The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-05-26
PERSONS TALKED ABOUT


desires to be governor of the state the record he
made as prize fighter in Black Diamond who is
very ilterate that it puzzles him to read common En-
gish print, got himself in awful predictament in
the Gill recall election account of his lliteracy He
had declared he against Gill all along and had de-
nounced his administration when he could not uselt to
his advantage, but he was finally coaxed into say
ing at least good word for Gill because the P.
opposing him. Johnny Dore prepared the letter for
him to sign and it given him to read over which
he made bluff at doing, and after satisfying himself
that the letter all right he scrubbed his to it.
It was sent Immediately to the press and Hodge took
the train for California Ofcourse the letter contained
things contrary to what he had advocated and his friend
Kenny Beaton went up in the air high it that
he liked to have not back till the Fourth of july
Bob denied having said what the letter said he had sad
but the Times had it in black and white Beaton threat
ened to break with him, but when Bob returned from
California and explained how it was DONE it was quite
apparent to Beaton that he not responsible for
what he had DONE because he did not know what he
was signing This Hodge is candidate for gov
of the state and has the audacity to say L can
perform the duties of governor of the state of Wash
ington.'
HIRAM CHARLES GILL has withdrawn the charges,
which he some days ago preferred against Judge Cay
and the matter far the Bar Association is con-
cerned, is closed incident. In with drawing the
charges Mr. Gill has done he has always, when he
made ridiculous charges against prominent men IN the
community crawished ate crow and admitted that he
goes off hafcocked, talks too much out OF his mouth
and is sadly in need of balance wheel, Had he not
have withdrawn the charges the Bar Association would
have had no jurisdiction forcing Judge Gay
to resign or be removed than would have the Farmer
Alliance At the time he qualified as judge he was
member of the bar and in good standing and though
he might have been subsequently disbarred 1T would
have had no bearing him continuing to hold the
hofor ho nFofO rrOdf a
charges, but he wanted to get in the lime light in
different way than he has been for the past four months
and perhaps attract criticism from him at least for
while.
MILO A. Roof, former state supreme judge who
went to Washington city weeks ago to intercede
for the deposed Seattle mail clerks returned few
days ago. and is of the opinion that all of the clerks
will be reinstated In talking the outlook for the
country in general he sad tome the same general IL
nancial depression that tusstng with out here
prevails all over the East The uncertainty of Congress
and the general tendency of the people for certain re-
forms are said to be the for the with the
money hiding it away until the country settles down.
1t was thought that the settling of the question involving
the Standard Oil Company would bring about general
quetus and things would brighten atonce, and they
may have done so in the east but do not seem to
feel it out here as YETI While East Judge Root called
by his old home in New York state and visited for
short time with his parents both of whom still
living.
LEE ODGERS editor and publisher of the Tribune
of Davenport Washington according to the last issue
of that paper was spending season in Seattle, with
the view of trying to figure out how it is done, and to
that end he being treated by the Seattle Spirit The
editor of The Seattle Republican, the only Republican
paper did not the editor of the Tribune the only
Democrat paper while in the city, but he knew some
unusual parsonage in Seattle because OF the pecul-
cd tboO
next issue Editor Odgers will doubtless tell of his ex-
perience in the big city and how he hopes to fashion
Davenport after it, when he will have tunneed the Cas-
cade mountains and connected the Columbia Spokane
rivers with the Puget Sound by great CANAL through
which the wheat of his section of the country can be
towedtohe Sound instead of being hauled to Portland
by trains.