The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-01

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fell tsrcrxn- II would Tot havs aehAsved
RI pzrpose. however. a NJ Poneroy vas
miles away ~ the tine The banner which
the mob bore. Death 70 TrnstcrB-Iet %
Begts AZ Home was secured ~ the en-
rssyes Of the Denocras. an1 for ysaD
hung n the osice
ne EDITORIAL ezsgAt tas ~ Of Horaes
Greeley and - printed Il IN bzAck ryps On
the editorial page Of the Trsogne- ThD
Vas about the tine tia, conmus.easscns
we're again opened ~ with the South. sd
she Tribune publication vas the bes. ae-
verriseneuf that M Pomeroy and hss pa
per could possibly have had The results
sscn began to appear. Subscriptions came
II By the sackf1l- Every one n rhe South
who had money enough left to pay . sub
scysptsoa At ozce sent It IN The csrcula-
ton began 70 imp % that the presses
were rot able 70 keep Up with II New
presses we're added. bat rot fast enough
TIE presses wers kept running night art
Cay the week through. with the exception
OF Sunday. printing Tire papers for the next
edition 30 heavy VAS the mail az the
Democrat IN those day that Y would Ill q
mail car. and nearly al OF Il went South
The railway mai facilities we're not near
% good At that time as they are nov. and
handling the big mai vas hard work
Finally the postal authorities notified Mr..
Poneroy that he would have TO sort the
mai before IL left his ONCE, and from that
time the bags were made mp and tagged
before they left the Democrat ONCE
One would bear the legend. '.Dissributs
from Chicago south" another, 'Dtssrfb-
ute from Nashville SOUTH" and 20 on
The circulation Of the paper crept up un-
I'll II passed the ssoa5o mark which was
an immense circulation This was the
Good tide OF Mr.. Pomefuy's prosperity.
ard It al came from that one short sem
tence written BY m empioye when Mr..
Pcmeroy. to whom II was credited. was
was better equipped than any in Chicago
or ST. Louis. and he took away $i5a0O in
cash when he left Ia Crosse Mr.. Pom
eroy, whils In New York. met .'Boss''
Tweed Tho great '<boodier'' was taken
by Bricks manner, and the result was
York and start . daily paper that was to
be the organ Of the Tweed ring This he
did The paper was called the Daily DEM
ocrat- and. for q time. IL had q wonderful
prosperity. almost A. much n q financial
way as the weekly at La Crosse. which
Mr.. Pomeroy continued to publish. This
was too good to last. and finally Tweed
and hts protege had a falling out. and Mr.
Poneroy attempted TO fight his former
friend The attempt ended IN disastrous
failure Mr.. Pomeroy had TO leave New
York secretly TO avoid arrest on q
trumped-up charge. and the Daily Dem
oerat suspended publication
Mr. Pomeroy returned West stopping
IN Chicago. where he took advantage Of
the Greenback movement TO start aGreen-
back organ. which, for time. had con-
siderable OF q vogue. Eventually he got
back to his Old stamping ground at La
Crosse. where he made the La Crosse
Democrat the dpationai organ Of tina
Greenback party. and assumed himself
the role Of its chief prophet
During the high tide Of the dat-money
craze M. Poneroy's paper was again q
valuable piece OF property. Nor was this
all Mr.. Pomeroy was not in the move
ment for HIS health" Is president Of the
Greenhaek Club organization he issued
charters to Greenback ciubs al over the
country at 3 q charter. The money went
almost as fast as 1t was received Mr.
Pomeroy's private Office large room was
nt,ed up with Oriental spiendor, and ev-
erythsng else was on q similar scale. Ev-
cry Wednesday night the furniture would
oe moved back. q canvas cover laid on the
costly carpets. and Pomeroy would give a
reception 10 any one who cared to call, the
reception ending with a dance in which all
Joined Not satisfied with this. he decided
to give the city an opera house. As IN ev-
erything else that he undertook Mr., Pom
sroy would not listen TO any advice, ana
the result was that he put Slcnooo into q
building which when completed was OF no
use and stands today q monument to his
folly.
But this was only an incident IN a career
that rivals that OF Monte Cristo Mr. Pom
eroy could not hold onto money. xand IL he
had Ne.ee N his pockets, as WAS often the
case. IL was likely TO be gone within q
week Among other things he had a Tx
ing for the great American game, and was
an expert player.
AZ the time be was ordered out Of the
army II was given out that the order was
issued on account OF his anti-war articles
Old timers. however, have always asserted
that his expulsion was due to the fact
that be played too good . game OF draw
poker. and that before he left he was In
possession Of all the money al headquar-
tiers, including a part OF the paymas.er's
chest In support OF this, IL IL pointed out
that when Mr.. Poneroy reached la Crosse
on his return from the army the buckskin
vest that he was wearing was made with
half dozen pockets. each OF which was
filed with bills OF large denomination.
many Of them 500 and sl.ooo. 1t was at
the time OF tire scarcity OF fractional cur
rency, when every merchant issued his
own. great deal OF these "shlnplasters''
were printed In the Democrat Job Office
and a sample Of each lot would be pasted
up on the wall as specimen OF the work
done in the ONCE. When Brick walked
IN one day he saw the display. and. with
out word. he pulled a greenback of the
denomination OF 500 from his pocket and
noachalantiy pasted Il up alongside OF the
/ other script. where IL remained for a week
or mora
As the dat money crowd began TO dw.n-
die the circulation OF the Democra, shrunk
with u. and the paper In the end was
wound Up with long story of disaster
and scandal attached TO Il. Mr. Poneroy
about this time went to Denver. where.
with his usual Col Sellers manner. he
went into huge speculation tha, was 70
make everybody rich. but his luck seemed
TO have deserted him. and he returned
East bankrupt.
But he had the faculty OF landing on Ma
ieet IKE a cat. TO matter how Re was
tarowE, and il was not long before he rad
charmed some capitalists into starting him
/ OF dnother venture. which was cartafr 10
result as dlsastruusly as the last
ah- ia1lassS With which he saodss N,
/ MS Feet every time h illustrated ev n story
tod oy an Old acquaintance, who u,et Mr.
| Fomeroy in Washington City AZ a ,trs
| when he was IN hard luck In answer 70
question as TO how be was getting along
I Nj Pozneroy replied. II haven't ~sr,
ana haven't had q change Of line, ,o- ,
week All have Is In my trunk. which
u IN pawn n New York NV wtfs /.
! insrs. too. IN pawn for board"