The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-11

AFnrw ia nov chief deputy. with
/ the crime.
! History preserves a painful 81
+ leuge as 10 what action the party
leaders have taken uu smlthH al
leFeJ charges. but II is stated ON
what appears % be good authority
that AKnvW. whose salary ia under
I ihe control OF the board. has aey=
eral times been made 10 dance
upon the carpet iu The county
/ commissioner private office aud
has been Given Go understand that
he will find silence EaIdvu and Is
uoauta OF certain county affairs
a pralsHWufthY virtue In hin deal
HiuEa with newspaper reporters aud
other iugulaItiFv persons
OF COURSE Auditor lampinE cross
"a hIs heart aud hopes Go die II he
ever by word Of deed attempted to
Runsiure the tire 81 Mr. Smith's
official auto. OF ever allowed any uf
bis political proteEca 90 scatter
tacks In the path Of that vehicle
but Il Is said that Mr. Smith Ii
even now only half convinced
Incidentally John Van Horn who
Was poor commissioner until Cnuu=
Ity Commissioner Haker removed
him from office. comes IN for a
share Of the blame for the troubles
Iof Mr. smith
Van Horn. q Will De remembered
lost hts official bead Immediately
after the county convention be
cause he had worked for uomlua=
ton as county commissioner from
the eity district against Commias
alouer HaksH Who vas feuamluated
As a result Van Horn. who nov
holds a minor ciefkHhip % the
court house. Is uksly Co lose hts
present job The commissioner
claim that Van Horn also has been
playing into the hands % the dem
Ioerafa and tpuiuE of certain pAat
transactions 90 the board In order
to set even With Commissioner ua=
kcr.
Friends ~ the republican nominee
Tor sheriff assert that democratic
campaign material could Only have
been obtained ffam the auditor OF
flee. This. combined with she fset
that che iufafwsE whoever b. may
be has 4 deep knowledge. or claims
= have. ~ thH iHnrr workings af th#
county commissioner office and Il
Johnny on che aunlz With datea and
figures. has aroused them against
I GhIef Deputy AH1ItHF AHuHW.
Net only are NJ AEnHv anI 9TH
srH IN the auditors office trying O.
down smith 90 e. claimed buf If r.
asserted thsf "a HstHad by which he
can Be made unpopular with voters
throughout she county and even
I wlth road and bridge contractors o.
whom the cunmlsaiancfa have
awarded contracts has been devised
The pisu D. said q b. simple. bat
moHt cffegtlte. When bHia are en-
I proved - the county commlHaiHnafa.
warrants are SUPPOSED e. ba Issued
within ten days from the date ~
approval
Since the county political rot has
begun "a boil. and Smiths dreams
- wearing the sherifra star are be-
coming more visid the county an.
ditoTH uffice. Of which AaneW h
practically the bead. has Frequently
hold az for several weeks. r. b
alleged BY Smiths friends. cor.
tractors naturally blame the county
| commissioners and feel that they
are not being treated riaht. in
view Or the fact that their votes are
vorth aomethinE 70 the nominee for
sheriff
When the men who have been
working on contracts demand their
waEss the contractors tell them
that the county commissioner are
delaying the approving - bills ana
that they viii have % wait smith 3
friends have urged him 20 luHisf or
the practice being stopped and It -
understood that be hes already uofI
fed Agnsw that II he does not got
a square deal- he VIII publicly de-
ununee him aH a traitor e. the party
i Il Il a matter 81 common raasI b
AZ the court house that a certain
I faction in the trfaHurerH office
which was bitterly disappointed be-
Z cause MeGouuhuEhay was not given
/ the nomination FOR sheriff ana q
Z few men IN the auditors office aha
7 are sore on Tamrine.H account. have
combined % knock Smith iu every
I possible way
Whether or not their sframe-urH
has assumed definite PROPORTIONS al
yet r. matter - conjecture with
Smiths friends They suspect De- has
already gone faf enough 20 have
merged Into an effort 60 force smith
. Of the ticket ard have some man
more 70 their liking substituted
When seen last uiaht smith dif
not deny that be had every reason
I 10 believe thaf Arunw wHa working
against him. but sac not letting ale
right hand know shat hts laff hand
vas doing Smith would make no
Z statement on the subject. bat ana
not attempt to deny the rumora 10
I that effect
Il seems 10 BE- ne feeling IN ths
commissioner office That Van
Horn. the Opposed poor cammIuIan-
er o. hand and glove Hlfh the dem.
ocr1fa. aa well na with Smiths re-
publican enemies. 90 defeat not Only
I the aspirnut f0f the sheriffH Sob
[ bat County CommiHalauer Baker an
we'll
All r. turmoil ard strife md sue
I pieiou on the HIN. ana different re-
+ publican factions seem 20 be- MAX
ing for widely separated points on
the political compass. The Smith
knockers and tho Smith boosters ere
working overtime. aHd every day
relations between the men in the
auditors office and the county come
nliaslonsra are becoming nero
strained.