The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-27

when | am elected councilman |
fshsll 40 up TO the city hall. visit
the mayor aud thank him for serv
ices rendered during the past
week"
Gritilths made a powerful plea
| for progressive voters who believe
In city government that will
work for humanity instead of
merely serving the dollar. to unite
upon Bolton.
Has Positive Program
Harry Bolton" he said. has a
positive. progressive program. while
some OF the other candidates have
no program whatever
Griffiths was chief OF police at
the time that Bolton beaded organ
iEed labor's committee In protest
against vicious street-spcaking or
dinance which was favored by
Mayor Gill IL was because Bolton
protested against this ordnance
which failed 10 receive one favor
able vote from any councilman. that
GIN branded Bolton an I. W. ".
Griffiths vigorously champloned
the principle OF public ownership,
and cited that private utilities sur
ferod greater percentage 0f loss
than public enterprises.
The Great Northern built tun,
mel and Il Was faulty, resulting Ia
damages TO the city library and the
Lincoln hotel. Had the city con
structed this tunnel. what a howl
would have arisen from the reac.
tinnaries and their press. Yet Il
will cost thousands OF dollars ia
this private public service corpora
tion 10 repair the damage.
The Seattle Electric Co. dis.
pensed with It's cable on the Madi.
son st line from Broadway east
some time ago. encountered big
loss, and now the cable Is again
used 20 i+th ave Suppose the city
would have made such mistake
In It's street railway. what an up.
roar would have been raised
against municipal ownership. There
is the Seattle. Renton a. Southern.
In the receivers hands. etc. Public
ownership has been more often
successful than private ownership
of public utilities"
Newspapers Paid
Corporation Counsel Bradford. ex.
planning the various charter
amendments and propositions. also
made a powerful address In behalf
OF municipal ownership.
q a uul1
which the two newspapers which
get a subsidy OF $4,000 each year
from the Seattle Electric Co. are
not printing Il Is the fact that the
Seattle Lighting Co. the Seattle
Electric Co and other private utility
corporations are all claiming from
81 .00O. 900 90 81 SOC. 400 as develop
ment' cost. When they appear be-
fore the public service commission
they say II cost them that much
money TO develop their business
that they lost that much money In
the pioneer years--uot months of
their business They want that de
velopment loss taken into consider.
alton I'm fixing the rates TO be
charged TO the consumers And the
public service commissions through.
out the country. and the courts
also. take this development cost
into consideration. Yet here I'm Sc.
attic. look what an uproar there II
because the municipal railway. un.
completed. has lost money In the
first few months OF existence. Com
plete the railway TO Ballard and
the city railway will not have to
demand as big a development cost
as any OF these private corpora
lions"
Urge Womer's Vote
Mrs. Thompson declared that the
women OF Seattle owe their sup
port TO Bolton because he stands
for civic honesty. for decent living
and for the needs and wants OF the
big majority OF the people
Taking up Mayor Gilrs attack on
Bolton. Swenson said that Gin made
no such reflections on organized
labor when he sought their votes a
year ago Swenson also read the
resolutions passed by the Central
Labor council against the ordinance
Gil wanted. and showed that no
body wanted that ordinance except
Mayor GIN and one |. ". ".
speaker
Il win not call Mayor gin an
l. w. w because he was the only
one 10 support the l. W. w. orators
on that occasion" said Swenson. Il
do not want to offend the |. ". w"
Swenson said that AN old dog
cant learn new tricks and that
Hiram Gin. though protesting he
had reformed when he ran for
mayor before. has not been big
enough to free himself from the
men and the influences which
brought him into dlsrepute In his
previous administration.
Hodge said that when Bottoms
opponents could not find anything
against him. they deliberately 1T
out to assassinate his character
by falsehoods.
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