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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1908-07-17
POLITICAL POT PIE

Senator LoVl AflhSl1y SAlCl-
tained the Commercial Club last
Tuesday evening in a speech bur
lesdue. and when we say enter
tanned the club we do not mean
to burlesque the senator for he
certainly entertained those who
desired to see him make show
of himself to their hearts con-
tent. His effort to speak was
piteously painful from start to
finish, and the wonder is that
those who know him best and
who pretend to have his political
interest at heart, would permit
him to get up before an intelli-
gent audience and make an at
tempt to speak. The club had
listened to splendid addresses
from Senator Piles, Congress
man Humphrey and Congress
man Jones, and those who heard
them felt greatly edited from
having heard them, curiosity of
course, took a great many out to
listen to Senator Ankeny and
after sitting through his rambl-
ing remarks not a man there but
thought in his heart of hearts,
and yea even a great many of
them thought not only in their
hearts, but in their mouths and
SO loudly that the other fellow
heard his thoughts, that it was
a blooming, bloody shame that
such an apology for a statesman
should be one of the representa-
tives of the proud young state of
Washington, and that too, in the
most august assembly in the
great round world. Oh, the pity
and the shame of it
His audience quite agreed with
him in that he was only touching
in high places, in fact the most
of them seemed to be of the opin-
ion that he did not touch at all.
At no time while he was before
the club did he complete a
thought or finish a sentence.
His language was as inaccurate
as ungramatical, and as unso-
phisticated as that of a Siwash
breaking into the white mans
ways. Quite a goodly number of
those present went up for an in
PRODUCTION to the senator and he
acted more like a baShful school
boy than real man. AS some
dozen or more Of the young men
were going down the elevator
from the club room they met a
couple of young friends who
were late, so late that they did
not hear any part of the proceed
ings and the laters inquired of
those that were there, did the
senator give the club a good
talk?' mot word" one of
them shouted, Hor you will fall
dead" whereupon the whole
bunch as one man burst out in
a laundering roar of laughter.
We do not suspect many of those
young fellows nor those they
90 with will vote for a FOSSIL of
the Ankeny stripe to represent
the state of Washington in the
United States senate when they
will have chance to vote for a
man like Wesley L. Jones. Evi-
don+I1y Cnno+oy Pi1as ConCraSS-
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ination for governor in order to
get an opportunity to get on the
stump to roast the supreme court.
If Robinson had gotten his just
deserts the supreme court would
have disbarred him, as its lenin-
ency toward him caused more
unkind criticism than anything it
has done in years. 1t will now
probably feel his ingratitude, but
it should remember that the yell
pings of such whipped perverts
never appeal to the people as
they figure out for themselves
the cause of his soreness.
Jim Agnew of course heads
the list for sheriff of King coun-
ty because he saw to it that no
one stood at the head of the line
that did not hold his declaration
for the purpose of filing the same
before that Of any other candi-
date for sheriff was filed. Jim
refuses to say whether he will
run his office with economy
if he should be elected, because
he knows that he does not intend
to do so. The Pie-maker is
rather disappointed in the craw-
fishing of Agnew in this partic-
ular for he is the man that will
promise to do everything you ask
him to do before the election and
not do a darn thing after he is
elected. There is not a more
contemplate political trickster in
the political game the coutry over
than Jim Agnew and if the vot-
ers of King county should elect
him sheriff what the other sher-
ifs of the county have done in
the way of depriving the county
of it's rights would be nothing in
comparison. Any one of the other
aspirants would come nearer
giving the voters and tax pay
ers a square deal than Jim Ag-
new, and mark these words you
will rue the day you ever elect a
man sheriff of this county who
spends the greater part of his
time at baseball games, cigar
stands shaking dice and at the
race track betting on the ponies.
Judge John E. Humphries has
showed disposition to play fair
and honorable in the mad scram-
BILE to file declarations and his
manly letter to the Post-Intelli-
gencer has been quoted by
number of the leading weekly
papers of the state. Judge Hum
phries seeks to be one of the su-
preme court judges and the dig
nified course he is persuing
for the election is win
ming him many votes. There is
no doubt but that he will get
big vote in King county. and if
he makes even a good showing
in other parts Of the state, he
stands show of being elected.
It can be said of Judge Hum
phries without fear of successful
contradiction, that he is an able
lawyer and a most honorable
gentleman, and if he should be
80 fortunate as to be elected to
the bench, he will make one of
the best judges the state has
ever had.
Among the candidates filed for
