The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-04-21

life of pure motives, he would not now be found in
criminal row in a court OF justice.
Recently a number of civil service clerks in the
employ of the government were arrested on charge
of raising the price of articles purchased for the gov
ernment They had gone about the business system
atically, and they evidently thought themselves i'm
from detection If reports be true their peccu
ations have covered many years and the government
has lost something like half million dollars thereby,
but they were detected and now they are all facing
long terms in the penitentary for their misdeeds.
Even if they found not guilty they will never again
hold government positions and their careers have
extent been badly bighted. It is alleged that they
lived like milonares and the most of the money has
gone down the stream of Come Easy, Go Easy, and
whatever is left it will take the most of it to pay the
expenses of their trials. With men of the superior
qualifications these must be- who will deny
that far they personally concerned, honesty
would have been the best policy?
Seattle may have had more powerful political boss
es than Frank and John Clancy for short periods of
time but there is thing certain she has had
two political bosses that have held the rens of govern
ment so long have they. Those brothers have
named city, county and state officials for the past
twenty-five years and the Republican or Democrat in
King county, who aspred to office, and did not make
his peace with the Clancy brothers did not stand much
show of ever being elected to any kind of office 1t is
verify said that even Prosecuting Attorney John F.
Murphy made his peace with that political dumvrate
before the election and while he may not have proms
ed to become subserven to their wishes yet is said
he promised to give them some consideration, but
whether any oyertures at all were made certain it is
that of the Clancy brothers enthusiastically for
Murphy while the other was for another man. These
have been accused for the past twenty odd years
of being red handed criminals and who the lower
end of Seattle for selfish gains Elections in the First
ward farces as the ward went they wanted
it regardless of the election laws. They had a long
run for their money, but last Saturday the two
stood meek lambs while the prosecuting attorney
charged them with running gambling game, which
under the law is a felony. They may not go to the
penitentiary but they will come pretty it. The
same amount of energy and effort that they have used
to control the First ward if put into legitimate business
channels would have doubtless many years ago made
of them millonares and they would have been honor
able and useful men to the community But why lon
ger draw this lecture out for in the above cases
with the most persons who strive to live by their wits
instead of by their manlness It's long lane without
turn and sooner or later not guilty will escape
Hundreds of persons die rch who should die poor but
on the other hand thousands of persons die disgrace
who should have died respected citizens and all because
they got what they had at the time of their deaths,
dishonesty.