The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-05-01

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1t is becoming generally known
that c. Herbert Moore is the candi-
date of the Review for mayor of
Spokane, and as fast as the situa-
ton is grasped by our citizens, Mr..
Moore is losing in strength. Per
sonally. a very pleasant gentleman,
he is entering and making the race,
much handicapped by his supporter.
If there is one circumstance which
will aid Mr.. Daggett in his cam
paign. it is the fact that the Re-
view is against him. 1t has been
openly charged in the Democratic
platform that the Review and
Chronicle have been unfair in their
news columns. An example of this
is found in yesterdays Review. in
their attempt to discredit the fact
that the laboring men of the city
are for Mr.. Daggett. If one will
read the body Of an article found on
the local page, and compare it with
the heading. it will at once be seen
that the inference drawn in the
headline is entirely unjustified.
There are other reasons why Mr..
Moore cannot be elected mayor.
One of them is the general pros
perity of the community under the
Daggett administration. If every
working man will compare the
wages he receives and the hours
during which he works with the
same items two years ago in this
town. and at the same time in
other towns. and at this time in
other towns. he will find that our
laboring men have faired very well
indeed. The merchant knows what
his business has been. He has
made money. He is prosperous.
Conditions are good. A liberal
town is being run. but at the same
time clean, and Mr. Daggett's adj
ministration appeals to his peck
cts. The property owners $1,000
worth of property was only worth
$500 two years ago. 1t may be
that these things will not change
if Mr.. Moore should be elected,
but that no one can tell.
In period of unexemplified pros
perity, is it wise to change from
and adopt a policy of an uncertain
nature. and thereby jeopardize our
present good financial condition?
We have been making money. We
are able to care for our families
in comfort, and some of us can do
so in a moderate degree of luxury.
Is il wise to take any change of
changing in anywise our present
condition?
Another reason why Mr., Moore
could never be elected is the fact
that no matter what he has promis-
ed in his platform, he has shown
himself as foreman of the grand
jury to be thoroughly and absolute
ly incompetent to accomplish any
thing. On file in the Office of the
county clerk is the report of the
grand jury. 1t shows that Mr..
Moore did plenty of investigating.
but accomplished nothing. The
substance of all that was done by
the grand jury, and Mr., Moore was
their foreman, was that it indicted
two Republican officials. This act
met with the universal condemna-
ton of every honest, law-abiding
and unprecedented citizen of the
community. Every citizen knew
then, and now knows the character
of these two indicted gentlemen.
The triumphant manner in which
they We're reelected, attests to the
high regard in which they are con-
sidered by the community in which
they reside. At the last election,
Democrats and Republicans alike
indicated the course of these gen
tlemen when they were in Office,
and expressed anew the confidence
the people felt in them, and this
can regarded as nothing more nor
less than a direct, positive and UNI
qualified condemnation of the Off
cial act of G.. Herbert Moore. The
voters of Spokane should be chary
of casting their ballots for a man
who was prepared to cast stigma
of dishonesty and moral turpitude
upon two honest men. The then
and now prosecuting attorney, r.
NJ. Barnhart. Judge stephen J.
Chadwick. one of the ablest jurists