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The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10

Populist stripe that flourished in Gen
say that he is a rabid Pop, because
he wants a railroad commission for
this state, for |. too, am in favor of a
railroad commission and an appoint
i've one at that, but he damned cor
porations of every class and kind as
inimical to the upbuilding of the state,
which he knows to be just the con-
trary. In so doing he arrayed all of
Western Washington against him, and
now his wholesale vetoing of import
ant measures and appropriations pass
ed by the last legis .ature has like
wise arrayed all of Eastern Washing
ton against him, and, therefore, | re-
peat, he will leave the state house in
1905 the most despised man that ever
filed the gubernatorial chair of this
state. His only show to make a hit is
in the Democratic party which stands
ready to pick up any old thing the
Republicans may weed out of their
party as rubbish
The Tacoma municipal elections
which was pulled off last Tuesday re-
suIting in victory for the Republi-
cans, has no political significance so
far as the politics of this state is con-
cerned Notwithstanding the fact that
a number of Republicans are enter
tanning grave doubts as to the success
of the Republican ticket in this state
in 1904, nevertheless those Republi-
cans who are well up in political lore
declare that there is no signs of dan
ger ahead. On the contrary the Re
publicans will sweep the state by an
increased majority over two years
prior. and the legislature will be safely
Republican.
T. D. Rockwell. one Of Spokane's
most astute politicians, spent few
days in the Hub during the past week
Continued on page ,.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10
P..I. HEAVYWEIGHT.

Thc least th2t an be said about the
Crum appointment and the bitter
struggle over it that has begun is that
the whole affair is unfortunate. The
Post-Intenigencer occupies the same
middle ground between the extreme
New England view and the extreme
Southern view of the Negro question.
But it is sure that nothing is to be
gained for either the Negro or tn"
white man by forcing the former into
official place in communities that have
become thoroughly aroused and antag-
onistic. 1t would have been easy, If it
were thought necessary, to provide
DR.. Crum with what a practical poll
tician has called something equally
as good" 1t is a mistake for the
president to foster discussion OF the
race issue at the South, even though
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10
Afro American Observations

than he wanted it closed up and the
proprietors sent to state prison, where
he himself ought to be for the offense
of gambling contrary to the law and
the peace and dignity of the state
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10

has got him going even at this stage
of the game. Foster therefore has
taken this stand; if Hamilton an
nounces his intention TO stand for the
United States senate. Foster will try
to join issues with Cushman and pre-
vent Pierce county from endorsing
Hamilton, but instead endorse he and
Cushman for reelection. If. on the
other hand, Hamilton can be induced
to either chase off after the Vice
President mirage or will stand for
congress to the detriment of Cushman,
Foster will rejoice at such an oppor-
tunity of doing up Cushman and fight
with Hamilton. Yes, you are quite
right. he is acting in a very incon-
sistent manner, but. in heavens name,
did you ever hear of Addison G.
Foster acting otherwise? He is
a selfish, greedy pound of flesh human
being and will do anything to get
back to the United States senate,
where he can draw down the salary
attached and the perquisites that fol
low and live in 500 per month lodging
house rooms.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10

of the state from a commercial stand
point, but in the last fight he cast his
lot with the Mcbride faction. which
faction is absolutely certain of losing
out, and the Pie-maker is fearful lest
Senator Hall has not made a fatal
political blunder and will either have
to start all over again or follow his
prototype into the George Turner
Democratic party. In discussing the
political situation, Mr.. Hall entertain
ed very grave doubts as to whether
it was possible for the Republican
party to carry Eastern Washington at
all at the next general election, and
granting it carries Western Washing
ton, it is very questionable whether
it can carry it strong enough to over
come the loss the party will sustain
Mcbride may, and it is verify believed,
will bolt the Republican party in 1904,
but the friends of Oliver Hall declare
that he will never follow him.
Speaking about Governor Mcbride
and the bitter fight he has made
against the railroads of this state
prompted a we'll known politician to
remark one day this week that NC
Bride has made the mistake of his
political life and he will leave the
office, which he now occupies, the most
despised politician the state has ever
had He campaigned the entire state
last fall. and the TRADE he made
against commercial enterprises show
ed him to be no more nor less than
a man of the hoWling street corner
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10

the act which contributes to it might
be, in itself, or under other circum-
stances, wholly above criticism.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10
j. c. WHITAKER,

J. c. WHITAKER,
Texas.
BISHOP L. H. HOLSEY,
Director General.
ROBERT H. DUNCAN,
Alabama.
HON. w. A. PLEDGER,
Solicitor.
BISHOP II. NJ. TURNER,
Chancellor.
L. p. LEMON,
Secretary.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10
POLITICAL.

