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THE PASSING THRONG I met C. A. Davis of Everett one day this week, who is campaigning for Col. Hartley and he is rather full of his BUbject and said: "II you knew Col. Hartley as I do you and every other colored man in the state would be for him. In my opinion no one now running for the gubernatorial nomination has shown as much genuine friendship for the meritorious colored person as has Col. Hartley and in substantiation of the above statement he will get every colored vote in Snohomish county. As lam talking to you concerning Col. Hartley, so have all of the other colored men in and about Everett talked to me about him and I therefore am voicing the sentiment of all of them, who know him best, when I say to you with Col. Hartley in the gubernatorial chair of this state the colored man has a true friend at court." The last intermarriage bill introduced in the legislature of this state was in 1915 and Avas introduced by a member from Whitman county by request and it was the concensus of opinion that the person making the re quest was State Senator E. L. French, who is now a candidate for lieutenant governor. The colored voters in Spokane have en dorsed the candidacy of Senator Fipps for lieutenant governor on the assumption that he was instrumental in the defeat of that particular bill, which is a sad mistake. The bill originated in the House of Representa tives and died in the committee room of the same and the cause of its death was due to W. W. Conner, Speaker of the House, who requested the chairman of the committee to which it was referred to smother it to death by never reporting it out. Had Speaker Conner so desired the bill would have been reported out and might have passed the House, but he set himself dead against it, which resulted in the bill dying a borning. If Senator Fipps or any advocate of his says he (Fipps) was in any way instru mental in the killing of that particular bill then such is said in order to deceive. That Senator Fipps was exceedingly courteous to a committee of colored men that visited the legislature to lobby against the bill, if re ported out, is not denied, but he (Fipps) liad no hand in killing the bill because it never reached the Senate. Vote for Conner. So hot was the fire which Senator Jones reigned down upon the head of Bill Inglis the other day, when he, Jones, • spoke to an audience of very interesting listeners on his pre-war record that the Star bellowed like a bull, I read Mr. Jones' statement the next morning and as I did so a great big tear stole into my eye for just then I re membered when the Teddies went marching off to war, but never marched back again. Then I thought for a moment and compared the attitudes of Jones and Inglis as to our country plunging into that world war and in my mind's eye T saw Jones standing be tween Mars and the brave boys of our lire sides, saying not yet, no, not yet; but old Mars would not take no for an answer and then did the mighty Jones hurl him back again and again and so on until he .himself had to give way. But what of Inglis? He, with eyes attention, covered with gilded stripes and silvered sword paraded before the public and actually chafed for the sig nal. Doubtless he looked forward to the time when Bill would come marching home from Avar and the people would fall down and worship him and declare him their Moses, though he was only educationally fit ted to be their porter. I love to fight when I have to fight, but I refuse to fight in or der to pose as a bully or a hero. Steadily increasing strength in the rural districts of the county is claimed by the managers of Joel F. Warren, Republican candidate for sheriff, as the result of the Warren plan for organizing a systematic patrol of the rural districts, giving the out side sections the first organized protection the sheriff's office has afforded them. The plan which forms the basis for the reorganization in the criminal department of the sheriff's office as planned by the for nier chief of police, has been the principal topic of Warren's speaking lieutenants dur ing the past week and its presentation from the platform and through leaflets and news paper adertiaement is claimed to have awak ened a response in the rural districts that is very gratifying to the campaign man agers. The same plan is meeting with favor in the city, particularly in police circles, inasmuch as it does away with efforts of the sheriff's office to duplicate the work of the city de tective department and calls for concentra tion of effort in the country. Warren speak ers are declaring, apparently with the ap proval of the heads of the detective depart ment, that several important cases have gone unsolved because deputy sheriffs by their cumbersome methods revealed information that causd the guilty persons to leave the city before they had been located. A special appeal is to be made to service men during the coming week. Literature explaining that Warren was the chief of police Avho, shortly after he took office, se cured the removal of the ban which pro hibited Camp Lewis soldiers from visiting Seattle and reciting other favors alleged to have been