, 1892-10-24

mary can make it. A more complete state
ment will be given tomorrow. We venture
to say that the citizens of the state ire
spective of party, and save and except the
miserable ring which is responsible for the
slander, will read with pleasure equal to
that with which we publish it. We have
too good an opinion of the great mass of
the republican party to believe that they
read the charges with any feeling but one
Of pain and that they will not welcome the
answer with the liYeliest satisfaction.
We confess that we feel unable to ex-
press the utter contempt and loathing
which we feel for the newspaper which
would put forward so vile a slander and for
the political managers who would author
ize it to be done. II we do not character
ize such yillainy as IL deserves it is because
we have yet been unable to find words
wherewith to express the feeling to which
such baseness gives rise.
Mr.. sEIvELY's DEFENsE.
The Seattle Telegraph yesterday pub
fishes the following letter from Mr..
Snively:
SPOKANE, Wash October 28.-The
statement of the Post-Inteiligencer is false.
Several years before coming to Washing
ton put some money in the lumber bust
ness in connection with my father-in-law
Luther Martin, who now resides with me
at North Yakima. We did an extensive
and prosperous business for a time under
the firm name of Martin q Snively in man
utacturing lumber for the European trade
and West India cooperage.
But in developing a new tract of timber
land we were unfortunate in finding after
we bad built miles of costly tramways that
the timber was of an inferior character and
! largely unsaleable in the European mar
kets and unfit to fill our orders.
In connection with the misfortune came
the rejection of the treaty with Spain by
] Iaa TarTt taA H. = r
caused the Spanish government to dis
criminate against the cooperage of the
United States by laying a heayy export
duty upon sugars shipped from Cuba our
chief coOperage market in hOgsheads
which drove the planters to use English
sacks as packages instead of American
! hogsheads
This completely ruined us and our pros
poets. Some of our friends offered 60 90
on our paper and did execute paper which
1t was expected would be sufficient to save
us, and this paper was delivered to me to
use.
But before using it | went over the af-
fairs of the firm and found that the relief
would be but temporary and that the firm
must go to the wall and myself with 81, as /
had furnished the entire capital and had
lent it my name and credit unreseryedly.
Not wishing the friends who had offered to
help me to suffer returned to them the
BaBJA anu DuN urn anu llotu lldut an as
slgnment ofall our property, including my
home, not exempting my homestead right
even in it for the payment of our debts
During the last year the firm was in bust
ness, owing to my anxiety to pull it
through, almost entirely gave up MY law
business and when failure came ] found
myself without means or resources and a
wife and two children to support, so that
after a consultation with some Of my
friends, among them was Hon. Thomas E
Davis, the present republican nomiree for
governor in the state of West Virginia
they advised me, and | determined y, come
w est and start anew IN the practice st,4 INV
profession to make a living for my family
and to do what l could toward paying my
debts. Thus it was that came to the state
Of Washington, and as soon as l was able
| brought my family out.
As to the Fallon heirs am their guard
ian, their money was loaned upon being
received by me to George w. Brown, at
whose instance I became their guardian
Part of the money was paid when it be-
came due, and was loaned to the firm of
Martin d Snively at time when | had all
confidence of the firms success. The other
part was never paid to me and hold a
good note for it, which will be paid when
the heirs become of age, or when I demand
payment. When John Fallon, the first
heir, became of age, he waspromptiy paid.
The other heirs were not of age when /
left West Virginia.
have arranged to pay each and every
one of the heirs as they become of age, and
this arrangement, which was made with
their attorney about a year ago. under
stand is satisfactory.
False Statements. and inferences found
ed upon this failure have been used against
me in every election in my county for the
past six years without any effect, except
to increase my vote among the people who
I hoI In, AI,o-f
l have therefore given you in detail the
facts. Several weeks ago man came to
me and informed me that he had some
affidayits charging me with embezzement
which / could have for $500. / told him
that did not care to make the investment.
| presume that he struck the Post-Intelli-
gencer, and as its friends are fond of dram
attic, la Metcalfe in public, / presume he
or his confederates found a ready buyer in
them. II. J. SNIvELY.
M'GRAw's STATEMENT.
The Post-Intelligencer of this morning
publishes a letter from John H. McGraw in
which he evades the charges of swindling
people in Washington county, Maine.
Regarding the allegations of Mr.. Butter
field he says he never had dollar from
that gentleman for which he did not render
him faithful and honest service. He at
tributes his failure in business to the gen
eral panic that prevailed from 1878 to 1875,
and claims to have spent several months
in trying to arrange with his creditors so
he could continue in business. He says
the firm went into voluntary bankruptcy
and that he and his brother were left
absolutely penniless. He admits that be
borrowed $50 from Mrs. Snow, with which
to come west, but claims that he secured
her with note drawing per cent. inter
est. He also admits that he owed Babb &
Lancaster, of Bangor, $50 for
groceries, and that he had a
credit with Dale q Gogg, fur
niture dealers of the same city,
He claimed that he paid these debts after
reaching San Francisco. He claims fur
ther that after be had been in Seattle about
five years he paid the note held by Mrs.
Snow. The operations in connection with
his failure in Washington county, Maine,
are evaded, however.
His answers are in every way eYasiVe and
unsatisfactory, and if the charges against
him are untrue, do him great injustice,
but he may make further reply and this
VIII be awaited and expected.
I A Big Deal ON Foot.
/ LONDON, October PA syndicate has
been formed for the purpose of taking the
whole of e1, 10000 of Uruguayan stock,
belonging to the Barring estate. The
! liquidators of Barring Bros. & Co., con-
sidering the offer for the stock by the
4 syndicate. The price offered is considera-
bly, above current quotations.