The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1903-05-29

counties hope the next United States SEN
ator.
This article is but one Of the many signs that ndi-
cate the intense interest taken this early in the
season in the political campaign for next year "Who
will be the GOVERNOR" and who will be the next
United States senator?" the interesting problems
that time will solve In the article already mentioned
the of Dr. Smith, president of the state senate,
Chas. |. Roth and Geo. H. Bacon mentioned prom
nenty as aspirants for gubernatoria honors. There
are names quite prominent that the Whatcom
respondent has fit to include in his list but
not doubt each one has his favored list of prob
able candidates for governor next year, and to
the point, his favored candidate But of us un-
like the Seattle correspondent little bit back
ward about prophpesying SO long in advance
After all Governor Mcbride got more out of the
visit of the President to the state than did the legs
ative committee which made up with the avowed
intention of seeing it that the governor be snubbed
completely during the Presidents stay in the
1t courtesy due the governor that the President
be his guest while in the state and the President
much Roosevelt to throw precedent aside please
jarring factions. The committee was informed in
Portland that only the governor would be permitted
the Presidents special car and this was the first
ntimaton that the committee had received that
. the governor had won out in the mighty po-
tcal scrap, and won out without the gov
making any effort to do Regard
less of ones personal feelings in the matter it was
right and proper that the governor, whether he be
Republican, Democrat or Populist be the custodian
of the President while in the state and the Pe-maker
is truly glad that the President did not the
usual political customs in such cases, but recognized
the chief executive of the state as the head affairs
and the proper person for him to look to-
The latest bit of political gossip, don't you know,
is that Chief of Police Sullivan is to soon turn in his
commission and thereafter not be a po-
ceman, but must blow out onto the cold charities
of the world and struggle to make living just like
the ordinary human being. The guns of criticism
have been firing rather regular Chief Sullivan for
the past three months and Tom Humes is not the man
The Presidents race suicide letter has no doubt
caused great commotion. Some people claim there
are two sides to the question 1t is little too early
to Judge as to just what the people think about the
matter This is not Adam and Eve contest-one
cannot blame the other that is
With the inscription their booth, Remember
San JUAN and with many merry voices singing
There will be hot time in the old town. which it is
predicted will become the national air of this
country the colored children of this city got double
During the Presidents long trip through the West
it remanded for policeman in Walla Wala to be
the only person CD to offer him insult showing
very conclusively that the average policeman is
much of brute that he does not know how to
be courteous to the President of the United States
Wherever President Roosevelt to any of
the coored troops which helped him to the day
at San Juan HILL he always insisted that they hold
the place of honor in his parades and his wish was
granted If there had perchance been company of
the coored boys in Seattle the President would have
had dsagreeabe task on his hands to have had his
wishes carried out it in the other cities.
Some tells story Dr. Mathews, which, if
true is quite amusing. The story goes that His Holi
ness wrote his old Tennessee congregation after
he had been in Seattle trial for couple of months
rendering his resignation, writing the following very
unique communication: Brothers and Sisters wrote
he to the hard fsted iterate farmer folk who had