The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-10

fNb'Ha ~ tAb UNIV lAHWfHfAf HfAN -
ever desired the city contract
No Occasion fer Big Rate.
when the court determined that
such a paper as the Bulletin which
ie not a paper Of general circula.
ton IN the accepted sense OF The
term, met all the requirements ~
the charter aa the city official pa
per. the day Of the big rate should
have been past. for the reason that
20 cents an inch In the Bulletin ~
equivalent 60 more than 80 cents
an inch in the newspaper Of gen
eal circulation. such as the Post
lnielligenoer The Times az The
Star
Tho Bulletin publishes no gen
erai news has no Geographic serv-
leo and ciFculatcs only among law
ysrs. real estate men and cunirao
tors 10 has not, therefore. a gen
efai circulation IL costs 81 q
month. and ~ the taxpayer desired
20 keep himself posted upon the do
lnga Of the city government be
must spend fi2 a year for what be
should get in daily paper with the
general news 81 the day
Therefore Mf Taxpayer. YOU are
beiHe robbed in two ways. Ana
YOU should not forget this robbery
between nos aud election day
Perhaps not all of them. but most
of the following men viii come 10
YOU next March and ask that YOU
return them 10 the council, David
NJ Bowen. Charles ~ Burnett Jrs
James CONWAY } y Crichton IT,
C cir. y "a Hurd. a g keene
ellis Morrison. 3 v. Mullen. VI D.
Murphy. r. T.. Reyelle Y T Reyn-
olds. Frederick sawyer and Arnold
Zbinden Remember the betrayal
Of the trust YOU placed In ihcif
hands two years ago and don give
them another opportunity.
And you. SIR Taxpayer 81 the
Eleventh Ward. don't forget James
Keieo He comes 20 you with
clean record aud q duty wei done.
and as the only man ga the city
council with nerve enough 90 be
honest with himself and bis con
stituonts.
Source Of Corruption.
Always this matter q She city
printing has been q source q cor.
runtion in Seattle The present
combine b. by no means the first
that has been attempted On more
than one occasion The Star has
been approached and oveFtnfes
made 10 II 10 become. for a couSid
Grafton. a party 10 these combines.
IN every case. however The star
refused to be- a party 10 anything
~ the sort aud by putting So q bic
In the neigh hoFhood 81 ID cents
succeeded ln preventing other daily
papers from securing the contract
af an ex0fhliant rate.
This city printing has been a
constant source 81 worry 20 The
Star in that while Il could not al
ford to accept the contract Itself
ID has always believed it is duty
10 make tender "a order Go keep
down the price OF late years. how
ever. the Times and the Postintel
liFencer have been fighting each
other Ia their efforts 10 secure the
city contract aud for that reason
The Star has not felt that Il was
necessary 10 bid. n was not until
the bids vcrc tn this year that The
star realized that q bad heen
caught mapping and that iu The
meantime the Times and the Post
IutclliEenccr had entered into a
new combine
Murphy's Apology.
Following the award Of the con-
tract last night Councilman WI.
liam Murphy arose and made
the following statement IN an apol-
ogctic tone OF voice,
\ have talked this matter Of city
printing over with other members
OF the council and we believe that
the council should be relieved Of
the duty OF awarding the city print
Ing contract
The charter should be amended
so that IL will be the duty Of the
board Of public works instead Of
the city council to award the con-
tract for city printing The board
has the power 60 reject any and an
bids " the bids are considered too
high which discretion the council
does not seem 90 have.
n have been assured that such
en- amendment will be offered az
the next meeting Of the charter
commission. making Il the duty
of the board OF public works 90 ad.
vertise for bids for city printing
and bet the contract In the future
and specifying that the board have
tho power 20 reject an bids which
M their Judgment are too high
Ia addition to an unusually large
crowd of taxpayers who evidently
attended the council meeting as q
protest against letting the city
printing at the combine price two