Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-15

the indignant people Of Yakima City
last week is treated 70 the following ex-
pose in q Signal extra Of the 10Th inst:
The fart that a desperate a.temp. 10
being made 70 rnisreprssent the honest
sentiments Of the people of this coan
try With reference TO the uneafned land
gran.-the fact that ]. H. May, Who was
cent here on that mission. has
seen ct to handy the writer's name about
the street and TO Characterize him a. an
enemy 70 the interests of this town and
Countrywide fact that in Q public hall
the other evening be sav 81 70 warn his
hearers against the evil influence Of
newspaper which be lacked tie courage
TO designate by nane-,ne fact taat
those Of rs Wis sounded the tocsiu asd
'hvarted his designs we're denominated
On the same occasion as q email number
Of consp,raiors against the public vel
tare-the fact that certain Of our citizens
are favnIne ab ut and licking the boots
Of this man as though they had sud
denly discovered q true Savior-tne
fact that he Is mercenariiy engaged in
cause which the afhrmasions Of his own
Conscience condemn-the fact that tbs
efforts may result ID imposing an uncon
sciOnable burden upon thousands of
helpless men and women who derive
their living from honest toil-the fact
that sneaklng aud cowardly effort Is
being made to injure the Signals bust
ness Interests because of It's advoc .cy
of what II concelves TO be right. ZEN
ders 1t seemingly proper a. q matter of
public policy, a. well as in seif-defence,
Tor the Signal to make known q few
facts with reference 70 this Mr.. MAY
which otherwise would have remained
unpublished.
When he WAS here last summer lie
often expressed his hearty approval Of
the Signals course in demanding the
restoration Of this railroad land to its
rIehtful ovners-the people. Since
then and quite recently. too be has
been expressing his views upon the same
snbJ.c CT by letter. Although his lette-s
were not written for publication, they
relate to public matter, and we're Pre-
sumably an honest expression of Lis
real views until he was hired to think =
otherwise. From a letter written De-
cember 2lst We extract as follows:
IF the land grant to the Cascade
branch Is forfeited or the branch 70 d
Is built soon, it will, in my estimation
dho i H1Nc ttjhcu W. NC ldIRclN
due to your able articles"
Referring to the fact that the people
OF Seattle didn't join III demanding a
forfeiture OF the grant, he said in tue
same letter:
idency Of the \. p, Seattle will get
black eye for year or two and she
richly deserves it; for had she acted
t4...ff.. nd b. ".
people the Oregon Short Line would
have been to Yakima by this time"
As late AS January 14th he writes:
wanted very much to see the Signal
Of the 9th instant, but as far as CAB
learn by inquiries at the postoffioe and
the Posi- -lSTELLIGENCER none have ar
rived. | have thought and still think
that your paper il, through the mali
ciousness OF the railroad, delayed. You
might publish to advantage portion OF
the Presidents message to Congress in
relation to mOnopolies. 1t would GER
tainiy be a justification of the course
you have pursued in your paper. 1t has
bsen wonder to me that you have held
your place 50 long. You certainly de-
serve great credit and ought to do we'll.
l think now you will hold on till after
long AZ you want the place. Please send
me the Signal of the 9Th, 18th and all
the time. AN going to tell the post
master that write to you about the
papers.
PSI don't put Editor of the Sig
mai on the envelope, for they might be
more inclined to lose the letter"
| This ia tho Qo,na IN " vybn &c porr
as An ardent friend of the Northern
Pacific Railroad" This is the same
man who is now denOuncipg the editor
of the Signat as an enemy to his coun-
try. This IL the man whose journalistic
mouth piece calls the Yakima Receiver
and the Yakima Post Master "oommu-
nists." This is the man who, on arriy-
ing at Yakima last week. sought a pri-
vate Interview with the editor of the
| Signal aud urged the said editor to
name bis price and let up" on the land
grant. This is the same man who said
| In the course of his remarks that the
Signals position was right, but that as
1t could now get good sum of money
for dong SO, he would, as a friend. ad-
wise change of the papers policy.
This Is the same man who said on that
occasion that the railroad men PAIN
fully recognize the fact that tue .Signars
contemporary posse sses neither ability
nor public confidence, and that they
look upon the Signal with dread and
terror. This is the same man who on
last Friday afternOOA, wi Ell tie farm
ers had all gone hoDe, aided the Sig-
'dfs dishon.s st contemporary in getting
up public" meeting and putting
forth resolutions purpoFting to express
the sentiments of Yakima county.
Now that for three years the people of
this section have been bravely strup
CLING to throw off the great incubus
which for nearly twenty-Ons wears has
clouded their country's. destiny: now
that they are about to realize the frui-
ton OF 10. x cherished hopes: now that
Congress is about to relieve them of a
curse which, like the Old Man of the
Sea, has been SO clinRing to the back of
this country and preventing it's ad-
vancement, this Inercenary comes upon
the scene and seeks by unscrupulous
methods to defeat their wishes.
20, for tongue to curse the slave.
Whose treason, like \ deadly blight,
Oercomes the efforts of the brave,
And blasts them in their hour Of might!
MAY Life's unhallowed cap for him
Bs dragged with treacheries to the brim:
With joys that vanish while be sips;
Like Dead Sea fruit which tempt the
eve.
But turn to ashes ON the lips"
Let a patient and long suffering peo-
pie arise in the majesty Of their might,
and huri such traitors against the rights
OF man into the measureless ssa Of their