The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-31
FALSE CHARGE REFuTED.

The Tacoma Ledger yesterday contained
foolish and very abusive attack or the
Post-Inteilisencer because OF a statement
In local article Wednesday, based on an
Associated Press dispatch. that the gov
eminent had overlooked the city of Ia
coma In placing its advertisement for re-
Nef supplies. The matter merits attention
because the Ledger charges the Poss-In-
teiiigencer with practices which are Pc
culiar to itself and which have obtained
In its Office continuously through many
vfcissitudes and under various admins
trations. Among other things the Ledger
says:
The Post-InteIligencer was aware that
the statement was Q lie when II was writ
ten. because the Associated Press had al
ready sent out the announcement that the
advertisement for bids would u published
In the Tacoma. Portland. San Francisco
ana Seattle papers. In order to serve its
selfish ends and bolster up its own story.
the Post-Intelligencer deliberately cut
from two Associated Press dispatches.
from Washington and Chicago. the name
OF Tacoma, which was given as one Of the
published
This is pure invention. The rost-IntelH-
gencer, the Ledger and the Portland Ore
CONAN, received in common Tuesday night
a dispatch from Washington relative to
bids for relief supplies, in which the fol-
lowing sentence occurred.
"They (the advertisements) will probably
appear In newspapers in Chicago. Seattle.
Portland and San Francisco"
The name Tacoma was not there It
was inserted in the Ledger Office. bot the
message was printed IS received b. the
Post-Inteiligencer and Oregonian. This
statement can be verified by reference 20
the latter paper Wednesday. December q.
first page. fourth column, under head
''Canada Will Cooperate"
Later. in the early morning report"
which comes after good night on the
regular report-usually after $50 a. Ia
another dispatch Of similar purport came
from Chicago too late for insertion in the
Post-Intelligencer which, because Of the
necessity OF going 10 press promptly. Is
rarely able to use any part Of this report
on the same morning ii is received. In
this dispatch Tacoma appeared among the
other cities. The Ledger says the POST
Intelligencer deliberately cut from two
dispatches the name of Tacoma" One of
these two dispatches the Post-Intelli-
gencer did not print at all. in whole or IN
part; nor did the Oregonian. In the other
the Ledger only was guilty Of fraud, in
asmuch as it inserted Tacoma for its own
purposes and in an attempt to make out
a case against this paper. What shall be
said OF a newspaper that deliberately man.
ufactures false evidence. and upon 1t fab
ricates grave accusations against another?
This base thing the Ledger has done.
1t is well enough to call attention to he
fact that. when II was noticed in this Of
flee Wednesday that Capt. Brainerd mad
sent the advertisement to Tacoma as well
as to other coast cities, the Post-Intelli-
sencer editorially mentioned that that city
had been placed on precisely the same
footing as others. The harm done to Ta-
coma by the first Associated Press dis
patch-conceding that the matter was ae-
rfous enough to be deemed injurious-was
PROMPTLY. voluntarily and effectually res
paired.