Republican Rally at the Raymond Hotel
Campaign rhetoric heats up in the Fourth Ward as politicians debate the mayor's administration and the meaning of 'mergers.'
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Republicans were busy in the Fourth Ward last night and an enthusiastic meeting was held at the Raymond Hotel on Pacific Avenue. During the meeting a drunken man tried to take an impromptu part in the program, but a word from Police Captain Wiley put a quietus on his ambition to become a stump orator. Frank Woodworth was the chairman of the meeting and the speakers were Mayor Louis D. Campbell, Senator Lincoln Davis, L. C. Dennis, John W. Linck, F. R. Baker, L. G. Jackson, Charles D. Atkins and H. A. Moore, Republican nominee for the city council from the Fourth Ward. Mr. Linck made a few remarks referring pointedly to Mayor Campbell's administration. He said that the mayor had stood practically alone the past four years and had been obliged to disregard the wishes of many of his friends, because he saw his duty and did it. 'The Democrats are abusing him,' said Mr. Linck, 'but Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.' Senator Davis waxed eloquent in his address, and said he was glad that so many who were on the other side of the fence in the convention had remained in the Republican ranks. The supreme court, he said, had just handed down a decision to the effect that it was wrong to 'merge.' W. Scott Snyder, councilman from the Seventh Ward, and candidate for re-election, spoke briefly. He said that he was not under the influence of the Tacoma Railway Power Company, Stuart Rice, Felt or Baker.
“I for one citizen, am willing to violate this injunction and merge the business men, professional men, men of all creeds and religions... and give an increased majority for Louis D. Campbell.”
Political rallies at downtown hotels were the bedrock of local campaigning in early 20th-century Tacoma. The tension between municipal candidates and private utility interests, like the Tacoma Railway Power Company mentioned here, remains a recurring theme in city governance today.
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