The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1908-06-19

honors at the hands of the bar, which con-
test will be pulled off tomorrow Saturday,
abide by the decision of the election returns
is the all-absOrbing question among the at
torneys today. If they do not, then it will
be long, long time before similar con-
test is ever undertaken, On the other
hand if the nineteen candidates take their
medicine and let the results of Saturday
settle the matter as to who will be the six
Judges for King county for the ensuing
wear. precedent will be set that it will
take wears and years to overthrow. There
are something like !, 200 or more lawyers in
King county and only some 700 have reg
istered. not to exceed half of the regular
practicing attorneys in King county, and
a majority of those not registered are op-
posed to the proceedings of tomorrow, which
means that, they will hardly submit to the
results of the bar contest, but some OF
them will announce themselves for the
nomination for the regular primary election
and make fight wholly independent of
the lawyers and especially those who
agreed to abide by the decision of the bar
election.
The feeling to clean out the court house
ring is growing stronger every day and
finding many substantial hackers among the
heavy tax payers of the county. The men
at the court house in many instances have
been there entirely too long and for the
good of the county some new blood should
be infused into the machinery Of the law.
It looks bad for the same set of men to
Just change about from one office to the
other at the court house and grow old
nursing a public teat. 1t looks as if such
men feel their inability to go out in the
world and make living, and if the county
is to support such charges, why not send
them to either the asylum or the county
poor farm where they will not be such eX-
pensive charges? The affairs of the coun-
ty are said to be IN a most Wretched condl-
ton, it requiring twice as much to run the
county as is necessary and consuming all
and even more than is taken IN by eXceS-
sive taxation, thereby slowly but surely
running the county head over heels IN debt.
The county needs business men at the head
of affairs so that things could run kind OF
even along.
Speaking about this joke the Pie-maker
is reminded that one Jim AgneW has an
nounced himself for the Republican NOM
ination for sheriff. Of course Jim has been
county auditor as long as he can be under
the law and he feels that he would actually
StafVe TO QeaLn IL ne were AOC SuChlilS oOlll0
kind of a public teat, aud he therefore
strikes out for the biggest place in the
county in order to make sure that he will
not starve to death for the next four years
In case he fails to land this nomination
you will see him strike out at once for some
kind of federal or state appointment in
order to keep the wolf from the door. 10
work the dear people seems to be a weak
ness of Jim Agnew and he does that to
queens taste.
Gov. Mead's campaign which was op-
ened at Bellingham few days ago, is re-
ceiving attention of the press all over the
state and the Pie-maker after watching
the comment pro and con on the part of
the various publications is inclined to think
the Governor has all the best of the COM
ment. That he made telling speech no