The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-16


agents of Senator Squire, acting directly
under his orders, had attempted, by
corrupt means, TO defeat Cooper,
Republican candidate for senator
from Chehalis county and to elect Johnson,
the opposing Democratic candidate. 1t
was charged that this effort was made be-
cause Cooper was understood to be op-
posed to the reelection of Senator
Squire and because an agreement
had been made with Johnson by
which if elected he would vote
for Squire The parties to this job were
alleged to be Senator Squire himself, Mr..
Finch, editor of the Aberdeen Bulletin;
Mr.. Johnson, the Democratic candidate;
Mr. Mailing, mayor of Aberdeen, and Mr..
Ogden, receiver of the Seattle land office.
The story had brief career, for it was
promptly denied by every man whose
name was connected with it. The denials
were definite, circumstantial and positive.
The whole story was proven to be a fabri-
cation-a barefaced lie without founda-
ton or the shadow of excuse.
But now comes the Tacoma Globe with
rehash of this same lie, and on Sunday it
dished the thing up in fve-column arti-
Gle, which it summarizes as follows:
The preceding statements collected by your
correspondent conclusiyely show that Mr.. Ogden
and Mr.. Finch were in close consultation on the
night OF October 3D. that Ogden left for the Grays
Harbor country, presumably to prepare the way
for the questionable acts which came later. Mr.
Finch left for Seattle to confer with his Chief
The two met at Kamilchie and engaged in earn
est conversation and then separated, Finch re-
turning to Aberdeen, Ogden to Seattle. The
"boodle'' was sent by Senator Squire or his agent
to the bank. Mr.. Finch and Mr.. Johnson imme-
diately called Mr.. Nelson into consultation and
they offered to pay him a certain sum of money
to defeat Mr.. Cooper and elect Mr. Johnson. The
reason s given out boldly by Mr.. Finch that john
son Is Squire man and that Cooper is q Caikins
man. In public manner, Mr. Finch is hauled
over the Goals by his Republican friends and
gets mad and gives away the whole snap. Mr.
Johnson tells Mr.. Nelson when he pays him the
$500 that it is "good Republican money" This
same crowd offered to give Mr.. Clayton $500 for
his influence for this yote and both Finch and
johnson refer to the sold man. in way which
carries conviction to any unbiased mind that
Senator Squire knew the whole scheme.
OF course, this revised version of the
story is as false as the original statement
in the Ledger. 1t is reiterated not because
new evidence, or any evidence, has been
found, but in the hope that it may gain
credence by the mere force of per-
sistent repetition. Senator Squire,
who positively denied the whole
matter in so far as it related to him, is out
of the state at his post of duty, Mr.. john
son, Mr.. Finch and Mr.. Mailing are in
Chehalis County, and their original state
ments apply now as before. Mr.. Ogden,
who is in Seattle, makes the following
statement under oath in response to the
Globes publication:
STATE OF wAsHINGToN,l
County of King,5
C. NJ. Ogden, being first duly sworn, on oath
says: That on the seventeenth day of Novem-
Der, 1890, atlantis attention was called to a dis
patch in the Tacoma Ledger of November l6,
which dispatch was dated Montesano, November
Is, charging that affiant had appeared In Monte
sano as an agent of Senator Squire about the
twenty-sixth of September last and next APP
peared in Aberdeen, where affant was closeted
with Mr. Finch, editor of Squire newspaper,
andl with one d. +. Johnson, Democratic
candidate for state senator. That after the con-
ference Mr.. Finch, in the presence of Mr. John
son, took in charge one Nelson, railroad con-
tractor and made bargain with him whereby,
In consideration of certain sums OF money paid
or to be paid said Nelson, he was to deliver 254
registered voters to Mr.. Johnson, and that there
after afliant disappeared from the country.
Afliant believing that the intent of said publ
cation to create the belief that he, acting as
the agent of Senator Squire, had carried money
or promised money to certain persons in Che
halls county to compass the defeat of certain Re-
publican candidates for the legislature, adj
dressed card to the editor of the Tacoma Ledger
stating, among other matters utterly establish
ing the falsity of said charges, that he was not
In Montesano or Aberdeen on or about September
| 26, that he was in Montesano and Aberdeen, re-
spectiyely on the 9th and 18th of OCTOBER that he
did not see Mr.. Finch in Aberdeen and had no
| communication of any kind whatsoever with
him, never saw nor had ever heard of the man
| Nelson referred to, and was never closeted with
| Mr. Finch, Mr.. Johnson or Nelson, and never
made proposition to any or either one of them
| nor to any person whomsoeyer, as an individual
! or as the representative of any person. to give
! countenance to or assist in any way in any plan
| for the defeat of any Republican nominated for
any Office or position in the state of Washington
Afiiant further states that each and eyeyy one
| of the foregoing statements are true and that no
! attempt 10 deny the same under oath has been
made or can truthfully be made by any person
| Affiant has this day been shown copy of the
| Tacoma Globe of December IA containing what
| purports to be statement of T. V. Eddy of
| Olympia, which statement sets forth that on the
night of October -, 1880, afant was in consulta-
/ ton with Mr.. Finch upon railroad train
between Tenino and Tacoma, and subse-
/ quently visited restaurant in Tacoma in
/ company with said Finch and others, among
| whom were Iaaac Ellis, T. V. Eddy and Mr..
Bradley, OF Tacoma, ana that said affiant and
| Finch occupied rooms So and Is, respectively, at
| the Gandolfo hotel, in Tacoma, all of which
statements seemed TO be intended to give color
| to the original false statement that affiant was
| in some manner not set forth acting in eollu-
sion with said Finch to defeat certain Republi-
can candidates for the legislature. 1t is further
asserted that afliant on the day following went
/ TO kamilehie and Montesano subsequently, Wis
| iting Aberdeen and HoQuiam.
/ On the I'D of October while afiant was riding
| upon a Northern Pacific train 10 Tacoma 7. Y.
I Eddy and L. c. Finch with one or more persons
entered the car in which affiant was seated and
! addressed afiant, who talked with each of then,
| During portion of the journey said Eddy and
said Finch talked with afiant apart
/ from the Others and each told his
tale of woe. Neither in conversation with Mr..
1 Finch on the cars nor In Tacoma nor in suy
other place at any time did afiant for himself or
any other person, ever eoGnteuance. aid or
promise TO aid or in any way assist any Demo-
cratic candidate for the legislature or any other
position in the state of Washington
c. NJ. OGDEN.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 18th
/ day OF December, 1seo
/ JOSEPH NJ GLASGOW.
| Notary Public in and for the State of washins.
ton, at Seattle.
This diSpoSes of the story for a second
time, and il is TO be hoped, for the last
time. Mr. ogden's agency in the alleged
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