The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-08

when In great city like Seattle
special privilege seekers ana nose
who fatten by exploiting the people,
desire 20 control Its affairs, they al
ways raise some moral issue as a
smolsrcrccn 20 cnmouflaEe the ~
cue. knowing that the crsdulouH
Christian people and the ministers
OF the gospel who are faithful and
trusting. fail cAsy prey 10 cam +
paign against vice ia which a city is
always vliified and Hlnndercd.
have now been the Mayor OF Sc.
attic FOR II months and during all OF
this time Roy Lyle and BIZ whitney
OF the Federal Prohibition Otiicf
have never been TO my office 20 CO.
operate with me In any way In ia"
enforcement. on the contrary, theJ
have constantly and cunHiHtentiy
fought my efforts and have done
dlHcredit my administration ana
give Seattle a bad name.
I sought out In conference King
rounty's prosecuting attorney OF
many occasions. and. together with
Sheriff StRrwich. tried 10 get him 70
r1.opernte with Va on law enforce
msnt He has been wholly faithlcss
10 his trust in this regard.
The Narcotic Agent 81 the Federal
Government and sheriff Matt star
vlch have given me splendid coop
Grafton in stamping out the dope
evil and splendid results have peer
accomplished.
We were compelled 10 try many
OF our cases in Judge Gordon.s coufl
because we could not get action ane
convictions when We took our chsei
10 the Prosecuting Attorneys office
The evidence has been before th'
Prosecuting Attorney at all timei
and he could have had hundreds oil
cases with the evidence all furnished
Tor abatement proceedings hnt
prosecutions under the jointiEt law
But he has been so busy playing
polItica and spending the taxpayers
money for Grand Jurics. in hi
search for a campaign issue ina
would make him Judge OF the Su
perior Court. Governor Of the stat
United States, that he has not had
time. or does not know how, TO en-
force the law.
SEATTLE ~ A CLEAN CITY TO-DAY
The following IL quoted from
Mayor Cotterili's Annual Report
dated January 6. 1913. page S:
The total Of 1908 arrests in
ciudes 1910 males and 1908 fe
males. The latter number. or nj
average OF only five women ant
girls per day, arrested for all causel
in a seaport city OF 100000 popu
intion. u an eloquent answer TO tn
mendncity and distortion of fact
with which our city has been as
sailed at home and outrageousl,
mlsreprescnted abroad, These fig
urea Ehatter the concocted delusion
OF a persistent, though discrcdited
vice propaganda. We should indee'
be thankful for state OF affair
under which Seattle maintains de
cency and civic cleanliness TO 3
marked a degree as 20 receive tn
constant attacks OF vice advocate
and apologists and yet has occasion
TO arrest only three or four wome
per day for causes related 10 soeia
vice. | trust we may continue !
uphold and further improve on
moral conditions during the comin
year with ais little OF police necesslt
/ and activity as during 1912.
At the time OF this report Seattle
population was 25Q.0O0--we hav
/ 400 600 now, Cotterill compliment
our city because he only found
necessary TO arrest l.eOS females. o
| five daily. In seaport city. Yet
| i922 we found IL necessary to nrres
only 1879 females in a city OF 400
coo people.
| Under Cotterill. when women WEI
arrested. they were tried and give
little attention. To-day we kno'
every woman's history and on
Womcn's Protective Division in tn
Police Department gives its entir