The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-22
ROGERS PilLORlED.

cratic member cs TIE board OF state Lard
commissioners. q an ardent free silver
@2Focass and VIII vote for Bryan. He was
10 have gone o. re stump throughout the
state os& the attacks Of joins r Rogers.
TIE Peoples party lo-uis.se for governor.
o&ecn Sas commission led Mr.. Chad Slck.
WAC aaS three tsEnss been elected mayor
o. Scaiax. xho Was an alternate 10 the
t-afcAgo convection. and who VAS offered
sae " a1szsaa county Democratic nozns2a-
ten Tor superior ooar, Judge, 20 address \
letter 20 Rogers. wfisch was printed in The
Ses1@x S4zette TIE day Rogers SPOKE
there Mr. C1a9w.ck's lesser IS u part as
1o..S as.
Spokane, Wash. Oct. Is. ISsS-
- non SoAa z ss0SeTS-DsaE SIT. On
Ssceooe- TIE sth. 1856. addressed ne fol-
EoHtzg letter 20 you:
Lear 81: / an informed through tho
public press. that N your recsnS addresses
You are making certain charges against
ZIG cl-cAA4 conGgcl od the sGaSe AM Gem
Mission. as We. as lns.aQaEiag the exAsS-
e-sce o. fraud and corruption on the part
o. @es members The matters suggested BY
LAe press report OF your spsecn n Che
nails are 20 2alaatfesgiy unfair. ard 80 az
sS4lLeay untrue tax ] ieea ! should protest
aga1hsl .ae Use OF indefinite and .Tdlscrirn-
laatv charges as cam sSalgn ma ers4l. Two
.suSons pFoKnaf me 10 this course. First.
because as 4 Deulocra. have an ia1eres,
AZ lie peoples cause. and as SUCH insist
NAas IOla IS the BEST weapon with waIea
- assault our common enemy: and, sec
o.l9. because any insAnuation OF fraud or
eoa.HpttoH faf4s Upon me. DS4rg q member
Q. <as ooaro, ana in q measure respolsi-
Die Tor Its Official conduct tand, 80 Tar as
tae matter OF the investment OF schocl
lIsos and the failure TO select township
20, Il ". are involved. ] assume a full
measure or response oiiityl. l had pro-nls-
Cd 20 MAKE some speeches IN this cam
palsn, OUT DON, see how | can go on me
stump arser being referred TO BY those
supporting the same ticket as one OF a
ooafd g0Aty OF moral and OF icisA dslin-
Qaeacy. As 8 citizen and as a Democrat.
SQUIRT the fullest Investigation of the con-
oact or the board. as we'll as OF my own
Official acts but I cannot allow absolute
tfisFepfeSen sation 10 20 uTfcnaliengr,i. You
nase oeen nisled and misinformed by ig
IloiAut CT aeslSnIng persons, aso are fsoe
SEEKING 10 advance the states interests,
Our rather to destroy the character and
Scputafion OF Its appointed officers. IN or
ger 20 save their own. Dishonesty cannot
van n any cause, and we should follow
TIE example set by our iIusgrious leader in
l'ls campaign, and invlSe the people 10
- ogFn ut from .. sae ways OF error 70 the path
OF Tutn, for the hun5lesr citizen in all
Ine land. when clad in the arTnor or a
.1sHleo9S cause. Is stronger than all tho
! ,.os.s OF error l have not the honor OF
souE PEI soil1i acquaintance, but an sure,
from .he high character attributed TO you
oy our mutual friends, thai. you would IN
Ger no circumstances willfully wrong any
person. therefore ask ycu, upon the per-
sonar assurance OF ora interested IN a
common cause, that YOU are in error, 10
teiaes your pest utterances and desist
from further use OF such argument. for IL
YOU 90 not see nj 10 Go SO. l shall feel IL
my DUTY 10 deny them. and prove their
&14sity as publicly as you have given sthem
Currency. Respectfully.
