Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-10-20

No nan in Seattle has been more
in public life than William Hickman
Moore and in the expressive LANGUAGE
of the day he has made 5000 on
every occasion. Judge Moore be2al
his public life in the prosecuting at
torney's office as an assistant where
his abb ity in trying cases made hin
the logical candidate for the ONCE. A
prosecutor he was noted for his strlc
enforcement Of and his impartial deal
inps with rich and poor alike. Here
he laid the foundation for his election
to the Superior Court. 1t is as @
Judge that he is best remembered by
many residents of Seattle. In Judge
Moore the corporations Of the me
tropolis Of the state encountered
man who could not be threatened OF
cajoled and when a corporation at
tempted to ride down the rights of the
laboring man Judge Moore halted il
suddenly and effectively. In the state
legislature Judge Moore was noted
for two things: His activity in behalf
Of the railroad commission and his
stand for Harold Preston. Judge
Moore more than any other man is re.
sponsibe for the state railway COM
a
carry the fight through a Republican
Legislature. When the King count!
Republicans We're selling themselves
and DESERVING Harold Preston, Judge
Moore, a Democrat, voted for hin
through and through because he haC
promised his constituents he would
do so. Judge Moore has thrice been
a candidate for mayor Of Seattle. He
was elected once and gave Seattle the
best administration it ever had. He
closed down gambling and did away
with the fragrant forms of the social
evil. His public career has been an
honorable one. clean and fearless. Of
ficially he knows neither friend nor
fee, but is servant of the people
and in all ways capable man.
Preston M. Troy is a native son of
Washington, having been born in
Clallam county in 1S6E. He comes of
pioneer stock, his father, Smith Troy
having been one of the territorial set
tiers and member of both territorial
and early state legislatures. The
early life of Mr. Troy was that of the
ordinary pioneer He worked on the
farm, cleared land and tOiled in log
cling camps getting what little educa-
ton there was to be had meanwhile.
When he was twenty-One years old he
entered the Olympia Collegiate Insti
tute, a normal school at Olympia,
where he prepared himself to study
law Me was close, hard student
and ambitious. When he finished at
Olympia he went to the University of
Michigan. where he entered the law
school. He was graduated in 1898 and
came straight from Ann Arbor to
Olympia and at Olympia he has since
remained. Mr.. Troy Immediately took
an interest in public life. He was a
Democrat in strong republican dis
trict but despite this fact he was elect
ed city attorney of Olympia six times
and only stopped at this number be-
cause he had desire to become prose-
cutting attorney of Thurston county
He was elected to this office which he
filled to the entire satisfaction of
Thurston county for four years. Next
Mr.. Troy thought he would like to be
a Superior judge and he set about to
achieve this ambition. Considering
the Republican strength in Thurston
county his candidacy was considered
by many old politicians to be almost
preposterous and told him he had no
show to win. He made the race
against o. V. Linn and was beaten by
scant twenty votes. While he missed
the office, Mr. Troy reduced the Re-
publican normal majority to such an
extent that it was considered a per-
sonal victory for him. Mr.. Troy is
prominent in fraternal circles and en-
| lows a large law practice in the south
ern section of the state as a member