The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-17
aHONEST TON" rs FOXY
Trying to Talk Down That
Forged Dispatch Specter.
THE COLLINS OFFICE MEETING
CsSrell's Rsshsrly Advice - Wsllsss.
-E4eSss - Corner Ten.

1uOmao CottoIi - nefe. ne mas spoken:
90 help NJ God nersr saw that Telegram r.
ssrding wsliacs until Isaw IL at Warrington
City.
His right arm went up like IN arrow,
when he was requested in joke to affirm.
And he added eagerly:
Les Il b known that say that the waGhing-
ton state exhibit Il the Worlds fair il . grand
success People say % y no have no interest in
this stale. say this fully understanding that
there have been reports 20 the contrary. I
found the commissioners with their coats Oh.
working like uailes. showing OF the exhibits
and explaining thinea Mira Slaughter? Why
why, she's whole four-horss team in herself.
Let me tell you
But. Mr. Carroll. IL wss stated in the Posi-
ISrELLIGEScER this morning that you and La
Roy Palmer
Yea
And John Collins
Yea
And others, met over In Mr. Collins ONCE, as
Seattle. and that you all ths.e and then agreed
TO send that telegram, and that Palmer showed
II to you on the train while en- route 70 Tacoma.
and that you approved OF IL
Mr.. Carroll hooked his thumb in the
arm pits Of his vest. his head went back
characteristic of Honest Tom" He
cate anybody until he had seen the
''boys." IT he only knew what had or
had not been said he would be quite
ready to talk. A pocket history Of what
the Democratic press calls the ''merry
war" was poured into Mr.. CAROLS ear,
and the interrogation asked:
Now. Mr.. Carroll, how about that neetitg at
Seattle with Mr.. Collins and the rest OF the men
~ -
Wallace Is q leader?
Well. guess that's about right But want
to say right here. that Church was not present
ut that meeting.
And did Palmer show you tie dispatch on the
trsiu?
Yes, but IL was no complete dispatch. It was
only draft never saw the dispatch ~ dis
patch. left the city about April Is. ard never
saw the dispatch until arrived at Washington
City. In that telegram there was nothing
about supporting only vicious men," Is re.
memb,r it And / do know positively that IL
wss not the intention Of the men who met and
talked the matter over to 90 to that extreme.
On being asked how it was that the tele-
gram was conceived:
Well, 1t was this wise: Dan Finch telegrsphed
from Washington City that Wallace was repre-
Aenting that he was the representative OF the
Democratic party Of the state of Washington
acting
the chosen representative OF the patty, and that
all appointments should pass through his hands.
Now. say frankly that when / saw that teie.
gram from Dan Finch II oncc said Wallace did
not represent the whole party a. party. 1t was
then suggested that some explanation OF Wal
lace's status be made. and everybo agreed to
IT, Palmer showed mo the daft on the train,
and approved of II. but 1t did not contain any
thing about ''vicious men." 1t did say that
m II nfef
was mistake-an accident. I bslieve-and /
did not approve OF that, but let that go.
BY this time he had forgotten all about
the Worlds fair. and began to gesticulate:
But you see. the telegram was never intended
to 90 to the president and the cabinet Never!
was for sending 1t to Wallace himself. and
give him to understand that no ono man had
the right to pass upon appointments. wanted
IL understood that he didn't represent every
body. That's what We ought to have done, but
instead. We sent the telegram to Dan Finch, and
Dan. he COOS and sends copies of It to the presi.
dent and to the cabinet membera II was never
intended that the telegram should be made
public. deem II . contemplate piece Of busi-
ness Tor any department at Washington City to
have given 1t out, OF for any body connected with
the departments to have done So
ThA sun was sinking, and Mr.. Carroll
pulled his hat down over his eyes to shade
them from its beams. After hooking his
thumbs In his vest armpi.s again. he
looked happy.
There wasn't 20 much OF . tight down at
Washington City a. IL might SEEM had talk
with Wallace. and talked pretty plain to him.
/ said no one man should assume TO run things,
aud, in fact, Wallace didn't try to do anything
o! the kind Yes, lao acted pretty nice about il
He worked for the state committee candidates,
but never heard OF him fighting any class OF
men, Why, we were ali together there saw
Finch. Wallace, Msioney, Flynn aud Others
from this state together, and was with Wal.
lace, Finch. Msloney and Others. and SO on.
Coming back to the alleged forged tele.
gram, or kilograms. as he says the one he
saw had nothing in it about Wallace sup
porting "oniy vicious men," Mr.. Carroll
said:
never said Il was . forgery. acknowledged
to Wallace that approved OF an expression Of
sentiment in reply 70 Finch's di. patch 10 Col
iins, out when ! arrived at Washington City I
foun; that Wallace was not trying TO do what
Finch represented be WAS. So far 40 my having
been present 10 authorize the telegram, know
nothing about II. ! not here at the time
While am not trying to unload any response
b,iisy, will cay that . couple OF days after the
meeting At Seattle, / on second thought, said l
thought II would not be good idea TO send the
telegram at all. still IL was sent after had
LETT
Besides Church, Mr.. Browne was not
present at the Seattle meeting But Miles
W. Gibbons. representing the Griggs-Co.-
Inns aggregation OF 81, 900 600. has some of
Mr.. Brownies letters which he is quite
confident. 10 put il mild, will show to all
fair-mindcd people that there was ample
justification In adding his name TO the lis,
of LII
All in all. Mr.. Carroll made out a good
case for Mr.. Carroll. HIS compliment 10
Mr.. Wallace was surprise. Still, Hon
est Tom" has q reputation for being
foxy" In word, he opposed a boss,
aad on arriving at Washington City he be-
came convinced that Wallace was not as
Stunning the role OF boss. Then he hob
nobbed with ali the Washington state can.
didate coachers whom he found there
In fact, did not get . man through that I
worked tof. Not one
On being told that some credited Drake
to him. he said:
Nj Drake 10 good man. and a friend OF mine
Bat 20 tell tire whole truth did not work-,sa,
Is. really work fox any body. except Harry lib
balls Tor collector. did work for him. bu, il;
Gid no good. told the r-es4aen, sha, / eoas!d.
s'ei 'ass the 'aak and tle O: the Democrats of
tie state would prefer Ilheslls Yes ra.e n
personal plea with sae president ior Tsbeslis I
Endorsed several others, of COURSE WA so- p
A Dillon. brother OF Mart Dillon ior An Indian
agency ever easf al the gnoau.aiss where he
nves The president, saii. regards him. aaa
tie sane fsiaa applied 10 Tfohasls that hs
Gida't consider 1, geo. IDEA Tor sr,satn:ses 10
b from the immediate nelgaeovAoca where
tAey are assssued % ofsce. last H. he i'm
Pressed Win tie idea iAss re I'D nos wan, Il,