Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-01-05


administration is responsible for the politi-
cal inovatiOn
Cayton's Weekly in the last gubernator-
ial campaign took the various Republican
administrations to task for their direlicton
in giving colored Republicans political
recognition and it bitterly fought all GU
bernatiorial aspirants, who would not 90 on
record to politically recognize the colored
vote in Of nomination and election, and
to that end it vigorously supported Roland
H. Hartley for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton, but Henry Mcbride won out in the
primaries and this paper shed no crockadile
tears, when he lost out in the general cleo
ton, simply because he did nothing for the
black man when he was governor and
would make no promise of doing anything
for him in case of reelection. No official
is greater than his party and if he or she
expects to be elected to office by his party
vote he or she must expect to do his or her
bit to build up the party machinery and,
in order to win, votes must be had, and
the vote cast by black person swells the
whole number Of votes just as much as the
vote east by a white person. To hold all
factions and classes Of voters insoluable all
factions and classes Of voters must be re-
warded when the spoils Of party are being
passed around
In the last gubernatorial campaign the
editor hereof called the attention of E. F.
Blaine one Of Governor Listers appointees
and one Of his most trusted political lieu
tenants, to the governors mistake in not
recognizing the colored vote and he prom
Used and verify did take it up with the
governor and was informed by him (the
governor), that he had repeatedly advocated
such political move, but the heads of the
various departments absolutely rebelled
and on the subject he found himself not
only standing alone, but at absolute vari-
ance with his respective appointees 1t
had not been done and while Cayton's
Weekly did not openly support the Demo-
cratic gubernatOrial nominee, yet it had
nothing to say for the Republican and was
more or less neutral. Gov. Lister succeeded
himself and evidently the seeds he had pre-
vlously soWn which were nurtured by E. F.
Blame began to sprOut and though they
were long time getting through the crust,
yet they finally came through and as re-
suit Emmett H. Holmes is now filing an
important state position under Henry Drum,
warden OF the state penitentiary In the
past Mr. Holmes has not been able to per-
suade many Of the colored voters of the
state to follow him into the local Demo-
'i"'lC cdllp, OuC IL is suspected ne Will
not be near so lonely in the next state
campaign as he has been in the past. It
matters not how well educated or politically
influential colored man may have been in
the past an appeal to his Republican
friends for a position on account of past po-
ltical favors, moved said official to get busy
at once looking up janitorship for him
and if none are to be had, then he is told
"there is nothing doing.'
The auditor of this state has the naming
OF nearly one hundred employees and yet
when colored man, who in the past had
been one of his staunchest supporters, ap-
pealed to him for a position, he could find
nothing at aall for him to do. There will
come change some day
II any colored man in the state can and
will fill 2 DOlitica1 DoSitiop with oroJ;+ 10