Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-11-15
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPH

If the privilege of the Seattle School
Clinic IS being abused then the leak should
be stopped, but under no circumstances
should the clinic be discontinued. unless
the CITY is to operate one on an even more
extensive plan. The misfortunes of hun
dreds OF children, who. unless corrected by
such an institution, would continue indef-
mite, owing to the physicians trust, which
fixes the prices for such operations so high
that the ordinary person is unable to have
his child operated upon A great percent Of
the children of school age are sadly in need
OF clinical work, which they would never
get unless taken to public institution
Heads OF families. not necessarily paupers,
find it hard to furnish the actual living ne
cessities, hence they just have to defer have
ing their children operated upon for a de-
feet, when they know it's to cost them any
where from $50 to $500. We suggest in
stead Of closing the clinic that it be enlarg-
ed.
1t is our hope that the colored voters of
this state will put themselves in position
that they can make every vote count in the
primary election when candidates for state
offices will be nominated. There will be no
less than six candidates for governor next
year and out of that number the cOlored
voters o. the state ought to be able to
select the winner, but whether win or lose
in your selection stand by your guns after
you have made your primary fight. AS we
have repeatedly said the ten thousand
colored votes in this state can select their
gubernatorial candidate and put him over
like creased lightning if they will just
unite on one man and all rally round him
No we have no one to recommend, bat it
will be no trouble to locate the man if you
will only search diligently for him.
While the Congressional canvass shows
Gen Leonard Wood to hold the lead in the
presidential preparations. yet that means
little or nothing as applied to the people
by and large, for while a Congressman may
himself be popular in his bailiwick, yet he
exercises no control over his constituents
Gen. Wood, however. seems to be personal
ly popular all over and being military
man. it is our opinion he will be a hard
man to beat. 1t will be remembered that
President Wilson used Gen. Wood badly in
the late war, which was, and is still resented
by all patriotic citizens Of this country, and
that of itself has added much to his present
presidential popularity. Barring favorite
sons we feel like already saying, "mee too
for General Leonard Wood.
Such bloody riots as occurred at Centraha
the other day are to be deplored and those
misouided wretches who fired upon in
nocent men from ambush it is hoped, will
be detected and punished to the full extent
of the law Lynching one OF the men SAID
to be responsible for the cowardly attack
added another wrong to the already wrong
and those responsible for the lynchlng
should likewise be punished. Lets have
this governmnt Of law and order or lets
have no government at all. Two wrongs
never make a right. The men who hred
from ambush on the men doing them no
harm are cowardly assassins and. we re-
peat should be given the full benefit OF
the law. Washington should seek to sup
press all such forms Of violence IT 1T takes
a standing army to do so.
In declaring in an open advertisement that
the leading print houses OF Seattle are no"