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

g1ly- There was Only two or three months
vh,ae Was IN ofics they ran"
ale you we're In Office how did You
come TO permit that to be done under your
oatn OF ONCE - mayor Of TIE city ?"
neIls ought 20 have been irnpesched
ios II. because. in the Erst Place. no man
- hs Tor ONCE that viii allow any cosnhina-
uon TO control him before be goes into
once and dictate his policy; and iha. Is
wat AN doing now-6ghting 70 have
men elected 20 positions that will not be
controlled IN their positions
Did ron make any effort on your PART
20 compel Rogers to carry out the lav
not any more tnen the tacit under
sfanding-I think long after ! returned
nom Yes YORK l gave him instructions
10 drive al the prostitutes from the resi-
aence portion OF the city. They were
scattered around here. But the order was
not ooeyed- The next day received .
tetenhone message from Mr.. Grant in
which be said he wished TO see me In his
once. / went TO bis Office and there found,
besides Mr.. Grant, Mr.. George III. He'll
oron and John III. McGraw and Senator
Forrest asked Mr. Grant what vas up,
and he said there vas good deal up; that
the Daily Telegraph had gone TO work
That gambling had been running on and
one thing and another. and they claimed
10 aave o y hole lot of evidence which they
we're going to spring in their paper. as they
had already learned that l intended TO
resign shortly and they wanted to
make row about the thing as to make
poiitscAi capital out OF 1t, and they were
very DESTROYS of eIecting the Republican
ticket IN the spring, and the best thing for
me TO do Was 70 resign then. OF course |
tod them was going TO resign on the
sth anyway. | had already told Mr. Wiley.
on his return from Nebraska, that on
occount Of my health had made arrange
m "a 70. - ats U.f Ea
are these: | ted them that didn't think
would resign then: that | was thinking
about IL, but l said, however, before
l do resign / Will consult one or
two parties, and II | conclude to
resign and not make tight on the propo-
sition will do so. And | went home and
fully determined not TO resign. My mother
was very sick and was not expect ed to
live. and talked to Maj. Rinehart and
John Wiley over the subject and they told
me. and my brothers told me. not TO resign,
but | hated to stay another winter, but
only. however. for my mothers sake. and
30 | thought. under the circumstances. l
be only short time before / intended TO
resign anyway. Those parties never made
any charges and never used any force any
further than that about the whole propo-
sit!on."
Rogers was particularly severe on
White and started in by questioning him
concerning his statement that Mr.. Hunt
had given him 81. 30 or 81 500 for his cam
paign expenses, asking;
so you made q contract with Mr.. Hunt
that you would sell the patronage of your
Office, If you were elected. if he would put
up that assessment for you"
81 said this to Mr.. Hunt"
Answer my question by yes or no, II
you can answer it. and If you can't an
swer IL say So"
The amount that I stated"
"whsther 1t was 81 600 or 5000. don't
care
Eyes. whatever the amount was"
And / understood you TO say among
other portions of that contract that he
was to appoint the board of commissioners
personal appointee; is that correct?"
Yes, SIR"
"Do you recollect how Mr.. Guy came to
be police commissioner ?'
II don't know"
do you know anything about deal
made in that campaign wherein Guy
wished TO be alderman from the First
ward, and that the deal that was put NJ
was that Wallace was to be alderman and
you agreed TO appoint Guy as police CON-
missioner if he would withdraw from that
hght7"
mo, SIR"
II understood you to state q while ago
that you were unfit TO hold the Office of
mayor In view of the fact that you had
allowed gamblers and prostitutes to get
hold of you; is that right-that you had
allowed them To run you and you didn't
think that any man that did that was fit
to hold the Office of mayor7"
After much quibbling White answered
the question by saying. Yes"
-
your testimony that you were now trying
to support ticket with men on II that
were not to be controlled by anybody
you volunteer that statement relative to
your idea. whether you were Mt for the
Office OF mayor?"
"In substance something like that"
What ticket are you supporting now,
Mr.. White. that you referred TO there2"
This question was objected TO and OBJ
lection sustained. The witness cross
examination filed about sixty pages OF
closely written typewriter pages. White
denied that Mr.. Grant charged him with
bribe-taking. or any other similar charge;
he would have the commission believe that
his meeting with Mr.. Grant, Mr..
Hebron, Gov. McGraw and Mr. For
rest was q sort OF love feast He
swore positively and persistently that no
charges of the character stated were men,
toned or intimsted. although some one,
Just who he could not remember. said
something about charges being talked
about lie challenged Rogers TO have anv
one present at the meeting called and
verify the story. Upon being further
questioned he said he left the gentlemen
named without knowing what the charges
against him were: that he never thought
10 ask concerning them. He then declared
that Senator Forrest was present, and
could tell about 10.
WILEY CONES TO WHITES RESCUE
By this time NJ. Whites condition of
mind was truly pitifnl, aud as soon as the
cross-examin alton ended John Wiley took
the stand aud said in substance:
''on the evening referred TO ! called at
Mr. Whites residence and there met
White, Way. Rsnehsrt and viii and
George White. White then told me that
they had attempted TO buiidoEe him out of
Office, and detailed TO me the circum-
stances, as he has told on the stand.
told him | would have given $40 TO have
been IN his position. | told Mr.. White
that he had done nothing 20 worry about,
and II he was wrong. to nght: IL he Was
innocent, TO fight: fight them right down
tho line. That's my proposition. then
sat down and wrote 5 letter stating the
reasons of the hostility TO Mr. White, TO !
Wit. That bank combination mad been
baked Ia q scheme TO gobble up 500 90 |
worth OF warrants TO be funded into inter
est bearing bonds and this other was |
sabterfngs. and defying them 10 meet and !
prefer charges White signed The letter
We afterwara talked the matter over. In
the presence Of his wife White told me 1
that while east he had had an operation /
performed for ulcer Of the throat: that his |
haalfh MAs hroken BY xnrrY and ~ hninx |