, 1890-10-16
A Tacoma Paper Endeavors
to Grow Pathetic,
AND RELAPSES INTO POLITICS
An Unfair Criticism Of Spokane
Falls and the Management of
the Exposition,

lapse ON the homward journey. Here is
what he wrote for the Monday issue of
his paper:
The atmosphere of Spokane Fall is
very chilly for Tacoma citizens who
chance that way. In Saturdays News
reporter sarcastically alluded to the
swarm reception" accorded tho men,
bers of the Tacoma chamber of com.
merce who visited the exposition, aud in
the same facetious vein published an
interview or two with persons who had
returned from the Falls city. II Is we'll
perhaps to declare that We like crow
or any other outlandish Gish, but tho
fellows who can eat the same and smile
through the ordeal have our profound
admiration. Our friend BUGGY, for in
stance, who had just returned to Tacoma
for square meal after a steady diet of
''cold shoulder" fairly bubbles over
with enthusiasm for tho expo
sition, which he pronounccs "a
big success" Bucey is q
bird. The poor fellow was so petered
out whom the Tacoma delegation reached
Spokane last Thursday, he fairly wept
on their neck, but recovered shortly and
smiled With the boys for the rest of the
iorty-eight hours they were in tho city.
When they left he left with them and
was seen to shiver several times when
asked IL lie expected to return. |. w.
Anderson was less riotously enthu si-
asic when the subject of the exposition
was mentioned. He adroitly parried
the questions and turned the subject
TO more pleasant themes. It Is untort.
unate Judge Calkins was not discoy-
cred and placed on the rack of repor-
torial ross.eXamination. We would
like to have seen him on record re-
garding that very warm reception ten
dcred him. Perhaps he was too much
overcome by it to be able TO properly
express his appreciation, and perhaps
II was more discreet for him To
say nothing absolutely nothing. His
Tacoma adinirerS-nnd the News is
not the least of them--wouid not have
been highly fiattcrcd ut the reception
accorded their most highly respec ted
carpet b. citizen. Quite the contrary
they would have been chargincI, as was
every Tacoma citizen present ut the ex-
position on Tacoma day" 1t was in
truth Tacoma day" lfthere was any.
body else there not forced to be present
as members of committees the Tacoma
contingent failed TO discover them.
There were perhaps as many as 1850
women and children and score or two
OF male Ioungors, but not y representa-.
tive citizen of Spokane. During the
ceremony of welcoming Tacoma the
only enthusiasm manifested came from
Tacoma throats and Tacoma heels; but
for his Tacoma friends not cheer
would have greeted Callsins. The
press garoled his speech, dcvoting
ns much as ten lines to a really
bright and pleasant inpromptu Grafton,
that was in marked contrast TO the la
bored eilort OF the president OF the ea
position and which lie read indifierently,
Yet the Spokane papers quoted him en-
tire in all his barrenncss, and the same
Is true OF Henry Wilson's spread eagle
vociferations. Evidently Tacoma was
not in, as the delegation discovered
quite early In the day. There was no
one to receive the mem bers of the cham
Der of commerce at the depot or Mt the
hotel. About 10 O'Clock Callow youth
came down to the hotel office and shook
hands sparingly with the Tacoma peo.-
pie, then disappeared and was not seen
again until he bobbcd up at the exposi.
ton aud read his piece. Taose who felt
like II hired carriages themselves and
lHoNtfNtAl W SEQ lIt nO-nltalle town.
Others endeayorcd, with indifferent sue
cess, to accomplish the same end through
the medium OF the street.cars, and vet
another class of sturdy -limbed voyagers
set out to hoof it, Al o. clock ali were
expected to assemble again at the
Hotel Spokane and be escorted
70 the exposition, which admo-
niicent hospitality of Spokane Falls
shown forth like sapolio on The bottom
OF tin saucepan. No expense had been
spared to have the Salvation Atmy band
and two whole hacks. This magnificent
parade paralyzed the Tacoma visitors,
eight of whom were asked to ride and
sixty odd of them invited to take walk,
Az the eNposition-we prefer not to
dwell on the details of the walk-the
salvation Army band was given tho
place OF honor, and next the Tacoma
visitors were placed on end on the plat.
form, with the portly form of Calkins
looming up. n tower OF strength imme-
diatey to the rear of the caIlow youth
Aforesaid. The rest you know. IL was
tame affair; no enthusiasm; not even
decent attendance. a Thurston county
man, who saw it all, asked prominent
Spokane citizen later in the day why they
treated Tacoma that way. "Oh, we
don't like Tacoma u id bit over
here, which WIS quite evident. But
plimentary allusion TO Tacoma the RE-
vIEw even went out of its way TO in suit
the visitors. The next day, however. all
tie papers contained editorial illusions
and page interviews with Senator Squire,
as II ne really was great man, an i'm
Portant parsonage, while Calkins was
not worth u passing notice even. These
are iacts, every one of them, and can be
substantiated by q hundred representa-
tive citizens of Tacoma who were pres.
eht on that deplorable occasion. Satur-
day-Seattle day--Spokane Falls turned
out en- masse to welcome tho delegat tion
from the chamber of commerce from
mat city. There was music aud ban
qnet the exposition hall was crowded to
suiiocation, and all night the business
houses, we believe. were illuminated in
honor of the visitors. We give these
iao,s-not because they are pleasant to
contemplate, but because II is impera-
tive that the people of Tacoma and
ilerce county know exactly where they
stand. We have but few friends In Spo.
kane, political or otherwise, and we
must not for an instant lose sight of
that significant fact We can hope for
nothing from that quarter. 1t Is the
purpose OF the republican bosses of both
hihg and Spokane to do up Pierce for
the second time and John l.. Wilson Is
as deeply In the miro of this conspiracy
as senator Squire is in the mud. There
Is unqucstionably an alliance between
these two men and between the con-
shtuencies they represent.
II Wilson wanted to train with our
crowd he dare not. His people would
oisown him. He may play us for suckers
10 ms hearts content-they are perfectly
willing, but no one who has Witnessed