The Seattle Republican., 1908-07-31
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS

After Some time ago the Pie-maker felt
Humphrey called upon to say that the Hon. Wlll
E. Humprey would have no nooppostlon Tor the nomlr-
alton that he will get in September without opposl-
tion until after the next census wGu2 c, ou
put King county in district all py It's lonely alSer
which Mr. Humphrey would have to de1eno ms
title modesty retire. out since tnat % S r
things have to an extent changed and IS now very
annarent that there will be at least half dozen
ambitious yonug politicians in Seattle, who Will shy
their castors in the fight two years IRON n now az a.
THOUGH they are perfectly willing to pass 1t up this
time They no longer believe that some outside man
would slip in and capture the plum on account OF their
entering the race and since they want to go to con
press and want to go darn bad, they Will give tne
outside matter no consideration whatever.
Among those who are prominently mentioned II IN
this connection are Kenneth Macintosh. Elwood =.
Hughes Scott Calhoun, Will II. Morris and l. ;.
LipDy Macintosh it is claimed has had an eye SIN
gle to representative in congress all the time and only
wanted to be elected superior court Judge IN orqer 70
keep before the public. He is one OF the Weatmest
voun0 men in the city and if he plans to capture
that nomination and starts in time, ne Will almost
land it.
oouent attorneys in the county and is particularly
strong among certain of the city Whlle It can
not be said of him that he is as personally popular
among the as Macintosh, yet ne IS man VINO
is so strong with certain business elements IN the
city that he would show up with almost as mucn M
strength as who is personally popular with the
masses. c4u ::
very popular young attorney and his political stock is
most decidedly moving upward every DAY. you can
get an idea of the personal popularity OF the man
YOU will but remember that despite the fact that ne
was opposed by one of the ablest attorneys IN Seattle
last spring for corporation counsel yet ne won tne
nomination by such decided majority that 1t coulo
hardly be said of the other fellow, he also ran
Scott is not as wealthy Macintosh but ne; too Is
well fixed and if he should make up his mind to go
after that nomination, and start after 1t TWO years
before the actual fighting began, his opponent would
find out that he an importont factor IN the Scrn
mage. , = w.: 90 ,.onoro11,,
nopular among all classes as Will H. Norris ana
while he has never shown any keen desire to go to
congress- owing to the fact that he was not imam
cally able to give up the time todo so, yet tnlngs
from year to year IN TINS 81 nave enger On
the lookout for clients but would rather dodge some
of those on the look out for him., and IN the mean
time he has gotten hold of enough OF the gl1ts Oh
the gods to be classed as well fixed and few years
in congress just now would not be bad thlng 1or
him The bee is constantly buzzing in his ear and
he may be induced to listen to its siren num- o
81 am not in politics. " would be the laconc re-
ply of Thomas S. Lppy if you would ask him II ne ne
desired to go to congress, and of course ne would
speak truly and yet half hour later could CONSISTENT
ly announce his candidacy for congress. Mr Mlppy
has never figured in politics except in local aHars
but he is great church worker and it is said OF MN
that he is strong with every class OF ProtesCant
church and has no real enemies among the Gatn0nc
churches Owing to lucky strike in the Klondlke,
Tom Lippy is easy multi-millonare, and but few
church causes this section of the country but that
he has not contributed to- and those who are quietly
passing it down the line that T. S. Lippy is good con-
pressional timber believe that those charitable acts
on his part would be generously remembered II ne
should permit the use of his name in this connection
His chances under the direct primary law are thou
sand times better than they would be under the old
system, where the bosses would not have permitted
him to get within hundred miles OF the nomination
Under the new system the people do the gurlng tor
themselves, and Lippy's church popularity would
serve him to splendid advantage in fight like that
Keep your eye on Lippy.
The Times Its waste of valuable space and
s'Dam Lie time to re-quote, Saw it in the
Times? Dam lie, /" because everybody in the state OF
telling but the Pie-maker cannot refrain from saying
word about the method of the Times in going after
the Hon. John L. Wilson in the present senatorial
L. Jones, who is Senator Ankeny's opponent. Mr.
Wilson is not candidate for anything, either openly