Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-03-24

tion OF these errors. To such thick
wits as his, much that ether aud
brighter men would think better Of
would doubtless be second-class wit
TO him. Then he alludes to bray"
when IL is wefl-known that this editor
has very dulcet tenor.
Again, the P.-I editor charges as
false the assertion that it proceeded
to berate the acting governor without
having printed the acting governors
veto messages, and without setting
forth other argument than carping
and growing" and he proposes to
prove the falsity of these charges by
his files. Notwithstanding all this, it
is true, beyond peradventure, that the
veto messages were not printed until
after the "bera ting" had been going
on several days, but if the stuff
printed above is argument, then per-
haps the HERALD is mistaken in the
particular that the argument" was
scarping and growing" The above
is not "carping and growing" how
ever, it is simply biIlingsgate and
blackguardism.
Further on the P.-I. explains what
it is pleased to term the HERALD's
"hot partisanship" "by the fact
that the editor Of the HERALD was
recently appointed by Acting Gov
ernor Laughton as one Of the tide
land appraisers over a fem0Hstrance
from Whatcom county and over the
protest Of Representative Miller of
Fairhayen."
1t is natural enough for the
/ P.-l. editor TO suppose that
mercenary motives control nearly
all men. A newspaper that can abuse
1with all the venom it is capable Of an
ex-governor and a very prominent
citizen one year, and then laud him to
the full capacity Of its vocabulary the
next year, and in both positions Will
! fly all who did not agree with it; a
newspaper that is VIGOROUSLY venal
and corrupt, ever-ready to fight for
that which seems, temporarily, to be
the sOftest side for it, regardless of
high principle and the right, naturally
enough suspects others of being under
mercenary influences.
Let it, so far as the HERALD or its
editor is concerned. While such a
! thing is easy of refutation, the
charge is too absurd, pitiful and puer-
lie to warrant so much attention.
As to the remoustrance and pro-
test the P.-l. speaks of, the assertion
has no further foundation in fact than
that a chronic criminal, not citizen of
/ Whatcom county, but a notorious liar
who lived in Fairhaven a few weeks
coming hither from Seattle and
who is now a fugitive from justice
for personal vindictiveness and spite
sent telegram to Governor Laugh
| ton making such remonstrance and
| the telegram was treated with the
contempt that it deserved. The ap
pointment was made upon the written
endorsement Of many Of the very first
citizens of Whatcom county, and was
promptly and willingly signed by
every citizen to whom it was present
ed. Moreover, the appointment was
/ rendered this editor before he eve
knew that any such appointments er,
| to bemade or rather after he haC
! forgotten that such a board had beer
provided for by law. Both senator
and others Of the Whatcom legislativ,
| delegation have declared their regre
| that they were not notified in time 81
! that they might have used their in
iiuence promoting the appointment
As to Representative Miller's protest
the HERALD had not heard of it be
fore and doesn't believe that he eve
J made such protest. At the time o
writing it is not possible to see him
but it is more than probable that HI
will declare the PTS statement il
this connection to be utterly false.
Then the P.-I. says that "the presi
dent of the HERALD company and it
chief manager was at the same hand,
appointed a member Of the agricul
tural college commission" and in thii
connection intimates that this was
further reason for the HERALD's
kindly words concerning Acting Gov
ernor Laughton.
The monstrous absurdity of this /.
made apparent by the fact that the
editor Of the HERALD is president OF
the HERALD company and Mr.. J. b
Wilson is general manager. The
editor has been the president Of the
company since its organization and
Mr.. Wilson the manager since long
before the agricultural college COM
mission was appointed and neither
are on that commission, or ever have
been. The only citizen Of Fairhaven
who is on that commission is Hon.
George A. Black, who owns shares
out Of $50 in the company, and he
hasn't been inside OF the HERALD
building more than ten times since it
was constructed. Besides he was
appointed to the place before the
fIEpNrr, haA o,.,r a..