The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-05-19
PERSONS TALKED ABOUT

rant the belief that they very much interested in
the outcome of the criminal pending against
them and rumor has it, they make no bones of saying,
they are not guilty. but that higher ups are and it's up
to them to see to it that they never convicted
lost something like forty thousand dollars in the deal
and that's all that am going to DROP said one OF the
Clancy boys not long since. Just who he meant when
he spoke of the higher ups that interested in the
outcome of his and his brothers seems to be some
thing of secret and yet it is declared they did not
even employ the attorney that is defending them.
It begins to look if Dr. NJ A. Mathews was not talk
ing through his hat when he recently declared before
the present. grand jury adjourns all of the lawyers would
have work to do in the defense of persons, who profit
ed from the Gill INSTRUMENTATION It is also rumored
that the Clancy boys given opportunity to
come through to the grand jury and escape Indictment
and even the opportunity is open in the shape OF
turning states evidence.
NJ B. KAUFMAN of Lewis county in speech be-
fore the comercal Club recently declared that Seattle
had esrangsd herself from the other sections of the
state by her righteousness. There may be something
in the story but there always two sides to every
question. While Seattle has at times showed the dis
position to hog everything in sight, yet the small coun
ties of the state have always shown willingness to
combine against King county and prevent her from
getting even justice The representative from the
small counties of the state in the last legislature COM
bined and prevented the state from being apporoned
according the wording of the constitution simply be-
cause King county had grown more rapidly than any
of the other counties and would get the bulk OF the in
creased representation. This paper always advocated
the state ought be dstcted without regard too
ties so far as the legislature and the judiciary
cerned Every foot of Washington should be Wash
ngton and section has right to seek to take any
advantage over the other sections The tax payer
that will seek to build up his community at the
expence of the other communities OF the state deserves
f4o1f hO1dIp
erty in the state.
DAVID MCKENZIE, commissioner from the first
commissioners district of King county, is fighting
combination of the other two commissioners, in which
he should have assistance from the general pub
lie If the reports of the bills presented to him to sign
as chairman of the board any ways near correct,
then the other commissioners are running things with
high hand and the their hands are called the
better for the tax payer. The Seattle Republican did
not favor the election of Mr. Mckenzie but it now be-
lieves he is making contentious commissioner and ne
is being opposed by the other commissioners for no
other reason than that he will not stand for the high
handed grating that to be going The idea of
pickng out your personal friends and giving them some
kind of employment in order to get their names on the
countys pay roll has been done entirely too much IN
King county and it should be stopped Immediately if
not sooner.
UGENE E. WAGER. a prominent attorney of Eli
ensburg and exceedingly prominent in the Democratic
circles of the state spent few days IN the city last
week, and while here became a benedict. Mr.. Wager,
though Democrat was twice elected prosecuting at
torney of Kttas county and at present attorney for
the Milwaukee in the central section of the state.
Just few days prior to his marriage he sold to James
D. owman of Seattle two tracts of land for which he
received something like $780, OOO which must have been
an incentive in his making up his mind that he was
about able to take care of wife. Mr.. Wager is one
of the most popular professional men in that section
of the state and some day would not be surprised
to see his heading the Democratic ticket for I'M
tied States senator
c. F. CLAPP fomery state senator from Jeffer-
son county, but at presant capitalist in Seattle who
recently purchased the elegant home of c. F. White on
Capitol HILL will not move to the for some little
time as Mr. White was given the privilege of remain
in the house until he ready to leave for Europe,