shown service men, is being pre pard, and a committee of former service men organized to direct the campaign among the veterans. Pictures of the returned ser vice men appointed to duty in the police department, together with the record of po lice promotions accorded returned veterans is to be a part of the propaganda used among the service men. Speaking about the administration of Fred C. Brown, prosecuting attorney of King County, and its weakness, all of which has been exploited by a young and inexperi enced attorney, the follownig taken from a circular as to the personnel of the members of his force may be of interest to the read ers hereof: Fred C. Brown, Prosecuting Attorney for King County and candidate for re-election, has through the establishment of one of the most highly efficient personnels in the his tory of the office, been able to round out his term well within the budget allowed for his office, and this even though the Legis lature created a new position necessitating the employment of added help. This system of rigid economy coming at a time when many departments of the county govern ment are far above their appropriation has been the subject of highly commendary en dorsement of the administration, its effi ciency and business management. A brief glance at the personnel of the office will show that Fred C. Brown in the selection of his assistants was more con cerned with a high standard of qualification than with political expediency. Howard A. Hanson, Chief Deputy—Long time Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of Seattle; former president of Wash ington League of Municipalities; specialist in municipal law; author of many State laws pertaining to municipal government, particularly the revision of all the laws re lating to local improvements, used now in the entire State and copied in many others; long service in the National Guard; Colonel of Coast Artillery. Wm. Parmerlce—Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of Seattle under Judge Gilliam; long experience in general prac tice; especially assigned to civil business, including damage suits against the county, counselling school district officers and tax foreclosures. C. E. Claypool—Long experience in gen eral practice, beginning in the last days of the territory, and in both Washington and on the Yukon Assistant United States At torney; Judge of Superior Court; long timo with National Guard, terminating with the rank of Colonel; assigned to civil depart ment and detailed to any department in emergencies for special service. C. C. Dalton—Long time resident and extended experience in general practice; As sistant Attorney General; assigned to the department of domestic relations, which in cludes service to the Department of Public Welfare of the County and involves exam ination of all-default divorce cases, being work formerly attempted by divorce proctor; National Guard service, rank of Colonel. John 1). Carmody—More than five years continuous experience in law enforce ment, in which lie has been signally success ful; assigned to the criminal department; National Guard service, rank of Lieutenant. T. IT. Patterson—Long experience in gen eral practice; Deputy County Clerk; four years continuous experience in law enforce ment, in which he has attained signal suc cess as a trial attorney; assigned to the criminal department. 'John A. Prater —General practice until war broke out, during which lie rendered FRED C. BROWN service for eighteen months; consulting and trial attorney in criminal department. C. A. Batchelor—General practitioner in Seattle until war time, during which he rendered eight months' service on the Mex ican border; consulting and trial attorney in criminal department. William W. Mount—General practice un til war time, during which he rendered six teen months' service; assigned to criminal department. Bert C. Ross—Assigned to criminal de partment as consulting and trial attorney; long service with the National Guard and distinguished military service during the war, including eighteen months' overseas and attainment of the rank of Major. Kay Dumett—Two years' military service overseas; Belgian War Cross; detailed as law clerk and special assistant in domestic relations work. C. C. McCullough— Distinguished service in the Army, during which he advanced from private to rank of Captain; served eighteen months in France in command of 1) Company, One Hundred and Sixty-first Infantry; previous to overseas service, Cap tain McCullough served in 11)1 Gon the Mex ican border; assigned to special investiga tions. J. P. Sullivan—Druggist and pharmacist of more than thirty years' experience; spe cially assigned to enforcement of the law known as "Initiative Measure Xo. 3"- — State liquor law. By Judge Brown's di rections to Mr. Sullivan in this connection the amount of alcohol allowed to druggists in King County has been reduced eleven thousand gallons per month. Under the able leadership of Judge Brown this corps of efficient and highly trained specialists has established a most enviable record, especially in the criminal branch, through convictions, evidenced by the fol lowing important facts which are matters of record: