The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-04

leave through the columns of your vaiua-
bic paper 10 introduce TO them another OF
their reform t?)candidates in the person of
DR.. o. z. Askarn, Democrat-Populissc andi-
date tor coroner OF King county. and to do
so will relate q little friendly business
transaction with him.
On June 81 1888, couple OF my friends
came TO me soliciting loan OF $40 for
said doctor. / told them / had that
amount. bet il was nv reserve fund and
was Liable 10 need il any day TO subsist
upon. Next appeared DR.. Askam with
two of his friends-who were my friends
as withdrawing his cause. and he said:
'Of course | could raise money on my
property, bat you know professional
man doa't like TO do that" Oh, how mod
est! | said | soald z ably accommodate
out of Difference to my friends wishes il |
could spare il. DR.. Askam then turned TO
others present and said:
81 Will give bonus of $50 to any one
who will raise that money for me tor ten
days.
l said Mr.. Askam. If you are positive
you can return il in ten days. / will accom-
moaate you, minus the bonus"
He said he knew inst where he could get
1t in that time and 'twould be a great
aecomm I'D ation-but was i'll Ten days
came, and ninety days, and more. /
called upon him time and again, and in at
least half dozen instances he said: II
will lie down in few minutes, soon IS l
get through with this patient, and nix
that matter with YOU" But he never kept
q promise. Later he told q friend of mine
that he would let me have q team of
horses: l called upon him and he said he
had promised then to another party. The
county records show that the team
vas covered by mortgage at the time.
sad:
'.hr. Askam, you know this loan was
strictly an accommodation secured
through the solicitation of your and my
friends. and the least you could do would
ne To secure me on your chattels-" de
answered:
aMy friend. Mr.. -, tried that and
his creditors jumped in and closed him
out; am not d-m fool enough to do
that"
Ny Popu,ist friends, is that the appreci-
alton you would like shown you for .
kindness? Any one who cares 10 search
the King county records will find that l
aued and got Judgment: also. that at the
time s.tiie reform doctor" borrowed that
money from me there was and still re-
mains a mortgage of SIS, GOO on mis- real es-
tate in favor OF his father-in-law, and $3.50
20 another party on chattels, with an adj
dition of $3.50 IN a few days. and many
thousands more brought to bear on his
real estate.
Can any voter of King county doubt
thai he intended the day he used his and
NV friends To secure that money. to beat
me out OF IL? Is il not apparent also that
you have in this Demo-Popuiist candidate
a strong pro,ectionist7 l consider Sc. 100
pretty strong protection on $i2. 90 worth
OF property.
Now, P0puiists: You have christened
Republicans ..rogues" and ''thieves." You
have called them everything but gentle
men, Now Is your chance TO set then an
example--and you have somewhat But
remember that calling ones party a re-
form party" does not constitute reform;
and if you should organize party and
cali i. ''The Angelic" you would soon ind
"Sasan's own imps" offering their serv-
Ices as door managers. l am more broad
gauge than most of you aud conclude that
Eoodiy number of your followers are
honest AMI sincere in their professions OF
reform.
BY the way, had little business tran
ssction with Harry White quite similar 20
thai with your (would-bel coroner, with
oaa or two exceptions. Harry did not
bsing his friends 90 pleaa-ihough perhaps
his reputable friends were out OF town
THAT day, bur substituted his ever ready
promises and powers OF persuasion.
Are these the kind OF men YOU propose
eniisiing 10 lead us out of the land of
bondags2 | am neither politician,
"hioate3 capitalist nor usurer. am not
thinking alone OF the <So your
two rleht-bower re'ormers reliev-
e.. me Of though those dollars
were earned by hard muscular effort and
While suffering all manner OF privations
on sae frontier Bat | am thinking rather
Of the seeming tendency of the people of
our day TO look upon deception and lying
as virtues rather than the greatest vices
with which We have TO contend: and think
~ about time We were trying TO create
sentiment TO combat ii. and the hrst
lesson we should learn s 10 call things by
their right names. Call that most preva-
lent of crlmes-''obtaining money under
false pretenses stealing call rDisrepre-
seniiag things-lying Don't let US rub
our hands together and say:
''ob. ne is 3 little INSCRIPTIONS. but ne
10 a good fellow" Good fellows" are
becoming too common. w + MEX
-~atst. , fSna