Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-13
HIS waIrE EXPLAIN. Hsx 20.
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& ~sAS1 5E-lSTExA.I0fECEA.
lnro1gh tue kindness of friends r.
oeivsd the clipping published ia vos,
paper OF September 7th. headed, ..serl.
oas charge Against a Temperance Ad.
Vocats, before seeing the original ar;i
Gle IN the Anansrtss EnterDrls1.
AS this article contains sevs~si mis-
taxes, request space in your columns
- corrscs aud explain. Messrs. Poser
.no Gain were not nominees for the
Legislature" but candidates for dele
galosnI ps to tHe Territorial 70. ssst ion,
ana Mr.. Cain received the nsminatiou
oy large majority, insts "a of .by one
Vote, 81 my vote coaid no. have
snanged the result.
"heh the contest came Getween shetn
inTy we're the 0nsy Candidates, the
"tLer- having been Sithdra En or elect
ed. Al the time Mr.. Cain was recon-
.nendsd TO rue for the piaoe byt omem-
oets OF the convention. Messrs. X. l..
whitney and L. L. Andrews. both re-
liable and honorable men. Mr.. Andrews
told me that Mr.. Cain. though a saloon
Keeper, was going to leave the business,
ana he then went To Mr.. Cain aud re-
cefyed a direct confirmation Of the state
ment. Mr.. Cain was and IL an advocate
OF woman suffrage, and, more than that,
was pledged o vote oniy for such leeis
iative candidates as would suppor. the
present suffrage bill. He aftersard re
neVed to me his pledge to leave the
hquor business, and promised TO vote
Tor temperance men as Legislative candi-
dates.
l had reason to '.elisve. from iuforma-
tion received, that Mr.. Power, though a
member of the Christian Temperance
Union, of Lacenner, (whsse pledge,
had been told by one who signed it, is
the same as that of the W. T.. 4. L. Jdld
not regard that pledge as q keenly con
scientioui person should. AIR. Power is
Not q total abstainer. and while both he
aud Mr.. Cain may, by some. be consid-
ered strictly temperate men, ="
neither Is what We member of the w C
L. L. consider temperance man.
/ think lt a mistake too. that Mr. Pow
er has always favored stringent TEN
perauee measures" for as a delegate to
the Territorial Temperance Con nventiou.
held at Olympia last October, during
the hrst week II the Legislative session,
when We tried 10 have some Temperance
work done by the Legislature, asked
Mr.. Power, who was our Councilman,
how he stood upon the subject of tenn
eerance, and his answer was: 81 am a
temperance man, bat do not wish to
make myself conspicuous in the matter,
though l can give 10 reason for such
action" Favonng temperance meas
ures, even IL they were not SO stringent,
would, as | regard it, make him CON
spicuous."
have never heard Mr.. Power express
an opinion upon the subject of woman
suffrage, but had heard that he voted
against the suffrage bill enacted by the
last Legislature, at the first reading;
and at the second reading voted in
fdror Of il. compelled to take such action
by the fear OF losing votes On measure
he urgently favored.
| am member of the W. {. I. L,
and believe IN prohibition, but have
never pledged myself To vnte for teuI-
perance men only, believing that until
tha temperance cause Is stronger, or an
independent party formed, We shall be
compelled at times to vote for those
who are not temperance mea or not vote
Ut all. and l have said that III such a
cass, II | believed that could do more
good by voting than by refrainin2,
would support the candidate whom
deemed best fitted for the office
As a Secretary of the Convention, /
was KEEP, too busy TO be- able to weigh
the subject ~ carefully as could wish,
but, considering all circumstances did
what believed at the time to be right
voted for Mr.. Cain. After more MA
ture deIiberstion, regret that did not
cast blank ballot. and especially since
| am compelled to give publicity to
statements disagreeable 10 me and pre-
julicisl to one Of the candidates as rea-
sons for the way voted.
CARRIE NJ WHITE.
FIpALoo. w. T., Sept. s, 1884.