The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-08
STAR CHAMBER TRIAL.
ROAD COMMISSIONER DtDREY ON
HIS REMOVAL
ne says He Never SAVE or Heard the
Charges. and Claims Fraser Was
Fre1adfeea Judxe-Dafes for
xarfon BosrH-Rufes for Aamf~-
s8oa 10 the Har-The Deceptfon
Pass Corpse Id~nsifed.

SDecGai Dispatch 20 the Post-Trts1Hge-oer.
C0LE1Lt.E. wash. SEPT s-E. 8 Dad
sey. Ens 6spCSeA member Of the state
wagon read co1rzssaen. arrived r. thIs
city EEzs morning from TIE Calvllie IT.
dan reseEva ton where he has been pres
ecHf&ng the work q coasfructisa on tas
p&biic thcroughfare authorized b. law
50 - bulk from Marcus. IN Stevens
county. - Marble Mount. N skzgit coan-
y. for which 80 - was appropriated y
he last legislature. OF this SUM Mr..
DadTev bad Rathcrity % expend So DO.
NEea sh5En the press announcement of
MS removal By the governor. which was
reg said:
@ant . say this with reference 70
ffiz whole matter: In the first place
Rave never seen q syllable in writing II
TIE en4FEss preferred against ne ! tn
eeFstaad from what has been published n
TIE papers that petition vas sent 20 ne
governor asking ms removal from office.
but no copy Of II was ever furnished %
me IRON any source. do not know what
It's contents are. nor DO I know who
signed the petition.
I also notice that the private secretary
70 the governor - credited With saying
that / was not only "a -niShed with = copy
81 ali the charges preferred against me.
but that was present at all stages OF the
Investigation This II absolutely an error.
W 3 Fraser. one q the members Of ths
board OF commissioners from Skazit
county. came over for the purpose. so I
am told. Of making an examination into
All the charges that were preferred
against ne He stopped AT colville. took
a mass OF evidence g. the way Of afa-
davlts. proceeded TO Meyers Fails. where
he added new Material and was az Ma
Gus when / net him. was not shown a
single affidavit at that time nor since.
Fraser E0o6 occasion 10 reprimand ne and
sccld me for things n had heard I had
been doing. and the only thing he gave
me chance TO refate was something
about raising voucher from 8 10 SO.
which | explained 20 his complete salts
faction ! had no opportunity 70 see an
affiGayit, nor was / accorded the chance
n face single individual who made al
affidavit against ne. II may be that
Fraser was furnished with eli the charges
md copies 70 be furnished 70 me from
the offlcs Of the governor. but they were
never furnished 50 ne. as I have repeat
eddy said
"Of coarse am cut or az least IL looks
that way and IL would simply give then
an opportunity 10 add Insult 10 injury
should | make an effort 20 reinstate my
self In an Office that IS not worth going
10 the tF1ub4e Tor, huf / think under The
circumstances that the Official methods
that have been pursued against me
Should be purged nov OF the uncertainty
that has marked them"
Many persons fran an unintersstei
standpoint seem TO be Of opinion that
while Duirey may be subject TO criticism.
he has not had the fair and impartial
trial Of the charges against him that IS
contemplated by public justice. 1t IS
said that at the outset Chairman Fraser.
being the Official head Of the board Il
commissioners. essayed to exercise un-
due authority over pudrey. but the lat
ter official refused 20 Re Iorded over and
Fszser's displeasure vas then and there
incurred, and for that reason there Is
RI Gsan 70 fear Fraser did not conduct the
trust charged 20 his keeping IN that fair
and upright manner that would insure
fun Justice 70 Du1rey. Dudrey seems 10
hold no 80 feeling against Gov. Rogers.
bat thinks the executive was III advised.