Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-06-19
THE PASSING THRONG


make a talk, and he was Johnny on the job,
if there was danger of mob! But Bill was
often in fix, because the fellow couldn't
mix, and thus he often was abused, by those
who felt themselves msused. However, lit
tie things like that, didn't cause Bill Jones
to spat! He realized that he was short in
handing out the bull corn snort. But Bill
possed lot of brats, to him as coy as little
cats, among them was a hondsome boy, who
looked to Bill just like toy. That boy
had faults, but not to Bill and always was
his sugar pill. "No one you think so good
as SAM" came rumbling from little clam.
'Not so my FRIEND" Bill Jones replied,
and the allegation is defed TO me four
others are as good, his sisters and his
brotherhood, and I simply want the world
to know, that my five children make my
show, and no other kids, to mes as nice as
my five cunning little mice' Bill looked
a prince when so he said, and every father
bowed his head. Who doesn't think his
children best, is not father but pest,
and nature should those children take, then
cast him in briny lake, where salt might
save his feeble mind or see that he 60 total
ly blind, and all of them would look alike,
yet none of them would be his Mike Then
love your children best Of all, and then all
children will love your call, and you will
be the grand old man for every kiddie in
this land.
Within the present summer season I had
hoped to see great majority of the colored
citizens of the Puget Sound country brought
together IN great OutpOurlng, and it Oc-
Cured to me that the Seattle branch of
the National Association for the Advance.
ment of Colored People would be the proper
organization to lead such a get-together, but
at this writing it hardly seems probable.
This Of all years, should be the year for
the colored citizens to seek to have the
white citizens fully understand them I am
of the opinion that much can be accom-.
plshed by reasoning together, but without
a coming together this can never be &C.
complished. In times past the various
churches of the city have had some such
meeting as mentioned above. but for the
most part those who attended were church
members and the anti-church citizens gave
it little or no consideration I would be
glad to see Wildwood Park across Lake
Washington secured and a general basket
picnic pulled off, and no charge attached
thereto except the price of getting to and
from the park The park can also be reach
ed by automobile as it lays by the side oil
the Ground the lake boulevard" and it is
safe to say five hundred automobiles would
drive out. A long story short, it would be
a magnificent August outing.
Someone called my attention to the fact
that all Of the avoWed candidates for sheriff
OF King county were born in foreign
country. Matt Starwitch was born in Aus
tria, Bob Hodge in Scotland, Frank Gordon
in Canada and Joe Warren in Missouri
'But," commented a friend, ''Missouri is
not foreign country it's a part of our
own u. S. A." and I had heard that be-
fore, but "youve got to show me-" How
ever, where one was born has nothing
whatever to do with his actions as man
and public official. I feel certain that
regardless Of where the above candidates
were born, any one Of them would make
good sheriff. I look upon Warren, Hodge
and Starwich as all strong candidates and
whichever one is nominated, he will remem-
Der the other two were after him. Warren
has opened headquarters in the Epler block
while Hodge is using his office in the Rail