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the actual United States senator from
Washington. Such a condition Of af
fairs, it seems to the Pie-maker, places
Senator Foster in a most pitiable politi-
cal situation.
Those persons who listened to Hon.
r. B. Albertson in Armory hall on
Monday night prior to the late munich
pal election and who have since that
time been trying to figure out what ne
was trying to get at have doubtless
concluded that Ably was all right
after all, especially since he made such
a rousing speech at the Norwegian
celebration last Saturday Abby was
doubtless talking Norwegian at the
Armory that night, and the average
American, not being versed in that Ian
guage, could not understand it, and
that is why so much complaint was
made against Abby and his speech.
The Pie-maker is of the opinion that
it would not be a bad idea to send
Abby to congress after all, for he could
then get off one of his Norwegian
speeches and the other members of
congress would not know what he was
talking about, and they could not &C
cuse him of either being under the
influence of Adams ale or lacking in
ability. Of course Seattle would not
get anything out of such a middle as
that, but Abby would get to congress-
and what the DEVILS the use of think
ing about Seattle and her interests
when Abby wants to go to congress.
Seattle is rapidly becoming a rail
road center, as all of the transcon-
tinental lines that come to the North
west are struggling to get into Seattle
and it is the railroad business that is
making Seattle one of the greatest
cities on the Pacific coast Already
the Northern Pacific is double-tracking
its road from Auburn to Seattle, and
the Great Northern proposes to double
track it's road from Everett to Seat
tie. The Northern Pacific has spent
within the past two years in the neigh
borhood of $1O,OOO,OOO in and about
Seattle, and the Great Northern has
spent in the neighborhood of $4,000
900 and contemplates the early expen-
diture Of $5,OOO,OOO more on improve
ments in and about Seattle All of
this being fact and, it is not denied,
no wonder that Jim Hill and the rail
road magnates that are responsible for
all of these improvements feel bit
chagrined at the treatment that is be-
ing handed out to them by officials in
the state of Washington. There comes
time in the history of ones life when
patience ceases to be a virtue, and
this might be the case with Seattle if
she joins hands with Governor Nc
Bride in trying to do up the railroads
that are building up this city.
In looking over the reports that
come from the supreme court it will
be observed that over one-fourth of all
of the legal business that is done by
the supreme court of this state comes
from Seattle, and yet there is not
single member on the supreme beneh
elected from King county. It seems
that it would not be unfair for the
balance of the state to at least concede
one of the supreme judges of the state
to King county, and this the Pie-maker
thinks will be done if King county
will only stand by it's candidates for
that position. Judge John E. Hum
phries is the only man that has been
announced for that position thus far,
and if he proves to be the only man
that is announced then King county
should see to it that he is nominated
as member of the supreme bench.
BALLARD, WASH.
Considerable interest is being taken
at this time by reason of the action
about to be taken by the County Cen
trail Committee in reference to an ear
ly convention. It is generally known
that at the time the present committee
was elected that a majority of them
were opposed to Senator Frink and his
most loyal supporters. This opposition
to Senator Frink was sufficient to de-
feat him at the polls and left in the
hearts of many seeds of dissatisfac-