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Political Pot-Pie.
The Pie-maker fancies that the
death of the late Alfred T. Am
brose will cause much individual
mourning in this city, as there
were quite a few persons here that
were depending on the efforts of
Mr. Ambrose to pull them out of a
close place and put them on the
high road to success. Even
among those persons whom Mr.
Ambrose were wont to measure
arms in political combats many
words of praise and commenda
tion were heard by the Pie-maker,
of the man. "He and I were
always on different political sides,
factionally speaking, but, I know
of no man, for whom I had greater
regard than A. T. Ambrose," came
from Postmaster Stewart "Mr.
Ambrose and I had never agreed
with each other in the many poli
tical harangues that we were wont
to meet at, but he was a man and a
brother when the political meeting
adjourned," came from a Fifth
ward politician. And as in these
two instances so also could it be
heard where ever you went, the
day after his death had been
chronicled.
It seems almost cruel to snatch
a young man so vigorous and
active as was Mr. Ambrose away
from his works of usefullness so
early in life, but it was He who
gave him that took him and no
mortal man should dare complain,
for He doeth all things for the
best. If for the most part Ambrose
was on the loosing side still he was
active and energetic and never
sulked in his tent when his party
made a nomination. Ambrose
never did things by halves,
whether it was of a political or a
good time nature.
Returning to those who would
have just cause to mourn the
death of Mr. Ambrose, none will
do so more than his partner H. A.
Chadwick, with whom he has been
associated in the conduct of the
Argus, a weekly paper, as
well as other lucrative advertising
business. There is no denying
the fact that he was the financial
soul of every advertising venture
the firm went into. Whatever
money the paper got from a poli
tical stand point, it came through
the individual efforts of Ambrose.
Whatever money the concern
accumulated from advertising, it
came through the individual and
personal work of Ambrose. Being
a great secret society leader and
worker it was but natural that the
members of the organization of
which he was a member would
give him all the patronage that
they possibly could do and even
more in some instances. Mr.
Chadwick may find another to
partly fill his place, but it is not
generally believed by those who
have watched the work of the late
junior partner of the Argus, that
he will do so at a very early date.
There are others who will find
that they have lost a strong right
hand bowef in the death of Am
brose and, among them, might be
named Sheriff Van De Vanter,
Billy Potts, Richie Kinnear and
others. Mr. Ambrose was an un
compromising supporter for the
re-election of Sheriff Van De
Vanter and he was not leaving a
stone unturned to accomplish that
end. The Sheriff has most as
suredly lost one of his ablest
lieutenants.
Billy Potts, who aspires to the
county clerkship, always found
Ambrose ready and willing to
make political deals for him and
smooth the troubled waters where
it was inclined to be stormy and
troublesome. He and Ambrose
have worked together in the Fifth
ward for the past eight years and
they always succeeded in getting
a delegation from their precinct
that suited their own liking. The
death of Ambrose leaves Potts in
bad shape politically, and, unless
he can find some man to fill his
place, he will see many of his
fondest hopes vanish into air
castles.
Richie Kinnear, who sat at his
bedside night in and night out,
and watched his life slowly but
surely ebb away, has also lost a
warm personal friend and admirer.
Ambrose was determined, at some
future time, to push Richie Kin
near to the front politically and
there is no doubt but that Dick
depended largely on him to do the
work. His death, therefore, was a
sad blow to Kinnear's political
ambitions to say nothing of his
personal feelings. There are
others who are equally disappoint
ed at the seemingly untimely
death of the young man, all of
whom, as said above, mourn his
demise almost without comfort.
The Pie-maker in times past
has persistently fought the politi
H. 1,. WII,HEI,M.
Whose recent literary feats are causing so much favor
able comment at present. Not satisfied with the honors
for his clever compilations of the Will B. Moore Letters,
he is now writing a practical story about Seattle and her
enterprising citizens. Mr. Wilhelm is highly educated
and is showing a decided turn for literary persuits in
stead of law, which profession he has followed since set
tling in Seattle. He is said to come from a family of fine
literary attainments.
cal efforts of Mr. Ambrose, but
since politics make strange bed
fellows, it began to look as though
he and Mr. Ambrose would, for
once, be together in the coming
political issue, therefore, he too
has reasons to regret the death
of the gentleman, though those
reasons may appear selfish.
