The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-15
NEWS OF TACOMA
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Interior Department. Oenfee InAS w.
Tacoma Politician He1ss Once.
TACOMA, Dec. A-ISpecial. Mystery
still surrounds the claim made by John c.
Mcintosh TO "A appointment as timber In
specsor for new district 20 be composed
Of Oregon, Washington, Idshe. Montans
and Alaska. AcIniosh's wife vas an
nounced 81 relative OF Mrs Dan Lamont.
and MAC" himself was talked about a.
one OF Dams old playmstes back At Cors-
land. y. Y. Letters purporting to have
been written By Mr.. Lamont. and tele-
grams alleged 70 have been seat from
Montana when Hoks was over there. have
been exhibited, and have been potent IN
fetching money out of the pockets OF
MACS" friends here, Who desired 70 Be
consulted" If ne was TO be as the head Of
the land department. for the Northwest.
just how much money Mcintosh has
raised on the strength Of the appointment
Is not known, but the government hiss
taken the matter up and il viii appear in
. few days just where Mac" and his fol-
lowing are at.
Instruction have been received from
Washington City 10 convict Mcintosh or
anybody else caught Iaw-breaking on tim
Der inspector representations. Months
ago in Seattle there was a movement on
foot 10 pounce upon Mr.. McIntosh, but all
hands did not agree to such extreme
measures. and besides, il was thought pos
Silly there might be some mistake.
Mac" might have . place picked out;
may be the department had some unusual
and mysterious reason for not acting and
making its action public.
Mcintosh was supposed to have the ap-
poinfment of three dozen fat-salaried dep
uties. Seekers for these Offices came in
herds. They bothered the life out of Mr..
Mcintosh. He put some Of them off with
telling them that If they secured the
Endorsement of the TilIicums, the pride OF
the local Democracy. they would be in line
for job. But the jobs never came. No
one has seen Mr.. Mcintosh appointment,
albeit he persists he has it. Indeed he lets
it be known that he has appointments for
over a dozen deputies locked up here at
present, bu: he has not shown them pub
liciy. Some of the good people who
arranged their business with the expecta-
ton Of being supplied with an Office by
Mcintosh are beginning to show their
teeth. They demand an understanding.
Things have been going on that way for
several weeks. All advices from Hoke
Smiths department are dead against Nc
Intosh. Some people do not know what
TO think about il. MACS" most jealous
followers claim there is a gang of govern
ment soft-sLap place bunko steerers in ex-
istence. with headquarters at Washington
City. and that they have been bunkoing
John c. Mcintosh to the queens taste.
II there is not such a gang, Macs" add
mirers would like very much to know how
IL is he has letters and kilograms dated
Washington City. New York and other
places corresponding to the travels of
Hoke Smith. Dan Lamont and Others. He
has the letters. Most of them have no
official caption. and those who deem Nc
Intosh the cause of all the worry and
longing of the office seeker laugh and say:
''Of course, those letters are forgeries."
Mcintosh has a way of impressing the
Office hunter that he is very sincere and
has his position all right. Still, down at
Washington City they don't know "Mac."
Here is sample letter from the depart
men. of the interior 1t was written by
Chief j. w. Holcombe, of the appointment
division. only week or SO since. and is a
reply TO an inquiry made by Frank b.
Cole. editor of the Vest Coast Lgnberm1n.
our letter Is respectfully returned
with the Information that John C. McIn-
tosh. named by you, is not q special agent
OF the general land office-sometimes
called government timber inspeetor-and
Is not In any capacity an appointee Of the
secretary OF the Interior"
Mcintosh could not be found tonight.
The rooms rented by Mcintosh in the
Chamber of Commerce building over the
Unsted States marsha's office for timber
inspectors headquarters is still unoccu-
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