The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 15, 1912, Page 4

v4 THE SEATTLE STAR Phones: Private Mxchange Matn 9400 and Independent 441. jember of United Frese, Published y by The Star Publishing Co. ~__tntered at Seaitle, | fh, postotfice as wecond Vital, out of city, ge is per month up to six jaan mattor, on thi r paper for ae. eure the beat service and gomplain re ri govrteous a ny r v fatlod to arrive any ni by 6 0 Behice'at once. Main 400 oF Ind. FL “Xa tor the Cirowlation Depart; ment It was a most remarkable meeting at Dreamland hall yes- terday afternoon. Those far removed, berobed and benighted judicial minds who rule over us might have spent an hour to advantage at the hall yesterday, It would, in a measure, have prepared them tor the sad things that are going to happen to the judicial mind of a certain type. F Probably 1,500 citizens of Seattle took the time, the trouble, and paid the car fare, to assemble on a day's notice and protest vigorously, publicly, with denunciation and indignation, against the appointment of this district's congressman to the federal bench. 4 Ten years ago such a protest would have been considered treason, so firmly was the sanctity of the law imbedded in the public heart. Five years ago the meeting would have been at- tended, but would have been a political roar-back. But yester- day, thinking, reasonable, honest men and women gathered by the hundreds to tell President Taft that Seattle knew Congress- man Humphrey was not the man for the place. One of Humphrey's defenders, who admitted that he was < a life-long friend of the congressman, said: “When a meeting is called to protest against one lone man—” and here a voice from the audience called, “He must be rotten.” That was the terse epigram that brought down the house and Must-Be-Rotten Humphrey will probably go down in history along with God-Hates-a-Coward, and the pic- ture of Uncle Joe leaning on a slab marked Humphrey, and weeping, “Et, tu, Brute.” But Humphrey is no worse than other lame ducks who have been slid into life-long soft snaps, when the discerning public retired them from elective office. It is not that Hum- is much worse than the average politician, who makes is living b: A ogee manipulation, BUT THAT THE PEO- PLE TODA REFUSE TO HAVE LAME DUCKS RAM- MED DOWN THEIR THROATS. : The people are really awake, and they are going to have a hand in their government; incidentally they believe that a federal judge is a public servant and not a party stool pigeas. And with that sort of a public feeling aroused, and growing stronger, does Taft, or Humphrey, or anyone else with the old type of tical sagacity agitating around their systems, imagine that any sort of an official whitewash would make Humphrey acceptable to a people? Would Seattle respect Humphrey more if he was appointed judge? It would not, but! it would jose the last small atom of respect it might have still concealed about it for Taft, or a system that will allow a Hum- phrey to sit on any bench, except the free section of the rooters’ grandstand along next August. Whether Taft adds the last insult to his long list of im- becilities or not, one is sure: The people of this district don’t want H or i pregomnaied ge 2 where else, and the people finally do run this country, the type is doomed, H may get his and now the people of Seattle to prevent you from putting a Funny none of those Humphrey defenders cited the $75 check paid’to Humphrey by the shipping trust as evidence of his legal ability. Do we want the railways left in the control of Wall st? Why, no—but what are you going to do about the matter? Doesn't Wall st. own them? Well, then—oh, yes, we can take them as a nation, and own them, and run them! Sure!) These thoughts occur to one as he reads the article in McClure’s by W. H. Cook, in which that eminent lawyer says that the people of this nation will not and ought not to allow Wall st. to run the railroads, and