The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-10-05
Official Press Of King County.
Friday, October 8. 1877.
AN OLD SOREHEAD.

The old IshmaelIte who rurs the DIS
lateh-who,e hand Is sgaiiist every oi.e
in the way Of detracti"u and abuse VINO
does not lend Inn aii Of ue kind
was out last evening III @ Io"g AID dis
graceful aud malicious articlc upon
Councilman H.ltofd and .h.r.ss Il.
Merry, just elected Cnici Clerk Of the
Council, charging the former with be-
ing responsible for the latter = election.
(who is Democrat.) aud with ~ @a"t
ef.fdelity to purity odsigatio"s'" and t'r
thermore that his support Of that ge'i-
tleman was 'an insult to very highly
respectable portion Of his constituency;
and also adding thereto. that ut was
stated" that the consideration Tor his
support was this. viz: that. q brother
Of the Couucilman bciDg part owner
of the lSrgLLIoEscER, Merry wa en-
gagged ON that paper as lo,al edi II
with the express understanding that
if he was elected Clerk Of the Council
through the influence OF the propriet.rs
he was to receive from them but $15 u
week, but if not elected they were to pay
him $40 week" Upon Mr.. Merry
whom. only short year since. TINS
Brown pronounced. in his own paper.
to he the embodiment of all that was
good and noble, the superior Of any
editor OH Puget Sonnd, and the abIest
writer OH the coast, the shameless old
calumniator vents his hatred. and
charges him with being "notoriously in
the interest and avowedly in sympathy
with parties hostile to the interests Of
Seattle"
This whole labored attempt of Brown
to injure and inisrepresent both Han
ford and Merry exhibits want of con-
sistency On his part, and an utter disre
gard for truth. For. SO far a. HAnford
il concerned. he misrepresents the facts
when Stating that the citizens Of this
town were cbsgrined aud insultsd at
Msrry's elsction-unless he considers
himself ard three " four ether men
here Who may not like Merry. as cons,i.
tutiDg our entire populations; aud when
stating that Haufords support and vote
was given in consequence OF any ar
rangement effected with the proprietors
Of this paper, he was knowingly
guilty OF publishing q falsehood,
and we have no hesitsncy in saying
1t was ialsehood of his own
connection. Touching his charges
relative to Mcrrys hostility against
Seattle, which he has labored before
this to make appear, there is no EVIL
dcnce whatever, 40 more than shere is in
the senseless twaddlc and vague charge
which he ut the close of his article in
dulses in concerning Mr.. Hanford, who
has property here, and whose interests
are identified with and dependent upon
the future growth aud prosperity Of
the city.
The only foundation for diatribe
against Hartford or Merry was the
simple fact that the former is IA Repub-
lican, and the latter liberal aud
consistent Democrat, aud hence,
according to strict party usages
Hsnford should have given his support
to some member Of his own party.
But then consistent feslty to party does
not 60 - far as to require . member Of
a Territorial Legislature. when not
bound by any caucus. to SEQ that every
subordinate officer is Of his party. But
Brown. Of ell men. is the most incon.
sistent to denounce Hartford for voting
for Merry, or Merry for taking the po-
sition. and he stultifies himself when he
does 90. for the reason that he has writ
ten within the last three years columns
In defence OF Republican functionary
who appointed craven old copper
head" as Clerk of the District Court
here.