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SEATTLE REPUBLICAN
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Governor Johnson ran into a
Chilberg at the exposition and
that, too, in mid-summer.
Hay is so common to the state
of Washington that the Eastern
visitors say it is to even be found
in large quantities in the execu
tive mansion.
Will Rip linger longer in Seat
tle .than he anticipated when he
returned to confront h*is accus
ers?
James A. Moore has been
offered a round million dollars
for his interest in the Irondale
plant, and yet there are those in
Seattle who declare that James
needs more money to pull through
on.
Intoxicants may be had on the
Pay Streak, so declares the Rev.
Reese. If drink is sold on the ex
position grounds that's a pay
streak worth its weight in gold.
Despite the fact that there have
been a half dozen or more state
governors in Seattle for the past
week the citizens have managed
to live through it.
Everett was in Seattle last
Tuesday with both feet, her hun
dred thousand dollar fire the ev
ening previous to the contrary
notwithstanding. Everett is a
burg that it will pay to hook up
with.
We suspect the reason Thomas
Levi's aeroplane did not fly last
Sunday was because he had not
gotten any government hot air to
warm things up with.
That young millionaire that was
put on cold storage a few months
ago for the killing of Stanford
White has not quite Thaw(ed)
out, but the weather seems to be
warming up.
, Despite the fact that George
Gan, a well-known Seattleite, has
always been of a sober turn, yet
he had a bad case of snakes last
Tuesday, which greatly surprised
his hundred and one friends. He
was appointed receiver for a
snake show.
The largest pipe organ in the
world, erected in Festival Hall, on
Art Hill, at the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition, in 1904, by a Los
Angeles (Cal.) firm, at a cost of
$110,000, has been purchased by
Mr. John Wanamaker, who will
have it erected in his big depart
ment store in Philadelphia. Al
though the organ is so immense a
pony may -be driven through its
largest pipes and it will require
ten large freight cars to remove it
to Philadelphia, it is pronounced
a most perfect instrument.
PROMINENT PERSONS.
William Jennings Bryan, three
times Democratic candidate for
the presidency of the United
States, and as many times most
signally defeated, is to leave the
state of Nebraska and take up his
residence in Texas. If the man
ever before had any chance of
being elected president he is de
stroying every future hope by be
coming a Southerner.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long:
worth has become an enthusiastic
advocate of the success of the
aeroplane and is anxious to take
a trip in one of them. She, how
ever, has decided to take a spin
through the air in a balloon.
Alice always was a dare devil and
she seems to have lost none of it
by permitting Nick Longworth to
become her husband..
A. D. Charlton says the travel
to the A.-V.-P. exposition has
been twice what it was to the
Lewis and Clark exposition at
Portland for the same length of
time. Of course it has been, and
simply because the former is being
held in Seattle and the latter was
held in Portland. It makes all
the difference in the world,
neighbor, where you hold a show.
Mme. Lillian Nordica, Ameri
ca's most noted actress, has re
cently become the wife of George
W. Young, a New York banker
and a man reputed to be of vas^
we;ilth.' They are now off for a
month's honeymoon on Mr.
Young's private yacht. Lillian
having taken so many of just such
trips, she must be an adept at the
business by this time atfd it is safe
to say she will give George the
ride of his life.
Edward C. Hanford of Seattle,
a son of Judge C. H. Hanford,
h;is been appointed a second lieu
tenant in the regular army and
the appointment has been con
firmed. The Hanfords and the
Hopkins of this section of the
country always manage to feed at
the public crib.
Tafts tariff took a sudden turn
and was' passed by Congress
after a good many heated de
lates. It is a compromise between
tlic extreme Aldrich men and the
radical reduction men. It never
theless is for the most part in the
interest of the corporations and
combines common to the country
just now.
Orville Wright, of aeropfane
Came, is determined to make the
flying machine an absolute suc
cess and have it skim the air with
as much ease and grace as does
the automobile the plains. We
believe Wright is right.
