The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-28
HEROES OF THE CONFLICT.
Mr. Sohn NJ. Ncsraw Speaks Of His
Able FEeufenanfs.

NY John Il. Nnsraw Wa II fhs presidents
desk % the First Nzsieaal lssnz yesse-asy, bis
health having - much Improved taafs although
far from 5elag vel, he could DO longer resist
the pressure 81 delayed bBsiaess since bis re-
turn from giruarsA. after The victorious ending
20 the seaasorsas contes4 IN watch be took such
an active part, MT. Mcfsrzw bad been kept
closely ccuhne9 70 hss house by bis physical
condition and the advice Of physicians, and but
few q the many who ascsi 20 sec him were given
admittanee HIS appearance aowa town yesier-
day was therefore ire fiFst cYpoxtuuity many OF
ais friends had Rad for Offering congratulations,
ard be WIS accorded cfatsons on every hand.
When q Posi- TSTEE8IsEScER reporter found
hin il the bark he YVES surrounded by group
of admirers, wAo we're commencing the general
ship be hsd displayed in the 3ght, and eong-at-
ulatiDg BIN nPea the happy position IN which
he had placed himself before The people OF the
whole state After these fEseads had gone Mr..
MciiTaw taFned 20 tise reporter and. speaking
earnestly. said
tThe newspapers and ny friends hsve been
kind enough during and since the struggle 70
praise Tay sgeaeraislsip, bot fail 70 see where
there was any particular 2eneralship on my
part, and ! want to place the credit where II
belongs. few Of us were mentioned IN the
newspapers every day but there were many
others. who were working shoulder 10 shoulder
with SIS and without whose aid we should
have had much harder fight, whose names
were never mentioned. OF course every member
Of the King county delegation was with us;
but outside OF this county we were backed by
men strong and true as ever waged any
battle. There was {. G. Hyde, OF spokane Falls,
for instance, and his brother, E. y. Hyde, too
ard more valiant fighters could not be found.
Then senator u. G. Van Honten, Of Spokane,
did noble work for Us every day OF the contest
Colonel Gilbert, of Waiia Walia, than whom
there Is no more astute, faithful and energetic
worker In the political vineyard of Washington,
was there with us and for us from the rising OF
the sun 20 the setting thereof and every blow he
struck told. Also let me mention ". s. Oil
pbsnt, OF Garfield; Jay Lynch, Of Columbia;
Representatives 4. Waxson, of jefferson county,
Colonel G.. Z. Wooding, OF Aberdeen, and /
might go on and name many others before COM
ing to the list from Cur own county, which
includes such men Fred J. Grant, Colonel J.
g. Haines and Mr. A. f. BuTleieh. SO / repeat
that do not deserve any particular credit for
generalshfp, for the cause or man tina. cannot
win With such workers should go down to defeat.
Then cur cause was just, and the Legislature
in re-cleciing senator Squire but carried out the
VIII OF The people. That little artificial boom
Tor Caikins was manufactured in Pierce county,
whose limits practically circumseribed its pro-
portions, and while we had to contend against
al sorts OF tTeaehery and fraud on the part of
our enemies we were confident Of our position
tiotl dAe very o1tSSt. lie clalIAs OF Iae talkinS
party were % us preposterous, for we knew that
the sentiment OF the people of the state was with
us that il had been expressed in IN unmiStak-
able manner ar the polls last fall, when upon the
direct issue but three senators and i've repre-
sentatiyes were elected ia Calkins interests out
side Of Pierce county, and we counted upon the
fact that but few members OF the legislature
have the moral tarpitude 10 contrsyene the will
OF their constituents, particularly when the
handwriting on the wall is so plain. Therefore,
when We bad massed our forces we knew that
Senator Sqnire's reelection was assured The
fight vas n hot one, and some of the bravest
soldiers have not had even honorable mention.
Their reward viii be the consciousness of work
well DONE