The Seattle Republican., 1908-07-31

dreth part as we'll as chief official as he has as clerk
the county will have had no better official. OF
course SckIes labors under the opinion that King
county owes him life job and he is simply seeing to
it that he gets all that IS coming to him.
There is no reason or excuse for any Republican
voting for either Jim Agnew Bob Hodges, both OF
whom were Democrats until they saw an opportunity
to get an office by leaving the Democratc parry
Any man that will desert the party OF his choice Tor
the sake of Office is too mean and contemplate TO
get the votes of decent men.
Under the L. E. Kirkpatric flag, which is cross
between Democrat and Prohibitionist, meeting
was held in Fremont one evening this week and II
was then and there decided that the church folk OF
the county would be rounded up and instructed to
vote for straight Prohibition ticket under the pain
and penalty of being communicated by that par
ticular branch to which he belongs. That's pretty
little hobby which Mr.. Kirkpatrick expects to get
into the legislature again, but it will not work.
good sane and sound local option law is wanted, but
no Prohibition if you please.
Elder j. M. Webb, well known local Afro
onnose the election c of Taft and will work for the
Prohibition candidate for PRESIDENT and further pro-
poses to work for the local Prohibition candidates,
The Elder seems to enjoy chasing phantoms, and
why not this as well as some others.
You must not overlook the fact. Mr.. Politician,
that Capt. John Stringer is candidate for sheriff,
and you leading candidates must not overlook the
fact that he is doing some exceedingly clever work
for his nomination, and while he is not banking on
positive strength from the country yet ne will get
great many votes in the country and in the city ne is
going to cut wide sWath.
Three candidates for county treasurer have been
announced in the persons of Ben Levy, Harry Cor
don and George RUSSELL all of whom are more or less
good men and perhaps would make good officials.
All of them however office hangers on and office
seekers and they get out of one office than
they are seeking other office Russell it is be-
eved is the strongest of the three candidates and
unless there is some unexpected change his nomna-
ton is predicted
Uncle Sans William Howard Taft was in
Next President formed last Tuesday that the
National Republican convention nominated him for
the presidency last June, which information was Civ
en- him by committee created by that body and
headed by the Hon. William Warner of Missouri.
His reply to the committee in accepting the dstin-
guished honor couched in language of the most
choice English and brstled from start to finish with
the ear marks of statesman. What his duties would
be and how he would perform them in case he was
elected tersey told while the sophstries of op
ponent, the Hon. William Jennings Bryan, were laid
so bare that even Mr. Bryan himself must have been
convinced after reading the acceptance of Mr. Taft
that he, Bryan has no show of being elected. 1t is
not in the province OF this paper to publish the speech
or to any extent extract therefrom for the morning
paper has done that to the complete satisfaction of
all Seattle, but it takes pleasure in reproducing the
following pertinent points In the speech taken from
the Post-Inteligencer
We are anxious to prevent even an appearance of
injustice to labor in issuing injunctons not in the
spirit of favortiSm to any set OF fellow citizens,
but in the interest of justice to all.
The who formulated the expression of the
popular conscience and who led the movement for
practical reform was Theodore Roosevelt
In law trusts should be restrained with all the
efficiency of inunctive process and the persons
gagged in maintaining them should be punished with
all the severity of criminal prosecution.
To give employees their proper position, to enable
them to maintain themselves against employers hav-
ing great capital, they may we'll unite, because in
uniting there is strength and without it each indivd
ual laborer and employe would be hepless.
The system of postal savings banks has been
tried in so many countries successfully that it cannot
be regarded longer as and untried experiment.
Wa q cannot
though at peace with the world our best is to
insist on constant improvement in our navy.
If am elected president shall urge upon con
gress that law be passed requiring filing in fed
elections as are consttutonaly within the control of
congress.
There has never been an administration in the
government more efficiently conducted, more free
from scandal and in which the standard of official
duty has been set higher than in the present Repub
lcan administration.