The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 14, 1912, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR Phones Private Mxchange Main 9400 and dependent 441. Publishing ‘at Seattle, Wash. fi out of city, cents per mont One year, ii 28. Subscribere to The any fal y attem| up to six montha, Bix ‘a favor and rem ar will conf prom, Seattio otityiag tila” are to secure delivery of 1 substitute another paper fo ‘The Seattle the management to secure the Lest service given courteous and prompt attention. e‘any night by 6 o'clock Kindly phone th plaint "ot Ind. 441. Ask for the Girowlation Depart to arrive Main 9400 ment It Cannot Be Stopped Last fall there was submitted to the U. 5. supreme court @ case involving the constitutionality of the Initiative and Refer- endum, It came up from Oregon, where the I. and R. have been operation nearly ten years, and have put out of politics pol cal bosses and their Big Business allies, And, as alway the last refuge of these enemies of political freédom and economic and social justice, is the courts. They seem to know just where their friends are to be found. Rather eke reflection upon judges, isn’t it, that they are assumed to have less conscience, a eS sense of justice, than the mass of the people? And the pity of it is, that courts are lending encouragement to the idea that, when public opinion has scourged these enemies of society from all their entrenched positions of power, they may flee to judges, not for punishment for their wrongs, but as an ylum where they may avoid restitution for past wrongs and get legal aid to help them to continue preying upon their fellows. This Oregon case is in point. For years and years the Bell bores enpcad corporation of Oregon has escaped its just share of public burdens. Tt found the legislature amenable to its “argu ments.” By initiative in 1906, a law was passed imposing a license tax upon telephone companies. The people enacted it by a vote of 69,635 in favor of it and 6,441 against. ‘The com- y resists this law on the sole ground that the people cannot fegislate directly, but that legislatures alone can pass laws, and that the people are prevented, by the federal constitution, from amending their state constitutions so as to sectire power to legislate directly. It is not claimed that there is any express provision of the federal constitution prohibiting the people ofa state from doing so. The claim is based on strained construc- tion and far fetched implications. If the supreme court had been mindful of its own previous d¢cisions it would. have promptly thrown the case out of court. Instead, it has withheld decision for three months, and still there is no sign when the people shall know whether there is to be another income tax igh of power. : evs the meantime, the telephone company isn’t paying its taxes, while the people are. And the supreme court is the lum of refuge. WT ae as Talt s promoted the recall of judges by his Ar gona veto and his talk about courts being heavens on earth, so the U.S. supreme court can, by usurping the power to over Bt. Valentine's clear; "Tis Cholly that we've plotured here. He going to send a Valentine To dearest little Clementine, My! Wasn't Clementine red hot When that insviting thing she got? Won't Cholly get it good ‘hen next be calls on Clementine? tkekaeeeekeeee throw the Oregon law, hasten the day when, not in Oregon only,| hut throughout the United States, the people will make this & government by and of the people. One would think that that court would remember its Dred Scott decision, upholding slav- and have learned that it cannot stop the onward march of progttst. “THE people will be my only client.” That is the short- est platform in the present campaign, It is the principle on which Thomas R: Horner is asking for election to the office of tion counsel of Seattle. Everybody who knows Horner knows that he means just what he says. COTTERILL has nothing to explain away or to apolo- for. He stands towering head and shoulders above Parish, the political place seeker. “We favor the principle of the initiative and referendum.” That was one of the vital planks in the platform of the @emocratic convention which nominated Judson Harmon for in. 1910. Upon that platiorm Harmon made his campaign, asking for the votes of the people of Ohio, and was re-elected The initiative and referendum principle was then, as now, the most vital issue before the people of that state. It offered then, as it does now, the only possible oppor- tunity for the people to take back into their own hands the machinery of government stolen from them by privilege. During the nearly year and a half sigce Harmon's election on the initiative and referendum platform, Ohio has been stirred to its very depths in a political way. Harmon has become an avowed candidate for the pres dential nomination ; Taft, an Obioan, is also a candidate; dele- gates have been elected to a constitutional convention and that Onvention is now in session, with a majority of its delegates their seats BECAUSE THEY EITHER DIRECTLY ORMNDIRECTLY PLEDGED THEMSELVES TO INCOR THE NEW CONSTITUTION A WORKABLE ITIATIVE