James J. Hill's bronze bust pre
sented to the University of Wash
ington by the state of Minnesota
was unveiled last Tuesday, Min
nesota day, at the exposition, and
was formally presented to the
university by Governor Johnson
of that state. Mr. Hill can right
fully be classed as the father of
the Northwest.
Col. Clinton P. Ferry, the man
who pave Tacoma its name, died
irt California last Sunday after a
very brief illness. He was one
of the* public spirited men in the
City of Destiny and many of its
public enterprises bear his name
THE SATTLE RJEPUB N
in honor of the noble work he has
done for the good of the city from
time to time.
Mrs. Charles Prosch, an octo
genarian of Seattle, died at her
home last Sunday afternoon. She
was a pioneer to this section, hav
ing resided in the state and ter
ritory for the past fifty-one years.
Both she and her husband, who
survives her, have been among
the prominent citizens of this sec
tion and city during their resi
dence here and have always been
closely identified with all enter
prises which had for its object the
developing of the country. She
was one of the most influential
members of the Pioneer Society,
many of the members of which at
tended the last sad rites paid to
her memory.
FRANK CLAPP S RECORD.
Here is a pretty good story on
former Senator Frank Clapp. A
few days ago as he was going up
Second avenue he met Fred C.
Harper, with whom he has been
not only acquainted for many
years, but with whom he enjoys
a close friendship. Hellow, Frank,
I am glad to see you, came from
Harper.
And the same to you, was
Clapp's rejoinder. The two shook
hands and were delighted to see
each other. Finally Clapp, after
looking at Harper and seeing that
he was togged up unusually good,
said, "If it were dark I would
hold you up." "Well you have
improved wonderfully since I
first knew you," replied Harper,
"for when I first knew you you
would not wait for it to get dark
to hold me up, but would do the
job in broad daylight." Before
the coloquoy, however, reached
the last retort of Harper a crowd
ahd assembled and Clapp seemed
to enjoy the real joke as much as
a mutual friend of the pair.
Ours is said to be a government
of laws and not of men. But men
pass the laws and often one man
causes a law to pass, or gives it
haracter or keepsthem from pass
ing. We. with all our trying and
studying, have not been able to
free ourselves from the'one-man
power which the ancient republics
dreaded and detested. At this
time we do not regret it.
A strong demand for tariff re
vision, and both great parties
came out for it, put it in their plat
forms, nominated candidates and
went before the people. 'Congress
.vas called in special session to at
tend to the matter.
The matter has gone to eleven
men over against them is set the
ne man, the President, who stands
for, so far as we can judge, for
that*which was demanded and
promised.
President Taft, it seems, is for
the principal of protection and
necessarily against the Aldrich
bill. Tie said that he was com
mitted to a downward revision of
the tariff which he had promised,
and he had looked at the matter
from the standpoint of the whole
country as well as the standpoint
of responsibility for the whole Re
publican party. TTe said the ques
tion in each case was a question of
fact, to be determined by evidence
as to whether the present duty was
needed for protection or if the rate
was excessive, so that downward
revision or putting the article on
the free list would not injure the
industry.
WISE AND OTHERWISE
( Uncle Ancil)
The city authorities should re
quire all vacant lots to be cleared
of all trash and debris and treat-
Ed as a first class park. How
much better the city would look
to have this done, and too, it
would be an aid to health. Why
not require the owners of the va
vant lots to do this, and upon
their failure let the city keep
them in good shape and charge
the cost against the property.
The owners of vacant lots profit
by the increase value given to the
property by the improvements
made in the vicinity, and yet they
add nothing to the beauty of the
city, and often thiese lots are an
eye-sore to the community. Let
the city compel the owners to
keep these lots in good order.
Marriage between people of
different colors and nationality
should not be prevented. If a man
and woman are attached to each
other as husband and wife should
be, the matter of color should not
be a bar to their union. If a
woman of color should marry a
scapegoat of a white man and get
fooled, she alone must bear the
burden. Besides, it can be shown
that an intermixture of races is
elevating. Progeny is made bet
ter by a cross between different
nations. This is the case among
the inferior animals. This fact
cannot be refuted. If a white
girl wishes to marry a Jap, let
her marry him. The Almighty
has placed no bar between people
of different nationalities marry
ing; then why should we?
