The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-06

referred to the Rspgbfican convention
nich had nominated him for sheriff,
and said be had teen honored by re-
cesring the nomination oTer men against
whose character no word Of reprosch had
ever been uttered. and later lie was
grafihed II the cordial support Of MS op-
ponsnts he sasd he sas sensible Of the
isnporfance Of the of1ice 10 zhich ne
a.plred. and II elected he wouid endeAFor
20 eondsct an economical sdminlstrstion,
avoid iealousies and shirk no re-
sponstbiiitiss. Waite be Vas R@pao-
Iscan, be would never be sctusted BY po-
Iiticsl ends IN administering the affairs
Of his Office. All that he asked al the
present tine was fair treatment, ne pre-
ferret no charges against any Of his posisi-
cal opponents and coald no. see why any
one should attempt TO unjustiy olaeken
his character. As be proceeded Mr..
Van de yanter eyinced his famous 6gnting
spirit snG saiS ths, be bad been ssaudered
and bIaekened by vie sheet and had
been the victim OF cowGrdIy assassIns who
had attacked him IN the dsrk-st time
when be could not reasonably hope 10
completely refuse the charges made.
HEaxsxEEs HIS TRapUeEEs-
y
more money than business dIscernment.
be entered into business ia La Grange.
Ind. and faiisd. For this failure he has
never blamed his partner. though some OF
his friends in this campaign. knowing
the Whole story. had seen ht TO do 80.
For this he Was In no .sy responsible.
When ne left La Grange he did so in the
day tine, and his friends knew OF his
leaving. and be owed none of the women
and children, nor any of the local business
men His debts fell on the millionaire
machinery manufacturers. who were
fully able 10 stand il and who had
the knosledge. or should have had
10, that whenever possible they would
receive every cent owed them IN full. He
called attention TO the fact that the IN
principIed individual who went back to
La Grange and dug up the story against
him returned to Seattle and said that
everybody IN La Grange is Van de Van
ters friend" Continuing. he said that
he came TO this state ten years ago and
bought leo acres OF brush and timber land
in the White river valley, going in deot
for the same $500. the principal of
which he has not yet paid He created
great excitement and much applause by
saying at this juncture:
Consider this, and then mark what
say. | have IN my pockets receipts In full
for $500 paid by me on my outlawed
debts.
He declared he had been paying up
on his debts in Indiana. which
had been ontlawed. in preference TO
paying for and securing his home.
All had not gone well since he came 10
Seattle. Among other things he had been
an unfortunate loser in the Home Insur-
ance Company. He then referred 20 the
statement OF f. r. Blaine. the Democratic
attorney and worker. and said:
1.-THE other night f. +. Blaine stood on
this platform aud shook four notes in his
hand. saying that he held them against
rue and that bad not paid them. have
q receipt in full from the Milburn Wagon
Company for those same notes and he
knew at the time that the claim had
been settled in full. came here
ten years ago and probably now
know 10000 neople in the county. i ame
here poor and went in debt for piece of
land that was brush and timber, but now
IL is In a high state of cultivation. and l
raise and sell stock. hay. hops and vege-
tables. / arm in debt for that home today,
bas | would not have been had / not paid
ueDts that were oNUaNeu.
MS FIGHTING BLOOD Up.
A more effective speech it would be diff
cult TO imagine. but he reached the climax
when he declared with all the earnestness
OF his soul. bis face flushed with excite
msnt and determination:
That gang of character-wreckers do
not calculate to stop at anything. will
saw that everything contained in that vile
circular issued this evening and every
thing contained in the charges printed
against me in the Telegraph Is
as false "a the biackest lie. except
the statement that | failed in business:
this have never denied. have received
threatening and anonymous letters warn
ing me to withdraw from the race for
sheriff, but I'll never do IL. Were the
mortgages on my home TO be foreciosed to-
morrow and were 10 have the choice of
marching in front of row of loaded can
non. ranged against yonder wail that would
blow me to atoms or withdraw, would
stay In this fight / have done nothing of
which any man need be ashamed aud IA
in this fight to win, and to refate the vile
ISLANDERS of which have been the victim. Z"
TIRE SKsToR ~ THE BAR SPEAKS.
Judge Orange Jacobs was next intro
duced by Gov. MeGraw and he spoke for
forty-Sve minutes. during which time he
held his hearers spells bound and his many
witty turns of speech aud original express
sions almost drove the people wild. lie
denounced the ISLANDERS perpetrated
against Van de Vanter. and de.
clared they would not he believed by any
one who had carefully read the charges as
printed In the Telegraph and he hoped for
Mr.. Van de Nanter's saks all had read the
charges in full. for no better refutation
could he made. He said he had lived
both in Ia Grange and s,urgis, and had
known Van de Nsnter and his father since
childhood and from his knowledge OF the
father and the family he could say tina.
dishonesty and villainy did not run in the
family, and for himself ne did not believe
the charges made against the present can
didaie for sheriff. The Judge said that
the present bad been campaign
of unprecedented mud singing ana was
one Of the most bitter and personal within
the history Of the county. Tie did not
believe that an Indictment vhad been
returned against Van de vanter; he
didn't believe Il on the TelegrapA's own
account Of the affair. Cor ii ali is true that
Is claimed the procedure would have
been incomplete aud irregular. At its
hest Van de ysnter was charged, so the
telegraph claims. with selling = wagon
worth as for So. ana he warned all
business men In Seattle never 10
sell goods FOR S. below marked
price on pain OF being either sent
East 10 the penitentlary in Walls
Walla or TO the county jail on the hill.
lie related how Van de Vsuter had re-
turned to his old home at Ia Grange TIVE
wears later, and was met by 81 his old