The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-20
WHO LIED9
soa~ssdy Did- bat II IL . Matter Of
opinfsm Nhs the Guilty Party IL
The University NEEDLE.


Alter rsa6iEx TIRE Interview r. ,ns Post
Inssiassnosr. xivsa srs Olympia corre-
ssonr@1s ~ A1it.-Cs@a- BallaiE&~ said
John r. rsy yesterday Il weus6 Exs .
s1sr<E tnat Ire governor rscor nerd 20
TIE tScssgaEfal a-ssasAcn OF Ire general
Fso.ic re tex cusas1 IN ire Pcxt-fns@g.i-
gsacsr isis morning reading. AL liars
sssa Save taElr part 81 the lake whieh
egrneta with IRE ana erirnstan=, wal1a Is
the secoa5 aesGa'
The zrsssmsa. rnase by RzHafa.. ina.
! ever promised q remove e. = Aeany
frsn tie University ss Washington. q
snqJait1saly false 10 every particular. Il
: pi@ln i4s. and as anew Il 20 De ssez.
TIE iasa tsst 7 wouid agree IN advance 20
lend myself % sIca q trick - pTsposeegoas.
y respectfully s4ggsSg the text quoted
~ gBbis b. the governor % TIE ih9ught-
IA eoasldsrasiSn % both his sxesglsncy
and sts valiant &efugsat general They
n.sEAt 5osh q them read II wifn prcaE"
NJ. Fay continued saying thAt be con-
si1zreS that ne szs sziil president OF he
beard o. regents. tnasmneh "a Roze %
Coy. Rogers sppolntsus tad made aEy
attempt = quality. lie had expected 10
Cal meeting Of the regents. aal "a
everything was reported as moving alsng
smoothly. there vas 70 urgent need for
a nesting
.sUntl one o. Gov. Rogers apposntses
qualities as = member % ne beard OF re-
senss tasrs Is nothing for me 70 DO. AS
soon as some CITE attempts 20 caaafy. I
STAT al ence institute legal proceedings 20
test his rlgat 70 me ot1es.
Il Is fSrtaaate tAzE I am abe 20 bear
the expense % such q silt. / suggest
that Gov. Rogers make suitable provision
for the payment OF me costs and ex-
pensss Of the action for the man who ae-
cepls TIE past
The burden Of resisting suca a contest
as Er. Fay inthustss ae vii begin would
naturally fan upon the state The attor-
ney general would be called upon 10 de-
fead any gut brought agalass any state
ofacsr 10 test his right TO Inc Office. Tn
der these circumstances. IL Is believed Mr..
Fays utterances VIII not defer anyone
from accepting the appointment, ether
things being equal
Ex-senator AEsn's refusal 10 act as re-
gent Is believed % be- due 10 the fact that
his practice requires every biz OF MS
energy ard time and thai he could not
well spare tire tine % attend properly 70
the duties OF regent
Clark Davis yesterday made the follow
Ing reply 10 AIR. Bailzlns's interview con-
corning him:
Ia reply 10 the statement % Gov.
Rogers and Ballaina. that / promised 70
Use my e1erts 70 oust Prof. Assny from
the university as a condition Of my ap-
polntment as regent. allow NE TO say
that IL all the conversations ] have had
with the governor and his secretary
about the university. Prof. Meany's name
has nsver been mentioned. Does any
one IL this state. who knows me. believe
for a single moment that IN accepting ar
Office which ] never asked for, and never
wanted. ! would, as a condition. agree
To become ar instrument 70 the hands Of
this man BaIlz!ne through which he
might wreak his bitter spite upon a man
who had been my personal friend for fl
teen years.
II have been credib4y Informed that
over Il Whitman county. where Ballsine
was raised. when the scriptural Ananias
IS not a sufficiently strong name 70 meet
the requirements % the occasion, they
Just say. johnnie Ballaine'"