, I" 5. ]. CHADWICK
10 this letter YOU have made nc reply.
inrough chairman Jones, OF our state
committee, am told, you stand upon all
your former assertions. and insist that
q ry-7a md sta~ a.
cine 10 make any reply TO my letter.
therefore. l feel warrant 81 in ad,lr ssing
You publicly. Since the positive statement
OF Capt. O'Toole, register OF ,he Seattle
land office, showing the absolute ea,sity
OF your statement that township Is, II W,
tad been. through the connlvance OF the
I Isna commission. subjected to selection
py the Great Northern Railway Company.
1 ASSUME tEat you viii hereafter in your
addresses ADMIT your error. and correct
ene wrong yol have DONE"
Mr.. Chadwick recites the well-known
facts Already published and adds further:
If you care TO consult any records in
preparing your future speeches, you will
ma this sanguaRe in the report OF Frank
r; Senson. deputy United States surveyor,
VINO performed the work OF surveying two
sections of the township: 'On the south
west corner OF this township there Is a
small body of GOOD land. and the remain
rocky. Inc township is covered with
heavy timoer. but of poor quality Also
state the fact In the future that there Is
not even a squatter on the land, and any
person who desires can go out to Clalhrn
county and seaect a homestead in this
very valuable township. l trust You will
uler statements concerning this matter
are made al Chehalis and other places
where the were INDUCED For Il Is not
our ticke. and -'atforrn should be put In
the attitude OF peidling street talk OF
malicious persons as absolute verify"
.fy.rr - tDx~x - $500 II
funds. Mr.. Chadwick adds TO the already
published facts the statement that cup 10
the lst day OF August. this year. state
warrants were at premium OF per cent;
When we set out 20 invest our school
funds In these warrants, We were met by
the fact that we had no authority to go
Accordingly under the advice OF the at
ooTney generals Office Of this state. The
then auditor. l.. r. Grimes. held up the
pay rolls OF the state institutions, ana IN
lieu of their warrants each creditor OF the
state was given a treasurers check for
his money. This plan OF course, lost me
err but only two or three complaints were
made. and these were vit,sdrawn when II
was explained that - plan would exist
but for a short time. and That II was TOR
the benefit OF the school children OF the
state While IL Is true that at this time
state warrants are worth only 70 cents ~
Nha market, IL Is also true that such as
were purchase by the state are not Tor
sale a nd you well know they Will pe pare az
100 cents on the dollar. Mr. hogeTs. mere
X neither reason nor common sense 70
srsfisv YOUR argument in this connection.
Wnnn Won allowed the bill 70 pass the
legislature, without challenge. directing
tht< manner of investment, YOU knew tnat
state warrants were OF fiuctuating value.
Referring TO the army post site mares
nest invented by Rogers. Mr.. CHADWICK
says IN part:
..IInaer a rule adopted in 1895. the board
at first refused TO entertain a petition Tor
al Ia On ~.
sr-no,1Sh personally waited on by Mr..
elise IL think that IS the nanel. ana Ar.
Edward .. Graves, or me sea'le aiths
post committee, / gave them, ana tls
. commissioners gave them no encourage
,,,ant until we were waited upon ana ad-
dressed by the officers OF the army ap-
,sofrfred 10 locate the army post lhey
assured US that II was ao>ointe.y ns' ,ta
only consideration in the way OF locatihs
the post at Seattle az the site determined
upon by them ,,..,s..,.,.
TEN. this land being a free gift from ihe
government, that X would have been a
gracious act upon the part or our STATE
10 give this much toward TIE estao1sh-
mert Of a central army post within our
hor3ars But this consideration had no
influence in determining the ooafds con-
duct ,s \.
this land ny Mr.. Prosch vas raised by
r,or,,lar subscription by the ahoTers a nd
business men OF Seattle, and the safe was
a matter of common notoriety about Seat
,le and in Us vicinity, and no person, I'M
less prompted by a spirit OF biackTna1.
vnski have attempted TO osd against the
army post committee at the time this land
"a o the general utility OF ne COM
mission. you said at spokane: That the
body with ore member az S@.0s9 year,
ard Two members az $500 a year, - a.
most useless, and that one commissioner
ressts do all the work. You Know tnat