The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19
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grantees OF the fraudulentiy OBJ
tanned Shutfleton electric light
franchise by favoring a system OF
underground conduits to be con
atLueted by the city and leased 20
private corporations tTAaa plan
WAS afterwards carried ous'hy the
city contributing largely 20 their
construction aWa giving the con
dulta rent free 40 the Seattle Flee
trio oomp@yl
Mayor Humes Nas nominated by
VIII Il. Humphrey, then retiring
from the office OF corporation
counsel in order 70 become a ocs
dldate for congress at the succeed
ing general election, and a city
csG'ral committee aesected which
was made up OF Johnny Clancy.
Chris Frnseh. A. Muchmore. J n
Dawes, VIII lnElis, Terry klng. n
u. Palmer, -. G. Conover. J. W.
Smart and Dick" Kinnear The
campaign was In fact managed by
Johnny Clancy and Georgo Piper.
pemocfatie Campaign.
Against this combination the
democratic party made purely
perfunct0ry campaign with w
Goodwin as the mayoralty candl,
date. But SO great had become
the revulsion against Mayor
Humes that the Piper organization
only won out by n plurality Of 6t3
cut Of $4,000 votes. Mr.. Humes
carrying all the saloon wards and
losing all the others. and his plu.
rality being given him by the First
and Fourth.
Mr. Piper had always been a 10y.
al adherent Of Jacob Fufth aud the
Seattle Electric interests were civ.
en- large share Ia the selection Of
eouucllmanlc candidates. W. J.
Billy"l Gramhs. the purchasing
agent OF the company, assumed
personal direction Of the caudi.
dacy Of Watch Dog" James a
James for denomination a. the
member from the Fourth ward
Councllman'atlargc H. =. Rude
who had been found useful In all
the biz plundrrhund schemes. was
reuominaied The other nomina.
ton for c0uncilman.atla large went
10 Frank Y. Mullen, Pike ~. va
loon man. and adherent % tho
kinnear Sixth ward ring
The other candidates who we're
elected were Patrick Fitzpatrick a
printer discovered in the First
ward by Clancy. A. Klsilsr. u. c.
Gin. Ellis Morrison. W. v. Rine
hart. J. G. Redward and Or. }. r.
Crlehtnn. Ia that election ghe only
democratic councilman elected was
Bill" Murphy. tho Ninth ward
butcher. who in the term he had
already served In the council had
laid the foundations Tor 4 Fcputa
ton a. a champion Of popular
rights by perNistentiy opposing the
lootiug schemes Of the piunder
bund.
No sooner had the election been
won than the Claneys demanded
their pound Of flesh In the permits.
sion 10 control the gambling sit.
uatlon Their proposal as they
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lers was nothing less than that
the other operators should admit
them AZ one-fifth partners In all
the other gambling houses. The
other operators demurred a. this
aud the police force promptly
closed up their places % business.
Claucy'a place Was closed with the
rest. Mayor Humes announcing
from day 10 day In public inter.
views that he did not propose 20
permit gambling again until the
big gamblers bad settled their fac.
tional differences The only ar
I ference existing between them vas
that as 20 whether the other opeg.
atoFa should permit themselves 20
be blackmailed BY The favored pa
irons Of the administration.
Johnny Finally wilma
For a while the other operators
demurrcd, making occasional. but
unsuccessful efforts 10 reopen. and
a deadlock cnNued hut after a feW
weeks or waiting they gave in and
then began the days Of che twenty.
/ percent graft" The grand Jury al
1903 traced payments Of a portion
Of this graft 10 nosa Piper himself.
but was unable 10 wiring from
Piper any admission that any o. Il
had gone higher up. Some % these
payments. II was disclosed. were
/ paid through the Puget Sound Ma.
tloual Bank
pnrluR the tendency Of this
fcontrovergy TEX" Richard. a 40.
torioua sporting man. now a mil.
E llouaire mining operator and prize
flght promoter o. Goidfield. Ne.
vada. fitted up a gambling house
I on First av. opposite the Dexter