Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Tiltgraphlc Reports From Many Parts of the Conntry. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Citfea and Town#—Matter* of Minor Mention From Many Place*. NO SOVIETS IN SEATTLE, WASH. Seattle, Wash., March s.—Seattle's citizens, "by their ballots yesterday repudiated attempts to establish soviet authority in Seattle just as much as they repudiated such attempt by police authority a few weeks ago,” Mayor Ole Hhnson declared in a statement today expressing his gratification at the re-election of three city councilmen over candidates indorsed by certain labor leaders. He continued: "This election is evidence to me that every true American citizen will repudiate preaching of class hatred if given the opportunity. Seattle remains loyal to our governnnent.”