The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-27
THE STATE PRESS.

The Tacoma Ledger, like it, neigher, the Globe
bowls dismally over thereport which convicta
Clarke Of bribery in. ttescalkins interest Fol-
lowing II . sample Of its column-long leader:
ellis (Metcalfe's) whole record Is that of sneak.
Ing hypocrite and fnformer. He came to Olym
pia avowedly in favor of Squire for senator and
then deliberately sought out representatives OF
the other side and courted brides, whining
about his poverty, and broadly limiting that he
was In politics for what there was In it. Ac.
cording TO the unanimous report of the com.
mittee he found In Clarke man indiscreet
enough to give him bribe. The exposure Of
this brihe on the floor Of the House by Metcalfe
himself, his surrender Of the bride money and
the eject upon Judge Calkins' candidacy are 50
well known q to need no rehearsing. Why did
Metcalfe make the sensational exposure
during the vote on senator, at the time and in
the way he did? Can any one doubt that it was
part of deeplaid plot to elect Squire by smirch-
ing the fair name and fame of Judge Calkins!
II this was the objcot-and there can be no
shadow Of doubt about it-what was the consid-
Grafton 50 Tar a. Metcalfe was concerned, and
who were the agents for Squire who planned the
trick and induced the bribe-solicitor and the
bribe-taker, Metcalfe, to make the exposure7 ID
1t for moment eupposable that Metcalfe, the
self-confessed bribeseeker, would have handed
up to the speaker of the House $500 bride, which
he had induced Clarke to give him without the
had not profted to far greater extent BY 20 do
ing?"
The Tacoma Globe is prodigiously stirred up
over the report Of the special committee on the
Metcalfe- Clarke case II relieves itself In the
following TRADE: "By what process OF reason
ing the committee reached the decision that
Clarke was guilty il incomprehensible. The
sole evidence of this was the unsupported word
OF self-confessed liar and saloon informer, and
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Mr.. Clarke, a man of excellent standing. There
Is no court in the country which would convict
. man upon such evidence. The Globe does not
believe that Harry Clarke ever paid one dollar to
Metcalfe, nor do we believe that the people OF
this state will accept the unsupported word OF
. self-confessed liar and traitor. That the COM
mittee should fully exonerate Judge Calkins
from any implication was . matter OF course.
Nobody ever accused him OF any knowledge Of
such an affair, and even 30 biased . committee
could not ignore that plain demand of justice.
The resolution of Mr.. Mcclure for the ex-
pulsion Of the self-convicted bribe solicitor I'M
doubleday has the hearty support of ninety nine
OF every hundred honorable men In the state.
Even were Metcalfes story true, he IL self.con-
fessed liar, traitor, solicitor and scceptor of q
bribe, and the honor of the state of Washington
demands that no such man Disgrace her legs-
lstive halls" There il nearly two columns more
in the same vein, all going to show-nothing
save the fact that the Globe is very, very angry.
Port Townsend Coll: "If free coinage il disas.
trous to the monetary interests Of the country,
il would not seem an act OF wisdom to pass such
. measure. But there IL q fact which stares law.
makes in the face, q solution Of which will 60.
tablish an enviable record for the party and in
sure It . long lease of power. That ID how to
provide an expansion of the circulating me-
dunn which il not gold would not lnjure the
usefulness Of that metal, yet be acceptable in
transactions throughout the commercial world "
The Democratic walla walla Statesman evi.
IDENTIFY sees the necessity for reform in its own
party. II says: "sDemocracy,' which means
nothing In particulars nebulous generality
never Jet carried an election and never viii
thing practical that the country needs and that
the people want viii prevail"
Bellingham Bay Express: "The city council
of Seattle objects to the papers giving police
court news and accounts of the fake raids on the
gamblers, also 70 calling the disreputable part OF
the city whitechapel. The papers should com
ply with the request of the esthetic council.
men and call it Blackchspel."
walia walla Stdtesmon: ssWashington Is beins
rapidly and expeditiously jockeyed out of heI
tide lands. Before the swapping and the plot.
ting and the conspiracy il ended the state will
find that 1t has no tide lands, no revenues, and
that it win have to tax its subjects for the cost
OF giving away their heritage"
Tacoma Nesss: Democrats should not be too
hasty In criticising Cleveland's position on sill.
yer. They should recall the hearty manner in
which Tilden endorsed Cleveland's Warner Let.
ter on the same question"
The Port Townsend Cal thinks that In the
judgment Of the general public Mr.. Quay stand,
condemned - . criminal.
Utsalady comes to the front with neat four
page paper, the NeUs.
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