Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-21


-ss.se- .. rss :tey eozI6 possibs,
have changed that sozdiiion; Ys'
suev fss, TREY we're II money IA
s.srs-, shs Law snd Order Cc1nei
fsst@i uz-s VISA 90 ei.rse. II iifae'
ware hard. Il vas becz7ss Of the sctisr
q tie Corral II merchant iost
Customer. the Coz1cli vas rssporsi5is
u there Vas tro1bls 10 the Fire Dspsri
rnsri. lst TIE Cguncll anszsr for H. II
D. s1rs. that Cgzpeil pisnked aus
greatly inpr5ved the principal streets
e gave The city prs;ectI9E sRains'
Ere sash - II had never had. Is CD
many otter good and proper things
81, q vas held responsible for tbs rre-
y4iiiug basIrsss ssprsssiOz-tor any
tsing and everything that did ne; please
tue cltzaus, and, Of c01rss. il fsl! ssdei
the load. Toa know tsis 70 Be tr1e
Yoz knos that yea held tLs Co2neil
directly rssp1us56ls for the sscdiiior
q the city year ago. Yoa kzOs that
its member. we're attacked IL every
eoDoeivabls way. No ab1ss ooald Be
too bad for them; 10 epithet could be
too hsrsh. Yos remember that. You
remember that the POsI IsTKLLlGESCEE
xgs threatened With destruction be
cause il wo1ld not join in clsmor
1hich Is believed 70 be unjust. i01
know ths. large number Of yo1r FOL
overs thoroughly believed that the
Counqil vas deliberately trying 70 de-
siroy the prosperity Of the city. Sup
pose. nov, you were judged by the saGe
standard. Suppose you vsre held re-
sponsible for the coalition Of the city
immense expenditure. bloodsAed, mar
tiAl Law and all. Suppose that yoG were
abused in speech and in print day after
day, that obscene carioatures vsre made
of you. and that each one Of you we're
known To the public sy some disagree
able and insulting name. All things
considered, yen may thank Heaven tina,
your opponents are more reasonable
more oonsijerate, more ehivalreus, than
we're the opponents Of your predecessors.
But yon canno. demand entire immu-
Bity from blame for sll that has hsp-
psned. You have done many things
which aided greatly in bringing the
city to its present condition. You have
done many things that the lawless
classes could no. fail to interpret az in
dications Of yonr sympathy with them.
You appointed and maintained a police
force the members Of which opsnly and
VIGOROUSLY talked tresson and lawless-
ness. You cannot say that you did not
know this, for it wss long a matter of
public comment aud it has been pub
lished many times. And last, you have
refused to sustain the Mayor ia remov-
ing an ofioer whom you know TO be
guilty at least Of grave dereliction Of
duty. These are few Of the mistakes
which you have made and for which you
can fairly and justly be held respon-
sibie.
Do not mistake the object of the
Posi- INrELLroEsoEa in taking this re-
Irrespective glance. Its desire Il not to
embsrrass your government or cast an
unjust retsciion upon you. On the
contrary, 1t is willing and ready to give
Yoa the most cordial support in any Of.
forts that You may make to restore the
city 10 the condition in which it was
when your term Of office began. IL,
object is merely TO point out the mis-
takes TINT you have made. Almost on,
half Of your term Of Office still remains
IL your future actions are marked b,
trmness, wisdom and economy. yot
may yet be able to appeal next Jsly &
the people OF prosperous city. II il
not too late for you to do much to atom
for via. you have already done.