The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24

was c. w Howard"
Now, who is Howard? He really
needs no Introduction to the people OF
Whatcom County, nor for that matter
to the people of the state. BY profes-
sion he was lawyer, and he prac-
ticed some at his profession between
sessions of the state legislature, but
at every session of the legislature for
the past fifteen years he has appear
ed as lobbyist. His legal practice
was mainly for the big interests,
such as the Northern Pacific Railway
Company, the Great Northern Railway
Company, the Bellingham Bay I'm
Provement Company and the Stone e.
Webster interests in Bellinghan. 1t
is through Howard and his representa-
ton of the corporation interests that
the connection between these same
corporations and Judge Kellogg is
most readily seen.
Kellogg was told by w. H. Penn
berton at the time Kellogg appear
ed before the House judiciary CON-
mittee that the work had not ma
terially increased and two judges
were not necessary, which fact was
shown by the certificate of an alb
stract company.
Kellogg Lobbes for Double Salary.
When Kellogg had the least amount
to do in 1911 he took the time you
people We're paying him for and lob
bied for law to. give superior court
judges $4,000 year instead of 3d.
0O0 He says that if this law had
passed he could not have received this
salary during his present term. This
may be true but when the fact is
knows he was the first person to
file for the nomination and re-electio
even at the present salary of $4,000,
it is hard to believe that he would not
have been very quick to file this
fall if the law had been passed making
the salary $4,000. His motive for lob
bying for the law to double salaries
was certainly not unselfish, and yol
were paying him for his time while
he was lobbying for this measure.
Kellogg and Hanford.
Kellogg was present at the State
Bar meeting in Tacoma after Hanford
resigned and did not vote against the
resolution declaring that Hanford hal
served this nation with honor and in
teSTlly lOT lIlt ldOI quul tSl VI a WI
fury, and that the nation was losing
a valued servant.
Kellogg used the following words in
tie:
You know how l voted on the mo-
ton to table the resolution, as well
as upon its final passage
Kellogg knew when he wrote this
hot hn hn RI n
voted at all upon the final passage o.
the Hanford resolution. He had ex-
pected Saunders to say that Kellogg
had voted No" and then to publish
the letter to the people of What
com County. Saunders failed to
come to his assistance, and Kellogg
deceived nobody.
How Kellogg Made Good.
Kellogg was appointed on the exc
cutiye committee of the State Bar AS
ISOLATION of G. w. Howard, its presI.
dent, and Kellogg made good by
doing nothing toward disbarring Judge
Root and Judge Gordon, who permit
ted and secured the Great Northern
Railway to write the opinion of the SIT.
preme court of this state, when 1t
was claimed that $4,000 had been
used to bride the judges of this state.
1t was the duty of the executive
committee to proceed with the disbar'
ment proceedings. Kellogg says he
did nothing in the matter. The cor
porations did not want those ,nen dis
barred. From their viewpoint Kellogg
made good by doing nothing.
keIIogg's Fishtrap Farce.
Kellogg fined the fish trap trust
$780, The fine was so light that the
taxpayers lost few hundred dollars,
although they won the case. The fish
trap company upon paying the line
and the small proportion of the costs
of trial taxable against them would,
under the testimony, clear over one
thousand dollars on the transaction
The fish trap trust owns stock in the
daily newspapers. Do you see why
they are all boosting for Kellogg?
Kellogg appointed on the Boulevard
commission the man he was asked to
Hardin having refused
to be dictated to in the matter.
Would you like to try your case
wherein a corporation is interested be-
fore a man as judge who owed his
position to corporation influences?
Kellogg Rewards Friend Mead.
kellogg, taking advantage of the
of the people in the failure
of the Home Security Savings Bank.
took opportunity to reward his per-
sonal political obligation, and over the
protests of the depositors appointed
Albert f. Mead receiver, for you will
all remember, Mead had appointed