The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-02
OF Turkey Fawcet,. Bcggs and
6rattan II. Wheeler.
A CROOKED DEAL IN BONDS.
Faweett Wee e-President of the Doodle
Loan and Trust Company.
This Ia the Man the suffering ps-opis
Of Tacoma Arc ASKED TO Eiccx May
er~The eopalisss sold Out by Their
Lcsaers-Even the Infiexielc Doipa
y. Hanna Corrupted.


Tacoma. Arrsi Especial r~es.
pests of ccsEapleSe sGccess Tor the RsSahl.-
can ticket are growing better every day.
The ga.st h1s Weil-ssirscteA efforts - tho
leaders Is ee~snnlaS 10 tell xsauellesa
wAE1 SerkeEs. WAo a. first thought orr's
snaSoEity would es - large there was 70
necessity FOR wcrk. RFe hes;ssrtnS them
selves ana the eject AZ sais Is seen every
day There IS a stroag feeling o. oena-
denc~ among Rsr1Alicass that the ~AnIe
ticket inclgdi1g cogreiaYaen. viii be eIe-s-
ei by fns5osities ranging frora 80 10 Lea
Things DO bot Look 50 bright with tho
Democrats and their Popuilst allies Fxw-
ce.s aad his heateEsnts. Bridges and Chi
drsser. realised yesterday hex strong the
tide had set against them. and. as they
had noi bseH able 70 IND a newspaper In
EAe city which woald risk chaxn2ioainw
thelT caase. they have heen forced 10 buy
the sun. l0PGssst weekly publication. The
deaf was eansammafed this morning Ever
since its FIRST issue the Sua has had TIE
caslfideace az its Foqa,ist readers until nov.
Editor /. 10 }sa1ss has a issAse of the pa
par. aud he always enueasoret tc hcw 10
the ane OF Populist principles Ca this
aaerDaf he Incurred tine osruiky ef sonae
- the unscFupnloas members of bis party.
who were eaEsr 20 barter away their pEia-
eiplas and party org aniEAison Tor the sposls
e eftice. When The proposed combination
with the BennGcrats was fiTst talked cf.
the sun unAesisatingly opposed Il ana IL
has maintained sts fight Tor the prescrva-
lion Of the pTinciples af the PEOPLES party
up 20 the present time. Editor RAIDER did
not hesitate 20 give fasieniSm the scoring
Il deserved from The standpoint Of Pop
uiist who was in the party for other rra-
Soas than the desire for offiee- or course
thls did noe meet the approval ~ the Fsw-
cett satellites among the PoauitssS. 50
complain; was made to poiah Hanna. who
owns a controlling Interest in the paper.
Hanna Is the fusion candidate far the coun-
Gil in the Third ward. although he has
heretofere posed as a middlc-of ths-road
Peoples aArty man. Mr.. Hanna being un-
der tho sssnxalic spell % Turkey Faw-
cess, is was no difficult matter 10 persuade
him to iaauaurase rhazsv 10 suit the
Democratic head Of the ticket.
The Faweett managers were daily be-
coming more alarmed az the situation.
and 50 IL came about that the control ~
the paper passed from the hands OF Editor
Reder so that the sun might he used for
the short space THAI rVrnaIns Of the cam
paign for the purpose OF boosting fawcett
iato office The paper was leased today
20 A " Ncpunaid, Of Ballard. who viii
direct its policy hereafter. The manage
msnt Of the organ Is left With Frank
Haker. the Popuilst orator. who Is among
the iussieSt OF k'Awcet's supporters The
following the Sun had asnong tise straight.
cut Peoples party men Will not hs pleased
a. the change.
Bur II Fawreft owns the sun he cannot
expect Il 10 hide the facts that are being
brought 10 light regarding his record In
ths Office Of county commissioner. One OF
Fsweetfs mos, glaring acts was tia
aaarsiiag Of issue Of $4,000 county
bonds IA the Imperial Loan AMI Trust
Company In this deal. which was made
while Fzscett was chairman OF the board
81 county commissioners. the fusion can
diaafe vas associated with Grastan II.
