The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-23

ssfd s,rnn.sf oti,sr mimi: .sThketho wharveas
but a. not toucn Raiisoad avenue" This Jon
deny with great vshemonco and charge ne WIN
wiiful and do.lbessto II oehood II making ne
assertion. Itistn ron did not make snn -
eertiou before The haxbof ltne co09teaoss 49,
perhaps Il might not have ban policy fsr yoa
% do "a But ron did make The assertion, n
thoeo identical words. - No porsonaiiy wnen
discussing the matterin tia editorial rooms q
the F5sr-INTKxxfasucxR Dare yo9 DENY tniss
II you do IL viii b simply beceuss Jon have
practiced falsehood, dsceptt0n and prevsficaftou
70 that extent that your c0uscience y scared =
with hot iron." and you have no use or regard
for the truth Whatever. Yoa follow with =
CARRIED and ursruthfuI account Of the manner
in which Railroad avenue was created b. the
city Of Seattle and certain franchises given 70
corporations represented BY ron. Il -
not necessary for me now to 90
through oil che details Of this miserable
business. It IL sufficient for me t1ssy that
evsy word ] have heretofore said about this
avenue 10 confirmed By your own statement
"Out Of your own mouth you shall be judged. 4
and condemned No one knew better Than you
did that the land and wster upon which this
avenue was located was the property Of the
state. and that there was no authority of law
for it, appropriation. Yet in utter disregard ut
these facts, you attempt to justify the action OF
the city by saying that its people s'found It an
unused waste OF waters" and that "a right Of
way along the city front had to. Be secured"
etc. for certain railway corporations
You appear upon the scene - the advocate Of
the seattle, Lake shore & Eastern Railway Com
pauy. Powerful arguments sre presented, urg-
Ing that special grants and privileges must be
given TO this company, because il 10 to become
the rival OF the Northern tactic. These grants
and pr vileges. legal or Illegal. questionable or
no., are made over to the mpany you so faith
fully Presented, and IL occupies the space
gwen 1t by the city on the wafer front and
on the property Of the state. In the
course OF time, as was xptcted, this
company. wi b all its prop.rty and franchises,
posses into the owner nip and 9 ntrol Of the
Mort cru Pacific Railroad Comp my. Would
the latter company ever have acquired such
interests IN Seattle, had you not hrst obtained
those interests for the Seattle, Lake Shore &
Eastern Company? These properties having
been acquired by the Northern Pacific, you next
appear upon the scene a. the advocate and At
tcrney Of the Seattle 4 Montana Railroad Conn
pany. Again upon your urgent plea that this
new candidate fcr city favors b to be the rival
Of the Northern Pacific. the city makes an illegal
appropriation Of property belonging to the state
and gives sixty feet in width to the Ssattle 4
Montana Railroad Company. Now you appear
as the attorney Of both the Seattle Il Montana
and the Northern Pacific companies, and with
the travado of the practsced b ghwayman. who
has often before succeeded in the practice Of
Sd liar tactics. you commanded the state to
stand and delivcr''-wha? The most i'm
portant part of the water front Of the
Seattle harbor. piece Of property
worth many millions Of dollars into the hands
OF those two companies. In other words, you
demand that Seattle. with al it, enormous COM
mereial interests. now only in their infancy.
bound with '.bslt lines of steel IN front aud in
St~ hn>. Re.lh >ol,~ S~A. ~o11 Ho
tied hand and foot and delivered over 70 the ten
der mercies OF those two railroad companies.
1t 10 understood that the Yesler wharf has bean
sold to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
for the sum of Sl75000. II the Yesler wharf 8
worth that sum, what are the two III les Of W. Ter
front worth. clsimei by you for the Seattle d
Monane Railroad Company? II those proper
ties are % valuable now. what will they be
worth in ffty or 100 yesrs from this date II the
city shall grow ~ we anticipate You cali the
Northern Pacific 1.-The ancient and steady enemy
of the CITY," and yet you are now presenting
that company with the Seattle q Montana using
your most dilieent Efforts in defiance Of the CON-
situation and laws OF the state. which you have
sworn 70 defend. 10 rob the state of its most
valuable property and turn It over to them
- though they already did not own and
control interests Of sufhcient importance.
Yet with depth Of moral turpitude which is
in bringing about the establishment of this
(RHilroad) avenue. take greater pride than for
ary ether act ever did of Q public nature in
the city Of Seattle" No, Judge Burke, the
greatest enemy Seattle has today 10 the man
VINO. under the guise of friendship and de-
vosion. by act Of an illegal and unwarRantable
character, seeks to plumber the city and state
of their most precious property rights and
privileges and turn them over to any railroad
II ms - o
betrays with a kiss" those who have given
him their confidence In the past. who have
looked M to him for guidance and direction In
the hours OF trial and disa ppointmeAt, and who
was expected to enjoy with them in the me
OF success and prosperity the fruits OF their
honest labor. In this connection desire 70
correct misapprehension ON your part, which
il in reality very trivial matter. You say,
with your usual want OF truthfuiness, that
have "tisplayed . special maiignity towards
the attic q Montana Railway Company
You account for this by . silly story that de-
sired to lease forty acres Of land. which own
near Salmon bay. to that company through Mr..
D. H. Imam. The only foundation for this
story is the fact that simply mentioned to
Mr.. Gilman. as I did to Mr.. Dodge. the secretary
OF the Chamber of Commerce, and possibiy
others, that did not wish 70 cell this land. but
would lease Il for term of yesrs TO any one
who desired q location for acme industrial en-
terprisa / had no idea OF leasing 1t to the rail.
road, because knew they had land OF their
own, but supposed Mr.. Gilman might know
OF some one who desired . location for tae pur-
pose mentioned Only this aud nothing more.
never had the sli htest feeling toward that
company more than any other. and IL referred
to it more frequently than others it was only q
an example. or Iorhaps because II seemed to
claim more than other companiea Your ina.
agination conjured up this phantom, lust ss the
criminal imagines thai every bush by the way.
side conceals an officer with svenging sword
ready TO drag him to instant judgment and ex.
ecution. But time and space do NOT
permit me to notice other fslsehoods and gar.
bled statements you have seen ht to publish.
Those which you have uttered and published
in regard to the manner In which the harbor
line commission has conducted its busipess
have already been denounced in fitting and
proper terms by Governor Semple Many OF
those which you have uttered and published in
regard to Railroad avenue have been exposed
to public execrstion and characterized In simi.
lar terms by Colonel G. G. Lyo.., who know,
whereof he speaks, because he was the secy :.
tary of the seattle. Lake Shore Eastern Rail
road Company. You have right Judge Burse
ii you .sh to prostitute your abilities. such a,
they are. 10 the service OF the corporation,
whoe work you are so vel fitted to perform,
You may serve two corporations If you vish. nm,
you cannot serve two masters Your claim,
that you represent any of the people of s. arrle
except your clients, will need more .yid ,nce
tnan your own unsupported testimony When
the ..plsin people," as Mr. Lincoln termed them
are heard from you will find an utter rem
disiion. on thei- par. of the course Won
have seen proper to pursue; you may th.ns
that courts aud gis slures have been mr.
chased before aud may be eorrGptd seain. ON,
sooner or later the wrath Of offended iuss,cs
will undertake every man who ariempts u
practice such debsuchery; you may glory IN