The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-06-02
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON Publisher
SUSIE REVELS CAYTON, Associate

Eyes, - said A. e. Mcbride the criminal prosecu-
tor libel suits becoming popular, but it will be
long time before the courts strike anything rare
and racy as the Bridges case. Bob Bridges came to
the office one day while chief deputy under Judge
Miller and the boss filed an information in the super
ior court charging publisher Of local paper with
libel do not remember his name, but anyhow, the
article charged Bob with being political prostitute.
Of course during the four years l was with Judge
Miller he occasionally deemed it proper to punish me
for errors on my part, and while he had 1t IN
for me- this libel suit assigned to me for trial.
He wanted to even up some score, and the judge did
it, Humes Tom as we used to call him. presided
at the trial. introduced my evidence on behalf of
the state and then that the fun began. should
say the defense plead the truth of the beous matter
and host of the witnesses testified that Bob very
much inclined to political Irritation, in fact, the de-
fense made out very strong case. In the course of
the introduction of the evidence for the defense Abe
Spring the versatile and irrepressble Abe, put
the stand as expert to define che term political
prostitute" He acquitted himself nobly. Bob stood
the ordeal quite we'll until it came to the argument of
the case and then he flew. and did not see him again
for months. never was more completely whipped in
criminal case, and always thought Judge Miller
loved my discontinue than any else
In order that Attorney Darrow may famiarize
himself with the California laws the trial of the Nc
Namaras have been continued until July 1st In other
words Darrow wants to study out all the techincaes
in order that he may take due advantage of every
that may present itself in the case, in order to
prove that his clients did not blow up the Times build
ing though, perhaps, it may have been blown up by
dynamite previously but there If the McNamaras
were in any way connected with that dastardy crime
they guilty of murder in the first degree and should
be punished accordingly and does not require
of law the part of Clarence Darrow, their quib-
bling and hair splitting attorney to prove their inno
cence The burden of proof in is the state and if
the accused men innocent it will be easy matter
for them to explain away every allegation set out by
the state 1t is reported that Darrow is to receive
$500 900 for defending those and 100000 if he
quits them, all of which proves that the furnish.
ing the fabulous sums for this trial themselves
convinced that he has hard job ahead and will have
to resort to every trick and piece of chcanery known
the criminal lawyer to the from conviction
Is it right such red handed murderers loose on
the public?
Mayor Seymour of Tacoma has set out to fight the
Japanese gardners, who supply Tacoma with fresh
vegetables and from view point he has an up hill
undertaking, not that he will not find public sentiment
sufficiently crystalzed to help him successfully fight
the little brown men, but that the white folk have
found other business lucrative and left the gard
ening business to the Japanese and it is of
Hobsons choice buy the vegetables offered by the
Japanese or go without vegetables The Japnese see
ing the condition things had drfted into have system
aticay advanced the price of fresh vegetables until
for the Tacomate to have those deecaces his table
is like eating grains of gold Though denied the rights