The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-07

this story Tn The star.
OLYMPIA. March I'll am prac-
ticalIy = young man. can count 90
years Of my life spent Ia newspaper
business
A part Of these years spent aa a
harotuotsd urvhlu selling newapa
peers on tho streets OF great city
The rest we're devoted 20 my pres
ent calling that q newspaper re-
porter
vet. prior to this umo. I hal never
reported a session OF any lssIsla-
ture.
And I nevcr want 20 report an
other one,
The lesson % the past ctFht weeks
has taught me the per0litY % men
to what base usss our suffrage
has been putin what treasheroua
Stewardship our trust has been ro-
posed.
Another session % reporting the
Washington legislature would make
me an anarchist
For
How Is a man to retain his re-
spcct for Iaw made not bY law
makers. but by law hrcaktFaf
For eight weeks have aiteFuafrd
between the press tables Of the
house and % the senate. have
rubbed shoulders with the mighty
representatives Of a san miRbticr
state 1 have not only studied the
legislature as whole In perspective
but rs Individual members AZ close
range know their fada and fanrisa
and their hobbies and WY they
ride them. / have seen them A. work
and AZ play. In session and In com
mittee. have seen them CARRIED ~
their official dignity. rraYeiY intro
ducinE measures at which. IN hour
Latter. they iccre1 VALE polishing
the counter Of some adjacent bar
with their elbows
In the halls Of the legislature
have heard them plead faf their
measures. pro bono pubteo. while
deep town In their hearts they
know The treason IN their aaulA
And - did
Con HELP THE RICH. THE
POOR can TAKE CARE or
THEMSELVES
N this was err hiafnurd over
the entrance 20 the senate ard house
lt would not more puhllglY prumul-
gate the sentiment % the Washing
Ton legislature. than DO the actions
% Us members within those port
ala
LfneoIa stcffona has tod the
shamelaaaneas q Missouri. has laid
bare WIsconslna political pollution.
ard has written Of Rhode Island on
the auction block
/ In this state there s. work for a
+ Lluculu staffeuA
The above statements are bold.
] And the natural question arises
can they BE- suhstantlats1f
This i viii do. and bear In mind.
thai the writer's Acquaintance with
the politics % this state sxtends
over period q but eight acant
weeks. when he has given the legiH-
+ iaturs assignment be did not know
one member Of the house o. senate
By name
I 10 under these conditions. such an
/ insiE can b. gained BY A stranger
F. what must the knoW ledge OF men
who have lived years In the polit-
cal atmosphere Of Washlngtonf
They know. but they are esther
afraid 70 tell or their mouths have
been sllenesd By n golden EaE.
m this article I will tell you Of
a few - the many Ubiquitous bills
/ introduced during the present aes-
sion. II we're 70 tell you Of them
all there wouldn't be space enough
IN this paper 10 Accommodate the
want ada
/ Vill tell you q bin By which
a clique 81 wealthy men expected
70 rob the state 81 So. o09 ono You
/ will read OF how a gang % political
pirates have concealed beneath Gun
lining rhetoric their iuteutiqn %
abrldeiuR our laws 80 that they can
/ buy for about one dollar an acre
/ % land that e. worth % the state
/ from 81 $50 20 g. $50 an acre. VII
take You behind the scenes Of an
/ intrigue. the trainers % which have
determined 20 SET A VALUATION
! upon Tilt PRICE or HUMAN
ILIFE. You will be given an oppor-
Ituuity 70 view one OF the most re-
/ voting scenes that ever took place
/ beneath the dome % a state capitol.
when a number 81 legislators open
lily confessed their subgervience 20
the high priests Of mammon and
| Elorled IN their aYowala.
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