AND. REFERENDUM S: ON The other day, by invitation, Gov. Harmon addressed the constitutional convention delegates. And then and there, this y , this candidate for the presidency, this man who has parading before the people of Ohio for years as a progress- ive who “favored the priaciple of the initiative and referen- dum,” showed his true colors. He said in so many words that in his judgment the principle was wrong; that the people of Ohio were not capable of self- government; that on the whole. the people of Ohio have been} well governed by the poli In so doing Harmon and corporations, istified every charge that has been made of Wall Street i...uence in connection with his presi- dential aspirations and stands as the one candidate among the many of all parties, who by temperament, training and mental ajtitude, would best serve Big Business. He is chained to the past. If there is one progressive corpuscle in his entire circulatory system, he gives no evidence of the fact. THE old standpat vice gang is split half for Gill, half for Parish. Cotterill, backed by the progressive and decent citizens, should be nominated with votes to spare next Tues- day. DON'T be misled or even discouraged by the nicely dressed political lies which the people’s enemies and their or- gens spring about this time in every campaign. Stand firmly. 't be stampeded. a The Rich to the Rich Very rich, celebrated as a sociologist, Frederick Townsend Martin, author of “The Passing of the Idle Rich,” writes at his capitalistic friends after this fashion: “Instead of emancipation we have welded about the necks of the people the chains of industrial slavery .. It is true that the form of slavery, the direct exploitation of the bodies of men, has been wiped out in every civilized nation, but it is equally true that since our own great struggle for freedom from the pollution $f chattel slavery we have but stepped out of a process of direct éxploitation of a few enchained slaves into a process far more jive and embracing far more people—namely, the indirect exploitation of wage-workers for the benefit of capital! “The fruits of the genius of the inventors of the world is plucked not by the hands of the workers, but by the hands of the comparatively small and personally insignificant class who, by virtue of the genius of their fathers, or by virtue of mere chance, administer the tremendous power of capital,” But the Morgans, the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, the} Astors and their ilk have eyes that see not, ears that hear not, hearts that feel not. They leave their weak, pampered children to play before the flood that swells, roars and rolls on and on toward—what? Arbitrary. redistribution of wealth? THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1912. He moets friend Susie on the He sends it by ber brother Bill; atroet; Gives seven cents (the stingy pill).| Gives her the valentine complete, Hill has « sinister design ‘Then buys @ comic valentine Upon that pretty valetine. With seven cents, for Clementine. note his countenance bepign; ; Pa sees him coming down the line thinking now of Clementine. ‘Thinking of bis valenti: Tt js a shame to walk #0 far ‘We can't describe what Cho! To get what's coming from her pa. | We'll simply tel! naib pel ween eee eens WORTHLESS Hub-—You say [ve only one be such « bad husband. fault. Weil, if that's all, 1 can't Wife—William, a quarter with a bole in it has only one fault, but what use ts it?--Hoston Transcript gee eaeeaneeaneene aeeweeeeaee ene ARTISTIC “I will give you your ner if woman with the gingham apron. you will beat those rugs,” sald the the back door. “Ah, madam,” replied the wanderer, his hat in his hand. “those rugs are really and truly beautifal sibly could be beat!"—Yonkers Sta A SIMPLE “Polities is getting too finicky, were different in my day.” He was encouraged to proceed. “One make a certain man health officer.” ‘os. “fut he wasn't a doctor, and some meddier dug up a law, which made it necessary for the health officer to be « doctor.” ” “What did you do? me when [| was in polities in a ce exquisite. I don't think they pos- tesman. OPERATION * declared the Oi6-Timer, “Things bia ST. VALENTINE’S EDITION. in city, we wanted’ to THE VALENTINE. , dear, do you remember | A day long, long ago, | When you received a gaudy card From me, my love to show? Why, we had the legislature pass an act making our man a Apelor.) "Twas fragile, 1 remember, It was simple enough.” Or “Did you bave any tuck in the crap ? “Well, 1 should say so! My wife found me and took me home before I had a chance to lose anything.” ANY KIND WILL DO “Women no longer regerds mar- riage as the be-all and end-all of! life,” said Mrs. Miriam Sells Wag- ner at the State Federation of Women's Clubs in New York “Women no longer take Miss Nancy Price's view of marriage. “'Miss Nancy,’ said @ you efrl, ‘what kind of « husband wonld you advise me to chooseT “Well, my dear, said old Miss Nancy, peering up over the tops of her spectacles, ‘if you can't get @ bachelor or a widower, I advise you by all means to take a divorced man. "--£t. Louis Globe emocrat. He Didn't Know. the polite Frenchman's first visit to a party in England, and he was very eager to do the right thing, so when the houtess ad- vanced to welcome bim he gallant- ly saluted the astonished lady with @ hearty kiss, Unfortunately, her tiusband had been a witness of the occurrence, “How dare you, sir, take liberty of kiasing my wife? And be- me, toot” was his indignant "One tho pardons!” ex. claimed te iohelenee “I to not know your English customs. lng time.1 kees you first!"