Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-11-03
BNIVELY SPEAKS
No Political or Other Gathering on
Grays Harbor Ever Equaled This
One In Numbers.-The Issues of the
Day Thoroughly Discussed From a
Business Point of View.
hrs ANSWER TO P.I-.'s CHARGES


HIS ANSWER TO P.I-.'s CHARGES
Almost all of the voting population Of
Chehalis county poured into Aberdeen
Monday night to listen to the speech Of H.
D. Snively, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor. The boats from the various towns
poured out their cargo of human freight
and the Democratic clubs of Chehalis
bounty formed in column on F street
with DR.. Grant Kinnison and Captain
Dick on horseback, at the head, and the
bands Of Montesano, Cosmopolis and
aberdeen in place. All along the line
The brilliant torches flared, lighting up
with the brightness Of monday such
mottos as "Vote the County Ticket
Straight" ''The Peoples Party is the
Friend of Democracy" and pointed
illusions to Pinkertcn and his thugs.
The procession marched up F street and
west on Heron to H, up H to Wishkah,
and west ON Wishkah to the opera house.
The opera house was packed and
damned when w. B. McGerry, Demo-
cratic candidate for the legislature, called
the meeting to order by requesting the
vice-presidents Of the meeting and the
candidates for county Office to take seats
on the platform. After which, Mr.. Nc
Gerry, with few preliminary remarks,
introduced the speaker of the evening,
H. J. Snively, who spoke in substance as
follows:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND LADIES AND GEN
TLEMEN OF ABERDEEN: Before entering
upon discussion of the issues that are
today before the people of Washington,
am compelled to enter into personal
explanation. One week ago last Satur-
day, while was in Spokane conducting
case in the United States court, re-
ceived telegram stating that the Post
Intelligencer, a newspaper Of Seattle, had
published charges branding me as an
embezzler and a swindler. I started at
once for Seattle for two purposes, first
| to defend my good name and reputation
second-to punish the men who would
| take them from me. at once began
| suit for libel against the Posi-Intelligencer
and Press-T Times, and propose to follow
| up those suits to final verdict. / am
| here tonight to tell the truth at any cost.
To do 80 must make some humiliating
confessions; but 1 recognize that my pri-
vate life is legitimate subject of public
inquiry. In West Virginia, in the town
OF Grafton, 1 did fail in business, but I
have the affidavits and will prove that
failure was misfortune and could not be
prevented. l was raised in Grafton,
lived there as boy, there made my
plaster, and there was admitted to the
bar. After my failure, everything did
was honestly meant and honestly in
tended. / am not going into the details
of that failure. have here an affidavit
from an old man, Luther Martin, now u
years Of age, it says that he is Repub-
lican and the father-in-law of H. ]. Sniv-
ely; that he has readthe statements con-
tanned in ost-Intelligencer concern
ing the said Snively, and that the affiant
knows that all and singular the facts
and conclusions therein stated are false.
That the affiant suggested to Snively
going into the lumber business, and that
later on the firm failed.
HIS FIRST BUSINESS VENTURE.
"My first venture into the sawmill bus
mess was with my father-in-law, Luther
Martin. was to put $4,000 into the bus.
mess and become special partner, which
accordingly did. The business proved
profitable and we enlarged it from time tc
time, and from time to time put in ad
ditional sums Of money. We purchased
large tracts of land some time in the
summer of 1884, on Whiteday creek, in
Taylor county, w. Va. 1t was number
of miles from the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road, and in developing it we were com
PEELED to build number of miles of ex
pensive tramroads.
''None of the members OF the firm hat
any means or credit except myself, ant
all of the means and credit to do thi
work were furnished by me.
eve were engaged in manufacturing
oak lumber to be used in the manufac
ture of railroad cars in England ant
Scotland, and we worked the oak slab
and ovals into slaves, out of which wer
made sugar shocks or sugar hogsheads
Those were shipped in bundles to TIN
Spanish West Indies, chiefly to Havana
"We expected, and had been assure,
by Mr.. Martin, who had complete con
troll Of the business, that We would b
able to receive returns from lumber earl
in the year 1885, from our new venture
Our lumber, however, turned out YER
badly, being full Of pinholes, and was
therefore, not able to pass the inspectio
required for export oak. This prevente
us from obtaining any great returns fror
our lumber. The manufacture of tn
shocks, however, early in the spring {