The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-26
SOME REASONS WHY HANFoRD MAY HAVE RESIGNED

SOME REASONS WHY HANFORD MAY HAVE RESIGNED
Judge Cornelius H. Hanford who has been trial at Seattle
for some me charges of drunkenness and malfeasance in
office against him. in his resignation to President Taft
will stop impeachment proceedings and probably end the
investigation which getting to interesting stage, and i'm
pcang who have insisted that the matter proceed
no further has caused much of the sacred halo that
surrounds Judges disappear and has furnished another good
those who believe in the recall of judges Con-
Berger says the probe continued he will intro
resolution the house to have the United States grand
jury probe the Hanord affiliations to their depths He
says: that Hanord and his secretary friends
got while Hanford the bench Then the monares
associated induced Hanford to resign them
exposure propose show them up although the
impeachment proceedings dropped
W. Leonard pastor of the First M E. church of
Seattle has recently made the rounds of eleven of the
liquor sold and where many of the patrons
women and they with the enderlon district
of New York the London Whechape He said he would
rather bury his little daughter than her enter of these
Seattle In telling of his he he
eighteen young drunk cafe and in but
count less than three drunken Some of them
the tables and sang and their conversation such
grace home circle Dr. Leonard places the responsibility first
the home not having sufficient to the
abouts their children night He placed the responsibility
of the lax laws governing such places the Ministerial Fedora
on Of which he president He asks his congregation
him in effort to ordinance which will make
impossible
The editors of the Inland Empire recently Spokane
and of their resolutions gave expression following
awe call attention to the fact that money withdrawn from local
circulation and sent to the distant mail order
drain the very life blood particular community con-
cerned 1t works injury the merchant wage Garner
to the property and the farmer himself holdings
are always enhanced in value through proximity thriving
trade center We believe developed the full of
apparent possibilities the mail order houses will ultimately
stroy large proportion Of existing trading center and
thus deprive the farming communities of social
lous and educational advantages which only provided
in cities and towns.'
There is quite agitation many localities at present re-
gardng change in the system taxation There are those
VINO peleV that many OF economic ills due the
that the actual producer of the worlds wealth
b the method of raising unjust taxation
hey say that every honest effort produce improve
thing met with ne idle specuator profits from the
work OF the industrious. The claim mans labor in the
form OF products improvements buildings etc.
the incentive produce will greater that sufficient
nue. Tor all purposes be raised by increasing
heo out OF use or by taxing such land the
one would be willing give its In this way those who
are unable to secure land unless they where it
TO Till It, could have close prosperous communities by paying
Inc rental value 1t is believed that method would
make the smaller cities prosper which would
greater prosperity for the er of the soil all leg
mately employed
mere are those who willing certain Demo
crae victory this fall The standpat organs already making
calculations which indicate that may be obtained by ma
npuaton by methods which while not in harmony with the
masses are sufficiently legitimate for political eastern
paper says that after the people vote and the
eecora college meets to president thew NAV
" ioie correction OF automata to out the peoples
WILL but may DO independent voting upseng at stroke
e dcum Of three quarters century And as
" w ocago convention after results have obtained con-
y the desires OF the great majority then be asked
a' are you going do about AS with great corporatons