that as a matter of fact, they should be owned and run by the people. For Cook is a Wail st. man himself. He is counsel for the Mackay cable-telegraph companies, and author of “Cook on Corporations” which every lawyer has read-—or should. ‘When men like Cook come over to the national ownership yiew, the government may as well begin laying plans to take : jon of the railways. Looks like the beginning of the end of our present system of private ownership. Cook a great holding company with a capital of $25,000,000, to own and operate all the lines and run them as a unit for the benefit of all the people. This stock shall) have its three per cent dividend guaranteed by the government, | so it will be just as any United States security at three pet cent.| ' Cook thinks the American people averse to holding com- panies, and believes tliat a lot of education will be necessary to convince them. Well, maybe not. Tom Johnson was for a holding company to take over the street railways of Cleveland, and advised Mayor Dunne of Chicago to adopt the holding company idea for bringing in municipal ownership in that city The American people may be better posted on and better dis- posed toward holding companies than Mr. Cook thinks Cook's holding company idea is a good one—to think about. One or two things in it will bear thinking about a whole lot. For instance, Cook proposes that we take over the stock of the railways at their present value on the market— and issue therefor three per cent government-guaranteed stock. Present value, you see, water and all. Perhaps it might be well to regulate the water out a little first. The government can’t afford to bull this stock and then buy it. What do you say to taking into account the physical valuation, Mr. Cook? ‘Then Cook proposes to place the running of the great mer- ger in the hands of a board of directors who shall be self-per-| petuating. We shy from self perpetuating boards controlling | our commerce, Let us suggest that the present interstate com- merce would make an elegant board of directors, all equipped with knowledge of the problem, and ready to serve. be grinbanes Humphrey now wishes he had not over- reached himself in trying to grab that judicial plum. Certainly he has given the people a fine illustration of what he does not know about his own fitness. The real worthy citizens of Seattle will now forget Hi Gill and go about their business of electing a mayor. in the Editor’s Mail To the Editor: Justice to or- These men do not represent the ganized labor demands that a cer-| sentiment of “organized labor,” or tain matter be called to the atten-|of the leaders of the labor move tion of the general public, and it} ment, and although John J, Me seems to me that The Star is the|Namara, brother of James M. Mc proper organ to do it. Namara, is a “union” man, it is None of the three men who blew | significant that he had to go out up the Times buliding at Los An-| side the ranks of “organized labor” geles are union men. James B,|to find men who would sympathize | McNamara carried a “card” at one| with and carry out his dynamite! time, but that was many years ago, | plots. M. A. Schmidt and Dave Caplan are| This protest i# called forth by anarchists and have never belong-|the fact that many publications un- ed to any union whatever. All three of these men were for a time connected with the anarchist “Home colony,” wear Tacoma. as “labor leaders.” THOMAS J, L, KENNEDY, | t | ring to the three men named above|has any attention from men. THE STAR--MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1912. ‘Tom Johnson’s Disciple to Give Cleveland People 3-Cent Electricity From $2,000,000 Municipal . (Special to The Star.) — CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 15,--Cleve- land has returned to Tom L. John- son principles. ‘Bixth city” in potnt of popula ton, it now bide fair to head the Het in municipal ownership. Newton D. Baker, democratic mayor and associate of Johnson, is hard at it. A $2,000,000 municipal Nght plant ia one of Baker's largest projects Bonds have been voted and the plant will be rushed to completion Baker hopes to give the people Nght at 3 cents a unit or leas, Two small city-owned plants, in suburbs re cently a The South Brooklyn plant, at $306,000, made a profit of $70,000 ‘The Collinwood plant in UM-HUH 2! 1 HARDLY WHAT 70 THINK Tr 178 A LONG STRAI KNOW TANS, one— hair combed has & lot ter do with th’ | Had Occasion to Know . The Girl—I'm shocked at the way father treated you. I've almost worshiped papa,but it seems my idol has feet of clay, The Sultor — Clay? Concrete, more likely! -- Boston Evening Transcript. We Ask Again, Where? “When I marry,” said the girl, “t am not golng to marry a man who drinks, amokes, plays cards, or who lighting corporation charges the city $58.88 per year for each lamp for service where these t reach. forbid the munietyal reet railways, How- ver, by municipal supervision, Cleveland controls the service of its street railway and maintains a 3- cont fare rate. .| The city has tong owned its water works, A hnge filtration plant is being planned. The municipal gar- bage disposal plant earned $189,000 in a year from sale of fertilizer and Krease. Rigid milk and tenement inapec- tion, especially active in summer, when city nurses visit homes tn- structing mothers in the care and feeding of infants, eaves many lives annually The 2,000-acre Warrensville farm colony, established during John- son's administration by the present director of charities, Rev, Harris R. Cooley, la 6 part of the city's char. ity system. Improvements to cost $590,000 Pili be made there if the people ratify a bond issue proposed by Cooley Playgrounds, park ang corner lot baseball grounds, skating ponda, tennis courts, cricket flelds, golf loka, public bath houses and bath- ing beaches by the score, most of which were started by Johnson THIS LONG STRAIGHT ONE, You PESTERING SNOOP /It Home Journal. The Perfect Girl. he Moceraphiect wirl Faroe ged the t ever saw. “Topographical girl? What kind ie that?” “Bho has a level head and an un dulating figure.—Lipptncott's. A Queer Feilow. “He's an odd sort of chap. Won't ut the tariff.” What's his reason for not argu »! “Are you still looking for your dogt” doesn't know anything ‘Washington Herald. Seems Reasonable. “What hath made Sir Rapert so bald, thinkest thou?” “Pulling hie shiftofmall on and off over Bis head, | wot."--Puck, Pa ie Surprised. “Pa, what is @ pillory? Heredity. “Father!” “Well, son, what is it nowt” “I want to ask you an iportant question.” } “Fire abead, boy, I shan’'t be of- fended at what you ask.” “Thank you. I want to ask you why you are so old-fashioned In your ide: heredity. “Yes.” “Why don't you put an ad in the pap?” “What's the use? read.”-—Tit-Bita, Improving Hie Style. “Don't you think your literary The dog can't I re nuppose It's momber asking my own father that} ,, during his first term, will be im- eee ener on nee Co nL very tame question.” and) A ee reacher asked mo|TVed and added to constantly NEWTON 0. BAKER, MAYOR OF CLEVELAND “T'm golug to improve it next) Pisin Déaler, yest and I didn't know.’ da Vee tee ide ti a — - — nas week,” replied Mr. Asbestos SeHU™.| sy eweeanwn ene mene! “Why, thats a facetions term eal Auto * "| quarantees tne best service at the lowest cost to move, ge the popular author. “I'm going to! y “a ROmetines ied to # drag store.| pogy CARDS—$1.00 PER DOZ. or store furniture and pianos at— “ use bigger type and have the chap-|_ Perhaps Not. hat won't t schools put Into] we iaae Pi Geveloped, 1c a| ters describing fights printed in red|% sophe mam whee Invented jeans. & |YOUr head next ?”—Waabington Her-| _ odnk Eilms develope Codar 414 4 jok."