Senator Fosters insistency that the
next Republican Vice Presidential
nominee come from the Pacific Coast
has been the topic of conversation
among the politicians during the past
week The much asked question
among the politicians is, Has the SEN
ator, like the Dude of chrysanthemum
fame, really got the bee in his bonnet,
or has he got some one in mind whom
he intends to try to soft soap in order
to get them out of the senatorial race
to strengthen his own political fences.
1t is hardly possible that he himself
has the bee since he has been in
Washington City for the past four
years, and though he has religiously
kept his mouth closed nevertheless
they have found out that he never
opened his mouth but what he put his
foot in it. and the Eastern politicians
he knows. would, under no circum-
stances. accept such a man for a run
ming mate with Roosevelt, And even
in Washington state Senator Foster
would not make much headway in
securing a popular endorsement for
so responsible a position, as he is con-
sidered only a senatorial accident, and
during the four years he has been at
the wheel he has not made very much
of the unfortunate mistake.
If Senator Foster is not boosting for
himself in advocating a Vice Presi-
Dental nominee from the Pacific
Coast, who the devil is he boosting for.
is asked. In Tacoma Senator Foster
has a dangerous antagonist for the
senatorial endorsement so far as
Pierce county is concerned, in State
Senator Ed s Hamilton. Nov, if
Foster could swell Hamilton's head
and get him turned in the Vice Presi-
dent direction it wou d mean a whole
lot to Foster. Then again il Foster
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10

Among the notable men of state rep
utation who visited the Queen City
during the past week was ex-State
Senator Oliver Hall of Colfax, Whit
man county. For eight years Mr. Hall
represented that county in the legis-
latures of this state, and, be it said
to his credit. made most admirable
as well as useful member of the leg
islature In the past Mr. Hall has al
ways stood with the best interest
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10
Yale's Black Prince.

That lone Negro student in North
ern universities and educational in
stitutions of learning has again bobbed
up serenely and is the center of at
traction The latest prize winner in
this direction is William N. Pickens,
of Yale, who recently won the Henry
James Eneyck prize for the best ora
tor of his class. Pickens is a mem
Der of the junior class OF Yale, and is
the first time in the history of the
university that a Negro has won a
leading university prize. He is but
twenty-five years OF age and is a
graduate of the Talladega school of
Alabama, and native of Little Rock,
Arkansas The essay has attracted
so much public attention that ex-Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland has written to
him asking for a copy of it.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10
Stewart is Not Mayor.

The Negro voters of Chicago didn't
dc a thing to the Republican nominee
for mayor last. Tuesday, and as a re-
suit Carter Harrison was elected for
the fourth time mayor Of Chicago, de-
spite the fact that many Of the leading
Democrats of the city openly worked
against him Graema Stewart, the
Republican nominee had previously
slandered the Negro voters by declar-
ing in public that niger votes in Chi
cago only cost fifty cents apiece" and
the Negro voters gave him an op-
portunity to test the truthfulness of
his statement, with the result that he
Continued on page 8.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-04-10
POLITICAL POT PIE

could induce John L. Wilson of Sc
attic to go chasing off after that will
o'the-wisp, that would mean still more
to him. Again, nothing but very un-
favorable comment has appeared in
the papers concerning Senator Foster
and the course he has pursued in the
United States senate, and in advocat-
ing such a selection he perhaps be-
lieved that he would for a while check
mate the much unfavorabe e comment
on himself and at least get one favor
able mention from the press, and if it
happened to catch the people right it
might mean a feather in his cap and
give him a boost for reelection.
Neither of the men, however, that the
senator wishes to draw off from the
coming senatorial race will be caught
mapping, and the expected boom that
the senator hoped to realize from the
political ruse will die a-bornin and
Addison G. Foster is still dead one.
Speaking about Fosters antagonist
in Pierce county, it seems that he is
between the devil and the deep sea,
politically speaking. From the very
outset of Cushman's political career
Foster has opposed him. Recently,
however, a new Richmond has appear
ed in the senatorial arena. and Foster
has another antagonist who is out
for the very positions that he IS
warming He has administered so
many uncalled for backhanded slaps
to Cushman that it will be very hui
initiating to him to go to him for hep,
and it looks as though Ed. Hamilton
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JIMMY MICHAEL IN GERMANY.
Plucky Bicycle Rider Says He VIII Ride
Again, Though Badly Injured.

