Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-03-27

predicted that they would get theirs some
day. Ilagan is now under federal court
conviction and Clark was caught one day
this week, so goes the story, with the goods
on him, and is now held by the federal aul-
thorities. It's a long lane that has no turn,
and | am inclined to think that the ghost
OF Frank Smith stares into the cells of both
Haean and Clark and holds up a placard
which reads, 81 told you 500
At the King County Colored Republican
Club meeting last Sunday afternoon one of
the prominent but rather refractory men,
bers thereof charged the club as a whole
with being crooked. which was responsible
for the women of the city not identifying
themselves Herewith. I am not prepared
to successfully dispute verify the allie
cation, but to say the least, it was an ugly
charge with no more grounds for verifica-
ton than the said member presented. When
forced by the storm of indignation among
the other members to substantiate the
charge the accusing member said, the club
was crooked because some four years ago
the then president of the club who is now
dead took from a candidate for public Of
flee, who was persona non gratist to the
colored voters, fifty dollars for said candi-
date to have an opportunity to speak to the
cOlored voters. Leaving the truthfulness
of the charge completely out of the question,
for a living man to attack a dead one is
to my mind a most dastardly as well as
cowardly act. That man lived for two
years or more after the closing of that cam
pagn and during all that time this refrac-
tory member of the club made no such
charge, especially in public which is proof
that it was not true, but after the man had
been dead for many months he is publicly
charged with political crookedness For
the sake Of argument, however, I grant you,
that the accused man got the fifty dollars.
which he did not do, in my opinion. yet
because he got fifty dollars wrongfuly it
does not necessarily follow that the Club
as a whole was or is crooked in it's deal
mgs. But oh what 8 the use, it seems to
be the nature of some men, to fatten and
feast tearing their fellow men down
rather than building them up, but even such
minds as this should work on the theory,
"Of the dead, let no evil be said.''
One two, three, run most mshaps that
is to say, the first accident is followed by
second and the second by a third and this
generally breaks the spell. IF the above
be true then / should take long breath
and say, though the goofs gave me hard
chase, L beat them to it, A few days ago
| was in a street ar sha<e-up and came out
none the worse from my experience, then I
was drawn on the April jury, and from this
[ anticipate no serious trouble, though you
can not always some times tell, and last
Wednesday I was hit by a passing auto
mobile and though knocked head long to
the ground, yet barring few scratches and
a slight shake-up, / suffered no serious in
conveniences from my auto experience.
Three strikes and out failed to do the work
so far as I am concerned and [ simply
fling defiance in old Goof's face and in
vite him to do his worst, but, in the mean
time. if that COMPOUNDED pestifero11s accident
insurance agent will call around soon |
am inclined to think he can do some bust
nes swith the editor Of Cayton's Weekly.