The Indian is fiist passing away.
In the United States the time
was when there were more Indi
ans than white people, and but a
few fleeting years ago the Indians
Avere more numerous in the terri-
Tory, now state of Washington,
than the whites. But they- are
fast passing to the "happy hunt
ing grounds." Twenty years ago
the red men were numerous in
and around the city of Seattle, but
now but few are left to tell the
tale of the once numerous Siwash.
Mika memoloos pc mitlite kopa
Sahalee Tyee. If this is the case
with the Indian as well as with
other races of people, can it not
be that in the course- of thousands
of years the races now existing
will become extinct and be re
placed with a superior race of
people? As this js a world of
progress and evolution, and its
tendency is that way, certain it is
that the people of the world are
tending upward in the loftier ele
ments of thought and sentiment
and are obeying te mandates of
Nature's God.
• This is an era of graft. Graft
ing is performed in various and
sundry ways. For instance, a
contract may be let for an exor
bitant sum in which there is a
rake-off of many dollars between
the legitimate value of the work
and the sum for which it was let.
The difference is the graft, which
is a theft to be divided between
the thieves, who have really sto
len that amount of money. The
man who demands and receives
more salary than he is entitled to
by conniving with some grafter,
is no less a grafter and should be
placed in the list of theives. The"
word grafter means the same as
the word thief, only its a milder
term. The man in any kind of
public or private position who de-
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1909
mands more of a salary than is a
just compensation because he
thinks they can't do without him,
is a grafter at heart. There are
just as good fish in the water as
were ever taken out.
By all means Seattle should
have a well qualified man as su
perintendent of its schools, but
it can obtain the services of a
man amply qualified for five or
six thousand dollars per year.
Five hundred dollars per month |r |
even excessive wages. Seattle'
should not try as yet to compete
with Chicago and New York. She
is only in her short clothes. Ten
thousand dollars paid out by the
school board every twelve month
should not be given away simply
because some professor wants it.
Your Uncle has known cases of
this kind to be a simple bluff.
That a new county court house
and a city hall are really needed
in the city of Seattle cannot be
disputed. The present court house
has been added to as much as it
can be, and is now entirely inade
quate for the transaction of the
courts' business. By commencing
the building of a new court house
next year it might be occupied be
fore it would be absolutely neces
sary to rent additional quarters
at the present location. The
building should be large enough
to serve all purposes in the re
mote future. It would not rem
edy matters to erect a building for
the present only; neither would
it be wise to erect one for the 11%-.
mediate future.' The city is home* I
less—the ramshackle structure
which the officers have occupied
has recently been demolished and
they are occupying a building not
designed for a city hall. That
part of Jefferson street between
Third and Fourth avenues should
be vacated and a "way" made
from the court house to the city
hall. A jail should be erected by
the side of the court house, not
under it. The superior judges
should be appointed by the coun
ty commissioners to select a
building committee to take charge
of both the erection of the build
ing and the finances. Anti
grafters should be chosen.
If this country is to return to
real prosperity there must be
concerted action on the part of
both rich and poor to do away
with extravagance. Reckless ex
penditures in excess of one's
earnings are among the evils of
the day. The poorer class almost
invariably seek to imitate the
rich in high living, in wearing
costly garments and in doing
other foolish things. All should
live within their means and live
the simple life.
Envy brings unhappiness and
makes people miserable. The
Irishman sees the rich that ride
in their chaises, while the poor
have to walk be J es and
the human heart is dissatisfied and
he strains every nerve to emulate
the fellow in the automobile. The
man has a happy faculty who can
adapt himself to his environments
and be satisfied with his condi
tion. It is the everlasting race to
keep pace with the rich that keeps
the poor in poverty and indulges
the rich in luxury. Envy, in or
der to be in fashion, will spend
the dollar that should be made
to earn another. If the poor
would practice the simple life
prosperity would be attained.
There appears to be a question
as to whether intoxicating liquors
should be'dispensed in clubs with-