The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-09
THE RECORD FIXED
Populist Crookedness in Meyer
Van de Vanter Contest
ADDITION TO THE TRANSCRIPT.
A Newspaper Account OF Judge Lang
Iey-s Decision Surreptftiously In
sersed-A Criminal Act

the state an instance % the Eerzss1Tkz&F4e
saetnods azt9pts1 by IRE fogssz2ists 81 thstr
work OF reformation and redemption IN
roltScz Tire record an me czlse was f3-
81 with che clerk % the supreme court
Ar,-sf q ang the case tttS he~n ass asesfesl
for June =. Attorney W. r. Cay Vas IN
ants city yesterday. hooking ever the
eecorss and discovered thai + tfzcasAste1
ssgs7, f,agns 81 the ter ~ ire oaslstot
o. ne byw@r court pFhtc4a matter was
stricken out OF me propose1 statement OF
facts bv ths. ezoalrw hslcw. j. shou4d be no
4art OF tae transcript. although * az,-
gsesrs In due form aid Apparently certi-
fed BY the clerk.
Tfpon learning these facts County Clerk
Gordon came to this city TO-DAY AID ex-
ausinsd the transcript He Sas very
rsagsch guFprtsed and paZzled B. TIE unss,-
eosgnfahse F,re1euGe OF the matter which
a.A@ undoubtedly found IT'S way into the
zranscrspt BY the cR5canery o. some one,
a. present unknown.
This matter as the text OF the decision
o. the lower court was published in the
50at~InteIiigeneer At t8e time It was de-
sivered. Dut Judge Langley ordered II
stricken from the statement OF facts.
Yet some one has evidently considered
g. 80 material thai he has adopted very
dishonest and dtShonorabie methods 20
bring s. I'D 70 the supreme court.
Mr. Gordon Is entirely ignorant of the
manner in which the decision Was made
n part OF the transcript. and vas much
annoyed by the apparent p.crfldy pracr1ced
g. Us Introduction.
The matter which was originally stricken
from the statement of facts was a printed
copy from the Post-Intellgencer. The
copy which appears IN the transcript is
typewritten. The attorneys for the ap-
reliant. it Is claimed by the county clerk
prepared the transcript and also made the
iaaex thereto. but nowhere IN the index
a
notice.
The transcript Is PACED from beginning
20 end consecutivsly. the last nifty pages
or more being in red ink. apparently In
the same hand writing. The index was
made after the matter was PACED. as Is
apparent on the face OF Il.
The attorneys for the respondent will
probably move to have this inserted mat
ter stricken from the record. and this viii
doubtless be done. There is possibility
OF a criminal prosecution.
". X. Gay, leading counsel for Van de
Nanter. and who prepared the briefs
cent up 20 the supreme court. has the TO-
lowing 20 sag:
I'm all cases Of appeal to the supreme
court, n Is customary for the appellant
the losing party, to furnish the record.
and the respondent has the right, OF
course. to supply any omissions OF Tarts
material 70 hls side OF the case which
the appellant fails to furnish. In the case
Of Meyer W Van de Nanter. Van de van
ter Won IN the court below. and Meyer
became the appellant lie furnished the
statement OF facts. to which /. as one OF
the attorneys for Van dc Nanter pro-
posed some amendments. which were al
lowed. BE also prepared n precipe for
the parts Of the original record which ne
wanted. and which inciuded also matters
EurRpatpH lK hal fra
We desired sent up. All OF this was done
amicabiy and with the utmost fairness
on the part OF the 8rtorneys for appellant
However. as the case Is set down for
argument on next Thursday, I felt as If
saoasl3 ike TO go over - OLYMPIA
ard look over the records To see
that there had been no omissions or mis-
takes. had contemplated going for some
DAYS, but had been prevented on ac-
count Of other business until yesterday
Sheriff Van de Nantcr had some iittle
business at Olympia. and went along for
company. 10 50 happened that Judge
Winsor who Is the heading counsel for
appellant Meyer. also went to Olympia on
the same train. He told me he was going
10 look over tho record in the case for his
client preparatory for argument. told
him that that was my mission also After
We reached Olympia I went into the Office
or the clerk OF the court and called for
TIC record. Judge Winsor went some
where out in town. When I came to ex-
anime the record found that everything
was there that We had stipulated for.
but IN addition thereto were eight pages
o. tspe"ritten matter. which al no time
was a part OF the record. never Was I'm
the record and had no place I'm the rec
cru. These eight pages were "A copy OF
p article which appeared in the local
columns OF the post-l ntcligcnrer on the
'tL'iu6 ail'F Judge Langley gave his
,sis'Vn IN Lhe contest case and were en-
utied The Text OF the Decision
a The statement of facts. originally
PROPOSED by Judge Winsor. he had incor-
Fofated THIS matter. and hc did 50 by mast
i3g ia tie article which hal appeared In
p" iost- inteliiEenCcr on the morning OF
January -. ! made a motion. OF course
- sttNe II out on the ground that IL was
no part OF the statement OF facts. and that
ne same was lnsorreci ana not The detss-
Ton ~ fhn Judge. This motion Of mine S,s,s
granted hy Judge Langley. and no him
r. so chambers. eat out the races on
which was pasted the printed matter. say
- az the time. THAR while POSSIBLY he
NAY have used most of the language, CON
tanned therein. Yet it was no part OF the
iefoff hut almi.iy the dictR 81 the court.
Tot intended to become Part Of the ~
cord ana that the reporter. in getting
Them. az necessity made more or less err
fors ard he refused 20 permit the same to
- made any part Of the statement or
facts
Ia the printed matter which purported
& be the decision. therc were numerous
q structure made on the election 81 officers
q Franklin precinct for failure 20 perform
TIE dutieH required los the statute. These
matters were deemed ~ counsel for
Mover 90 - important and they desired
g have them IN the rc,,cri hut judge
l-ansley rofusrv3 so permit g.
Nothing further VAS thought ~ The
matter ny myself until az Olympia yOs-
ter}ay when I found this Same matter
that appeared in the Post -Intellgl~eucer.
tyrewFiten. uot printed and copiei ~ -
nelly as it had hCrn printed N the Post
Intelligence With the var1oHs sub head
lines, rssted Ia as "a rart OF the rcccr,i
certified 20 by the clerk az the court i.,-
stead Of being iH the statement OF farts
80 originally proposed. Il was rls,,tet IT,,
the record 50 ss "a make the findings %
fact. upon which the Judgment was hase3
dependent upon this newspaper account
Of the dcCiSioa ~ Judge Iapv{cv N+
course was surprised know that 1us~a
Langley had never HE'D a written ortrle~
In the case; ! know fhcrc VAS M auini.1
- Judge lanEley Oh record ia the case
sDa that the only opinion ~ luHre Iarr-
ley THAI had ever been seen rs me was
that that appeared o. the raSt-fa,s,lfs-er-
Ger the morning after thN trial which or
course didn't become q part OF the r,-,ar,4
In the case, any mere than any other PRESS
report OF the long trjal
as sNor as 7 could a, 50 = saw Trss.-,,
WsnSor. lie cane INTO thss c}crk's cfss
81 the afternoon while I WIS there ana
asked ma - found the ra>sgs} az r4s-nt
] tosa h.sn had not. He wanted 80 Know,