The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-11

Well. Dorsey gat 1t. and saer Satioral
Crnmitteeran Hugh r Wallace came
10 me and said he was sorry. ard vogua-
teered the information thar Mr.. Saunders
had made him the bearer Of an inspector
ship 20 me- ] declined / casIi no.
afford 20 take the place at 81 90 q year
Then Mr.. Saunders spoke 20 me. say
Tag hs was sorry disi not take the
inspectorship. I told him | could rot
afford 10 do 50. He seemed SURPRISED.
saying II would have paid me over =, 500
Per year. asked how that was. and
he said he had told Mr. Wallace TO tell
me that IL I took the place / was 70 as
slst Dorsey. and tfss we were % divide
the TWO salaries. S.osa and 81 $50 That
was different, tut it was then too late.
and Wallace said nothing CT the kind
TO me
We'll Mr. Saunders said he had some
taIng good for me. He wanted me 20
have something good he said The Var
cuuyer inspectovship was taiked OF. and
he said he had promised Ii 10 Saively.
and that If SRiveiy could be otherwise
disposed Of / was To have that. The
salary was S,30- Later / saw the an
nouncement that Port Townsend police
man named Miller got the place. and
nothing. was ever said TO r.a
About year age Mr. Saunders said he
would have 3 clerasaip for ne in the Ia
coma sub-colseetor's office at a.apo per
year That. l sagi. would be handy. ard
better than nothing. He had arranged
vita the department. 10 create the office.
Then the fair came on. and I spoxe 10
him about taking charge. IL he wanted a
~ syTfsfr
pointed at S. per day. but / said l could
not work for that amount. as ii injured
my business to be away from ii. Under
the iaducemeni that the salary was to be
raised 70 81 a day. stayed on and on TN
I'll the fair closed. and got only s. per iay.
Later on Mr. Saunders said he had
fosisasi out that Darsey was not competent.
and he SAID he had my name in view.
ana wanted to give me something perma-
nent l had waited, and ii was assumed
that ali things come 10 him who waits.
Later. after knew that the change woukf
be made. / wr0.e him, and he replied that
he diesa't know thar there would be any
change He came here on the cutter Grant
Recently. and | went aboard and asked
him about the sub-collectorshsp. Taen he
said Dir. Drum had spent a large amount
OF money. aad the ike. for the party, and
must have the place. asked him about
having promised 1t 10 me, and he said
when l understood that he made such a
promise he referred to the clerkship here
fhe si.soa clerkship, But / learn he had a
loag time before that sent back 10 Wash
iEston City his authority TO create that
si.ieo cierkship. and therefore knew, when
ne said he referred 10 Ii. that ii was not
10 be had That's about the way IL went
As | understand Ii. the clerkshfp was II,
be position for the man who was TO run
the Office, and If had been givea il, with
Dorsey In power, there never could be any
charge that his business was not properly
managed. and consequently Dorsey would
have been a fixture. told the Democrats
here that would do all could for Dor
sey. arssi did. For the first three months
l aided him in his work. and for the first
three months there were no complaints
about the mana cement OF the Office
Steeb heayed deep sigh. The biggest
load had TO carry WAS the intiraatson
sent oue by Saunders that ! was his
friend. That led the Tiliicums TO think I
had pull with him. and IL hurt me.
When we were at the fair we used to let
out men because We had co need OF their
services. ard then Wallace would send on
Others To take the places OF those whom,
We didn't need.
More recently Mr.. Saunders said he
would be glad when things got into his
OWN hands. He had contributed his 500
to the campaign fund. ani he was seeing
his way out, evidently. to run his own
office TO suit himself"
Mr.. Saunders friends and SUPPORTERS
here are shocked at the charge of carry
ing straw men. and are on the tlptoe of
anxiety TO learn what explanation he will
make of II.
One of the reasons. II Is said, why Dick
Walsh was let out as inspector here il
said To be because he went 10 Steeb for
Information rgariing how he should cos-
duct himself officially. Stech seemed 10
have been the court OF appeals on all
knatty customhouse questions. and he
says Mr. Wallace said he was interested
in Saunders administration and would be
glad II he was in the service here. in or
der that he might strengthen the Saun-
ders administration by his knowse.ige Of
the customs business. Il was also. IL il
said, told to Saunders that Walsh had
plenty of this worlds goods, and woua
resign at the drop Of the hat lf asked.
ami no more would be said. 81 he was
asked to set o8t and did. Upsn inyestisa.
ton he learned why be was trapped, as il
were