The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-07-01
JONES OF WASHINGTON


The real bane of the is incompetence
Mark Sullivan in the issue of Golfers Weekly He
then describes "a aring example of low efficiency shown
BY Senator Wesley L. Jones OF Washington. who got peevcd
his colleagues because they would allow him extra
salary of sl2o and raised continued series OF
technical objections blocking the routine business of the
ate
ITO persons of simple common sense it will pretty
irritating says Sullivan, or time be used this
when the business of the country is marking
time until tariff and banking bills be passed The episode
told here length in the hope that will be-
fore the eyes of every in the Of Washington SEN
Jones expires March 1915 and he will be-
fore the people OF his for and election dur
ing the coming Is months"
And before he elected Sullivan may have added Jones
will have give good of his the Payne
Adrich BILL his defense of Lormer his activity the nia
Tacoma convention of 1910 his defense OF the Chicago
convention OF 1912. and few other things.
Describing the Jones nuisance, Sullivan writes
The opened o'clock After prayer, the frs,
speak Jones of Washington he suggested the
absence Of which necesstated roll call three min
later he objected dispensing reading
journal three minutes later he asked for of approval
of the journal he called division five
minutes later he again made the point Of quorum twice
in the 20 minutes he made the point OF quorum
In all this of Senator Jones merely making himself
nuisance by delaying routine business and causing
inconvenience and loss of time possible"
The council altogether fair the Juvenile depart
when it withholds stenographer and police
the ground would deficiency
priation At the very same time the council def
cheney appropriation for police for Potlatc
only difference be that in the first the council
a chance to harpoon the mayor
Win E. Humphrey, M. c. and M. G. (Member of Con-
gress and Mileage Grabber made mighty effort step in
the lmelgh by sensational bureau
But his music fell fiat except lared by the
airy organs in this There hasn't been a whisper
in other part of the country The obvious The
Humphrey speech pure bunk
The mayor and council both agree juvenile depart
needs stenographer and motorcycle cop But they
also to lock horns and in the meantime juvenile
office suffers.
We gather from the u. S. supreme court decision that
states regulate railroads and Uncle Sam The rail-
roads don't to have where they used to-
Ex-Judge Howard says ought be two judges to
fill the place he recently had My We didn't
know he left quite such bad that
San Diego enthusiastic 1.-THE higher educational
uplft that she let her girls their legs
generously in what's called "a dance OF nymphs"
Maybe those thousand booblacks striking against
full days work Sunday teach those New Workers
some religion, when all others fail
Only conductor Harry E. Winters. But he rose
to the highest rung Lies ladder sacrificed him
self to his fellows
Mercury trying reach 1O0 and ice-handers striking
lead Toledo and Cincinnati folks believing that thc heated
term" has arrived
Seattle Renton Southern wants to sell the city part of
its line for $4,000 We'll, who wouldn't that figure?