BERLIN, May 4.-Jimmy Michae! is not
meeting with his usual luck this season.
Las, year, when other riders were being
!. taken to, the hospitals with broken arms
and dislocated shoulders. it seemed as If
Jimmy could not fall, not even when he
struck man standing on the track so hard
that it took all the skin off his facr. This
wear il is different, and he seems to be fall
ing all over the place. He was just re-
covering from the effects of his bad fall in
Paris and was getting into fine shape for
the series Of five important races here in
Germany when his tire burst and threw
him into the hospital at Charlottenburg
with what looked very much like fractured
skull.
The German press announced that he
would never ride again. and Michael says
he does not think he would either il he
had stayed in a German hospital. What
ever the German doctors may know about
bloodless surgery and rays, they do not
appear to know anything about healing
surface wounds caused by bicycle falls,
and Michael's manager. Weimers, took
h i'm away from the hospital next day and
got him into a comfortable room at the
Hotel de Russo, where no doctor has been
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allowed to come near him. but where q
representative Of The Sun found him read.
ing the announcements In the Berlin papers
that he intended to ride in spite OF thu.
advice Of his doctors.
No bones we're broken, but the patient
was pretty we'll shaken up. and unable 10
move his leg or bend his knee. Jimmy
has no recollection Of the accident, and does
not even remember the tire bursting. All
he can recollect Is, that he had done fifteen
of the twenty-five kilometers. which con
stitute his usual morning training exer-
else. Weimers was pacing him on a new
motor, which can do seventy miles an hour
They were then going at the rate OF i've
hundred meter lap in twenty five seconds.
There being 900 meters to the English mile,
that is about forty-four miles an hour.
He fell on the turn. at the track at Friede-
nau, a suburb Of Berlin. and struck on his
head, the blood coming out OF his ears very
freely. The leg that Was injured in Paris
was all scraped up again, and there seems
to be some injury to the sight OF the left
eve. Some OF those who have seen him
think he is much more seriously hurt than
he believes, but he says he will be all right
again "a soon a. he gets to work on the
track.
Dangerous falls are becoming very COM
mon among the paced riders. Jimmy
thinks they are almost all due to the per-
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of the greatest dangers being the motors
of other riders that are behind. In Ger
many they Use wind shields on the motors,
and the pacc often gets up to fifty miles
an hour. Most of the tracks are cement
and many of them are in very bad con-
di'ion and poorly banked On the track
AT Friedman, where Michael fell. one can
sec the wheels Of the pacing motors jump
three or four inches of the ground when
they str Ike the humps on the track Michael
says it is impossible for him to go as fass
as he can, partly because the poor track
keeps him back and partly because the
turns are not banked enough for modern
motors. They are all RICH, for sprintinG,
but are not IN for pace following.
The track at Friedman is said 20 he ono
of the poorest tracks in Germany, but i,
is the only available one near Berlin and
has been selected Cor the great even, Of
the year. the so-called Golden Wheel race.
which comes off OH Sunday, May IL. This
is the race for which Michael chiefly came
over here. and he still has hopes of getting
into shape for il. He missed the race a,
Msgdeburg, which was run Two days after
he fell. and he could not ride here last
Sunday and was Obliged TO give w I.eipzlc
on the 10Th His Only hopes now H. Ger
many are the Golden Wheel race, on he l7th.
and Cologne, on the o+ih.
Michael says lie likes the game ovcr hero
better than in the stafs. because the re-
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n,cious habit OF pumping the tires too hard
When they are pumped up too hard the
thin fabric Of which the modern racing
tires are made cannot stand the strain'
and when they burst on the track they go
fat a. quick as flash, and carry the rim
with them. throwing the rider so quickly
that he has no time TO think. AS an eH-
ample OF the result of hard tires. Michael
mentions the case of Fixes, who fell twenty
two times last year, and whose arms are
broken all out Of shape. Fixes is noted for
pumping up bis tires like rocks, and he
carries his own medicine chest with him, so
as to be ready for the calamity he knows
will come
The riders in France are now using
peculiar double wrapping of CLOTH. which
completely covers both tire and rim, 80
that when they get p'inc'ure the tire
only half envpties after the pop and gives
the rider time to collect himself and pre-
pare for the fall. This cloth cover seems
to creep on the tire when IL bursts and
partly stops up the puncture for second
or two.
Since the fast pacing machines have
come into such common Use falls are
much more serious than they were, one
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turns are more certain. He thinks the
American percentage system n very bad
one for the rider, who aimos, always get
the worst Of il, If an; ore does. Another
thing here is that they ace only once n
week. on Sundays, whereas they have TO
ride three or four times Il week Ia The States.
Racing il easier over here. ieoa,lsc the men
one has to ride against are no, so good.
II the tracks were not 80 heavy and the
turns wer" properly banked the German
riders would have very litiie chance against
III" best American and English cracks.
When Major Taylor was over here last
year he could not ge' his speed on the
cement tracks. and was beaten by men
he could give kandicaps to on board track
This, with his objection 20 Sunday racing,
made ii IA poor investment Tor him over
here
The rough tracks keep down the gears
for the paced racers and Kill the jumping
powers o. the sprintnrs. paced rider
can change his gear without affecting him
much, bur n sp-inte" On Il different gear il
like a sportsman with strange gun.
Michael riGes ONLY las gear mere. although
h. Roe, SO miles m hour in scmo races. At
Manhattan Beach three years ago he rode
40. following pac'' without Wind shield.
II he ge;s in good slap" again for tho racs
AZ Cologne he will probably ~ to Paris.
and he mly he seen in tire States this fall
with Nelson and some Of tlS other cracks
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400 80; 1902, $50 40; 1903, .e7 90; 1894. $50 .s;

