The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-06-02

gained foot hold in the Northwest that will be next
to impossible to dislodge them apply all the pre-
judce the whites will may to the situation. If the
white is too proud and naughty to raise vegetables
for each other to eat he has kick coming when the
Japanese any other nationality does so and then
charge big prices for them They have only an under
standing among themselves as to prices and have or
nanized company in the form of trust hence they
can not be prosecuted
Again the United States Supreme court goes on
record in opposition to the legality of trusts last Mon
day it decided the tobacco trust illegal The North
ern Security trust first declared Illegal then the
Standard Oil trusts ordered dissolved and the
tobacco trust is likewise ordered dissolved In the mean
time the stocks and bonds of all of those trusts sell
ing for much than before any of the decis
sions were rendered and the question is asked what
relief has the supreme court given the people? Ii a
thing is Illegal it to that the thing to do is to
quash Immediately if not sooner but if it continues to
thrive the before questioned at all then
it has been done no injury.
James w. Maxwell president of the Commercial
Club, and more or less prominent In the affairs OF the
city, who lost his position in the Seattle National Bank
last January, has come back and he is at the head
of National City Bank which has capital stock of
$780, O00 Mr. Maxw is very popular in banking circles
and it day wonder when he lost his position
with the Seattle National and to this day has
been explained and friends of his say that he is g
norant of the of the change outsiders and did
not know that the change would be made two hours
prior to getting notification that it had been made
He has succeeded in organizing strong institution
and it is the concensus of opinion that it will soon be-
come of the leading banking houses of the city.
When the original Seattle Press Club disbanded
and reorganzed for the purpose of eliminating the ed
itor of The Seattle Republican, we felt inwardy
chagrined but with the editor of the Star already
vcted the editor of the Times under four grand jury
indictments and the editor of the Post Ihtegencer out
of jail on a $5, 900 ball. all of whom members of
the latter day Seattle Press Club, it looks if the
bunch were opposed to having editors as members of
the club that the square and in the Hence
deposement develops into blessing into disguise.
In the future we will select associates with
discretion.
Prosecuting Attorney John F. Murphy by qubbling
the Blethen Indictment has brought upon himself
lot of criticism that he need not have gotten 1t is
Mr.. Murphys duty to become absolutely blind when
crime has either been committed supposed to have
been committed and punish alike the rich and the poor
If Behen had have been Ills father he should not have
qubbIed when majority of the members of the grand
jury voted to ndict him.
Former President Daz of Mexico is now on the
high seas headed for Spain, where he will perhaps
spend the remainder of his days. an exile from home
Others have done the same but regardless of the
wealth one may possess it must be heart breaking
moment to look upon the land haG gave you birth for
the last time owing the fact that the conditions have
changed that it is longer safe for you to remain
in the country.
In big criminal cases days are spent in impannel-
ing jury and generally the prospective jurymen is
put through big stunt of the witness in the
case which, to our mind, is all rot. Any twelve hon
est will try any case that comes before them and
render just fair and impartial verdict if they had
been asked thousands and one useless questions a.
bout things with little bearing on the subject.
Trying to solve the question: who blew up the
Maine is just as foolish to try to figure out, why
Thompson's colt swan the river to get drink Some