The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
CERTAIN
THE Other IS
NOT SINCERE!
Councilman Smiles
at Mayors Effort
to Force Hand;
Brown Counters

SfNofsiS OF the story 10
date: Councilman oliver +.
Erickson charges vice rules
Seattle. and that Mayor Brown
Is not enforcing the law. Mayor
Brown charges Erickson with
playing politics. defends his
police department, and darcs
Erickson 10 bring his evidence
10 the police. Erickson comes
back with a statement replying
10 Browns challenge. and the
poor reporter gets ON tho phone
10 read II 20 the mayor. Now
20 on with The story. 1sriciSson's
statement In light faced type:
Browns replies In blacitl:
Morning. mayorl ! want 10 read
you Eriekaon'a----
Not much interested. An pol
iiiczr'
''Erickson's reply to your chai
longe."
We'll. what's he got 10 say7"
HE says Mayor Brown r. a
great Joker, lie Is constantly chal
Longing people 10 bring him evi
dence OF crime or 10 lay II befors
tho grand fury That may crnbar
rass some friends OF drecncy. but II
In an old trick and really second
hand stuff
lilo. hol So that's what he says
Wen. ~ public official. I think
II was Mr.. Erickson's duty 10 lay
any evidence he had before us. Al
least he ought to talec II before the
grand jury"
Not long since member Of
my family was calling on n friend
During their conversation a boy
from n neighbours entered and want
cd 10 tell them good story on
prohibition. When he got the floor
he said In tho morning Mayor
Brown had brought his dad three
quarts OF whisky"
well. that isn't bootlegEing. H'
didn't say took any money for IL
did hc?"
The mayor may be n good spor
in dealing out booze TO his politica
cronics. but II is rotten sportsman
ship for him 20 rush TO the news
papers and whine for evidence o
crime II no in bOotlegging himself
why challenge others to so TO IN,
grand jury IL he has such splcndi'
evidence hlmself7 He Is the bird {,
| co IN tho grind Jury"
"Did he say thai' Well, tell
him"
Hello! hellol HELLol Operator
you cut me Off
Hello. mayor"
IF gave away three bs.tlcs
Of whisky ! forgot TO collect for
IL. Maybe publicity on u might
call somebody's attention 10 the
fact that he owes me for three
bottles. certainly don't rcmem.
Der anything about II. I've never
had time on this Job to get drunk
myself-haven't had time In all
my 60 years. In fact.
"Tell him that the only In.
stances I have given out whisky
In my administration was to per.
sons who were sick. and for
whom doctors said whisky was
needed. Tell him have sent
whisky 10 hospitals when doctors
said II was needed for some Of
the soldiers. Tell him I've done
that all during my term Of office
and that I'll keep the practice
M Tell him, too, that it's Inn
possible now for persons with
prescriptions 10 come TO the po-
lice department and get whisky.
And that's something that for.
merry couldn't be said. What
else?"
This little incident was Interest
ing. II explains why the mayor go
mad as a halter when Capt. clnud
Bnnnick put some contrabnnd whis
Nv out OF circulation. ms he terme'
H. And now the mayor Is furiou
again"
THAT Bannick matter was up
TO the chief, not TO me-"
But the mayor Is not going TO fir
! Bannick. lie Is going TO stop tn
work OF scaling Mt the masonry dam
The people have 11,50O.0OO investe,
there and the city council has sue
ceedcd in making II nm asset lnstea,
OF liability. II win be"
"Hellol HELLOl oh. 'tfc-thi
phone-hello. mayor
ut will be quite in keeping will
some OF his other performances &
nut obstacles in the way OF thl
work"
Now Oliver Is getting around I,
the real reason for his Dceve-thl
Cedar river dam project. Engineer
rnd exrerts have agreed that Tn
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