The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-08-12

sucker.
According to the Times Lieutenant and Acting"
Governor Hay is without political friend. Evidently
'Kunne the Kulprit'' is measuring Hays corn by his
half bushel.
Mr.. Frank Baker denies being in newspaper con-
troversy and vet he has been saying, Il didn't Tor
the past ten days.
Tenderloners and their satellites in Seattle are to
man for Hodge for sheriff and Griffith for prosecuting
attorney and with Gill as Mayor and Wappenstein as
chief of police if that is not hell of line up then
WHAT hell is it?
Judge Burke's nomination for United States sena-
tor is dependent upon him getting $4,000 majority in
King county over Senator Wilson. That is such an
absurd proposition that even Judge Burke himself
takes it with grain of salt Enumcaw enjoyed her
annual picnic last Saturday Speakers had to cut out
politics and that may account for Judge Burke not
caring to participate in the festive ceremonies
If Bob Hodge and Charley Phillips continue to bid
against each other for the Republican nomination OF
sheriff pretty soon they will be offering the county
commissioners $500 in cash and the salary tnefeoI o
the honor of being sheriff.
With Ed Cudihee, the we'll known Democrat, lay
ing dead for the Republican nominee for sheriff.
the question is, what will it profit either Hodge or
Phillips to get the nomination!
c. A. Moran, who was quite active in political cir
cles in St. Louis NO. his former home, but who IS
now resident of the eighth ward of Seattle, is doing
the front office work at the John L. Wilson Senatorial
Club headquarters Mr. Moran is a pleasing and at
fable young gentleman and it is predicted that he will
become quite favorte in Seattle political circles IN
the near future
Thomas P Revele, councilman from the seventh
ward has filed for representative to Congress for the
First Congressional district He is not exactly In
suroent but he is so near that it would take Phia-
dephia lawyer to define the difference between his
and the Insurgents platform. Tom, however, is a
hustler from way back and until the primaries there
will be things doing between Humphrey and Revele.
J. Henry Denning, who has filed for prosecuting
attorney has an eghteen-foot sign under his window,
which overlooks Pioneer Square. He may not get
the nomination. but if he does rot he will get bunch
of advertisement that would make DIR. Ratclf sick
with envy
Former Lieutenant Governor Charles E. Coon is
reported as having come out for Burke. What else
could he consistently do? He is anti 1surgent and
has always been violently opposed to Wilson, 1t was
true case of Hobson's choice.
With such men as C. C. Ramsey in the legislature
the taxpayers can feel assured that the legislature will
not bankrupt the state by wild and eXtravagant ap-
propriations such as INDUCED in last session. tie
would not he measy and small but under no circum-
stances would he sit idly by and see the states funds
voted away to official grafters
Robert s. Terhune, chairman OF the RepuDncan
central committee, having put in such strenuous
time preparing for the late state convention has been
taking deserved vacation for the past ten days. He
returns today and will begin active John Wilson
campaign He is an untiring worker.
DR.. Beach the Mason county fog horn who is
standing candidate for the legislature and who seems
to have no higher aim for going to the legislature than
to rob the state out of it's oyster lands delegate
to the late Tacoma convention, and on all public oc-
casions champoned the of the graft interests
"The hope of the white race" in the Thirty-sev-
enth senatorial contest has sufficient number of in
terests" with him to make interesting campaign for
his opponent that's on the square and in the open
Gentlemen, money talks.
Fearing that he was not tall enough to knock the
senatorial plum George W. Jeffries dropped out of