The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-13

are q few men who stand pre-em.
inently for the moral. Humanitarian.
public welfare side OF life They are
incorruptibie. right minded. inteili'
gent forcefui and progressive men.
entitlod TO any expression OF conf.
deuce that the women OF the state
can bessow upon them"
In the list five senators were
named. and one IL George Iamping.
Senator L.amping." says the re.
port. was a now member. but he
demonstrated his ability and force Of
character every day OF the session"
Time and again f.ampinS fought
for progressive ''rightmindcd" mca
surea Time and tune again he
fought with all his energy. to curb
the selfish trend OF tho organized
majority.
WENT To ~. or W.;
SOLD PAPERS
1, was the day after the Seattle
Are. In 1888. that Lamping. then IA.
year old boy. and his father stepped
OF a train from Indiana and sur.
v.yed the smoking ruins In Seattle
They had come 10 the Northwest
20 live. and a big family was 10 fol
| low.
Today George Lamp,ng IL cam.
paignlng m n republican candidate
for governor. =
with tho exception % Q year IN
Yakima and his days OF army service.
LaTarsnK has lived L. Seattle since
1883.
! II. went to school here and entered
the University Of Washington After
which time he delivered papers morn.
Ing and night he was forced 20 absn.
don bis studies His father had died.
leaving him tho Oldest OF q family Of
six
Fellow students N the univcrxity
remember how Lanplng got MP nj
, n m. every morning to walk from
Queen Anne hill 10 Second and Cher.
~ for his papers. and then tramp
back up tho hill 10 deliver them.
To help support tho family. after
his father died. farnping went "a
work as n messenger for the Puget
Sound National bank. where he
worked up TO bookkeepcr.
Then came the call TO arms against
Spain. and he volunteered. lie
served M lieutenant in the First
Washington Volunteers. went to this
Philippines. and was there made
scouting officer under Cen. I4awton
cited for bravery. and offered .
commission In the 18th U. Il. cavai
ny an captain. he declined 20 return
home.
He found n difficult for a returned
soldier to land a job. He WINS prac
,icaily broke. bu, finally went &c
work with the street railway com
pany, and shortly sftcrward mad.
his FIRST dip into politics. The re
publicans nominated him for Klns
county auditor. and he was elected
serving until 1905.
II had n fight with the machine.
he says. I'VE broke the slate and
was nominated with the organization
against me"
on leaving the auditors office
f.amping went into the real estai.
and insurance business. and latei
organized the insurance concern
which he now heads.
WAS CLOSE FRIEND
OF T. X
During the years Immediately fol
lowing his return from the Islands
T.amping was commissioned colone
OF the Second Washington Infantr,
by Gov Rogers. He commanded tn
|. regiment for 10 years.
Il In 1906 Lampins married Mis-
Edith Denny. daughter OF r. II
Denny. Seattle pioneer. He live
with his family OF three children a
1927 3Sth ave. ".
Iamping has served six years al |
, member OF the Seattle park board
twice as president. His hobbies ar
children and adequate Fairgrounds
! Lamping was one of the few
Northwest personal friends OF tn
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