The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-28
ANSWERS
DAUL TON
JUDGE GEORGE SHOWS Why
CRITICISM rs uNwARRANrEo

1adge Georgc. Of the municipal
court. takes issue with Councilman
paulton In his criticism Of the
methods IN Witch the police court
j. eondacted IN a letter 70 The star
Judke GeofEe makes the following
statement.
In your issue Of Wednesday.
the e6th uit. noticc an ar
ticle quoting Councilman paulton
A. severely eriticislug me and my
administration OF the municipal
court The reading public Of Seattle
know that I am net Ia the habit 81
defending myself against the at
taeks of irresponsible critics whose
utteFances are usually Inspired by
personal o. political enmify. Rut
v hen an official af the city teveu
though he b. opposed 90 me IN poiit-
teal faith. IS At. paulton isl sees ft
60 ean into question the official acts
81 anctheK city efftenr. the matter
may fairly BE- said 60 call feH some
nngiee from the one 50 assailed Mr..
nauilon asserts. larEely on his own
authority. that I have not properly
Supported the police officers in their
efforts az supervising law breaking.
that they have been unable % So
cure convictions when entitled to
them--thnt they have ben repeated
~ turned Gown" and discouraged.
~se.
That such statements are utterly
false and unwarranted wlli be
shown b. the records 81 eases tried
A brief inspection % my Journal
made today BY my clerk shows that
during the present month from the
ist b the 18th there have been zoe
city eases instituted tn ny court.
OF these only IS resulted IN aeqult-
tails and six were dismissed without
trial either On the request % the
aHFestinR offieer OF the u5otion Of
the city prosecuting attorney. II
3 viii thus b. seen hoW insixutficant
II The number Of acaniitais IN pro-
portion 10 eouvictiens. In some o.
the cases where guilt has been
proven exeneraiiy cases Of Juveniles
or first offsnderEl when the cor
reetlse poaers % the court are re-
aufred to Be exercised rather thar
the imposition % punitive measures.
sentence has been suspended pend
ins the good behavior % the defend
ant and from the small proportion Of
such offenders that are returned
fos sentence. Il would appear that
my course - Justified
In the matter Of the imposition q
fines. what does the record shoW 2
! In the palny days II the Klondike
excitement. Just before my term of
ufflces when the gamblers aud slot
naehine men paid fines. the total
reflections Of the court Were for
fsss sse.7se.i0. for 1859. ta7.sT2es.
Those fines subsequently increased
under my administration 20 more
than sS.e9a per month. and even
now. with those prolific sources Of
income ELIMINATED. have been for
Tuonfhs turning into tbs city treas
ufy sums averaging t8z1z 10 per
month. or approximately tfe.e0o per
annunL
4 DO not care 70 discuss the mat
ter or IN get IN a controversy over
n. said NJ Dauifau this morning
When I mentioned u Incidentally
ct the meeting % the license and
revenue committee I had no idea
that u would be taken up. I eld not
Fnean to east asperslons upon Poiiee
Judge George. The point wished "a
make was that Il aas often difficult
to secure convictions in case % arr
rests and that for that reason the
Ileense committee should turn down