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Corporation Dailies Kellogg Boosters Law Violato editor until close to the midnight The law provides that all newspashall prepare an affidavit on or Think of it! A superior court before the first day of April and Ocassisting a trust daily in the time! Kellogg would not debat tober of each year, showing the list once with Pemberton. He said subscribers of the stock, bond holdbate more than once was beneat and mortgagees, and publish such in its first issue thereafter. dignity. Did he take his dignity him to the office of the editor o Newspapers of Whatcom County have complied with this law genercorporation dailies? ally. The Bellingham daily newspaKellogg Tried to Keep Pembe however, have not filed their Name Off the Ticket. affidavit, neither have they published John A. Kellogg and his corpor list of their stockholders. They furbosters endeavored to prevent ther claim they will not do SO. name of W. H. Pemberton being Why Hide Their Identity? ed upon the ballot at the Nove election. They claimed that K Why is it that these newspapers obshould be considered elected, so seriously to permitting the though he had failed to receive public to know who holds the stock third of the vote cast for judge the corporation, publishing the about one-sixth the voters of same and wilfully and deliberately com County. violate the law rather than disclose Attorney General Tanner anno the identity of the corporations and that he appealed the King County individuals who purchased the daily to the supreme court because o newspapers. The public has a legal judicial ticket situation in Wh: right to know who the stockholders County. Kellogg and his friend of these dailies are that are so inpected to get the supreme sistent upon retaining Kellogg as through this source, to lay do judge, and the reasons why they want rule that would prevent oppositi so badly. him at the general election. Should you listen to a law violator disregarded the views of the c when he tells you to vote for the attorney, and of Judge Joiner, judge he wants? tried the case, and are not now Think of it! These newspapers, fied with the decision of the sup that are so anxious that the people court, which shows clearly tha elect John A. Kellogg, are wilfull and people have a right to select deliberate law violators. They have judges, and that they are not been notified to comply with the law. chosen by a small minority, the and deliberately refuse to do so. poration method. Want Their Judge Elected. Kellogg Lobbied for His Jol The corporations have not only Kellogg lobbied for the law bought the Bellingham daily newspathis county an additional judge. pers, but have their agents in the law was demanded by the corpora smaller towns of the county. and when there was not sufficient these agents are doing all that they for two judges. because they W to re-elect Judge Kellogg. It is a corporation judge Our authori necessary for us to name these in this statement is the Bellingham dividuals, because their work identiald, in which appeared the foll fies them. headlines in early March, 1907. The daily newspapers of Bellingham Kellogg received his appointment that if Kellogg is not re-elected. Governor Mead: the Superior Court will fail to be non"HOWARD WINS FIGHT: partisan. There is no foundation to KELLOGG WILL PICK PI this claim. Non-partisan to them Here is another quotation fro means. however, that you should elect Bellingham Herald along about their judge. time: Referring to John A. Ke The Ousting of Hanford. the Herald said: Victor Berger, the socialist con "His principal backer and sp gressman, instituted the impeachment was C. W Howard." proceedings against Judge Hanford. Kellogg was told by W H. The insurgent Republicans of the naberton at the time Kellogg a1 tional legislature and the Democrats ed before the House judiciary assisted in the investigation of Hanmittee that the work had no ford's record. The whole country j terially increased and two seemed to be pleased when this inwere not necessary, which fac vestigation resulted in Hanford's resshown by the certificate of a ignation. C. W. Howard testified in stract company. the Hanford investigation that HanFiles for Old Salary. ford was a good judge. Upon Hanford resigning. Howard was appointed Kellogg lobbied to double his to fill the vacancy. Again your repary from $3,000 to $6,000 a year resentatives in the senate refused to he was the first man to file for confirm the appointment of Howard. this year under the $3,000 salar because of his known corporation his time is worth $6,000 a yea connection. In order that he might certainly does not care much serve as judge, President Taft reapsuperior judge at $3.000. It pointed him, and Howard is now servcorporation boosters that want during the vacation. The questo remain in his present positic of his confirmation will come beHow Kellogg Made Good. fore the next senate. Kellogg was appointed on the The same corporation influences be cutive committee of the State Ba hind Howard and Hanford caused the sociation of C. W. Howard, its appointment of Kellogg, and are now dent, and Kellogg made good clamoring for his re-election. If your doing nothing toward disbarring representatives and senators were jusRoot and Judge Gordon, who per tified in making the fight against ted and secured the Great Nor Hanford and against Howard. you cerRailway to write the opinion of tl tainly cannot consistently vote for preme court of this state, wh John A. Kellogg for re-election to the was claimed that $70,000 had superior bench when you know his used to bribe the judges of this record and the corporation influences It was the duty of the exec supporting him. committee to proceed with the d Kellogg Opposes Recall of Judges. ment proceedings. Kellogg say did nothing in the matter The Judge Kellogg is opposed to the recall of judges. Pemberton favors the porations did not want those me barred. From their viewpoint Ke recall of judges. Kellogg thinks that made good by doing nothing. judge should be independent. He certainly was independent when he Kellogg's Fishtrap Farce. appointed Albert E. Mead receiver of Kellogg fined the fish trap the Home Security Savings Bank over $250. The fine was SO light tha the protests of the depositors. Mead taxpayers lost a few hundred do appointed Kellogg judge: Kellogg although they won the case. The appoints Mead receiver. If Kellogg is trap company upon paying the re-elected through the forces behind and the small proportion of the will he remember them as he of trial taxable against them w remembered Mead? under the testimony, clear over thousand dollars on the transa Grange Says "Guard the Courts." The fish trap trust owns stock i Whatcom County Grange, October daily newspapers. Do you see 1912, adopted the following resoluthey are all boosting for Kellog Kellogg appointed on the Boul tion: "We urge all good citizens not to commission the man he was ask vote for any candidate, however good appoint-Judge Hardin having re his private life, who is backed by to be dictated to in the matter. forces of organized greed and Would you like to try your special privilege. wherein a corporation is intereste "We think it safe to advise you not fore a man as judge who owed vote for any man. or any measure, position to corporation influence any candidate that is supported the Bellingham Herald and ReveiKellogg Rewards Friend Mea since those papers are the special Kellogg. taking advantage of organs of the law-breaking corporamisfortune of the people in the fa tions and of the vicious elements in of the Home Security Savings political life. took opportunity to reward his "In particular, guard the courts." sonal political obligation, and ove The corporations have bought the protests of the depositors appo Albert E. Mead receiver, for you daily papers and are printing falseall remember, Mead had appo noods in order to deceive the people of Kellogg judge. Why should Ke thereby secure the election Benot name Mead as receiver? John A. Kellogg, their candidate. voting on November 5th, please did it matter if the depositors did read his record, SO that you may know gest the name of another? Wha it matter if they did protest ag some of the facts that the daily papers 10 not want you to know. Mead's appointment? Why is Judge Kellogg supported by Here was an opportunity to 1 Mead for his appointment of Kel he corporation dailies of Bellingham and the desires of the depositors Why do these newspapers give more not considered. Will Kellogg rei and print more false statements their ber the corporations if they repace the interest of Kellogg than all him him, as he remembered Mead, ther candidates? They love apopinted him? Mead is an attorney and is paie When the most malicious and trust false of the funds belonging to the d editorials were printed in the itors. He immediately employed lailies before the September n the office primary, of the
