The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-23


THE FACT MANUFACTURE
Seattle las not sesz in Ire hAss. ~ tax
Eng 5anss Hamilton Le-is very seriously.
HIS s.apen9ous seIs-conatszos. remark
arr. acely.sy snt Wonderful s5Iasy 70 pro
61cs wesr1 and ssartisrg e-ects ave ionx
Stree maze aiEa = noticeable agars. AID
there hss even been so1s faint emotions
es PRIDE y TIE possession oy err city o.
. 2srson VITO - certA4n 70 excite . Ger
tain style ex zoace Wherever ns coca
ard shAs IN q measure draw attention 10
ths town ana Ass, n Advertising Il
II. newspapers are perhaps largely re-
svonssa.s fer Co.onsi Lewis. Tasy eass
re-..s,sutiy c.,te-e1 his vanity. which
certainly ssooc y 10 iced CO beng ar;ia-
cs&lIy assisted IArxe'y In q spsr.t q good
huasors1 banter. they A2vs exploited nln
as ons ct S@atrls's Characters. s1tA far
portion OF .ae r2o1.c. gna5as % see tie
lest Of Il a.. have actually bean ds-o1ee
Into taking ntn as lis osr valuation and
as a result hs now appears before ths
puosic as a fali-fe1gei Popal-st c2n9i-
cate FOR congress.
IL come respects TIRE situation - Al
amusing one, b., & 10 not ~ithou: -
serious side Colone! Lewis - a good deal
o. . gentleman. courteous, a1aole. gener-
Gus, o.; tGsr i5ssie too much OF a oena-
Eoxus to successfully a. ths role OF a
statesman. He Is scous Toned 70 fatse--
tzr people, hoth IN the individual and n
The mass. &c 10 eaent has q large voc2o-
nIsry, q fashion % s.-ing.ns words TO-
Fst.s<r Ia zach . picturesque manner that
ths psGcsty OF the s6sa . losi slgh, Of.
lie does rot for q nonen: peTzl1. h.s
genius 20 ee hxnsered ~ facts. for n
he sse OF Manufactured statistics And
ulsstate1aes; a. 10 tie truths Of political
history, or of currency legislation. hs
even snrSzsses II. press bureau OF the
sire, mine owners syndicate The ser
lo4sress OF the situation les IN The fac.
that Lewis r. q regularly nominated can
osta.s for congress. an1 the faeE ira; he
hAs received such nomination gives him
q position before rae public wnich would
Lead many L-iaferuei persons 20 credit
has statements as 10 tacA, however read
siy they might De abe to detect TIE weak
nexs OF his srgGmsnts
II - therefore e sgSy 20 expose ana re-
f5is - much ct dis various speeches a.
cons-s; CO reSitsis Of Alleged facts. even
though tbs sEegs3 Arguments whlch he
attempts 70 tsse thereon are too 1lzsy
FOR eoEsiieTation
As ar example 90 Colonel Iewss rex
sess misrepresentation the following from
lis speech Al wa&tcoza. reported steno-
graphically, is presented II that speech
re Colonel sad: 1t - urge3 BY q set O..
gentlemen who advocate whAt = known
a. TIE GOA standard 81 rnss country. tAat
he gveene2cks . ycar coantry ought 20
tse wlgh5rAwE. TAX ar F-orn circulation. and
tns silver which yen have IS 70 oe With
2rawn. eess-oyse. sra you ara % % com
ps.ls. 20 60 Business Wholly as ccne5 10 :
tbs government uPon TIA smoart. he
s-Al uosscan co god. Yos are re-
msased by tAe.e gentlemen. and an sars
Trey are aonsst whes tAty tel von. that
vea car con3uef ths bus .nsss a tais ooaa-
sry sSc a. enterprises ggson tAs s4x M
1nn eo,s~s % go
We viii give L@wts er~ti; .o- s'ip ot
- tongue when re spoke et SIX nai.-
/ nors~ Es proesh.y Intended % say slx
e4rt~ea mgl3ors. 4ths2rh Re sss stfea
beea ss far Elk q re way as tass Ee
-usss he sam error s~vsrkl ;.mes befors
. -. sA-se speseA. aa4 ~ ere occss. n
rAs corrected ~ po9aHst &assso-. Bsi
- excus. o. sec3sents. er~o- w. palate
- evis.rly ee4HeraFe p~~vsrstae 90 -.
t-sstA whice IS eonfsizef tn 80 reusa -
* pcr1io- % 80 qaofatlo2- C3.oa- q
L~w. knows - = - to~- 10. know. 2ry
w~g-,ussrznss rogulist n - snsssncs
J e1as. ssv. to.s s.n. .hst 80 c-iy ~s~i q
rentaesnea~ wAach Ass seriously sEttate.
- eeezisgn o. wstatrsw3ng re green
sasks - ~sts - ., sas 1sseers C 80
parry $50 wha,A - associated up - - :
year sea - sopet ~. Pep1iist patty
- ee~sair-y toes koow that saer- IA.
. t-,a aaa . &c rrcpe-ttion before SO pe1-
~htch es--e1p' Ates aeae~oytnw CT
sesh4raw1x tre- el--a'Attoa = slaxi e
r.er~ia- C 20. So re- "A - ss.ve- n,,1sr
~sseA : n c.-re.sten 81 zee cea~srv sa-
tsv 49, s~-v.ex - 3 zaet.a-n - ex -hsrEe.
t~esl Lewis . axnk.rx 800 - ~h cr 90
t~~e~ancs ot IS ss*lse-- To- heas'
wsfrA sa~ sAcw Or reason. .Aat ra-ty
~ So 80 a~~eat N.rn asa candida. p.
I t,azs~ess. = saes -ser;,y E1gfase 20 sw&s-
- s7y,N'~s whacs - cas- stsss Aas -.
+ es~ tats Error
A. - e~s s3~~eA~s srs r~r'ets 49,
g@ms 90 se s~ns1~v. Tor exs-.r'. a