The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-28
SEATTLE. SUNDAY. NOV. %.
NASTY LIES ABOUT SEATTLE.

NASTY LIES ABOUT SEATTLE.
II the Oregon Railroad and NaviSa-
ton Company and the people OF Port
land do not forthwith publicly repudi-
ate the lying utterances OF one Col"
Pat DOMAIN, they must be deemed guilty
Of q nasty and most contemplate con-
spiracy to defame Seattle In the eyes OF
the world, to the end that the Oregon
city and Oregon railroad may profit d.
rectly by It's loss Of commercial! standing
and social and business reputation. 1t Is
doubtful II any community was ever
made the target of q more vicious. false
and totally unjustified assault than Is
contained In an interview with the man
DOMAIN published recently I'm the st.
Louis Dispatch and reprinted to-
day in the Post-Intelligencer. 1t Is
grossly and unwarrantably libelous.
vicious in spirit and untrue in context.
II is the base fabrication OF a common
liar and cheap blackguard.
II In only necessary to know who
DOMAIN Is to appreciate his motives and
understand the influences that lie be-
hind him. He II in the employ of the
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Com
pany. He was undoubtedly sent East
for the purpose OF booming the railroad
and its allied steamship interests. as
we'll as Portland. as an Quitting point
for Alaska and Klondike miners. His
instructions appear to have been to en-
ploy every available device to attract
attention to his employers. No pros
titufe hireling ever performed more
thorough or more loyal service. Donan
il known to be an adventurer without
character, a defamer of reputation
without conscience. tramp Journal
LIST without newspaper. and a per-
ipatetic lecturer without voluntary
audiences. He has. however. managed
To have himself interviewed in various
Eastern cities In which the story of
Por,iand's virtues and Seattie's vices is
told with great amplitude OF detail ana
wealth OF picturesque establishment.
Sc far as known here. the newspapers
of New York, Brooklyn. Philadelphia
and st. Louis have all opened their
columns to his vile assaults on this
city's good name.
To answer DOMAINS statements cate
goricaily would be an almost intermin-
able task. Seattle assumes no virtues
Il has not. It's lawless element is under
proper espionage and restraint It's
bunco mining and transportation COM
panies, II II has any, have been and
VIII be promptly exposed. The Post-In-
tciligeneer yesterday dragged 10 ligh,
the details of questionable project
Its business community is as respect
able as any other city's, and common
honesty. 10 say nothing CT the active
and always present spirit OF competi-
ton among them. insures fair and cour-
tcous treatment and low prices TO all
customers. They do not buy exclusively
in Oregon and California. but. on the
contrary. their sources OF supply are
precisely the same "a Portlands and
San Francisco's. The city's connection
with Alaska and the Elondike is closer
than any Others. and Its transportation
facilities are permanent and without
superior elsewhere. Portland has a
angle steamship running 10 Dyea and
Skaguay. That IL the reason. and the
sole reason, that DOMAIN makes light OF
the difficulties OF the passes at the ex-
perse OF the Yukon. His figures about
the fake mining. prospecting and trans
porta,ion companies are the sheer pro-
duct OF his plant fancy.
Seattle has considerable trade with
Portland. Local merchants and johbers
make more or less shipments over the
lines and steamers OF the O. r. g. "
Company. The Portland concern is al
ree;iy accountable fer the outrageous
and infamous tactics employed to dam
age this city's prestige and deprive II OF
trade
The post-lntelligencer calls upoa
President Mohier to say whether or 40:
be sanctions the dirty methods az his
agent. II he does. this community has
right TO know e. IL he does not. II
expects him to take steps to repair the
great harm already done. and 10 Pre-