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

Thomas ?. Fay, the we'll known real
estate man, has decided to shy his castor
into the race for county commissioner from
the third commissioner district. He
says: Il mean to run as a business mans
candidate and if am nominated and elected
7 nropose to see to it that the county affairs
are conducted along business lines. Among
the many things | propose to stand for IS
sinking fund for the county that all out
standing bonds and interest may be taken
care of when they fall due, Then again, |
will fight for the building OF good roads
throughout the county, a thing we have
not got at this time Good roads will help
the city Just as much as it will the county
and | therefore think the city should be.
come as deeply interested IN the building OF
good roads as the country, and in this con-
tention | think that will be heartily sus-
tanned by the business men of Seattle. In
standing for business like administration
of the affairs of the county, mean that
the county must get value received for eV-
erv dollar it expends and that the road
funds will not be used for political pur-
poses as it is alleged they have been in the
past. A square deal for both the laborer
and the county will be my contention IN
every transaction in which the county will
be interested. y.
The first to announce his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for superintend-
ent of schools is Edward H. Stafford, one
of the principals of the Seattle schools
Mr.. Stafford had long school record be-
fore coming to this county and he has
stood high in school work since he has been
here, having acted as superintendent OF
schools at Ballard and subsequently teach
ing in the Seattle schools where he stands
very high as an educator
Representative Will E. Humphries is
home from Washington City and has al
ready begun to look after his political
fences. Mr.. Humphrey is most fortunately
situated in political way as he will hardly
have any opposition for the nomination for
the position he now holds until after the
state has been redistricted, which will be
some four or six years in the future.
King county cannot afford to support two
candidates for that nomination as IN dong
so she might lose the place and she there
fore, for the same reason, will oppose any
outside candidate for the nomination, which
leaves the field practically clear for Hum
phrey until after the state is redistricted,
as King county controls the district. The
same thing applies to Cushman if he de-
sires to hold on to the place he now has,
but rumor has it that Frank will surely get
into the senatorial race to succeed Piles,
and the rumor seems we'll founded, in
which case it is barely possible that he
will be Jones' associate in the senate.
Who the devil is Edward Won Huwaldt,
who has announced himself as a candidate
for the Republican nomination for sheriff
of King county subject to the coming pri-
maries? The Pie-maker has been clubbing
around in the political circles of this county
for a good many years. buthe has heard of
Won Huwaldt for the first time. This the
Pie-mal1er suspects is huge political joke
and means jim Agnew instead of Won