The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-08
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LIVE QUESTIONS

In that . democratic president
would compel republican con.
Eress 10 admit that our president
In one OF the creates, Americans.
This admission By the republican poi.
iticlans would endanger their claim
to q monopoly on wisdom. n the
League OF Nations. the Covenant
and Peace had only been concluded
by . republican. IL would outshine
the Ten Commandments from the
standpoint Of our republican friends
The Treaty is all right; it's tho dem.
ocrafic president that IL wrong In
getting In the way Of republican
politicians
SENATOR KNOX has opened q
fight In the senate for peace. by
charging that President Wilson has
Illegally prolonged the war. Knox.
like the other senatorial autocratr.
would have the people think that our
democratic. president should bean ~r.
rand-boy for autocratic senators. Why
do not the autocrafic senators agree
on such reservations AS a majority
Of the senate viii raufy and place
them before the PRESIDENT The fact
II they are passing the buck and do
not dare TO act Knox says con.
gross has tho power. Well for the
love OF Mike. Knox. excrcis. the
power and quit knocking or We viii
ask you to point out just one act OF
yours that has been aimed toward
the upiIft OF mankind during your
long career In public office. Mr..
Knox.
REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS
copious tears for the success OF dem.
ocrats when they are willing to act
ms delegates TO the King County
Democratic convention. They al
ways were generous with them
seives). No doubt they are actuated
by the same brand OF patriotism
used by a Michigan u. &. senator
who drew two years In the peniten.
tiary.
THE GASOLINE HOG Is an ami.
NAL developed since the automo-
bile came into existence. Know.
ing parking space to be limited.
he takes twice as much space as
needed; he cuts corners. forces his
way past standing street cars with.
out stopping. disregards the rights
Of others: usually assumes complete
ownership OF the public highway.
heard one Of these hogs say, II nj.
ways expect everybody to get out of
my way" and that was the time I
wanted TO be q policeman or a
truck driver.
OUR STREET CAR GRAFT IL
gradually being made known to
the public. just as I pointed out
when this bunco game was put over
that Seattle would lose ten million
on the burglary. The deal was ne
gotiated by r. IL Thomson. Tom
NurphIne and Ole Hanson m war
necessity TO help the nation build
ships. but the actual purchase took
place after the war was over. The
entire transaction was n burglary &C
compiIshed by fraud and deceit.
The best way to make our street
car system pay In to charge off ten
million dollars TO extra patriotic
service for Ole Hanson. X. II. Thorn
son and Stone Webster. These lines
were offered TO the city under Hi
CHS administration for six million
and HI thought they were only
worth five. This In the amount on
which the roads can be made TO pay
and that is their honest value. We
ard In trouble In raising the ten mil
lion that was given 10 stone. Web
ster, who are alleged TO own lecture
circuits as well as city councils In
various parts OF the country.
ANY AMERICAN who would de-
prive n person charged with an Of.
Tense from having fair and impair
tIai trial would have n hard time
proving his claim to Apprehension in
the light Of both our history and
our law.
ANY LAWYER VINO would refuse
to defend person because Of his po-
litical, religious, social or economic
beliefs has constituted himself Judge.
jury and executioner. a being all suf-
ficient unto himself. who thanks God
that he is an no other man.
SOME LAWYERS contend that
necessity knows no law. We submit
that there are those who have been
vaccinated for lawyers whose name
should ~ "pecessity.s