The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-30

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~ rryected for vice president By the
Ck5cafb convention. lie voted against
no6ro suffrage when member Ut the
6(nne ~ representatives. ke voted In
f6yor 81 the restoration of Fifz John
Iogtar: be was q Greeley mtgwump
r. 16sz. and bitterly Opposed totsranfis
eeselect;on he Il identified With the
HeonsyIvania railroad monopoly. he
md ~. Depew are better calculated 70
dSfne af New York club dinner. a
Gr5lexe corporation banquet, or some
ol1sef mutual admiration society. than
Ny are ~ asl-gsugs statesmen who
~ able 70 commsnd the confidence Of
- American people and keep u. =
0esyswiaga
The Ossyonien should be sure OF 10
fnets before making such bitter at
MI - this upon one Of the most able
sd popular leaders Of the Republican
pasty. IN Publishing In It's editorial
columns such q 5Stalous snecessien
q falschoeds. 4 has done William
walter Phelps grave injustice. To
heein with. be was ne. In the house OF
representatives until long after The
negro had been placed In full posses
akon Of the ballot by the adoption Of
~ fifteenth amendment and he had
no opportunity To vote one way or the
ether on the question OF negro suffrage,
- continue, he was not Greeley
mugwump In is72r but was warm
supporter Of General Grant for rc-eiee-
Non. Was the Republican candidate for
congress Ia the Fifth New Jersey dis
trict In that year and by his nntiring
o1ertions did much TO bring the state
Into the Republican column Tor the
nrst and only time since the formation
d the party. To conclude, be Is not
identified with the Pennsylvania rail-
road monopoly. lie won the hostility
u that corporation by fayorlng the
passage OF the bill to give the Baiti-
more 4 Ohio the right 10 bridge the
XIII Won Kuil, whieh was bitterly OPP
posed by the Pennsylvania manage
mcpt. and he has always been regarded
- remarkably free from corporation
alliances of any kind.
with these misstatements corrected
10 little remains Of the Osvsesiaas at
tack upon Phelps that II IL scarcely
worthy Of comment. The great sin of
The New Jersey leader In the eyes OF
the Oysyenian Is the fact that hc Is
friend aud adinirer Of Mr.. Blaine.
This alone could have prompted is
vicious attack. for every one Of the
stateHnents upon which the attack was
baaed II no,oriousiy untrue. Mr.,
Pholpe has from his hoyhood been Il
coiioistent Republican. When young
man AZ was nominated for representa-
tive from a district which had until
that time always been Democratic,
aud he succeeded in carrying it by a
large majority. lie has since repre-
scented Il continuously in congress with
The exception Of the four years that he
spent IN Austria as United States min
istef, having been appointed to that
cdIpt By President fairfield He is
universally recognized as the most
able political leader that the RepahIi-
cans OF New Jersey have had in recent
years. his political methods are &C.
knowledged even by his enemies to be
both fair and honorable, aud he has
never been candidate Tor Office when
he did not poll vete greatly In excess
of that secured by his associates ON
the ticket. He has for years been a
consistent advocate of the American
system OF protection, and upon every
great public question he Is Ia entire
harmony with the Republican party.
Indeed. II would be a most fortunate
thing for the party II II had few more
such men az William Walter Phelps
scattered around in the doubtful
states.
Its. perhaps. too much TO expect OF
tho Oteeeaiaa fair treatment for any
close friend III Mr.. isiaiue, hut its as.
sanlts should not he 50 paipahly with
out foundation as is this one upon Mr.
Phelps