—Washington Evening Siar. | \owqur “uuogld, ‘be help re mj aide 4 ae | fins | | ns ig ey ® sponsible for a great * . FROST Cant Absolutely Essential. * broken hearts,” #18 vr oN dir i Batis 5 Apdealnadiadied 1332 First Ave, Seattle. L “Ien't our friend, Mr. Orestos|® “Hut not for so many ad the — anaes anienttasreeeeceet . ae 7. te Fliswotter, Inclined to greatly mag) ® who invented (ace pow: #|% ae, Father's ‘ond On PATRONIZE THE FOLLOWING FIRMS: IN YOUR D aify the importance of little) ® Houston Post. OF as pba or PGaccave ine. . THEY ARE RELIABLE things?” + * A ; “Yes,” replied Mise Cayenne, “but 5 6 ee | % chanical toy Tor? He isn’t old & * ee ee eee * appreciate it yet.” w + foes bat | get a lot of & such a course ts absol: onaential Renton, Rainier Valley, Jackson Street and to wis own self-esteem.”-—Washing- Teo Original. * fun showing him how it ® ton Star. “Hore,” eaid the theatrical @MB-| 4 works "— Du Prens. —— ager, “this will never do.” te. sory Paptats. Regge COLUMBIA JACKSON ST. n A Truly Conservation Poticy. “What'h the matter?” the trem-|* FF Fee RHR HEH a ———__——_——_ E “Mary,” said Mrs, Spoopend; dow’ mie ne teave the breech ‘Potes: father 40 Bevey—Masel agen you t© Bleed lan Maer SS Ms eeies to grind them up for fortilt- na AIRING . Mabel—But we’ : AL, THOMAS, Mgr. “Yes, mum; we've ‘ad th’ turkey pet ee [od Feat ran}. YOO Canes teary te Witt kono. Phone Ind. 168s. an hasa an’ croquettes an’ soup Ps aon, off'n it, mum, an’ shall T take th’ leaving my order tm advance My Experience Will Guaran- | Newly Furnished. | Hot and Cold tee You Safe Work. Ootnmbia, O14 Menton Line. —_——————— CENTRAL FEED STORE marrow out'n th’ bones first, mur, ! t' make meat balle wid?'—Daltt destroy the the more Evening Sun. drama T’—Chicago Record-Herald, “SHE WAG AN AUTHORESS. |. H& HAD HI6 GUSPICIONS. A Contras Tate One Block Prom All Depots “I'm bdiest if I can seo what Blab | kins finds to admire ia that Miss Jorkina,” said Hiukielgh. Why, sbe's wholly made up.” “That's it, guess,” said Harka “Biabkine always w: STAR MARKET mOGAN & HOG. 8006 Mainter Ave. Columbia. Hay, Grain, Flour and Feed —PmO! =z . Ind. York 24. HARRY MUHL, Prop. He Knows Your Needs. Oldest Mar- ket in This District. PHONES, USE THEM Beacon 367. Ind. A Gis8. GROCERS JOHNSON BROS. jote a Few of Reacon “Why do fairy tales end ‘they CONFECTIONERY r Why,” replied Mra, Flimgtit, “be are fairy stories.” cause they & som 4069 Rainier Ave., Columbia. We Are the Leading Place Transactions in Mines. our Best lish Walnuts, ib. A young New Haven maa, teturn Here. Deal ‘Asparagus Tips be A Clean Store. Prices Might. dolla Packed Toma ¢ from a health trip to jo, told bis father about buy ing a silver mine for $3,000. “ knew they'd rope you fn,” exciat the old man. “So you were enough to buy a humbug mine. “You, but I didn’t lose anything. I formed a company and sold half) », the stock to a Connecticut man for “How is your won doing in the | $7,000," vi Fair Authoress-—Well, don't take | city?” | *¥-you did?” gasped the old man it #0 to heart. Remember that re-| “He writes that he is carrying &# he turned white. “I'll bet I'm jection doesn't necessarily mean, a) everything before him.” ithe one who bonght it, lack of merit. | “Waiter or delivery boy? | “I know you are,” coolly observed ae An nnn | thO YOunK man, as he crossed his ANOTHER DEFINITION, DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE. | logs and tried to appear very much jae home.—-Arganaut. | ‘at ‘The Best Goods. and goods according. Give us a trial order and be convinced. Pb Cedar 1200, Beacon 3145. <a CITY SASH & DOOR CO. BUILDING PAPER 1 ! ¥ A 0, CENTRAL MARKI E. G. DITL Sunesst M. 61. GENERAL ME Williams & IF YOU COME AEB: LIVE WIRE Phone Biack 71, B38 PLUMB Presh Sait ghost Prices LUNCH AND CAFE A Lunch or Meal LIKE YOUR MOTHER USED TO SERVE You. Home Cooked. Pork and Beans one of My Specialties. MRS. O. McCOSKRIE, Prop, Cor, Jackson and S3rd Ave. GRAVEL AND FUEL Rejened Lover—Ah, you know how hard it is to lose you owas t $000 RAIWIER AVE. Beacon 1987 York 56 ———— DUDLEY & SONS | | WES Sunset Beacon 1371, Ind. Col. 