No class of men in the com
munity will have more reasons to
regret the death of a brother than
the Fratprnal Order of Eagles in
the death of A. T. Ambrose, one of
the few charter members of the
organization. He has been con
spicuous in their ranks ever since
it ha 6 been in existence, not only
as a worker, but as an officer and
an organizer as well. The second
annual conclave of that order is
being held in Vancouver at this
time and the many regrets for the
death of so distinguished a brother
has been repeatedly heard.
Rev. Llwyd's funeral oration
over Mr. Ambrose at the First
Methodist Episcopal church last
Saturday afternoon in the pres
ence of the K. of P., the Eagles
and the many friends of the
deceased, was a very impressive
one and many there were present
that dropped a tear of regret that
a young life had been so suddenly
blown out by Him who doeth all
things well, and added, it was He
that gave it and it was He that
had taken it, and, so promote it be.
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Hon. Edward B. Palmer and
wife mourn the death of their
little son, who so recently came to
make their home doubly happy.
For the first born of a new home
to be taken but a few days after it
has come, especially when such
high hopes has been planned upon
by the fond parents for the young
one, is a sorrow that no one, save
those parents who have gone
through with such an ordeal, can
fully realize and understand.
Though with them but a few days
its memory will linger about and
cling to them for months, years
aad years, even nntil, old age. To
them it will always seem that
there is one missing link. "Those
whom the Lord loveth he chas
teneth," and in the cup of the
bitterest and most intent sorrow
there is always a drop of sweetness
at the bottom.
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The Pie-maker is unable to say
where D. K. Larimer is getting the
political stuff he is turning \ into
the Times, but it begins to look as
though he was drawing heavily on
his vivid imaginations for it. One
line of truth and a whole column
of untrnth seems to be abont the
proportion of the political signifi
cance the articles ,bear. Political
Editor Larimer sees that his own
party is split all to smithereens
and he is working with might and
main to have the Republicans get
in a similar fix, but he will not
succeed and you can bet your last
dollar on that, Dave.
Ex-Governor John H. McGraw
will soon sail for Nome. He will
be badly missed among the politi
cians. "I am for Frink for gover
nor," said he one day this week.
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Lee Hart's star has set and J.
W. Godwin's has risen. This was
the work of the Democratic state
convention last Saturday at Spo
kane. It was a crashing defeat to
Lee Hart and his followers and
one that they did not expect for a
single minute until it . came.
Governor Rogers shared in Hart's
defeat in this instance, for it
clearly shows that the ambitions
of the governor to succeed himself
as governor of this state will not
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be accomplished without bitter op
position. As said by the Pie
maker last week it means that
James Hamilton Lewis is in the
saddle in the state at present, and
that he will either be nominated
for governor or dictate the man
that is nominated. The Godwin-
Hart contest has been widely dis
cussed among the leading Repub
licans, and many of them took
active parts on one side or the
other. In the opinion of the Pie
maker, owing to the part Hart has
taken in the political affairs of
this city in the past, not much
sympathy is felt for him in his
defeat at Spokane by his Demo
cratic friends. It is true that quite
a few of the leading Democrats of
Seattle were associated with Mr.
Hart in his efforts to down Godwin,
on the grounds that the latter had
surrounded himself with a number
of Single taxers, but, on the whole,
public sympathy was with Godwin
over Hart and it was delighted at
the results of the Spokane con
vention.
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There is no doubt in the Pie
maker's mind but that many Re
publicans took an active part in
the Godwin-Hart primaries, which
accounts for the latter making as
hard a fight as he did. The fine
Italian hands of George Piper and
Dr. Samuel Burdett and others
were plain to be seen at the Demo
cratic primaries, and this was done
with the direct understanding that
Hart was to help Piper next fall
in the .Republican primaries.
Unless the Piper-Ankeny combi
nation manages to take , King
county to the next Republican
state convention, Ankeny will be
undone politically and George
Piper will have no banker to bleed.
Republicans may expect to meet at
the polls next fall when the guber
natorial scrap is on the thickest
and hottest, .well known Democra
tic politicians who will be working
for the Piper-Humes combination
for governor. These are queer
political turns, but it will be re
membered that we are taught
that, "politics make strange bed
fellows."