500 80; 1892 $50 40; 1903. se7 90; 1894. $50 4s;
1895, 1888 40; 1895, 81 1896. 90. 1t was after
1895 that the Superintendent received a
lump sum each year for expenses, which
this wear amounts to 81 500. The expenses
of the Superntendent OF Public Works began
to grow after Edward Hanan retired from
the Office at the end Of 1894.
1t might be remarked that Supt. Boyd
and other State officials who by virtue
of their Office are members Of State boards
and commissions put in bills for expenses
when performing services on such boards
or commissions, which money they draw
in addition to the lump sums allowed for
their departments expenses. The follow
ing table shows the amounts allowed for
expenses to certain State officials, together
with their salaries.
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A manufacturer stock OF new Silk Shirt
Waists, half price, $3.50 up.
Women's fine Costumes and Tailor
Made Suits, finest materials, half price.
Hemmed Pillow Cases, 43x3e, loc.
yds. Mosquito and Fly Netting, SOC.
SOC. I'D. Love Silk effect white materials,
for 25c. I'D.
Anniversary Day Lawns, Sc. I'D.
Jumbo Turkish Towels, l2lae.
Hemmed Huck Towels, l7x32, &c.
Pure Linen Crash, loc. I'D.
~ in. Domeil Flannel, SIC. yd.
All-wool Ingram Carpets, 500. I'D.
$l.so Alex Smith and Higelow Carpets,
$3.50.
ooc. Smiths Brussels Carpets, SOC.
SOC. I'D. China Mattings, 15e. yd.
4oe. I'D. Japanese Mattings, acc. I'D.
Best grade Oil Cloth, II #. wide, 6oe. yd.
Women's $3.50 Dainty Oxford Ties, $l.2e.
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II the State officials who get annual lump
SUMS in lieu of expenses had to submit
vouchers to the State Comptroller for their
actual expenses the State wouid save up
ward Of $50 900 year.
Every one is wondering why N,o0o each
Ia naid to three State employees who now
receive the full compensation allowed by
law. The thousand dollars referred TO IS
in addition to this comPensa ,ha GU ia .ne
are four items of appropriation One is
~ state Public Buildings, who are Gov
Odeii, Lieut. Gov. Higgins and Speaker
Nixon. The secretary is James g. Ora ham
Gov. Odells private secretary. who Tor
services az sucifsecretary receives salary
Of 81 600 Why Mr.. Graham should receive
an additional 81 900 as secretary OF the
Trustees Of State Public Buildings 10 one
knows, as the trustees rarely meet more
than three or four times year and then only
for an hour or 80.
II was the general comment after, the
Governor had approved OF the Graham
item that it would have been much better
had he divided it into two parts and given
one-half as an increase OF salary 10 ms
confidential secretary, j. {. Mcknight,
who is one OF the most popular men in the
Capitol and the man with whom every one
is glad to come in contact rather than with
any of the executive stan from the Governor
down.
Another beautiful graft upon the state at.
of 81 900 each for the Lieutenant Governor
and the Speaker OF the Assembly. which
will 60 to their respective clerks ana
will be compensation In ADDITION 70 !ne
go Day allowed lie ,sa them .. ey aE ine dSas
holidays and Sundays. In other words.
each Of these clerks gets q 900 Tor the four
month session, or $500 more than the salary
OF a member Of the Legislature
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Womens $3.50 Shoes, $l,65, becaus.
they are manufacturers samples; thai
is why.
loe. yd. wide Pereales, Sc. I'd.
l0c. yd. 3s-in. Fast Black Lawn, &c. yd.
l2Hc. Cambria Percales, sac. I'D.
Beautiful Figured Striped Dimities, SIC
I'D.
Beautiful Foulardines, silk designs, 7c
yd.
Flower-Strewn Challies, Sc. yd., etc.
2O-in. Iron Strength Taffetas, ACC. yd.
and q dozen other Silk Bargains.
A Monogram Die and quire kid finish
paper, with envelopes to match
stamped, Sl.l0
Feast Of Shirt Waists, csc.
&c. to s5c. value Embroideries, S to l9e
yd.. in strips to yds. will not cut.
A layout OF lovely laces half price.
Special sale of Mems Suits.
Boys Anniversary Walk" Suits hall
price.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
A Curious Calendar.