—Tit- | the And all stuck up with glue. Bat it werved to bring the message 1 wanted sent to you. Your eyes, my good wife, tell me, Your smile, too, is a sign, That you recall the letter To you, my Valentine Today, my dear, it's fifty yeurs Since that first Valentine; We'll toast the February saint And days of Auld Lang Syne S| Pepruary «14th in Leap Year |News em. (ought to prove « terror to bache (To the tune of “Silver Threads | lors, Among the Goid.”) Comic Val., your knell is tolled, Buried deep benesth the moid, In your tomb forever stay ioe that you are laid away. - boon te like etingeree, {Spitetul to the inst . He isn't the only one who grabs | Full of venom, flip and free, aN opportunity tike that, not bee a How you thrived new puzzles meiliong shot. CHORUS. What an opportunity St. Valen- tine's day presents to the small boy who bas a grodge against his teacher Aod WHY LOVE {8 BLIND. Romantic Reamas determined to jearry off the pride of his heart on | St, Valentine's day. For weeks he planned carefully, At last, with his trusty ladder, and with his! breast swelling with the yery/ cleverness of his iden, he reached | her window. No sooner had the! Jadder touched the house than his/ {fair Indy love's outstretched arms | ere waiting. But alan! the fair one leaned too far, the puffs which adorned her fair young head! tumbled full into our hero's face, and, losing his grip on the ladder,| he fell into the rose bushes, scratch: jing ont his eyes, With that the heartbroken maiden retased to} marry bim. And that is the re dear reader, why love id blind tm your tomb forevdr stay Now that you are laid away. Comic Val, your cruel sins Left their scars on tender skins; Erst you gave me keen delight, Young | was and hardly. bright, Under doors | shoved you as | Carkness fell—because ‘twould pass THEN for mirth to say: “You a: Long haired donkey, go to gra Comic Vai., it gives me bives, Memory of your hideous hues, Tipsy colors on a tear, Eyes in yellow, greenish hair— (Ah, but how my joy once rose | When | mailed the gem which goes: |“Drunken bum, with ruby nose Dyed by pawning baby’s clothes.” Comic Val., your race is run, Breaking hearts ie sad, not fun; Thoughtless youth no malice felt, Yet your words no pity spelt. Har-har-har! | cut one loose (Such a neat thing in abuse!) Reading: “Thug, they've cooked your goose, You will grace the noose!” Extremes Meeting. “Jack did rather a paradoxical Nterary feat the other day.’ “What was it?” “Landed a sea tale.” hangman's Stella—Did he pitt skates? . Bella—Yen, hooking me Sun.” on your Next year he will be the back y York AN ADOLED ARGUMENT When t him theres a bad half hour fn store for the man who is proud when bis boy cusses and throws rocks at people. 1 hate to say what I would do to the individual who meets me ona cold morhing when I've my watch buttoned up under four layers of porting, and asks me what time it Iw. . Have you ever collected a claim for damages to household goods shipped by freight? 1 have. I got the man-higher-up, too. see | Ti Someday I'm going to be editor : of & paper long enough to meet the fip pregs agent who comes in with ® yarn about an actress’ wonderful ystem of milk baths, a eee ; y n The average pay-enter ci es. Go away at once ‘or 1! #halll about as stutty Pe the Black ale wet the dog on you, ‘ of Calcutta, This ia not offering Tramp—It would do no ood,Jany advice, but 1 always kick out marm——e@ bad egg can’t hatch, a window. Lady—t_ believe How One Little Seattle Woman Held a Big The crowd wae anxious to hear —_———- --— the candidate, » crowd that 4 every nook and corner of the Se attle theatre, Cotteritt! cries. tt wae during the noon-day meet Ing last week, The crowd had been impatient for the principal speaker, and showing its restlessness by stamping ite feet and clamoring vo- ciferously for Mr. Cotterili to be gin his speech. But the committee in charge had made out ite pro gram, and was proceeding under It And while the crowd was be coming more and = more impatient and more and more tumultuous in its eries for Cotterill, a young wou an stepped to the front, She had been introduced by the chairman, but scarcely one-tenth of the f- ence heard him above that din and noise. The blue-eyed young ron, trim of figure, neat of dress, pleas ant faced, with hair wavy, and fetching voice, held that audience completely, Bhe made an eloquent mpecch—it was different from the ordinary campaign oratory—tt was ‘a gripping talk, a speech with the basglute impress of sincerity. The audience, just a moment before, ta- controiiably restle Matened gerly, attentively, warily for ery word. She spoke feelingly; she knew her subject; her votes itaelf pos- sessed =a wonderful fascination. And when she had spoken of the demand for progressive men in of- . when she had shown that her candidate, more t any other man in Seattle, secured the tn- itiate, referendum, recall, direct primaries, onpartisan law, the clty-owned water and Nght depart-jhandle these by reason of his en-|was not because of gm ments, she also spoke of MUNIC-/ gineering experience. ithe service to an IPAL HOUSEKEEPING. “| grant you that half of the! which Cotterill For it was Mra. Nellie M. Fick,| work of the city is business—the| when the cause oe, Cotterill!” came the MRS. NELLIE M. FICK How to Cure a charming housekeeper herself, other half, and | think it is the most of the who spoke. She ts the wife of Dr.