Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-06
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DE4E s1z. A letter written By yoa 70
ssocss one in WsIIs Wslls las been made
pahSie tar0uah the Deolu1 Of tue " ala
" alls gOssra.i} and eopssd in.8 S4bsr pz-
xsra II tbs IsFritSEy.
hass had 10 skO1Rht Of rspiying 20
the syithsfs bestowed By go1 assoD ne
10 tih2t lefisg. and have oeer somewhat
II d Iess WHISTLER ! an ealis1 Epoa 70
nsties = n1mksF of eEEons0ns statements
u III contained. some Of which directly,
others perhaps iEppiasdlY, are rcads %
rsfises Upon ne.
Esus VOC have been hapstosore highly
hgnossa BY toe Democratic party II she
| Territory. and are keid in E1gb esteem
by tie Democrats generally; and BY
some Of fbs-s The ssateE1Sn.s Shieh y0z
have feua psbiiesy aazde RiRht Be, -
ensanzEsng FROM Responsible s0arcs,
takssu 30 b. true auIass deEsisd- ! thsre-
fore address yoa this op%n letter fOs the
puFpsse Of making my denial a. pabiic
~ Your sfronsOus assertions have be
come.
feel surs that year letter zss hastily
written and tiased upon INSTRUMENTATION,
and that y0a have nss intended 70 mis-
FepfessEs nae or 10 me iutnatiee. there
/ fore eoateEit myself win simple state
/ nest Of fsctl
arn referred 70 in year letter Sc hsg
/ ing tn The Last cam palRn openly opposed
voorhees, and favored Armstrong. /
/ neitbsf opposed tO0rsses Dor favored
Armstrong. Openly OF seeretiy. rem
dsrsd Mr.. voorhees,. Ia the beginning Of
the esuvaAs some support The entiFe
sxp.snss Of the xDsetip9 At which be
spolte in Iseomz, inalnding hire Of the
| hall and a carriage 10 bring Aim from
StsiiasOooa. advertising, Gs-, was paid
by ,Bs, aud / presided at the meeting.
| Mr. Veorhfses deelaEed 10 his speech that
be gas n0t making his canvass "a Dem
ocFa.f, t,ut ~ an advocate Of the forfeit
ore Of the land grant Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, and that be did not
desire any Ons to uote for hia who was
not la favor 0f that forfeiture. There
| fore told him thai shoHld ask him o.
excuse me from voting for him; and he
ssssutsd freely. requesting me only not
70 fighs kiaa. gave him my promise Of
this aud Kept IL. ] remained passive
during the remainder Of the campaign,
and voted for the Democratic generals
and blank for Delegate. II you care 10
take the trOasIs 70 inquire Of Mr.. Soor-
bees, yOu gill learn that my course was
entirely satisfactory 10 him. Ibelieyed,
when went 20 the convention at Walia
WaIla, that the Cascade division OF the
Northern Pacific Railroad could not be
baiIt without the aid OF the land grant,
and that with the gyAnt the road you'd
be buiit. heard nothing at Nslla
WAIla to o0nyinee me that was in error
ia regard IN either Of these propositions.
and I was unable to cast a vote In No
yember for q gentleman who assured me
that II vOald be regarded a. Of siRnlfi-
canee only upon that one subject. and
~ evidence Of holding the opposite OF
| my convictions upon 10; although l was
strongly tempted by personal friendship
/ fer the gentleman referred 70 10 give him
my vote Notwithstanding.
e.m again referred to Ia yOar letter
~ having been, before tbs Walia Walia
convention, pat forth by the railroad
interests 10 distribute free passes judi
ciousIy suiong the delegates" This
statement is also utterly untrue. had
no part In distributing passes 20 dele.
gates to that convention, Iudicionsly J"
or Otherwise. and was not aware that
any railroad pass was issued or fur
aished 10 any delegate.
| have not been. Authorised by the
Territorial Democratic Committee TO
make public their proceedings at recent
meetings. bnt presume ! shsll commit
no breach In stating something they did
/ npt do.
No member from Western Washing
ton, or from Eastern Washington. con
demaed, nor do think 30 maeh a.
/ mentioned you IN connection with tbs
Adams petition" winch u \ matter
upon which the committee took no 40.
ton, and which wAs only briefly referred
70, ia an Incidental way, and not with
any motion or Request for action on the
subject You were mentioned once or
twice ia connection with another mat
| ter, and Whenever mentioned were al
ludeSi 10 10 ternls OF reapeot aud regard.
Allow mo TO say, in conclusion, that
you are mistaken again IN s1pposinR
that there IL Q difference Of opinion be-
tween as Ia regard 10 the principles
which should govern 10 appointments
10 aud removals from federal Offices. II
you believe 10 the principles held by
SAMUEL j. Tildeu and later epanoiated
by Cleveland. you and ] are IN that re-
spect Ia hearty accord.
am yours, truly,
GHoRaE FuILKa.
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