49. The Man Next Door LAKE GRAVEL CO. and VICTOR A boy asked one of his father’s FUEL, ALL KINDS FUEL Co, — guests who his next door neighbor Certified Weight, Certificates oucme vs z _aaer . was, and when he heard his name, cent Bencon 1068. Ind. 3501, QUALITY AND WEIGNT Country Jobe 8 asked if the gentleman was not a fool. very atlying and gasoline engini ed. “Agent for the Fai Engine rm Pomp and makes it hump. ‘White 491. HARDWi - Renton Hi Some Big Speciale # COME. AND BIG SA) Phone Ind. White 30t,' REAL E MUTCHINGON & GETCHELL, Props. —_——————— TAILORS my little friend,” sald the guest, “he is not a fool but a very sensible man; but why do you ask the question?” “Why,” sald the little boy, “my mother sald the other day that you | were next door to @ fool, and 1 wanted to know who lived next door to you,” The guest retired,—Tit-Bits. W. P. PHALEN Phones, Beacon 1622, Columbia 1, ‘The Leading Up-to-Date Grocer of the Rainier Valley. Pure Foods—Full Weights JACKSON STREET TRANSFER M. OLSEN & CO, ‘The Up-to-Date LADIES’ AND MEN’S TAILORS ‘Use Our Phone, Ind. Cedar 867. Wo Will Call With Our Automobile. Needed No Melp. A little chap who recently cele brated his fourth birthday was in PLUMBING | vited by the famfly in the flat up- Phone Cedar 1178 eating and Gas Fitting stairs to stay for dinner, and he CHARLES YRAGER pee ea ‘ Scuy resietect enn homens “a | Stayer a lead! re Insurance Say, ma, what is a coquette? ti Caustique—T don't bartitve [tazet. | At the beginning of the COAL AND WOOD 3309 Dearborn, | the World Accl “A coquette, my dear, 28. | 6 , In Lar all Quantities: Lat These People Estimate Your| AUtomobile Insuranow h customary grace, When be had fin vw Real Estate. who gets more admiration than pro- Miss Cutting—And espectf ished and the food was being pass bs posals.” IT WILL BE RIGHT. Phone Maple 596. DISTRICT GROCERS igood things, | nd Prompt Delivery. Beat LLEY BELDEN, THE GROCER Phone Beacon 449, Cedar 1284. 1808 Mainier Ave. Case STORE A SAVING. ed, the little visitor inquired “Do you do that every time you eat anything, Mr. Smith?” “Yes, indeed. I never neglect to thank the Lord for what he has done for us, and to ask him to help os more, Doesn't your father ever ask such help?” No, indeed, he do returned the visitor, big strong man; he is a plumber.’ Indianapolis News, for Instance. WHAT HE DIDN'T L 2911 Jackson St. RAINIER VA , FLORIST | WILSON & ‘Harries BIG WRONG WAY, Rain’ ighto Valentine St PHYSIC Phones, Columbia 7& Columbia CARL E. KOEN! $71 Sto lt An Ineludiny City, Be York and And everything in the shrubbery line AT SAHLI’S NURSERY PHONE BEACON 966 O14 Renton Line. Hours,, Needless Expens more Aretic exploration? Rainier Beach 1 don't ee why a man should go J. 8. ROOK 80 far for the experience. He can tag Columbia ues te, Ce wot fust uo cold wd Nongty and Heise tor aoe sone” | MO Bs waaaeteme ° Pathe Eee ae Best Drug Ston Dis RIGET REAL a house, appointed as anyone could desire by going duck hunting.”—Washing Pure Foods, Full Weights, Sanit: p We Surely Can Please You.” ton Evening Star. WE SAVE YOU MONEY ——————____ BRUHST’S GROCERY Phone Bescon 3629. Orchard Beach Grocery BIQ SPRCIAL. WHITE FRONT GROC! Ind. Col. 96. Bea 2999, QUALITY COUNTS |. P. MAPES, Prop. Fairview Station. Succe: mm say ne te ‘sé, eminently so, Ff Jeumulated a fortune of sev his time lions without increasing the hard- One fencod acre small She friendly to “labor” persist in refer-| great deal of money, but she never he po 1 understand that she has a “He shouldn waste |ships of other people, and he ha: CERTIFIED WEIGHT h Fine chance “L don't care about his time, but |three daughters, all of whom mar- Btrlotly Cagp—Will Save You | ion $2 Ho—Well, perhaps she docan't let|he has no right wasting my tme|ried yood, usoful Americane’—Ont| certificate Receipts eo pone Chi- them know she has ft, by reading it to nie,” cago Record-Herald, . Phone Benecn Sots, ‘7ea9 Rainier Ave. DUNLAP & OO. ®