The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-03-01

u Y not manifest that Mr. Poster
and Me- kleiser. who own tho niii
hesrds are very active In politics
this year IN supporting Mr.. am for
mayor, Mr.. QUITE. their attorney. FOR
corporation counsel. and titrscrald
Tar the city eounciir Fttsseraid wa.
cha lrmsn ~ th. finance committed
IN 1914, and over the united ob iec .
uons or all other bond buyers. and
decviNtns tho ether councllmen he
sold the bonds Ca Carstcns q rarle-
without competitive hids Al bond
BUYERS IN Seattle claimed that our
city suffered large loss nv Fitr-
sefalds deal This was bond series
bridge bonds. amounting Go
1888 SOC. with interest at per cent
bond buyer. claimed that under
competitive bias our city would have
received lars~ premium. as the
BOND market was good
haskell OF CArstens q Earics
handled tho deal with Fitssrrald
AMI rumorr were current ~ the
ptonosition heinH \ cut.hud. drt~d
affair, Caldwell Mas-lich q Reid
found flaw In this Issue ~ bonds
sud thew had Go be cancelled hot
titssereld. with the aii 81 iteas hts
successor as chairman OF tho finance
committee. succeeded In putting over
the same deal In April. 1918 Tho
council was not notified ~ tho mend
tng deal with csrztens a Enrl~s
until few minutes before tho coun
Ell Meeting. and the proposition was
rattroadcd through tho council over
tho objection 80 other bond huvers
while Councilman Hanna insisted
ths' there should be competitive
bids
Fitzgerald voted against the re-.
dnetton IN residential lisrtinr
Fitzgerald alwav. voted with the
billboard monopoly
Fttsawrnif never talks munictpal
ownership except "a ballard
Fitsg~rait In his sneech~1 never
has advocated the extension 90 ~,
vision 4 into ballard and tho con
meeting " Division G with pi.
vision A.
Fitzgerald never assisted In try.
tnE 70 defeat senate bill ga which
would have prohibited Seattle frou,
extending Division A into ballard
or The extension - any ~ enattic's
puhiic utilities
rttrgersid mas never initiated .
measure IN The council Tor the hone.
80 n, Ballard or Tor tho city nj
lsrgs
FitsRcratd doe. no, cinirn IVA, he
ever protested against the s0-vcAr
ews limit OF ciiv labor. nor the Z
feet iimis fnr citv mctormen
Fitzgerald has ddns nothing and
so@s not iar~ 40 anything toward
getting Division a extended into
Fitzgerald dta no, rats. his voice
against tho Renick law whom =, was
being considered hv tho legislature
FitrseratA has not signed any q,
the Feferenduns 90 recall tho seven
vicious measures % our last iegis-
iaturs
FrTZGERALp
wvro ave voU prcETvtNG VOW
Won told tho labor men ~ Outs
You believed emit nirkettrr hfil
psss~d ~ the Legislature should Do
klif@d
YOU believed Division 4 should h~
extended iwto natiard
You believed all puhiic uffiti--
should become puhiiciv owned as
fast a. they can 30 acquired
You believed that any sanitary
rnsasur. Endorsed Nv organized labor
would be all right, and that you
would vote for ".
You believed that all work Tor the
city should he done by day labor
You believed that public ssunioy~s
should have the right to organize
Vet you are receiving hearty and
active support from
Employers AssoriAtinr
PUGET sound r. r. q = GO
building Manager. Association.
f-hsrh~r % Commerce
nfiikoa~t Monopoly
fsv~.ttsst~ fH- Yourself ". voter
Won can easily satisfy veu~-~if as %
the abov- facts. and with little trou'
BILE
uesf vote for q trimmer. THIS "a
why ~ GIN wants Fitzgerald elect
ed and also tho reason why NJ
would call me ltsr and a
~hesp So -----. but the people will
finally learn who e. cheap.
A man - usually a. fiithv and
vicious as hts language. aud knavs
always makes up for tho w~akness
OF ut. caus. with tho violence % his
vocabulary.
EDWIN J. BROWN
Candidate for City council.