Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-01-19
POLITICAL POT POURI.

week ago. lHe spectacular ming or hdlpH
Horr to the contrary Notwithstanding. AS
it now stands no candidate will get the
united support of the three daily papers,
yea, they will not only not get the united
support of the daily papers, but it looks
as if the daily papers will support none of
them. May. perhaps. the P. I. and the Star
will fight the candidacy Of Hi Gill. which
will come dangerously close to nominating
him. It seems that we must have a lawyer
as mayor Of Seattle and in this case unless
someone else files today( Saturday,. it's
either lawyer or political demagogue
Ralph Horr has filed for mayor and while
he s more or less popular in Republican
circles, yet he is not man that the public
rallies to- and we have our serious doubts
if he can nose out either Gill or Hanson
in the primary contest. A great many men
enter political contests like this not be-
cause they feel that they have a ghost of
chance Of winning. but for the ADVERTISE
ment they get out of it, and this is especial
~ true of lawyer.
We knew a lawyer in this city that ran
for some kind of office every year and
when asked how he could afford it, "why"
said he, II do so because it is a splendid
advertisement for my business.' Once he
claimed that he was counted out and while
he knew there was nothing in the charge
vet behind the curtains he admitted the
charge had been the means Of bringing him
hundreds Of dollars worth of LEGAL business
from political svmpathi7ers This may not
be the case Of Ralph Horr, but it has that
appearance Even at that Horn is reputed
to be splendid fellow and might make
GOOD mayor.
The Colored Republican Club of King
County will meet at Tut s barber shop next
Sunday to discuss the municipal campaign
a house full is expected.
1t is rumored that Robert B. Hesketh may
file for mayor at the last moment and if he
does he will stand mighty good chance
ct coming under the wire at the primaries
HesFeth. AS it now stands would get the
most of the labor vote of the city, though
Gill will make heavy inroads on him in
that political bai]iwick Hesketh has made
an excellent councilman and if the con-
servative voters had any assurance that he
would not permit the town to drift back
into the sT7ms that it has been in under
Gill he would be the next mayor of Seattle
if he wanted to be-
William Hickman Moore may also file for
other fellows, and that too REGARDLESS Of
whom they NAV be, had better look to their
'a"rels as Billie is some vote getter. He
has been twice elected mavor of Seattle and
was elected a member of the city council
two wears ago by the largest vote ever
"iven to councilmanic candidate While
Moore is not so awfully popular. yet great
many persons are Of the opinion that he
makes an excellent mayor and they will
vote for him though they personally have
no use for him. Once upon time he stood
well with the labor vote, but of late he
has lost much of that strength and if he
runs against Gill and Hesketh he would get
a very little of it, but at that he would
make some great run for the nomination.
Way down in his heart the editor of Cay
tons Weekly is still Of the opinion that
Austin f. Griffith would make the best
mayor of any Of them that have yet filed.
but just where he is expecting to get his
strength is more than we can figure out.
The two men that stand the hiooest