The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
SPECIAL NOTICE..
Living in Glass House and Throwing Rocks

bread-and-butter reporter rests the auth
orship Of a half column, first page story
in last Fridays P.-I., intended to be
humorous at the expense Of the town
Of LeaYenworth.
The Lun'un cockney's contempt for
one who Is 50 unfortunate as to live in
smaller town finds an echo in the re-
porters humor. For having the cour-
age to dig up that embalmed ex-
preston about the arrival and depart
ure Of trains being the principal event
in the life Of the town, he is entitled
to a Carnegie medal.
The force Of that whitening bit OF
humor about Leayenworth being a
small place can not be escaped. To
mitigate this ofense, however, accord
ing TO news vendors, there is sold here
every day 40 copies Of the P.-I., IS OF
the Times and IS Of the Spokesman
Review, with ten or fifteen additional
Of each on Sundays.
We are not alone in wondering
where this humorist was when the
Seattle council turned down some 20
Of Mayor Moore's nominations for
street commissioner, was it not? Al
though, first and last, nominations were
submitted from every political faith or
previous condition. True, neither
party TO that tedious controversy ever
gave up or suggested a method Of put
ting an end to dispute that had some
of the elements Of opara bouffe. We
venture the belief that even reporter
who lacks invention or lawyer with
disregard for professional ethics will
admit that all parties TO that memorable
and tedious imbroglio might have had
more political face and possibly more
votes in the election which followed if
an early settlement Of the dispute had
been agreed upon.
The facts as 10 our own little family
row, in which politics cut no figure
whatever, are briefly told as follows:
A difference Of opinion as to the
rights OF the mayor and the members
Of the town council had reached the
point where a resort to the courts or
the decision OF an arbitrator was nee
essary to settle the dispute. With
very little talk the tax payers made it
plain to the mayor and members Of the
council that they did not want such a
spectacle Of bufoonery as the city gov
eminent of Seattle presented to the
world and insisted that they get to-
gether, settle their differences and pro-
coed with the business affairs OF the
town. Having been advised that the
law regards with favor settlements
made out OF court the parties to the
controversy decided to abide by the
decision of an arbitrator, and agreed, by
accident, upon the city attorney OF
Seattle, presuming that a man who
could be elected corporation counsel OF
a great city like Seattle had a proper
sense Of professional propriety and
fair knowledge OF the fundamental
principles Of law. Sequent events
have shown quite conclusiyely that
neither conclusion was well founded.
In telling the funnyman OF the P.-I.
the story of his clients troubles the Hon
orable City Attorney erred about G. w.
Hoxsey being mayor or Messrs. Ram
sey and Hathaway being councilmen.
Mr.. Hoxsey had ceased to be mayor
almost a year when the matter was
brought to the notice of Mr.. Calhoun,
while Messrs. Ramsey and Hathaway's
connection with the council had ex-
PRED more than three months. This
would seem to bear out the contention
that in his hurry to earn the fee the
honorable attorney did not take time
to look into the matter submitted for
his judgment. The parties to the con-
troversey agreed to abide by the con-
clusion reached by the arbitrator and
the matter in controversy is regarded
as settled, but an attorney who is