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superior court judges of King
county the names of Wilson K.
Gay and Boyd J. Tallman appear,
both of whom The SEATTLE Re-
PUBLICAN feels like personally
vouching for, and in fact does
herewith cheerfully recommend
them to the voters for their suf-
frage. For the past eight years
Judge Tallman has been mem
ber of the superior bench of
King county and his rulings have
been so fair and just to the
minds of the average citizen that
it has made him a host of
friends, and it is the concensus
of opinion that he will lead all of
aspirants at the September prim-
aries. While Mr.. Gay has not
been on the bench, yet he is very
popular with the people, and his
ability as a lawyer can be classed
among the very best in the state,
and he is popular with the labor
ing people as well as the poor
people in general, so that he will
come pretty nearly. getting as
many votes in the primaries as
Judge Tallman.
Charley Cline, he of Populist-
legislative fame, spent a couple
of days in Seattle this week and
shook hands with a good many
former friends. Charley, it will
be remembered, was speaker of
the house of representatives of
the fifth legislature and would
have been elected to the United
States senate to succeed Watson
c.. Squire had not Colonel Rid
path, who is now candidate for
the Republican nomination for
governor of this state, manipu-
lated the LIE Rel coin so success
fully in the interest of Judge
George Turner. " | am now
nothing but simple farmer try
ing to live an honest upright
life," said he when questioned
as to his business. He has drop
ped completely out of politics
and he says he is a hundred
times the happier thereby.
Funny times, these. We are
going through business depres-
sion, recovering from panic,
starting a presidential campaign,
raising eight billion dollar crops,
going into a 5000, 900, 900 foreign
steel combine; adding to our bill
lion dollar gold pile; lending
money at lower rates than any
other country; sending millions
to Europe for pastime; producing
more coal than England and Ger
many together; sailing a big fleet
around the world; digging the
most expensive canal on the
hemisphere, cutting $3.50, 000,-
600 hay crop; putting out several
hundred million dollars worth of
new railroad bonds; shipping
200, 100000 bushels of wheat to
hungry foreigners; raising 700,-
900, 600 bushels of wheat; losing
gross earnings at the rate of
$500, 100000 a year, and piling
up a treasury deficit bigger than
that of any other nation in the
world. And yet they call these
dull times!-Spokane Chronicle.
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n0nce CAolr absence.
The grand rush for filing is
over and many there were who
took advantage of the opportun-
ity in their endeavor to either
get head of the list or as near
thereto as possible, all of which,
in the opinion of the Pie-maker,
was wasted effort and energy.
Those who rushed for the head
of the ticket must have thought
they either had Indians Or ignor-
amuses to deal with instead OF
intelligent, educated citizens.
There is no doubt but that every
one that goes to the polls at the
September primaries will go
there with their minds fully
made up as to whom they will
vote for, and they will scan the
ticket until they find that name.
It will be remembered that in the
late Seattle election that those can
didates who filed for mayor first
were the ones that got the least
number of votes. Levy filed
first and he got the smallest
number of votes on the ticket.
Judge Humphries filed next and
he was close second to Levy;
George Russell came next and
he was a close second to Hum
phries; Trinble next and he just
ran few votes ahead of Russell,
and Miller was the last to file,
and he swept the field defeating
all of the other candidates, all Of
which is proof sufficient that
there is nothing to that getting
first place on the ticket.
w. M. Ridpath heads the list
for governor and Levi Ankeny
for senator. Each of these gen.
tlemen are multi-nillionaires and
of course did not hesitate to pay
expensive men, to stand in line
for them in order to make GER
tain that they got first place on
the ticket. To the mind of the
Pie-maker nothing could have
been more undignifed than to
see gubernatorial candidate in
mad scramble to get the first
place on the ticket, and to make
it even more undignified, a man
who had twice been elected to
the state senate and who has
been considered one of the fore
most men of the state, standing
in line with a gubernatorial and
a senatorial aspirants' declara-
ton in his hands to be the first
to file and for the purpose of
taking advantage of the first
place opportunity. The curios-
ity of the voters have been arous-
ed by that mad rush for advant-
age and it will make them all
the more careful about scanning
their tickets before they cast
their votes.
Six aspirants for the Republi-
can gubernatorial nomination
have filed their declaration as
follows: w. M. Ridpath, John
D. Atkinson, S. G.. Cosgrove,
Gov. Albert E. Mead, Henry Nc
Bride and j. w. Robinson. The
last name was something of a
surprise and it is said that Joe
Robinson, the Olympia attorney
whom the supreme court sus-
pended for unprofessional con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-09
WHISKY MEN LOSE.
Attempt to Enjoin Revenue Omcers
Meets With Defeat.