|more important, is municipal mended him, bat FP, Fick, She spoke of parks, | housecieaning,” she said. jrecornized the right and playgrounds, and streets, and| And then sbe spoke of woman suf.'the cause. boulevards, and docks and the light frage--a subject dear to her heart,) When she was and water bills, and pointed to |for she worked dilligently for the|all too soon for the George F. Cotterill as the best |passage of that amendment. And, A thorough equipped o: all the candidates to! she told that big audience that it|Fick Is aligned = —-@| When @ junior tm her & days at Washington, D.C A page at the In the Editor’s Mail)... jeight-hour law for sami, jiast legislature, and 04 To the Editor: Thomas R, Horner offers himsclf to the citizens of|kressive measures, a) Seattle for city attorney, or, rather, to be more exact, for corporation againet Gill in the counsel, His opponents, all six of them, are able and earnest lawyers. Space forbids a eulogy of each or any one of them. As an attorney, I) have had legal acquaintance with most of them, and to that extent ap-/ preciate their respective abitities. | Bot for a profound logician, Mr. Horner is my choice for the position he seeks. Mr. Horner is « lawyer of the truest type. He in careful and} honest, a rugged honesty that shows him to be worthy of trust. I wish leach reader of The Star might only hear him set forth his views on mat-| , | tore concerning the legal affairs of the city. Every one who hears bim may not vote for him. [But they depart from his meetings saying; “Horn er i® @ sturdy character, a deep student of law, a profound thinker, a/ man of honor and truth, a man of determination apd excellent judgment, | pealed pact 2 & lawyer in whose hands the legal affairs of the city would be cared for) of «srup of Sersapard with ability and safety.” she these Tae T commend him to my acquaintances and friends. " Try to hear him| a before you vote, You will make no mistake to support him. But hear espoontul befor him for yourselves, THOMAS J. CASEY, | And at bedtime, 628 New York Block. wehbe pound in stock be Riverion, Wash., Sept. 12, 1912. een tn 8 To the Editor; One of the Seattle papers has, during the past week, | tak devoted much space in its editorial and news columns urging the removal | {is., Inatet, of Robert Bridges from the port commission, and for what? Simply be-| ounce. kealed, yellow. cause Mr. Bridges has attempted to carry out the platform on which he | Wes published here was elected, and incidentally has run foul of a little plot of some schem-| iundreds Of tne as ing promoters who are attempting to exploit the people of King county | in a manner utterly imponsibte. Mr. Bridges has been “accused” of | committing many acta which, if they can be proven, would in themselves | make {t impossible for him to longer serve. Now, if these people “have | the goods” on Bridges, why don't they produce them and end all this) “demanding.” The main reason is, “they haven't got the goods” on him, and @hen he is “kicked off’ the port commission, the voters of the | sonth district. will be conaulted, and since Mr. Bridges lives in the south | diutrict and is known by the people as a man fearless, straight-forward } and dependable fn wh: v he undertakes, there is little likelihood of the operation proving » ful If Mr. Bridges was actuated by selfish motives, the fact that every- thing which he possesses lier in the valleys south of the city would nat- urally influence him to aid and not oppOse anything which had for its purpose the development of the south end of the harbor. Instead of plunging beadiong into a hare-braned scheme to build a great unnecessary “pipe dream,” he is farthering a comprehensive scheme tor the development of the entire barbor—north, east. south and central instead of aiding in the attempt to use the credit of King county to aid private business interests, be is lending his best efforts and devoting his time without pay in an attempt to develop the harbor, as the other great sea ports on the Coast are doing, to be ready for the expected busi- ness to come through the Panama canal, ‘There are the things he was elected to do. These are the things he promised his constituency he would do if elected. Again let me say the vot of the south district will have to be consulted ere “Bob” Bridges is “kicked off" the port commission. Yours for fair play, D. A. MORRISON. 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