Wheeler. OF fragrant memory. Wheeler
was the Inspiration for George DoErs in
many OF bis acts, being his predecessor n
office. Wheeler found Il an easy matter
10 interest Fawcctt fn bis venture. anf
when he placed the Imperial Loan sni
Trust Company on IT'S feet FASceit b.
came vice president Of tire cnacsrn ana
gave hts note fer si.oee Of stock. This
no'e, by the Way. fen into the hsnds OF
Receive Tl3low. az the Tacoma Trust ami
Savings bank into which the Wheeler
Frveett corporation became merged. Re
ceiver T4tiow - now trying 20 collect u.
on Jafie 50 lsso. the voters OF Pierce
county authorised the Issuance Of county
hcufs 10 tho amount nf seas.. The
whols issse was zssia 10 tho Imperial Loan
and Trust Company. Fawestf v3ce pfezi-
era, A Y. EsEreff. chairman. The price
paid xas par, but the commissioners. mr.
der FawrRsfs eru8efh haad. psE~a4 n res
eiafiaa allowing fhs imperial I>1aa ansi
Trust Company. FawCrst vice president
tAr preffv iftie sum - so ~ for OK
F.enAas and commission" The records IN
The ofsoa 10 nsf show Shat she thrifty
FaweesE Ras - get osit ~ thss mics iesL
As sean as the taxpayers got sind os
ihfs deal there vas a host ssit was
Immediately hraHNns 70 esnrss the safe 20
thr Nbusfgr~4'a a.erit company en- several
srounss among which vas that ihe pay
nIeni q the s}t5@ 70 the Imperial Lean
ani Trust Company waS uria and a
tl8Vsrasoa 81 putafr Rsorgs rot warranted
~ iEN- Tfae eass waz carried up 10 1he
ssTsrsTne court and decided against Paw
ceff anA y haeier- How mucb Fsuoest
ioxs BY tse decision he has never said. a,
least fcr puhlioassoa.
II IS such thmxs as THIS that are count
luE IN tAs sieetfaa uoW fast Approaching.
There ls a larger sar cent 81 p<npersy
osrsrs among fAe voters tost4T thsn tsssfA
ever hss bsen "a ihe history of the citY.
They Nal ues esi rusf a man with osses
ahA has already dsrsF4asf rated bis BnGt-
ness for glaesa & eSai4eue~ sni trust
An exanluatfna Of fse registration
boo IS sfssNs ti,af tae lsss q th~ i.e9
votes aver tw9 years ago has fallen al
rsass @-tsrsly ca tire Tnsri. FtsarfA arr
Fifh Narls Ia LEA fAeFe ~sr~ s.na
voters ~ ihe cifs whiia fhe Resignation
today 8 ~ At lsssf = per cent. Of the
E.s. s1nf an ths F1TufiEfa.
Fnthussass4e Reptsk.Ecag meetings were
hsssi {a the Thirg. Fosfssh Hsa SIKH wards
far .raaf n tas ThiT3 Wsrd q. Bates
gave FAMcstts reeurf county cossults-
.{sas- a severe rsking. sri ventilated 80
aess VITA fza ffng~fssi Lean ana Trust
s-sssstsrV Tae &xsaks~ shArsct eFtx~l3
Faw7etts attempted dsSersfon ~ county
sssr-asw sa = sfsaA IN fse sixfh warf. sfs-
hss~rte of Councilman Warner. Navar Orr
gave fha ~ - tns sf0rT fast he wss nor
sssprssrffsg Warmsr's esossisfacy. GgsT Al
.asnsr Wsrk ksrsasssn xsaa characters fsa
story 80 fa~e - ftis Thsvs ard Fsorsa
zzrsss. Al ne S,xiA HErst meeting Harris
ssss ~f-Easse fssade rUussng st@eesssA
TSyIuI. TONGUES All WORK.