger, Mat
Gormley, Mitchell Gillian, H. P. Rude
and Frank P. Mullen, the straight Re-
publican nominees, for the splendid
victory they each won at the polls last
Tuesday. These gentlemen all repre-
sent true Republicanism and the vote
that was recorded for them at the
polls shows that beyond all question
of doubt.
| Seattle's election has been at such
a fever heat state for the past two
weeks that the Republican politicians
almost lost sight Of the fact that the
president of the United States had
appointed Clarence E. Ide United
States collector of customs at Port
Townsend and Charles B. Hopkins
United States marshal of this district
The appointment of these two men set
ties long factional controversy and
is complete victory for John L. Viii
son, who opposed the appointment of
D. B. CrOcker, the Senator Foster can
didate for collector of customs. Both
Ide and Hopkins are the best of
friends to Wilson and he can give him
self credit for having secured a most
splendid victory in their appointment
If it was Governor McBrides influ-
ence that the Humes' followers wanted
in order to boost up his campaign the
governor certainly has not got very
much to point with pride to in Humes
very small plurality election. The Pie
maker takes advantage of this oppor-
tunity to warn Governor Mcbride that
he would do we'll to keep his hands
off of Seattle politics unless he ex-
poets defeat not only for his pet can
didate for United States senator, but
for the entire Republican party at the
coming fall election
And now the political horoscope
looks as though the Humes faction
will join issues with the Wilson fac
ton and advocate the election of a
member of Congress from Seattle and
leave the senatorial contest an open
field with Hon. John L. Wilson and
Levi Ankeny as the leading candi-
dates. Tom Humes' election sounded
the death knell to Harold Preston s
senatorial boomlet and the same wheel
of political fortune has brought w. E.
Humphries prominently to the front as
candidate for Congress with perhaps
both the Wilson and Humes men sup
porting him. This is not official, but
it will do well to watch this predic-
ton.
The game of playing even' in pol
itics has been practiced so frequently
of late years in the Republican party
of this city and county that a party
nomination from Republican stand
point is not worth very much, for
either one faction or the other will
knife those nominees on the ticket
that do not meet their appreciation.
Two years ago the Humes faction
knitted J. M. Frink, w. H. White and
Van De Vanter, and now if reports be
true the Frink followers as we'll as
Billy White followers openly knitted
Tom Humes at the last election. This
is an unfortunate state of affairs and
unless something be done and done
soon the Republican party in King
county and the state of Washington
will go to pieces so badly that it will
be impossible for it to pull itself to-
gether anyways soon.
Politics make strange bed-fellows,"
said well known Democrat one day
this week in speaking to another Dem
! ocrat. 1.-TWO years ago, you remem-
Der, we were working with the Humes
people with the view of defeating ]. M.