Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-02-16
POLITICAL POT PIE


of not only the citizens of Seattle but the
citizens of the entire state Seven men are
seeking two places and there is registered
vote of eighty-One thousand for each of
them to draw on. Gill, Hanson, Murphy,
IIorr and Griffith all strong factors in
the fight and it is safe to predict that the
two men getting twenty per cent Of the en-
tire vote will be overwhelmingly nominated.
Owing to the daily newspaper combination
backing Hanson there seems little or no
doubt that he will lead the primary race.
Whether Gill has been winning or losing
votes in the past two weeks is question
it looks on the face like the latter and if so
then Murphy or Horn may nose him out
and be Hanson's opponent in the final heat
IIorr and his friends have not been letting
the grass grow under their feet and he is
showing considerable strength at this writ
ing and if he continues to gain speed he may
be the man. While John F. Murphy has not
made as active campaign as has Horr, yet
he and his friends have been pulling the
wires at lively gait. He has the precedent
of. having served four years as prosecuting
attorney Of King County and will thereby
commander big Republican vote. The vote
between Horn and Murphy is going to be
dangerously close. Griffths will comman-
deer considerable general strength and there
Hanson or Gill, it might mean an unexpected
land slide for Griffths which would make
him Hanson's opponent This, however, is
not expected and it is the concensus of opin-
ion that Murphy or Horn will come under
the rope as second man.
At it's February meeting the King County
Colored Republican Club endorsed Mr..
Ralph Horn after rather spirited as well
as heated debate. The club was pretty we'll
divided in mayorality sentiment between
Horr and Murphy and the latter's sup
porters in the club rather than see Horr
endorsed made fight that the club 60 on
record endorsing the candidacy of no
one in the present municipal campaign, but
they lost by narrow margin
Speaking about the man who will spin
off the final real with Hanson, rumor has it
that the daily press, which is supporting
Hanson, it permitted to select his oppon-
ent, would pick Gill or Horn as it believes
that either Of them under the lambasting it
would administer to either of them, would
be beaten to fragile by Hanson. To beat
Gill the great daily press would simply play
up in flaming head lines his record as mayor
OF Seattle and his recent disbarment To
beat Horn his record as graduate manager
SOCS
the story, will be featured. Just what there
is detrimental to Mr. Horn in that record is
more than is now known, but political Ma
sonry has passed it down the line that, if
nominated, Horn will be Immediately put
on the defensive, which is always detri-
mental to the candidacy of any one
The Lincoln Day banquet given by the
Young Mems Republican Club surpassed all
former efforts of the club and every avail
able seat was taken. The address of COL
r. c. Washburn of Oregon was so it is re-
ported the gem of the evening. Once on
time Bob Washburn as he was known
by old timers in Seattle was one of the
leading political lights of the state and, it
seemed, was headed straight for Congress,
but an i'll wind took him off of his course
The members of the King County Colored
Republican Club, who attended the Lincoln
Day banquet given under the auspices of