Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-05-15
THE PASSING THRONG

ing, yet it is serious question IN my mind,
whether or not they should do so. Large
numbers Of cOOred men stood by the Great
Northern in it's strike prior to the one now
on some of them going so far as to sacrifice
their union cards to do so, and as soon as
the company made peace with the unions
every colored man that had been working
as strike breakers were Immediately sacri-
feed and discharged, and not only discharged
but rightfully black listed by the union. If
now they help the Great Northern out they
have no guarantee but that they will be
likewise treated when the strike has been
amicably settled
Last week / attempted in the Purely
Personal column hereof to give Mr.. and Mrs.
Flemmings, who live on Day Street, de-
served complimentary notice, and my mind
seems to have gone off on a tangent at the
moment l wrote the mention and split the
beans by calling them Clemmons instead of
Flemmings 1t was of course an innocent
mistake because | know Of no family in the
city by the name of Clemmons, but the
madam got more or less peeve over this mis-
take and I did not blame her. It is very
annoying to have one, who ought to know.
call you by another name even when their
is a similarity in the names. A great many
persons call me Clayton instead of Clayton
and it peeves me every time it is done. The
readers of Cayton's Weekly will therefore
take notice that Mr. and Mrs Clemmons in
our last issue were Mr. and Mrs. Flemmings.
Last Saturday I was introduced to Billie
Short, the state organized labor leaedr, who
may be Republican candidate for COVER
nor, and [ was surprised to find that he is
as short by nature as he is Short by name
and while l yet held his hand in friendly
greeting told him the story of the man who
came to call on me after having read my
paper for a couple of years before having
seen me personally, which, dear reader, as
you remember from previous article herein,
caused considerable amusement. On being
introduced the visitor blusteringly replied,
81 thought you were a great big, fine look
ing man. Short was by no means short in
seeing the application and enjoyed the dis
comfiture | seemed to be in, but Crawford
White, who may be one of the Superior
Court judges Of King county after the next
November election, had done the introduce
ton act, and being both large and fine look
ing, he pulled himself up to his full height
and relieved the situation by saying, 'thats
alright boys, see me-
| said Billie Short may be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for governor, but
that is only political gossip as Short himself,
| do not believe, has ever said as much.
Madam Rumor, however, has it that he will
be. From what [ can CLEAN the labor lead
ers believe they can get more out OF the
situation by running labor leader for COVER
nor than by running some one that is but
favorably disposed toward their cause, hence
the direct candidacy Of Billie Short for gov
ernor. Once on time Col. Lamping was
seriously considered for the labor support
for governor, but Lamping, so goes the story,
wavered at the crucial moment and the labor
leaders came to the conclusion that he would
not do to tie to. Now it is my prediction
that if Short files for the nomination and all
of the present aspirants likewise file that the
day after the election Short may be long,
especially in votes, so long that the fellow
that wins will feel like the colored preacher
who Ho1 fropo q UhOSt and sat himself down