The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-20

heea named. ard there wss natural eursos-
ifv amongst al members 20 know 70 which
class they had been assigned Letters and
teEexrnms mere seng 20 Seattle after copies
Of tie geuxssaT MhIeh had failed 70 arrive
not oniy THURSDAY bat also Fr5day.
Meanwhile the OragaaSan Of Friday eane.
Or The frs. page ia staring headlines was
the announcement . Forty Men OF Boodie,"
ard then followed an account Of she scene
in the House Thursday zanceseded By this
paragraph.
IRE seeae IN she honse this afternoon VIII
prohasiy pat : auietus on the proposed anti
boo1ze sncfety. The pTozefe-s of Il ere keeping
quiet today. ard made 20 &msweF when the
Esatser vas before the Hense. The movement
hsd NOT attained sufficient strcngth when i
leaked ous. ard that IL wky many mesnbers dis
believe tas story. Jast the same. f9F1y members
are suspected Of 0eaig bo0aieYs ans are On the
black tat NIthin short tsrae after Clark pro-
pozed - get after reporters for publishing L.
climate item. House faembers were accusing
each other Of iobhery and corruption. and Clark,
fha chief kicker. wEs BAL rs tse next One
With bis kllegations Of Niger in TIE fence.
The repetition Of the assertion that there
was q blacklist. with the addition that
forty names adorned it increased the
vexati0u and annoyance now generally feit
About this time. also, ii transpired that
there vas mere la the conversation be-
tween MoHltray and Cook than they were
willing 20 acknowledge A copy Of Thurs
days Journal was secured, and, though il
contained 10 blacklists and its charges
were Indefinite, les statements. taken with
those already made and repeated ia the
Osegoaiaa and GEo5e, were so serious that
they could no longer be ignored. Geoghe-
gan. Stevenson, MeReavy and others held
a consultation and deciued 10 push an
investigation. Indeed. the intention was
50 wei defined as early rs Friday morning,
when tbs rumoF about the blacklist was
first circulated. that an attempt would
probably have been made that day 20
secure an investigating committee,
II so much OF the time Of the House had
not been engrossed in consideration of the
antitrust bin. The accumulation OF annoy
ing circumstances and the persistence with
which the reporters adhered TO end added
TO their original story, led 10 the gathering
OF Friday night as1d aa arrangement that
a resolution asking for an investigation
should be presented Monday Herren, of
Lewis, was designated as the member who
is to presents the resolution. This was done
in secret Friday night. Saturday morning
the Giobe committed itself stfIl further in
adherence to its anti-boodle fabrication in
the following:
OLYMPIA. Jan f-iSpeciaI Telegram TO the
Globe. THAT q very big row was brewing when
the House met today was a plain, undisputed
and apparent fact After the adjournment yes
terday afternoon several Of the members met In
consultation, and together made quiet inyesti-
CATION OF the charges contained in the Globe. and
learned that there was = great deal more truth
than poetry In the story Of an effort 70 organize
an anti-boodie society than they we're willing TO
believe when they irst saw the charge. Having
found this much out. they determined TO get
alter the promoters OF the society with sharp
stsrk and call on them for an explanation, and
this they would have done, but for the pressing
business that engrossed the attention
Of the aeaAe during the entire
afternoon. They viii call the matter up
the first thing on Monday. and viii probe the
story 10 It's very depths. Tho story Is that steps
were being taken 70 form an snti-boodie society,
and the entire matter leaked out through
young man who overheard Representative
Mouitray reading OF list OF supposed Doodle
men 20 Representative Cook. MoHltray divides
the house into three ciasses--the known Doodle
men. the anti doodle men and the doubtful
ones. The refusal Of either Moultray, Cook or
Judson, 81 Whatcom, who are accused OF being
the prime movers I'm the matter, 20 deny the &C
etsatIon, has convinced many members OF their
guilt. The fact - tho story Was true, aud almost
20 IN entirety. The House believes tonight that
the sarveydrop newspapef men who failed TO
obtain the news have ever Einee been trying 10
discrekiit f. In the Language OF steve Judson.
III the 6tohe had only waited one day longer II
could nave gotten tha entire list OF thoze placed
In the three classes.
Here Is a specific accusation that Moul-
tray has invidiously divided the members
into three ciasses--boodie. anti-boodle and
doubsful--with declaration that the
story Is absolute truth. The statements
tend only 20 strengthen the purpose to sift
the matter 10 the bottom
There is something behind the intention
60 ascertain the author of the sensation Ii
is really to learn Just what Moulsray said
10 Cook and just what the scheme agreed
upon between them was The case pre-
sents itself In this curious shape: Scott Is
not only reporter, but committee clerk
and friend of Monltray. to whom he is
indebted for his appointment. IL will be
the purpose OF the prosecution 10 learn
from Scott II the conversation between
Moaltray and Cook was actually of a COM
promising nature. Ii Scott ruptures his
relations with Moultray and declares that
the two members were actually conspiring
Ia form an anti-boodle society, will his
statement be accepted against the denial
certain TO he made by both Moultray and
Cook7 Seventy members OF the Hoase are
interested ia knowing that Boyd. OF the
GIobs. is clerk OF the committee on military
in the Senate What will he be willing 20
say in face of his official connection with
the ieglslatnres Reed Is not committee
clerk. and will he less susceptible of re-
s4Fa5us than ha two comrades Rsaf how
can he prove that Monlaay had prepared a
black ltSt Of forty men Of boodlc7" The
two reporters who are committee clerks are
in a decidedly uncomfortable position, ana
Il Is probable that they have not themselves
formed q definite plan toestealtha inquiry
Tbs third reporter II more independent
and the consequences a. most can not be
more serious than exclusion from the bar
OF the House
There are threats % expulsion OF Moui.
tray Il he really contemplated the organi-
ration 81 sn snti-hooile ssscistv and formed
q black list OF lsaoiia members. They
amount 30 nothing. however. 10y there il
no slaFe ia ths story now than there vas
On the night Il Was first telegranhed.
Mealtray's statement Is that be aud lcak
wers discussing The Feasibility ol holding
eaucas similar 81 that held hy members s,f
TIE senate for the purpose ef exps,aiting
{, lseislatson. ARD they discussed wavs ard
means. ard mentioned fhe nAuaes az men.
hsrS xhens a would te vel 10 invite IA AZ
tsaa. This Is tbs sensible view If me mat
teF and investigation wsa douhsless develop
that a IL The TRUTH IL was COS ~ tats ia.
tangible talk that the whole fabric was
erected