The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-31

oars we're not hswked or offered for
sale"
"Don't you know that that funding
scheme originated with John w. prattG''
Nc. sir; | never heard i. Def re"
Boat yo1 know thst the whole power
oftAe Posr-ISTELIEsKxcKR " as thrown into
that funding scAemeT'
Il think thai funding scheme-rny recol-
lection - that II Vas pretty generally sup
ported By the business men and the press
o. the city
Don't you know that Mr.. White wss
denounced for his action IN connection
with iG?'
Il don't remember that he was I never
denounced him. and had no feeling on the
subject. | don't remember of ever hearing
anybody denounce him. /"
Il viii ask you TO state il Won are not
familiar with she fact that after those
Mr.. White for his signature he again re-
fused 10 sign themg"
mo, sir; l am not familiar with that
fact
II might have bsen familiar with it st
that time, but. as l stated. | did not take
SUFFICIENT personal interest in the matter TO
impress the facts upon nay mind. never.
as / said before. had any feeling on the
face OF the earth against Mr.. White on
that matter"
You do not know what might have ami
mated the Posr-lSTEILIGKScER, or how TAR
the owners OF that paper might have been
interested in that7'
81 only know of that by what was told
by Mr.. Hunt and Mr.. Grant, who was
managing editor, as ] have already
stated"
Now. Mr. McGraw. don't you know
that there was a steal in that funding of
the bonds of $4,000 which would make
almost any gambling game pale into in
signiiicance7''
mo, sir; and If had would have op-
posed II. / supposed that business was con-
Quoted by honest. straigh tforw lard. busi-
nsss-like men. and l still believe that TO
have been the fact. Aud do not believe
the insinuatlon which you make is true.
That Is my belief on the question. ! have
no knowledge"
''Don't you know that the GOODNESS be-
tween Mr.. White and Mr.. Hunt grew out
OF that funding schemeg"
II never heard il before. | have never
heard il intimated before. I"
W. 4. Forrest followed the governor.
and in detailing the meeting between the
governor. Mr.. Grant, Mr.. Hebron, him
self and M. White. said:
FORREST pIsPosEs OF WHITE.
81 think was notified by telephone on
present st meeting. held in Mr.. Grants
office, and when | reached there Mr.. Grant
was IN the office. l think Mr.. Hebron
and Gov. McGraw, and my impression is
that Mr.. Mckenzie was present, although
he might not have been Mr.. White had
not come then. and l did not know what
the meeting was called for or for what
purpose 1t was called. and | asked
Mr.. Grant. aud l think he told
me at that time that he had in
formation that convinced him that
Mayor White had been guilty of bribe-
taking and collision with gam blers; that
he had summoned him TO come before him
and answer whether that was true or not,
and determine as to what course the paper
should pursue. We bad some discussion
as to what would occur when Mr.. White
would come in, and think We agreed that
Mr.. Grant should state TO Mr.. White the
object of the meeting, and shortly after
Mr.. White came in and Mr.. Grant then
told him that be had received such infor-
nation that he (White) had been guilty of
bribe-taking and that he was in collision
with the gamblers here; that he knew that
the proprietors of the Telegraph were in
vestigating. and that he proposed. being
satisfied with the truth of the char es .
TO iorsstall any action that the
Telegraph might probably take TO bring
those charges against Mr.. Waite himself
through the columns of the Posi- lNIELLI-
GENcER and demand his impeachment.
Mr.. White didn't have very mucn to say,
and he didn't seem particularly surprised.
He didn't deny the charges. lie said he
didn't know anything about them or
something of that kind-that nothing of
the kind had occurred. | don't know
whether il was Mr.. White or MIR. Grant
that came to me and asked me what
thought about it. and | said, IL those
charges were true there was only one
course for Mr.. White 10 pursue and that
was for him to resign and TO resign imme-
diateiy. think | then asked Gov. Nc
Graw If he did not agree with me. and
he said he did, and then | think,
if my recollection is correct, | turned
to Mr.. Heilbron-Mr. Hebron appeared
to be thunderstruck by the attitude Mr..
White had taken IN regard TO the charges
made, and he was quite emphatic in his
reply and he said IL the charges were true
he thought Mr.. White should resign; if
If they were not true, he said to Mr.. White
that he would see all his enemies in he'll
before he would resign-he made some
emphatic reply. And alter some CONVEX
sation-and | think Mr.. Grant was very
emphatic-he was quite emphatic in what
WINGED me he was thoroughly con-
WINGED himself of the truth of
those charges, and | think he convinced
Mr.. White that he, Grant, was thoroughly
convinced OF the truth of them. and
he gave Mr. White the alternative OF re-
signing Immediately or having those
charges published and submit him
TO Impeachment proceedings. Mr.. White
said at the time that his health was not
good and he had been thinking OF resign
ing: that he wanted to know If he couldn't
nut il off until the sth of December, and
he would then resign. Mr.. Grant said no.
that that would not do, that he thought
the best thing for him to do was 20 resign
Immediately. / do not recoliect whether
Mr.. White stated positively what course
he would follow, but he left the impression
on nv mind that he would very soon de-
termine-detsrmine that evening. There
WAS 10 be a meeting of the council that
evening and my impression was st the
time that he intended to send in his resig-
nation, which | believe he did that even
ing"
On cro.s-examination Mr.. Wiley en-
deavorsd to identify the witness with
attacks of the press- Times on Whites
Administration, but Mr.. Forrest testified
no.iti.eiy that he never owned q dollars
worth of stock of that paper. His tesii-
mony va. no, shaken in the least.
Az the conclusion of Mr.. Forests testi-
mouy Mr.. Wiley wanted TO make speech,
hut the com niissioners did not want to
hear him. aud then he said he wanted 10
n. sworn and testified that Rogers, meet
ing him in Tacoma alter Mayor White re-
signed. said:
THE whole business Was q dirty blum;
th.re's not a word of truth in IL =
Rogers smiled and told the commission
ers that he might have made such re-
marx. that he knew IL was no use to