Cincinnati, O., July S.-The suit of
the distfllers to en5oin the internal
revenue officers against the new
branding and marking rules met with
Circuit Judge Lurton declined to
grant q rehearing to the local whisky
interests in their Injunction case
against the commissioner Of internal
revenue to prevent the enforcement
OF the new branding and marking
rules. Judge Lurton said that If he
did take a hand at this time 1t would
disquahfy him should the matter
ever be presented to the court of APP
peals over which he presides and the
work of which he prefers to leave
distinct from his circuit court mat
ters.
The matter was presented for the
distillers by Attorney Lawrence Max
well. who was joint counsel with w.
M. Hough, in the original case which
is brought in the name Of the Clifton
Springs Distilling company.
The action is an attempt to secure
an injunction to prevent the enforce
and marking, which went into effect
July 1, and under which, what are
known as spirits will be marked
alcohol" Judge Safer. after hear
ing arguments on June 80, sat up till
midnight to decide the matter before
ceeding day. He denied the tenn
porary Injunction as prayed for and
dissolved the temporary restraining
order already granted. The distilling
interests were not satisfied with this
outcome and for this reason effort
was made to get Judge Lurton to re-
try the matter. An entry was made
in the circuit court in accordance
with the opinion of Judge Safer. The
entry permits the renewal of the mo-
ton without prejudice. The govern
ment, through Attorney Mcpherson
objects to the wording without
prejudice"
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new BRIDGE FALLS.


Cologne. July 9.-The new bridge
under construction over the Rhine at
Cologne fell in today and many of the
workmen engaged on the structure
lost their lives. Fourteen bodies have
been recovered and nine men have
been taken from the water seriously
injured.
The scaffolding supporting the pow
erful crane used in the erection of the
central span of the bridge collapsed
and the crashing down of this section
carried with it several other spans.
Several workmen were thrown into
the river. Some of them are still un-
derneath the scaffolding and there is
no hope whatever for their lives. I'm
mediately after the accident boats
put out for the scene and began the
work of rescue. About a score of
struggling men were quickly picked
up.
The police and fire brigades of Co
logne were notified and hurried to the
river to assist in the work of salvage
and rescue.
They secured more boats and sue
ceeded in saving several workmen
who were 1aboriously swimming in the
strong current, fully clothed toward
the shore.
It is impossible to tell at the pres
ent time the exact number of victims.
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GEO. Il. MATTHEWS DEAD
End Came Suddenly From Heart
Failure at Home Today.

George II. Matthews. one of Topeka's
best known residents and business
men, died suddenly at 10 o'clock this
morning at his home. HOS Monroe
street OF heart trouble. Mr.. Matthews
mas not been well since the latter part
OF June and has remained at home
much OF the time though he has been
about the house. About a week ago
ne developed tonsilitis though his con-
dition was at no time considered as
serious
He arose early this morning and ate
breakfast with the family and sat in
the parlor reading for an hour or-so
and told his wife that he believed that
he would go up stairs and lie down
Tor awhile. DR.. H. w. Roby called
half an hour later and went up stairs
to see his patient who was lying on a
bed Not responding when spoken to
DR.. Roby- entered the room to arouse
Mr.. Matthews who. he supposed, was
sleeping and found that he had died
evidently without a struggle.
Mr.. Matthews was born in New York
October IL, 1861, and was nearly AZ
years of age at the time of his death.
He came to Kansas in 1881 and settled
at Leavenworth where he opened a
shoe store and remained in business
until 1888. During this year he re-
moved to Topeka and started a shoe
store where he remained in business
until he formed a partnership with w.
e. Dreschel, the store afterwards be-
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DYNAMITE WAR RENEWED.
Six Story Brick Building Nearl,
Wrecked in Chicago.