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All political factions in King
county are practically now of one
opinion, that it is the duty of King
county Republicans to go to the
next state convention asking for a
governor instead of a congressman.
They realize that it would be next
to impossible to get the latter and
almost a certainty of getting the
former. Last Saturday evening
the King County Republican club
decided that its members would
make a fight to secure the governor
ship from this county and it did
so with a vengance. The efforts
of the McKinley club have from
its very inception been directed
along the same channel and the
same is true of the Young Men's
Republican Club Each of these
clubs in a way have their candi
dates and will endeavor to have
the Republican voters see as they
do, as to their respective candi
dates, to the extent as to have the
next Republican county conven
tion endorse their favorite for the
governorship. The members of
the King County Republican Club,
it is very apparent, will endeavor
to secure such an endorsement for
Hon. J.M. Frink, the McKinley
Club will work for the endorse
ment of Mayor Tom Humes while
the Young Men's Republican Club
will seek the endorsement of the
county for Hon. E. H. Guie. A
battle royal in the Republican
primaries next fall promises to be
the result of this three cornered
fight. As said in last week's issue
the fight may become so intense
that a compromise candidate will
have to be selected, and in that
case the friends of Judge Mc-
Gilvra hope to get in their work
and have the county convention
endorse their favorite. It is said
that Mr. Guie had this very thing
much in view, and when he learned
through the columns of The Re
publican that Judge McGilvra
might steal his thunder in that
particular, he met the Judge one
day this week, and to show his
disapproval of such a course on
the part of Judge McGilvra, gave
him the marble heart instead of
greeting in the same warm and
cordial manner as he had been
wont to do. Dr. T. M. Young may
also take a hand in the guberna
torial fight before it is ended, now
that his son has returned from
Europe to render him valuable
assistance.
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Seattle has lost quite a few well
known politicians in the Nome
excitement, who doubtless would
have played very conspicuous
parts in the coining Republican
primary contest in this city and
county. Last Sunday saw the
Fifth ward loose two active politi
cians in the persons of H. C.
Gordon and John B. Wright.
These gentlemen always fought in
different factions and were ever in
evidence at primaries, both of
them have sailed for Nome and
will hardly be back in time to take
a part in the primary fight.
The Seventh ward lost a very
active Republican worker in the
person of Attorney James Kiefer
He was a warm friend of Mr.
Frink and would have made things
hum in his section of the city
toward securing a Frink delega
tion had he remained in the city.
Mr. Kiefer has never been elected
to any office though he has always
been a strong political factor in
the affairs of the Seventh ward.
A heavy loss will be sustatned
by Mr. Frink in the sailing of ex-
Governor John H. McGraw.
Many of the leading Republicans
regret very much to loose the wise
council of the ex-governor in the
coming political bout, and so con
vinced were the Pipers that Gov
ernor McGraw would swing the
greater part of the Fourth ward
that George U. Piper left the
fourth precinct and moved to the
second precinct, where he hopes to
be more certain of getting a seat
in the next county Republican
convention.
The First ward has also lost
quite a few "tenderloin" politi
cians in the persons of Consodine
and Billie Belonde and others,
who left on the Skookum to open
up a resort in Nome.
The Third ward will loose two
very active workers in the persons
of Hiram C. Gill and George H.
Grose. The latter is one of the
heavy property holders of the
Third, and was always to be found
in the conventions which named
Republican tickets. The Third is
always solid, but the activity of
both of those gentlemen will be
greatly missed by their associates.
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While belonging to no paaticu
lar ward of this city at present,
yet equally as conspicuous as any
politician that has gone North,
was A. G. Mcßride, who is to be
United States commissioner at
Cape York. He sailed last Wed
nesday and remarked to the Pie
maker a few hours before going
aboard that, "I am quite certain
that I have at last struck a good
thing. I have no idea when I will
be in Seattle again, but you can
rest assured that it will not be
until I can return in good fix."
No man in the city stood higher
than Mr. Mcßride and his many
friends will be pleased to hear
that he is so hopeful of having
something good in hands grasp.
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The King County Republican
Club has decided to ratify the
re-nomination of President Mc-
Kinley with a sumptious banquet.
Judge Milo A. Root heads the
committee on preparation.
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