, 1880-10-04

all but two of whom were prominent
Republicans, purchased the material
giving their joint note fol The same pay
BILE in one year, and leased the same to
me with the privilege Of purchasing by
payment Of the note with accrued inter-
est. At the time l entered into posses
sion Of the property, l was negotiating
with practical printer VIII" was willing
to advance the money for the purchase,
and take partnership III the pubiica>
ton and job office. His final letter,
specifically stating terms and conditions,
which were entirely satisfactory, was by
mistake placed in the post-office box OF
White & Brown, taken out of the office
10y Mr.. White, carried off to Olympia in
his pocket and retained by him for over
month before it came into my posses-
sion; each in the mean time thinking the
other had broken off negotiations, the
correspondence ceased, to the great dis
appointment of my correspondent and
my own great damage. He, after walt
ing reasonable time without hearing
from me, engaged in other business.
When agreed to purchase the material,
l had no expectation of paying for it out
of the proceeds of the Office without the
aid of business partner, and that object
having been defeated through the care>
lessness or design of Mr.. White, my next
resourse was the sale of real estate. for
winch there has been no sale during the
past year. If, however, it had not been
for the interference of Mr.. White again,
| should have managed TO worry through
and saved my credit and kept faith With
my endorsers Mr. White, without any
suggestion or solicitation from me, sew
eral weeks ago volunteered and pledged
himself repeatedly, not only to me but to
others, to protect the office and to STE
that the note given for the purchase
should be taken up when due. Upon this
condition he personally solicited and re-
ceived tho appointment of Chairman of
the Democratic County Committee, pledg
ing himself to thoroughly organize the
county and raise funds to pay the expen>
SIS of printing. In all of which, he has
done worse than nothing, because he has
kept the place to the exclusion of Others
who wonla do something if they had the
authority. His repeated pledges deter
red others from acting until it was too
late. The note would become due on
the 7th. On the Sd. he declined to have
any thing more to do with the matter in
which be had acte the part of the dog
in the mangcr On the 4lh, I opened
negotiations with responsible parties to
secure the payment of the note when due,
and was then informed that my contract
for purchase expired on the 1st, and the
owners would pay their own note and
declined to sell. had no right to CONS
plain of this. Four of the owners: -
Messrs. Hill, Wyckoff, Miller and Abrams,
are candidates on the Republican ticket.
had supported each one of them tor
office heretofore, and their aid IN pur>
chasing the material was in recognition
of favors received. In asserting their
legal right to reclaim it. they simply act
IN selt-defence, for which they are nat
amenablc to censure. That the only
Democratic newspaper in the county is
suppressed in the midst of the canvass,
is due solely to the bad faith and broken
pledges of Mr.. White. teel deeply hui
INFLATED, but can offer no defence. After
knowing Mr.. White for nearly ten years,
it was an act of criminal folly to trust to
his word in any thing. 1t is no fault of
Judge Burke that this man has fastened
himself upon him to magnify himself.