The Seattle Republican., 1910-07-08
SEATTLE A WIDE OPEN TOWN

Seattle's chief executive has cut loose and Seattle
is now wide open town of we oden days stripe. Sa-
looms run all day and night without CESSATION gafnpl-
ing is running in full blast both down and up town.
There was never time in the history of Seattle when
more gambling dives being operated than at the
present time Gambling the legislature has declared,
is a felony and he or she who operates gambling
game has committed crime against the peace and
dignity of the state the punishment for which has been
fixed bv an indetermnate sentence in the pententlary
and yet gambling is being carried on IN SeatCe IN an
hundred and one different places and all OF them OF
public character and that oo despite the fact that
Seattle is the county seat of King county and all OF
the peace officers of the county are located IN the town.
and aso despite the fact that the city has hundreds OF
police officers and thirty more extra, who are
guarding the gates of the army post to make sure none
of the criminal soldiers break away from their moor
ings But as has been said herein on other occasions,
Seattle must be commonwealth within itself and does
not have to take cognizance of the state laws Seat
tie at present is the property OF the Hon. hiram
Charles Gill and has evidently been exempt from obey
ing the state laws.
Under no circumstances will I, if elected mayor
of Seattle permit wde-open gambling resorts to be
opened up or saloons to open their doors Sunday
in any way break the laws of the state II the police
can prevent declared his excellency Mayor Hiram
Charles Gill; on the stump when campaigning for the
Republican nomination. Whereupon the Reverend
Major shouted to the Top OF MS voice: Cou you
so but Johnny Clancey, who stood the other side
of the platform simply lookedat his fellows and wink
ed the other eye. Johnny Clancy knew what he was
doing and the Reverend Majors did not IF | am
elected mayor of Seattle, continued Gill; Il will start
the town to booming and it will keep the good house
wives on the hills busy washing the SCOT off of their
clothes as the result of the smoke stacks operating in
dustrial concerns" You have been elected good
many months now Mr.. Gill, and the smoke stacks have
been shutting down instead of opening up, what have
you to say? In fact Seattle is in worse financial con-
dton than any other town in the Northwest just now,
what have you to say? She does not hold candle to
Portland is hundred mile behind Vancouver, even
lags way in the of Tacoma and is no comparison
for Spokane what have you to say, Mayor Gill? OF
the group of towns mentioned above none of them
have open gambling permit saloons to run day and
night and Sundays included as does Seattle. The
question then arises does wide-open gambling and
twentyfour hour per day saloons, including Sundays,
pay city even of the rstclass and of the cosmopoli
tan stripe? Hard times came to the city with the
change of administrations and that gentleman refuses
to ahdcate, importuned as he will may be- and no
other conclusion be reached that he remains
,on account of the mayors wide-open policy.
If gambling and it's attending evils bring money to