An Austrian publisher has just
brought out calendar which is said 10
be the most complete publication Of its
kind in the world. The date Of the day
occupies the center of each leaf and is
surrounded on the left by the name OF
the saint to whom the day Is dedicated
and on the right by some golden maxim
The lower part of the tablet Is divided
into two columns. From January to
June the left-hand column contains a
course Of lessons in six modern Ian
guages. while on the right hand are
printed schillers poems.
For the other half of the year one col
umn is filled with a novel OF Jules
Verne's, and the other by a translation
of the foreign words used most fire.
ouentIy in German and an epitome Of
history from Charlem9gn up TO the
present time At the back of the leaves
are notes on mythology, geography,
law, arithmetic, cooking, and house
keeping recipes. The leaves are also so
prepared that during the summer they
can be stepped in water as fly killers,
and from October 10 April they can be
made into cigarettes.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
Strange Callings.

\ blacksmith's shop managed entirely
By three women is one Of the interest
sAg sights to be seen in Kansas. The
tzother tscz entire charge Of the bust
ness about fourteen years age upon the
death OF her husband, and had her
daughters brought up not only 10 shoe
a horse. but TO understand every branch
OF the trade as we'll The mother died.
end now the three daughters, one of
whom is married, have five men in their
employ and carry on q very prosperous
business They personally superintend
The .shoeing o. every horse.
There Is a fruit grower in southern
California. a Mrs. r. w r Strong,
who owns 100 acres or walnut trees. be-
sides growing many other kinds Of fruit
and nuts as well. She recently read q
paper before the State board Of trade
on the value OF pampas grass as a crop
and also on the cultivation of the
ponegranate in southern California.
which showed a comprehensive grasp
OF the details OF the work She her
self ma,ss a considerable amour Of
money from these crops yearly.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
Kings Nurse.

Some days ago an old woman present
ed herself at the gate of the royal pal
ace in Belgrade, and said that she
wished to see King Peter. The guards
were not at first inclined to admit her,
but she pleaded so hard that finally they
gave way, and in a few minutes she
was in the royal presence. The king,
who was reading when she entered,
looked uD. and the next moment cried.
It's Catherine my old nurse" Then
he embraced her tenderly, kissing her on
both cheeks. and pleased her still more
by promising Nhat he would soon visit
her at her home in Hungary
At the. close Of the interview the
nurse. who Is now IN her eighty-ffth
year, presented him with a portrait of
himself, which was taken when he was
ten years old, and he in return gave her
a handsome present of money