The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1903-03-13
POLITICAL POT PIE


10 vote C16 DenOCfdClC IlckoC III any
part. Prior to the election when the
Republicans in Pipers district were
organizing against him one of the lead
ing Republicans was asked where is
! Walter Fulton" and he was informed
that Fulton was doing all in his
power to elect Piper and we have
rights to expect better treatment of
Fulton for it was the same kind of
movement that elected him to office
two years ago-good Republicans, be-
lieving the Republican nominee for
prosecuting attorney not as clean and
conscientious man as Fulton, voted
for Fulton, and now he is hand and
glove tied up to the prince of grafters
in this entire Northwest" Chickens
come home to roost.
But a few days ago the editor of
the Daily Times published a story to
the effect that Walter Fulton was at
Olympia lobbying for the gamblers
and left the general impression among
it's readers that Fulton's lobbying ac-
tions fully explained why he did not
go after the gamblers when he was
prosecuting attorney. The charge has
not been refuted or in any way denied
by Mr.. Fulton, Notwithstanding the
fact that his closest friends publicly
admit that, if it goes unchallenged, it
will not only ruin Fulton politically
| in the county, but will likewise give
him a very black eye socially and NOR
ally. With such charge standing out
| in bold relief against him and no effort
whatever being made by the man to
to deny or correct the statements and
with the facts of his administration as
prosecuting attorney an open book, it
seems that the Grand Jury could not
do otherwise than indict him. He may
never be found guilty, but he certain
ly has either indiscretely or otherwise
gotten himself into a very bad pickle,
which will cause him good many
heart pangs before he will have extri-
Gated himself therefrom. Chickens
come home to roost.
A movement is on foot. since Billie
Lewis succeeded in having the gamb-
ling bill passed by the legislature,
which bill is now a law of the state,
and will take effect three months af-
ter the signing of the same by the
governor, which will be about the 9Th
of June next, to nominate him for
mayor from the Republican side of the
/ house. The Grand Jury having closed
the town to a great extent against To-
cal vices and the legislature having
put the gamblers out of business, it is
reasoned by the friends of Lewis that
he could easily be elected mayor OF the
city under the prevailing conditions.
In the future it. will be impossible for
the gambling fraternity to keep any
great amount of ''repeaters" in the
notorious First ward, and in that case
that ward will loose it's great political
prestige, both in the primaries and at
the polls, and therefore man like
Lewis, so reasons his friends, would
have a cake walk for the mayoralty
next year. The moral element no
longer expect any great amount OF
political opposition from "Old Honest
Tom Humes" for his great honesty
in politics has caused his downfall
In repeating the libel law of this
state, so far as newspapers are con-
cerned. it seems to have been uone
by the legislature for the express pur-
pose of putting the lines on the rack
and in vetoing it the governor seems
to have had nothing else in mind save
the protection of the editor OF the
Times and the Times Publishing Com
pany. The editor of the Times, who is
an unscrupulous political demagogue,
is playing one faction of the Repub-
| lican part against the other and at the
proper time he intends to make poll
tical capital out of their scraps and
use the points that have come into his
possession by the various Republican
factions to defeat the whole party.
Beware of wolves in sleeps clothing.
Beware of wolves in sleeps clothing,
for chickens come home to roost.