Chicago, July 9.-Terror was caused
In the Chicago Automobile club and in
the three five cent theaters by the
explosion of a bomb in the rear of $50
State street.
The six story brick building at No.
ESQ is where two men. leaders Of one
faction of Chicago gamblers, have
their ofiices and the bomb was set on
apparently by the person who has
The explosion broke everv window
in the rear of the first floor of the
state street building. Members of the
Automobile club, which is directly in
the rear, facing Plymouth court.
thought a gasoline tank had exploded
and fed from their building. Audi
ences, numbering several hundred
persons, In the nickel theaterG, located
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the dog pound. If they are not
claimed within twenty-four hours the
dogs will be killed.
Mayor VIM. Green has sent his dog
out to the country and in talking with
one dog owner this morning who was
anxiously seeking advice suggested
that it would be best to send the
owners dog to the country too. II
wouldn't tie my dog up and for that
reason I had him sent out of town
where a farmer has agreed to take
care Of him." said the mayor.
cit seems q great deal of q hard
ship on the valuable dogs that are
owned but it is a benefit in one way
and that Is 1t helps to get rid of a
whole lot Of worthless ours that run
over the city and are not owned by
anyone" said Councilman Stanley.
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NOT ALL ONE WAY.
Some Santa Fe Shopmen Against
Sunday Theaters.

All the Santa F'e shopmen are not
in favor of the Sunday theater This
was demonstrated at the noon meeting
held today at the machine shops un-
der the auspices of the r. r. Y. NJ. C.
A. at which Rev. Frank Mallory made
an address.
Out OF about one hundred present.
but one hand was raised in favor of
the Sunday theater when an express
sion was asked on the part of the
speaker.
1T was the regular religious meet
ing held on every Thursday noon,"
said Rev. Frank Mallory. 1.-THE men
want 1t known that they are not all in
favor of the Sunday theater and that
when one man, w. H. Ward, assumes
to speak for the whole shop employees,
hesis doing them an injustice. Mr.
Ward has represented that the en-
ployes generally were for the Sunday
theater, but that is not true. George
Bennett, forman of the machine shops
said that he wanted them closed be-
cause the supreme court had upheld
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CAN'T KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE.
"Smoke'' Williams Charged With
Causing Disturbance I'm Parkdale.

"Smoke" williams. who is out on
$500 bond fixed at a preliminary hear
ing in city court on charge of larceny.
is again in trouble. He was arrested
today by the police on a disorderly
conduct charge. smoke" made trou-
BILE last night at the Parkdale school
house that will likely require a good
deal of explanation on his part before
Judge Urmy will be satisfied. This
man Williams resisted the officers az
the Santa Fee depot few days ago
when he was arrested for stealing a
grip from passenger coach. He was
beaten UP pretty badly at the depot
that night. and later made his escape
from the station while the doctor was
sewing up his wounds. Williams and
Detective Sauls, who pursued him. had
a terrible struggle in the alley back of
the station and again in a lumber
yard. Williams got away In spite of
a severe humping by a sandbag in
the hands of the officer. but was re-
arrested the next morning.
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Large Increase of Families Spending
Vacations Inland.

