Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-08-02
POLITICAL POT PIE

person IN the state that is against him. -
That's political blunder, Mr.. Prominent
Republican, and should you ever come up
for an office again that stand will cost you
some votes Climb into the band wagon
and make it unanimous for Senator Poin-
dexter and you will lose nothing by it in
the long run, even if he should not be NOM
mated
The concensus of opinion is the voters of
Washington are as ignorant now as to
where Senator Jones stands on the treaty
as they were prior to making his speech
before the Young Mems Republican Club.
The more those who heard the speech think
about it, the less pleased they are with it,
No one save those who favor the treaty
seem to approve of the speech.
The Democrats have already begun to
bestir themselves to give President Wilson
a pleasant reception, so far as they are con-
cerned, when he visits Seattle, but it is
more than possible that if he attempts to
defend his actions at the peace pact in
speech he will get heckling that will
make his blood run cold. When President
Wilson takes the stump to offend himself
he will lay aside his presidential dignity and
will be forced to give and take like any
other person on trial.
The ghost Of the Lamping bill in the late
legislature has appeared before Governor
Hart and has demanded that it's murderer
(Kuykendall) be beheaded but Governor
Hart is from Missouri and replied, not in
a thousand. Much was promised for the
ghost of the Lamping bill to accomplish in
the coming campaign and it has already be-
gun to do the work even before it's sponsors
had fully cleared the field in which it is to
brighten the office seekers into political
submission.
Governor Hart has started with
vengeance to put up his political fences in
the way of his gubernatorial appointments.
will be bowling "FTart" twenty-four hours
In six months time, so goes the political
story the governor will have Republicanized
the entire state official roster, all of whom
every day on state time and on state pay.
It was thought some time ago that Clark
Savage would not oppose Hart, but at this
writing Savage is not sure.
Should Claude G.. Ramsay run for mayor
and be elected, as he would be, it has been
decided by the court house ring that Com
missioners Lew Smith and Tom Dobson will
elect Norman Wardall county commissioner
in lieu Of Ramsay and one Of the faithful
in Wardal's office at present will be
elected county auditor, all of which would
mean that the dear people would have no
more chance than jack rabbit in front
of pack of greyhounds on a smooth
prairie to save their white aunty.
Now if Jack Stringer is able to name
his successor to the sheriff's office he will
have another four years in the office, and
then his machine will be strong enough to
elect him for another four years, and by
that time he will have been in the office
something like twenty years, and if by that
time he is not able to retire and live off OF
the interest Of his money then there must
have been a hole in his money pocket all
the time he was sheriff.
Rumor has it that G. w. Claussen will
have to go some to again succeed himself as
state auditor 1t seems that he has locked
horns with every legislature for the past
eight years and the break between the
leaders of the last legislature and himself
was so serious that an overwhelming
majority of them agreed to oppose his re-
election. 1t will be remembered that he
ran behind his ticket at an alarming rate
the last election.