Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-01-26

years been prosecuting attorney of King
county. he will make a mighty showing on
primary election day. 1t was the intention,
goes the story. of the Minute Men to run
w. A. Blackwood (rottenwood( for mayor,
bnt he smelt mice and backed down and
Murphy offered to make the fight.
Frank WaterhOuse filed for mayor and
then voluntarily withdrew and many there
were who sorely regretted his withdrawal
It was the hope of Cayton's Weekly that
Claude G.. Ramsay file for the mayoralty
nomination but he did not see his way clear
ard when he failed to file then it made up
its mind to support Frank Waterhouse
and it therefore was one of the regretters
when he withdrew. WaterhOuse would
have made an ideal mayor and in our opin-
ion would have swept the field in the free
for-all fight that was on. There is a pO-
litical story that is being bruted about the
the committee who waited on Waterhouse
and purporting to represent the great bus
mess interests of Seattle had carefully
looked over Waterhouse' eligibility and
finding that he could not qualify under the
charter laid down on him and his friends
like ton of brick to get him to file and
after almost superhuman persuasing and
pleading he consented to make the race
and filed for the nomination a short time
before closing IF Waterhouse was serving
the selfish purposes of any one politically
or otherwise he was absolutely IGNORANT
Of it, When he filed he was also ignorant
Of the fact that he was ineligible and would
have to withdraw from the fight within
few hours thereafter. The people were glad
that he filed and immediate v made up their
minds to give him another Claude Ramsay
vote but the whole was in the labyrinth of
political conspiracy and yet thought they
were among their friends.
The story is the members Of the Water
house committee were supporters of another
mayoraltv candidate and knowing that
Claude G. Ramsay would not file if Water
house or any other man of like caibre
promised to file, and knowing also that
Waterhouse was ineligible they proceeded
to pull off an old time political stunt and
succeeded right well in their undertaking.
They kept Ramsay 'shooed off" with
Waterhouse or r. IT. Thompson will GER
tanly file and played hard on Waterhouse
patriotism to file. knowing if he did he
was not eligible for the office they played
the game and it worked out like
charm That it was game Of playing
to be seen, if this story is trne. A few
minutes after Waterhouse fled for mavor
friend Of another candidate. but by no
means a member of the Waterhouse com
mittee said to the writer: "You need not
he rejoicing over the fling Of Frank Water
house for mayor. for he is Ineligible" This
is cited to substantiate the ntimation here
in that a bit Of political chicanery was
PLAYED on Waterhouse and that his inel-
oibility had been talked over by somebody
before he fled
Claude G. Ramsay would not file if it
meant the dividing Of the forces of the
great business interests Of Seattle though
he was prevailed upon by hundreds Of per-
sons to do so. Tt is limited that way down
in his heart Of hearts Mr. Ramsay would
like to be mayor Of Seattle but he patriot