The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-02
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and county treasurer who came
from railroads. The commission
ers belong to the corporations. They
all cringed to it when they did the
corporation bidding at it's conven-
ton. Men who had done yeoman
service for the corporation and it's
lawyers were renominated. The
rest, residue and remainder were
demonstrated as complacent. They
did not fight the hackamore-they
wanted the oats.
To the convalescent, recovering
from the effect of corporate greed
may come DR.. N. P. w. w. p. Co.
Witter to allay suffering. When
death has taken away the life from
the corpse, Coroner Witter has the
making Of the public record as to
responsibility for the going out of
that life. To the man recovering
from physical contact with cor
poration, he may give consolation
that after all the corporation exists
only as a beneficent concern, pub
lie service which has the welfare
of the people at heart, and is even
sorry for the carelessness of the
individual who did not get out of
the way of its money grabbing jug
gernauts.
Graft is the weapon of the cor
porations. Corruption of public
Office is the corporation lure. Stran-
Cling of the interests of the COM
moner is the corporation object
in this cCmmunity-a community,
young and strong, but already with
on its jaw through the direct and
acquiescent traitoriSm of the repub-
lican party and it's candidates. This
campaign is the biennial roundup:
Do the people of Spokane county
want a Northern-Pa Washing
ton Water Power company coroner
to determine whether negligence
has been committed by the corpor-
/ atoms? Do they want a sheriff
who will put his badges on any man
recommended by the Washington
Water Power company? Do they
want a prosecuting attorney who
will say that any corporation is act
ing legally within his authority :?
Do they want public advisor who
will tell the commissioners that they
can give away the public country
highways to the corporations? Do
they want an assessor who sought
the backing of corporations before
seeking nomination ? Do they
want the courthouse ruled absolute
ly by the corporations?
A corporation surgeon occupies
the coroner's chair and wants to sit
there another term. The son of
lawyer for the Great Northern is
In the office Of the prosecutor and
dictates his work to a former en-
ploye of the Northern Pacific. The
cashier of the county treasury was
employed before getting a public
office job, by the railroads. The
chief deputy Of the clerk of the SUI
perior court for Spokane county
came there direct from railroad
Office. The sheriff has appointed
corporation employees as deputies
when just as good men might have
been deputized.
Here is but part of the repub-
lican party record, and only a part
of the records of their deputies. Is
a continuation Of this corporate con-
troll desired?
The democratic committee feels
confident that the people will no
longer submit to these methods. All
the ingredients for stultifying Off
Gals is found in the Howard street
incident. This committee lays
down the proposition that it is not
safe to have any human being in
position 50 irreconcilable as sur
geon for the Washington Water
Power company. the Northern Pa
cific and the county. Hence, this
committee confidently appeals to
the voters of this county for an
effectual divorce of these contrary
capacities. 1t fully believes that
no one man is big enough, broad
enough, immovable enough in his
prejudices to do justice to all
the public, Mr.. Richards, Mr.. Hill
and the allied nnrnnratinn