Tacoma’s Liberal Turn Stirs Public Outcry

Mayor Wright's brief administration has certainly brought him no laurels. He has already lost a large part of the Democratic and Republican support that was his at the time of the spring election. Within a few months, he has changed Tacoma into a refuge for sure-thing men, gamblers, and a multitude of sporting women who ply their trades under the open protection of the police. Hundreds of voters who objected to the rigid 'closed town policy' ascribed to Mayor Campbell, and who voted for Wright under the impression that he would give the city that indefinite something known as 'a more liberal policy,' are now heartily disgusted with what they see and smell. They had expected the new mayor to open the floodgates of pollution only a couple of feet, but he has thrown them wide open to the torrent. It is doubtful if he could now close them if he tried to do so.