New York, July 9.-Interesting facts
relative to the manner in which many
American families are passing their
summer season are reflected by COM
parison Of the summer social register
for 1908, which has Just been issued,
with that of last year. Chief of these
is that of H. 1903 families or individuals
listed, 5,768 are spending the summer
inland and. rs per cent more than in
1907, while there are 1888 at the sea-
shore, decrease of Is per cent as COM
pared with last year.
There has been a large increase in
the number gone abroad since April l,
as compared with the same period
year ago This is balanced by large
increase in returns from the other side
of the water. Another feature is that
16 per cent more families are living
aboard their yachts as compared with
last year. the names and descriptions
of 199 yachts appearing opposite the
names of their owners in the yacht
index incorporated in the book. There
Is presented a large decrease in the
number of foreign addresses of bank
ers, all of which is held to indicate
that a large number of American fami-
lies, usually occupying residences
abroad in summer. have returned to
live in their own country.
AS usual the summer social register
Is limited to the country or foreign adj
dresses of those families which have
communicated the information. The
IL 1903 families and individuals listed
belong to New York city, Washington,
Boston, Philadelphia. Chicago, St.
Louis, Buffalo. Pittsburg. Providence.
Minneapolis, ST. Paul. San Francisco
and the southern cities ranging from
Richmond to Atlanta. Since April
last, 1,O62 families have gone abroad, as
compared with 77s a year ago. On the
other side of the page $50 have arrived
from abroad as compared with 2O9 last
year.
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B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION.
Opens Its Annual Session in CIeve.
land, Ohio.

Cleveland, July "a large number
of delegates representing all sections of
the country were in attendance today
when President E. Y. Mullins Of Louis
VILE, KY, called to order the annual
convention of the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union of America.
John H. Chapman of Chicago, re-
sponded TO the address of welcome de-
livered on behalf of the city. The fu-
ture OF American Baptists" was dis
cussed by Rev. E. A. Hanley, D. D., of
Providence, r. /. Los Angeles, Cal,
Is making a strong fight for next years
convention.
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Fills Vacancy Caused by Re.
moval of w. f. Jensen.
In NEED OF A HEAD.
Organization Has Been Greatly
Hampered Recently.
Newly Elected President Says
That He Will Decline.

At meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Topeka Commercial club
held today E. H. Crosby of the firm OF
Crosby Brothers, was selected as pres
ident of the club to succeed w. F.
Jensen who resigned when he removed
from the city a number of weeks ago.
Mr.. Crosby has said that he would not
accept the presidency of the CONNER
cial club and the action of the execu-
tive committee this morning is in the
nature of a draft
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ing moved to the corner of Seventh
street and Kansas avenue.
This partnership was dissolved few
years later and Mr.. Matthews engaged
in business at the present location of
his store, COG Kansas avenue. Mr..
Matthews was member of the Masonic
bodies in Topeka, the Elks. the knights
of Pythias, Odd Fellows and National
Union, and served one term as a MEM
Der of the Topeka school board several
years ago. He is survived by his wife,
q son Todd and a daughter Angie. The
funeral announcement will be made
later.
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DOGS MUST BE TIED NOW.
The Ordinance Goes Into Eject To-
night.

Tie your dog. or better send him
out to the country. The dog ordi-
nance went into effect this evening.
Turn over to the next to the last page
in the State Journal. the ordinance
is given in the official proceedings.
In brief all dogs in the city must be
kept tied up for the next sixty days
or II on the streets to be held in
leash by a chain or some other suit
able material If the dogs are found
running at large they will be taken
up by the city dog officer and held at
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NOT A CANDIDATE.
William Allen White Not After Vice
Presidency.

Denver. July 9.-William Allen
White, of Kansas. who is here writing
reports of the convention was seen
mixing with the Democrats. Some
body asked him if he was a candi-
date for second place on the ticket
Not yet" he replied.
''Why not?'
There are half a dozen reasons, ;,
replied Mr.. White I'm the first
place. I'm Republican, and
You don't need tell the other five
reasons. said the man with whom he
was talking.
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Leland at Garden Cfty.

Garden City. Kan, July 9.-Cyrus
Leland, Republican candidate for gov
ernor. was greeted with a large audi
ence here last night. Judge w. E..
Hutchinson. for many years judge of
this district, presided. In addition to
the town people, many farmers were
there to meet him and hear him talk.
Old soldiers were In the meeting who
expressed the hope that another Civil
war veteran may be honored with the
governorship of Kansas.