The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-26

OLTNYfA- Jan q. 1soa
To rHx EosTo4: he comm unlcxxtou 81 1f.
Reed. correspondents Of the 0rsgomsaa. II this
mogninxs foeT-IsTEzIIsxEcER - sex1oasly
qussstons the justice and accuracy a my reports
al the anfi-boOfse sensation that . reply .
necessary. With those in Olympia and else-
where who are famsisar with he circumstances
Of the case an wholly enutens 70 allow my
work 20 stand for ifselL To Others assert that
every positive stasemsat hare made con
es-nfng shis extraordinary 1abxieaffon u the
trrfh- Unlike the three reporters. l have said
ncshtng thai cannot prove
Mr. REED dtss<css three statements from the
body Of rny several articles ard makes special
denial Of all A stated hy hin they are That
Reed. scots and Boyd had formed news triura-
sirste, that they did not attempt 10 interview
cifher aouitfay OF Cook. that there was N
effort 70 shoul3er the blame on Scott
The facts are.
l. Mr. Reed and Mr.. Scott hare been In the
custom Of exchanging news since the senatorial
election Later the com binai.on was joined By
Boyd, nct until recently reporter for the GiooS.
The 6ies OF the respective papers and the tests-
rsony Of other correspondents win prove this In
dssputatly u h bat fair 10 NJ. Boyd 70 add that
he also trades news with other reporters.
2 Iy original statement was that there was
manifest tendency TO shoulder the whole blame
onto seote The tendency IN apparent 10 every
one who has watched the cosrYse Of events since
the explosion OF the bubble, and the consequent
embarrassment OF the three correspondents Ii
was clearly evidenced In the testimony OF Reed
that Scott once wrote him . note
the rerortsn knew nothing about II
they gos il secondhand" Reed declined 70 re-
Lease Scott from his responsibility in giving him
the story.
Further. Reed went TO Mr.. MonItrsy on we'd
nssday. January y. at the capitol, and con-
fesscd to him that be was sorry for what he had
done. and that he would not hare used the
mcny would have been afterwards. Mr.. Reed
has placed himself in the anomalous position
Of apoloeiz.ng in private and instifying himself
in print.
.. did not assert that no attempt was made
70 see either Mouitrsy or Cook. What did say
was.
strangely enough, no statement OF the pur-
poses Of this remarkable combination for the
protection Of honesty aud honest men was OBJ
tanned br the reporters, either from Moutrav.
OF Wbatcorn. or Cook. OF Clark, Its alleged pro-
genisors and promoters. They appear TO have
conscientiously avoided the two represents
tives."
This paragraph is suhicient answer to Mr..
Reed. No statement OF any kind or description
Was secured BY them from either. No reporter
whose purpose was truth and not sensation
would have published definite charge Of the
organization of this alleged society before he
had seen and interviewed one or both OF these
men.
desire 10 say q few things further concerning
the origin Of this story. On Wednesday night
OF last week Mr.. Scott came into press head
quarters and remarked 10 Mr. Hailes. Of the
ledger. Mr.. Ryan, of the Press. and myself that
he had big scoop" Inquiry naturally fol-
lowed and Scott declared that tan anti Doodle
society wss about to be formed The reply was
derisiye laughter, and Scott retorted, with some
acerbity, that he had overheard Moultray talk
ing shout IL to others in an adjoining ROOM
Scott then left He met both Boyd and Reed,
and gavethesn the story. Their subsequent &C
ton is we'll known. Meanwhile the other cor
respondents interviewed several members.
among them Judson Of Pierce. and promptly
came to the correct conclusion that there was
nothing In IL was certain, however that the
triumvirate would use the report, and myself
wrote . paragraph narrati1g the fact that
ridiculous rumor of the formation of the anti.
Doodle society was current Bat, on reconsider
alton the whole thing was % palpabiy prepos-
ferrous and absurd that decided to say nothing
about II and await the outcome.
The testimony OF Mr.. Scott and Mr. Moultray
before the investigating committee. differed in
no essential particular. Scott did not hear
mentioned the words DOODLE bribery, corrup-
ton or any other vicious term beyond crooked
legislation" The evidence OF Moultray and
Cook shows beyond the question OF doubt
that their motives were honeat and even laud-
able. They desired u expedite legislation. Yet
out of their simple conversation II created
tremendous scandal. the essence OF which Is the
shameless corruption which permeates this en-
tire Legislature. l am indeed surprised that q
correspondent OF Mr.. Reeds experience would
lend his aid and the columns OF his paper to the
dissemination Of piece of sensation 20 outrage
Gus, untrue and utterly baseicss.
EDGAR PIPER