The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-04-21
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON. Publisher.
SUSIE REVELS CAYTON, Associate.
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.

There are those who do not take much stock in the
above caption far getting the money is concern
ed and instead of thinking and acting along the line OF
honesty the best policy they rather seem to advocate
get the money it matters not how you get 1T just so
YOU get it. and let the consequence be what they will
or may Many who work on this principle often ac-
cumuate vast fortunes, may, perhaps some OF them
retain it to their dying days. and their souls to the
God who gave it with a guilty concience, and there
suffer a thousand times than any punishment
that could be inflicted upon them by their fellow men,
but as to that we unable to say we, however, do
know that the most of the dollars dishonesty gotten
in this life sooner later bring trouble dshonor and
often prison confinement to the geters.
We do net, dear reader, mean in this connection to
try to preach you to try to psy the roll OF
a molpcodde, but we do mean to tell you OF few
things that have transpired in about Seattle with
in the past month among of the leading and IN
fluental men that will convert you to the theory Of
honesty is the best policy. >.
Recently Charles Hyram Gill was recalled as mayor
of Seattle and retired private life with his political
career in the state of Washington absolutely ruined.
We do not propose say you that Mayor Gill shared
in any of the ilgoten gains that taken by the
betweens of his administration and yet he did not act
on the principle Of honesty is the best policy because
he promised before he elected, under no circum
stances would he permit wide open gambling. He
was elected and instead of living up to his promise
gambling opened up the very day he was inaugurated,
Mayor Gill was not honest to himself and he deceived
the voters and result he is now in political disgrace
1t looked for long time that there would be no rebu-
tion, but there was and terrible was its blow.
Charles W. Wappenstein who the past four Satur-
day mornings has had to occupy seat in criminal row
in the superior court has for many years been con-
spicuous figure in the affairs of Seattle He did not
wholly run the town. but he made big bold stagger
in that direction and to defy the wishes of Mr. Wap-
penstein meant your undong unless you stood almost
at the top Time and time again he has been accused
of official grating and that too wholesale plan,
but no one could be found to make move to bring
him to justice, if guilty Time moved on and whether
moved by selfish and sinister motives or for purifying
the community unable TO answer, but the aeg-
ed facts were laid before the grand jury by some
one for some cause and after weeks of investigation
the once powerful Wappenstein was legally in
dcted and will have to spend all he is alleged
to have gotten himself from prison cell, and
even if not guilty then he will have to spend what he
has honestly earned to his pacon We donotp pro-
pose to try Mr. Wappenstein in the columns of this
paper but if he is not guilty then he has had some
fully bad associates and old dog tray has been caught
in bad company. We would prefer to have lived the
life of simple farmer boy and ended all in peace than
to have had his power and in the end under go the
deal that he now is Mr. Wappenstein may and verify
does argue that he has been honest but public senti
ment does not agree with him, but had he lived so
as to have the public agree with him that his has been