The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-30
ITS "LUST OF LYING"
"Telegraph's" Latest SANDER on
McGraw Exposed.
THREE BIG COUNTRY MEETINGS.
Special Train Takes Speakers to Lake
Shore Road Towns-Fino Rally
In the Fifth Ward.

The telegraph published another lie about
John Fl. McGraw yesterday morning, sand
wiched among several republished lies, thus
furnishing additional proof that is knows no
politics but lying, and that no lie is too mean
and despicable for il to tell at the behest of its
Tacoms masters The latest appeared in its
editorisl column, and the managers appear to
have Jumped at the opportunity OF appropriat-
ing as their own the invention OF an anonymous
slandersr The Telegraph said:
And speaking of Mr.. McGraws associates,
what hss the observation-disclosures TO Say to this,
which {, handed in by responsible business
man? before publishing il the Telegraph re-
questeCF its correspondent to furnish the source
whence. ne derived his Information, which was
done I'd 1t places the truth of the statement
beyond controversy.
"Nhas will the good people of Washington
think chen they learn that their Republican
closeteG last Sunday night until O'Clock in the
morning with Tommy Clancy and Tom Quigiey
at CLANCY & Burns saloon. better known as the
Lou Grszlam building, Whisechapel?
The fsct is that Mr. McGraw was not in Seat
tie on lat sunday night He left the city on the
steamereCity OF seattle, which sailed at O'Clock
that uigs1t, and landed at New Whatcom He
went frsn there TO sumas, where he addressed
a large oleeting at o'clock Monday afternoon.
As the Caty of Seattle did not lie over here last
night, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reporter could not
see the rurser to obtain proof OF these facts, but
Telegram was sent 10 the ldcOI1S representa-
tive of the Posi- lNTELLIGEScER instrueting
him to see that officer, and the following reply
was received from him:
TAcoNA, Oct 9-tSpeciaL l-Purser Gillian.
OF the CITY of Seattle, wss asked tonigh. aboard
that steamer if John Fl. MeGraw was passen-
ger frons seattle to New Whatcom last sunday
night lie replied in the affirmative, and was
asked fer the number OF Nj McGrsw's state
room 1fe referred to the records of
the passenger list, and found that
he ocC5lpied stateroom No. IL Purser
Gillian VA then asked il he remembered any
thing in connection with the passage from Sc
attic to New Whstcom on that night. He
recalled that Mr.. McGraw ate light lunch and
retired esry at 30 o'clock. He also said Mr.. Me-
Graw has sent telegram from New Whatcom
TO Port townsend regarding some papers He
searched among his correspondence and found
this telegram:
"Nrw 5yHATcoM, Oct. 24-Purser City Of Seat
H. Port Toteasead; Left envelope containing
here 10 c. W. Dorr by first possible conveyance.
lSign2d, JOHN II. MCGRAw"
Parser Gillian wired Mr.. MeGraw that the
CITY If seatta would be the quickest con-
yeyance, : and that he would deliver the
envelope in person. which be did Tues
siav norTsing Henry Drum. OF Tacoma, was a
passeuger aboard the same steamer from Seattle
10 New Whatcom He occupied state room SO,
AMI both ne aud Mr.. McGraW left the steamer AT
sehome. ar. Drum being AWAKENED cary by a
friend W 20 called for him. hr. Drum Is in
Seattle toslight
To aloE,t the elegan. oui forcibie language
which ,hs Telegraph itself used in en- editorial
publishet. in its ls,ue of September II. the Teie
GRAPH in this a. In other instances. lied "from
the very saabit and lust OF lying. Ia this plain