The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-01
l,ouisiforiaI Body Adj0urns Sine Die After Sub
hitting Final Reports in Which Mayor Police
and Public Officials Generally are Roasted 10
Deep Dark BroWn--SLap az Electric Company

! sIowius gambling e. run and pros
I1tution Co flourish BY The imposition
+ % namural fines
1 The city council az a whole ~
/ condemned for stauuns the Seattle
and lake Washington Waterway
f company a franchise o. buy water
F fer a small fraction of the amount
+ charged either consumers
f Councilman James Us especially cen-
aurrd for using his official position
1 Go cuaEco a contractor Into siilln2 la
certain lots near the Lineein park
E reservoir,
/ q l. recommended that hereafter
+ ALI women Dc kept out % saloon
hoxcs In al parts % the city,
The hllnd pigs ST Lake Washing
/ ten parks afa hit with a heavy club.
{ Tho jury recommends that steps
I he taken at auco O. pfeVeat the sale
Ief nauor at thv parks.
The poiies are then referred "a
again tn reference Co EamhIinE
houses and hlg mltt l1lnts that The
+ tuy SAYS we're allowed to run with
gut malestagten
+ The city council - reandy een-
surUd for granting liquor licenses 20
PERSONS unfit o. hold them.
I T1iE REPORT ENns nY re
COMMENCING THAT THE MAY
I OR AND THE CttiEF oF rotdCE
RESIGN AT oNcg AND THAT
THEIR coon EXAMPLE HE
FOLLOWED nY A MAJORITY OF
#1nE MEMBERS oF THE otrN
I COUNCIL
Mr., p,gssi's Report
/ In rx-Fufgmau PtEsufts report
+ reference Il made 60 the couffact
f Tor city water he.a b. the Seattis
4 Lake Washington Waterway
h declares that thirteen t@rnty
I fourtha % the entire eapaeity &c the
I Crdar river plant = consumed BY the
waterway compa rs. and tire rcmHlnr
lnE fsaft caa 81 taken ~ the ean-
tgsct - furnish the city ~ Ballard
/ vith water Ia granting this ran-
tract the cifN rounEli sNe0Hdad IT.
poNhr and acted without aarraut -
law one aiemhar ~ the c0ansll
fhc report states " n Parry 10
I heavily interested In the Waterway
company. That a certain shvtk TO-
tzseo vas paid Cor alleged legai ser
Vices, bat the iufF believes that e
Was paid Zoe other and Illegal par
Esasws. Legal eemp eaglntss pfrNenie
81 thH 1ary from AseertalataE how
and g. eham this money waa paid.
The paiice are branded - laeHn3-
betenf and inefficieut from the eAicf
dpWn Nifh the vapeption - thfHs pr
four patfoliuen, and u = fseafa-
rusndsd that 'tha tueumprfanta
ahnaia b. Dismissed from ans service
a. sQan a. aaad usu can b. obtain
81 "a Flu their phases
chief Sullivan Was inatFusfsd with
tae taHk % eentrolisag gambling Ard
ether evils b. Mayor Hunss. on
account - conflicting efhfruee u
aaunat be said who Mss fespausibls
for conditions a. thsf rtizted bslaw
ffsier NaN
Th.s dlssraeeful eoudltiaa % az.
fairs could not have existed haG
ihsr,s BEEN an efficient police force.
The chief u police and All hts ntsn
esre aware Of tns eaaaitiaaa rs tasy
existed
zoe monthly nus system fof ths
control 81 vice IL ruasted 80 a dark
brown anA the council ~ FappeH for
not taklHE steps IN eradicate the
evil aua tor allowing the system %
- tolerated and enfaTesas
Ths Clancy Graft
A. to the clancy - per cent
ErAft. ID IL stated that John Clancy
received t1.eee utanth from the
Nan,asefS aith the fun know lslsE.
ard cunsrnl q the mayer ans chief
~ pgiie3 Therefore the mayer and
ehlaf Were grossly iueompetrnt and
6rimInaiiY Negligent "a allowing
such rrturtiuu.
Prosecuting Attorney Scott n cen
aarsd lie has not done hia hole
duty b. the ErUnd iury and three
fosrsha - the time the jury vas
without a legal adviser In few,
exrenf poiice cases. uaH any attempt
made ~ NJ Scott aud his deputies
tn systematically collect and present
svidsnca against iaWbrvasers.
Mr. Scott however. VAS 90 much
Of the time and might. on that se-
count - excused 10 some extent for
his neglect.
II Is recommended that thor.