The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1903-08-28
POLITICAL POT=PIE

cerned beng quietly talked just now, and the aver
age citizen is showing concern as to who will be
the next mayor of Seattle and what will be the policy
of his administration. Since w. D. Wood left the
mayoralty of this city the town has been the
"wde OPEN policy, and though such policy has
brought great deal of money the city in the shape
of commercial trade, yet it has in turn brought so
much crime along with it that those who have
been benefited the most from the wide open policy
wondering, if if is not time to call halt in
that direction If it is then the question most perti
to those suggesting such move can it be done
and yet re-elect the present mayor. Such may be
done but it is not the belief concensus OF opinion
of those who have given the subject any attention
or consideration Mayor Humes says he is not
candidate for denomination and election, but he has
said the same thing for the past five years more.
He is never candidate and yet he is always candi
date and owing to the disposition of large number
of the uptown citizens to Join hands with the ten
derloin gang to maintain open town for the pur-
pose of making trade lively, using their own
remarks, he has managed to succeed himself in spite
of bitter opposition. Mayor Humes has been inter-
viewed very recently the subject and to man
who will be candidate for mayor if he is not, and
perhaps if he is he brusky declared: 81 am not can
ddate for mayor and will not be-, which means that
Republicans of this city will have to look out for other
mayoralty timber besides cold Curly Locks"
To the present writing no one save Hon. Ellis Nor
rison has made any whatever toward getting the
next mayoraty nomination and he has made no move
except merely announce to few personal friends
that he would like the nomination, if the Republicans
felt inclined give it to him, and he thought they did,
providing Mayor Humes was not candidate Neither
Mr. Morrison nor his closest personal friends have
said anything whatever touching his policy in he
was nominated and elected but from the course he
has pursued since he has been a member OF the city
council is surmsed that if he is mayor he will
pursue liberal course not too stringent and YET
not too lax. The question of wide open policy how
ever will cut no great amount of ice in the future,
inasmuch as the state law making gambling felony
has stood the test of the courts and Wldeopen pol
icy don't much OF course there are other vices
common to a metropolitan city like Seattle, but they
do not play so conspicuous part did gambling and
so the old time sports not interested whether the
next mayoralty policy be a wide open or a liberal
one, No longer will the bloody First ward furnish
the sinews of war to keep the town open for thugs
murderers and thieves and if reports be true, the
Clancies will actually fight the denomination OF lom
Humes if he decides to be candidate Mr. Humes and
his policy can longer be of any interest to then
and personally they have use for the man. remem-
berng as they do how Humes permitted George Piper
to be slaughtered last fall for state senator.
1t is hardly possible that Mr. Morrison will be the
only candidate seeking the nomination for moyar on
the Republican ticket because the job pays $1,000
per annum, with number perquisites, emoluments
and al-round pck-ups Representative Lewis has
been spoken of in connection with the nomination,
but friend of his who has talked with him the
subject announces that Mr.. Lewis most emphaticaly
refuses to allow the of his in that connec-
ton, and adds: "NTr. Lewis not only does not want
the nomination for mayor, but he would not have the
office if absolutely given to him. He does not believe
that would help him along in the political get up
and go long, and therefore he refuses to be tied to
dead one for he hopes to be both governor of the
state and United States senator before he is twenty
years older With Lewis out of the consideration the
field is still clear for the Morrison boom and it is
beginning to collect quite bit of floating material,
which if not bursted up in very short time, will
sweep everything before it.