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SEATTLE REPUBLICAN
VOL. XI. NO. 52
POLITICAL POT=PIE
W. H. Clark has been turned down good
and hard for the deputy internal revenue
collectorship at this place and Thomas
Payne is to remain in the position indefi-
nitely. "Clarky" was turned down despite
the fact that he had the promise from Sen
ator Piles himself, so goes the story, that
another job would be found for Payne and
he, Clark, would be given the job the Ist
day of May.
The above promise, Clarky declares, was
made to him in the presence of all of the
war horses of the "South district" and in
the presence of D. B. Crocker, internal reve
nue collector of this district, who assented
to the change. The first of May has come
and gone and still Clarky is doing chores on
his farm over on Vashon island, and when
seen one day this week in consultation with
the "big four" from the south end he was
in no mood to discuss the situation, but hur
riedly remarked: "There would come a
reckoning of affairs some sweet day, by and
by."
# * #
Senator Piles' promise to his King county
faithful that there would be a clean sweep
of the federal office holders throughout the
state and those who worked for his election
would be rewarded with those appointments,
have fallen way short of the mark and a re
count of some of the disappointments that
has been the lot of Senator Piles in this con
nection would not be amiss. Postmaster
Stewart's confirmation was not held up as
Mr. Piles directed the United States senate
and the president to do by telegraph the day
he was elected United States senator, and
then and there State Senator Tucker lost a
$4,000 job, which can be said to be disap
pointment No. 1 for the junior senator of
Washington.
# # #
Joseph B. Lindsley, the Spokane high
flyer, was sacredly promised the United
States attorneyship of the new district, if
he and his fellow members would stand pat
for Sweeney and shift to Piles when wanted,
which they not only agreed to do, but de
livered the goods, but Lindsley did not get
the job and is as sore as a ducked witch,
which constitutes disappointment No. 2 for
the junior senator from Washington.
State Senator Ilutson was to be deputy
United States attorney under Lindsley, if he
too would stand pat as did Lindsley, which
he did, but the attorney general had not
been consulted, and when the proposition
was presented to him it took him but a sec
ond to inform all concerned "there was not
going to be any core," in other words no
deputy would be allowed for the district.
It would not be out of place to style this
disappointment No. 3 for the junior senator
from Washington.
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After advising the faithful to select their
respective federal positions W. 11. Clark was
first to announce his wants and the position
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 26 ; 1905
held by Thomas Payne was his choice. This
was promised him at a pow-wow and Payne
was to have a big man's job. Nothing of
that nature, however, turned up for Payne
and so he was compelled to hold on to what
he had and Clarky was put off with another
big promise if something turned up, it would,
surely be his. To a man up a tree this surely
looks just like disappointment No. 4 for the
junior senator from Washington.
Frank A. Twichell, who bled and died for
"Sam Piles," decided he wanted the office
which Dr. Allen P. Mitten has filled for the
past eight years, deputy customs collector
at Seattle. Nothing was more pleasing to
his senatorship, for Mitten was a John L.
Wilson man and he first of all had to walk
the plank. In their enthusiasm, however,
they overlooked the fact that Doc. Mitten's
job had been put under civil service and to
oust him charges had to be filed and sus
tained before the department. There was
no .hope of taking care of Twichell in this
connection and after carefully going over the
situation all agreed another sad defeat had
to be credited to the "politician" and no
confidence is betrayed in styling this disap
pointment No. 5 for the junior senator from
Washington.
# # #
LB. Knickerbocker, the hero of a hun
dred hard fought political battles^thought^
Fred A. Wing had been United States as
sayer quite long enough (there are others)
and he selected that office as his reward for
shouting Sam Piles, and it was promised him
without hesitancy, as Wing was a bit tainted
with Wilsonism, but T. Roosevelt, the mighty
hunter, did not seem to be able to find an
excuse for making the change, hunt as dili
gently as he might, and the news soon came
from the national government there would
be no change at the assay office in Seattle
for the present. If this is not disappoint
ment No. 6 for the junior senator from Wash
ington then it comes dangerously near it.
Now, there is Jesse A. Frye, a Foster ap
pointee, holding the United States district
attorneyship, one of us is entitled to the
place and the senator agreed, and he then
and there announced that the man he had
selected for the place was Potter Charles Sul
livan, and the change would be made in May
or June. Again the powers that be at Wash
ington City intervened and now the retiring
of Frye has been indefinitely postponed.
From a Sullivan standpoint this would ap
pear to be disappointment No. 7 for the
junior senator from Washington.
If a United States senator is not elected to
hunt jobs both at the capital of the nation
and the capital of the state for his henchmen
then what else is he good for ? John Wood
ing therefore had himself slated by the big
chief for state dairy commissioner, and Gov.
Mead was given instructions to make the ap
pointment. The governor, however, fell off
into a dreaming state and in that condition
he named L. Davies of Lincoln county for
the place and Wooding and the big chief
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
now realize and are willing to admit that
disappointment No. 8 for the junior senator
from Washington has been thrown into his
wigwam.
* # #
Though it all but broke my heart I was
forced to turn Plinny Allen down for
Twichell, but I have instructed "my mem
bers of the legislature" to pass a new state
printing bill and this place I will give to
Plin, which will be worth more to him than
going to the legislature. The bill was passed,
but again one Albert E. Mead got mixed in
his instructions and C. W. Gorham was
named instead of Plin. There is no disguis
ing the fact that this constitutes disappoint
ment No. 9 for the junior senator from
Washington.
* # #
Because Congressman Humphrey refused
to become a party to the parceling out of
jobs over which he had no control immediate
political extermination was put on cold stor
age for him and the "new senator" gave
notice that "one Will E. Humphrey would
be denounced from every political rostrum
in King county." The aftermath of this
threat is a complete backdown and Hum
phrey is to be let severely alone. We may
be mistaken, but it occurs to us that we
would not be far wrong in styling this dis
appointment No. 10 for the junior semitor
from Washington.
# # *
We all put our shoulders to the wheel
and by our united efforts succeeded in elect
ing you to the United States senate, the
highest office in the gift of the citizens of any
state, and we feel that you should not now
be active in opposing what we consider a
public policy, comes from Mr. Piles' home
guard, the Beacon Hill Club. "If lamto be
criticised and be made the victim of char-
acter assassins and not be allowed to practice
my chosen profession as suits me best, then
I will move away," retorts the senator.
What, move away from dear old Seattle and
become a resident of Tacoma or Everett —
sacrilige, treachery, burning shame. What
a setback for the Seattle spirit that ex
pended thousands of dollars in making it
possible for Seattle to have a senator. Are
we not justified in pronouncing this disap
pointment No. 11 for the junior senator from
Washington?
* * *
And now after encountering so many
crushing disappointments one is reminded
of the repeated boasts of the junior senator
from Washington soon after he was elected
to the effect that he would remain a member
of the senate for "twenty-four years," so
well had he fortified himself in the political
arena. If in the face of so many rebuffs he
is able to even succeed himself some great
political hedging on his part must be done
and should he fail in that one and all must
agree with the Pie-maker that it would be
disappointment No. 12 for the junior senator
from Washington and of all this would prove
the disappointment of disappointments.