Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-09
GLADIATOR GABY.
EXPRESSES HIS OHlNlON OF GOV.
ROGERS EFT AL.
In Which Some incidental Refer
cnCc Is Made to the OIympian In
Finying faiknOr's faiiactOus
Fancies. and Reviewing Rogers
Record.

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FInying Falknor's FaIIacious
Fancics. and Reviewing Rogers
Record.
Gov. Rogers in his treatise on money
and his campaign speeches often re-
fcrrcd to representatives OF values
murkv We're his pages and incohercnt
his talk. hut it WAS an eilulgrnt ray
compared to A. J. Falknor i'll the
Wgmpian OF April Sd representing
real estate
/ The Nympinh'S "rcWr-cntatlyc'
! has monopoly OF expressing his
ideas upon the policy Of the c"mmun-
| ity' and the breeding" of men who
differ with him.
The community" and its "policy"
is all right, Bro. Scobcy. 1t is the
soldering OF Il few that is reprobatcd.
never owned especial street fund
warrant" and did not try to compel
or even ask the "City Council" to give
me or any one else "a general fund
warrant for II special street fund war
rant"
In order to get money to pay for
labor and supplies, the City Council OF
Olympia without asking my advice
but with the concurrence of its City
Attorney, did pass Ordinance No. 512
making special street warrants pay
able out of the general fund. BY the
enactment of this ordinance and the
earnest solicitation of members OF the
Council, the laborers and the business
men in Olympia, the First National
Bank of Olympia was induced to in
vest ten thousand dollars in special
street warrants, paving for them their
face value. Attention was called to
this ordinance and to the moral obll-
CATION incurred in that transaction.
Mr.. Falknor poohpoohcd the idea OF Il
city being under any moral responsible
ity. As Republican politician, he
talks glibly OF the "mOral' obligation
to pay coin contracts in gold, thus advo-
eating the nation going beyond and
paying double the letter of the con-
tract, while, rs an attorney, he deridcs
the "mora" obligation of II city to
keep the letter and spirit of its con-
tract. 1t is such conduct that brings
law and lawyers into disrepute.
You say III this connection that
Daniel Gaby had it in for Mr.. Falk-
nor" l beg leave to apologize to the
community, and to his opponent, for
voting for Mr.. Falknor ut the last cleo
ton.
Having attended to the amenities OF
the occasion, | will now recur to the
main question and relate another
scrap of history in "Rogcrs VS.. Cline
Governor Rogers Private Secretary
carried the complaint charging Page
with perjury to the Justices office and
requested that officer to see one Hub
bard and have him verify it. Failing
to send the court for the prosecuting
witness, one Carusi came with said
Hubbard to court and upon reading
the paper the latter at first declined
to swear to it but left the office with
Carusi, soon however returning and
making the verification.
Now as this was proven false
charge, who inspired it? Deputy Lii
brarian Price, in the last Capital,
says that Cline did right. Has Rogers
any confession to make. 1t may
never be too late for him to make
peace with his Maker, but it is now
everlastingly too late to be of any ben
eft to Olympia; but Rogers will not
confess his error either in this world
or the next. On the Sunday before
the veto, on Main street, in front OF
the Capital drug store, | heard him
assure Mr.. Chambers and Others that
he "would leave constitutional ques-
tions to the court, and all he asked
was to be convinced Of the policy of
the act" He deceived the delegates
from this county at the State Conven-
ton. He deceived DIR. Mitchell, our
representative in the Legislature. He
deceived Mr.. Chambers and all who
heard him make the statements that
Sunday morning, when he made his
principal objection to the bill. He is
gay deceiver and it is fortunate that
regardless of party our courts admins
ter the law which he tried to pervert.
1t would be a credit to the State OF
Washington if Governor Rogers would
plead a disclaimer of promoter in
the Page (Cline) prosecution, and If
he would point out and dismiss from
office the advisers and responsible par
| ties.
Section 119 of the penal code pro-
vides: "If any person shall mali
ciously without probable cause, at
tempt to cause an Indictment to be
found or other prosecution for any
crime or misdemeanor to be COM
menced, against any person, or if two
or more persons shall conspire together
for that purpose, the person sought to
be indicted or otherwise prosecuted
being innocent, such person or persons
so offending shall on conviction there
of be imprisoned in the county Jail
not exceeding six months and be fined
in any sum not exceeding one thou
sand dollars"
Gov. Rogers, you know the guilty
parties. You are strongly implicated
by circumstances. The State AttOr-
ney is convenient and accessible, yea,
subject by law to your orders. A pros
ecution under the above section is the
only honest course