The Seattle Republican., 1911-05-05

gest in future that some other judge be called in for
extra work in King county if Judge Yakey is en-
poyed the commissioners should have him to temize his
accounts.
It begins to look as if sixteenth amendment
to the constitution of the United States will soon be
submitted the of the various states for their
ratification rejection they fit. The sixteenth
amendment will be for the election of the United States
senators by direct vote of the people, If that amend
ment is SUBMITTED to the people there is doubt
but that it will carry by ten to VOTE The people
would like to that direct vote proposition step
further and elect the president of the United States in
the way but that will not be done until the South
holds elections on the square and in the open.
An exchange quotes from Col Roosevelt who when
in Seattle urged that Alaska be turned to the
pie and not to the corporation and 1t adds, we of
the opinion that if Seattle had dose of the same kind
of medicine it would be great deal better for her.
Well neghbor what do you call George w. Dillng, but
a dose of anti-corporaton medicine? The politician
that not for treason stratagem and spos seems to
have never as yet took hand in the great American
game of politics, but things are looking better.
In refusing to disbar j. W. Bryan of Kitsap county
Judge Main has voiced public sentiment and gave the
arrng factions of the county to understand that they
should wash their dirty linens in some other place be-
sides the courts.
Rumor has it that Hearst will put in evening
and morning paper in Seattle and make both the P-I.
and the Times look like thirty cents with hole in it.
The Times however, has decided to try to keep up
with the Hearst procession but the P-I believing it
has the world by the tail will make towards is
suing better paper and unless it does it will sooner
or later issue no paper
Electing United States senators by direct vote of
the people looks almost certain of coming even a
majority of the senators themselves favoring it.
The sooner it the better and had not been for
the pig headedness of few interest," senators it
would have come long this and thereby saved
whole lot of unnecessary annoyance
It remained for London paper to read between
the lines of President Taft's universal peace PROPOSE
tion dying fear the part of the United States of
being licked by Japan, and worlds peace union is
proposed to avoid that catastrophe To put it brusky
anyone arguing in such strain is in plain English
damphool
1t begins to look as if you would make a complete
thief of your son help him to office state of
the United States and he will at begin to lay plans
to get rich quick at the expense of the government
Under the circumstances one seems to be justified in
asking the question: Is there an honest man holding
office?
mother that stole to pay her hospital bills was
arrested and placed in Jail before she confined and
the event took place in the county Jail and as result
public sympathy has brought her and the little one
more than she could have earned for it in years
had she not have stolen. Is it not queer old world?
So rarely does it happen that Democrat is elected
of Northern state that every of the kind
elected last year, owing to the Insurgent wave is
candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination
next year. 1t will be empty honor for any Demo-
crat that gets it.
With the voters of Ohio selling their votes for so
much per and the members of the legislature accepting
brbes and chng the Golfers of the state treasury it
begins to look if the Negroes not the only
aces to good government in the United States of
America.