The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-10
THE GREAT UNKNOWN Is kSows.
4 Flood of Light Throws on the
Myxserguus Mr. Davis

Mysterious VIZ. Davis
wc1sn. Versa. Wish Oct 5. 1ss&.
To ,ha ES.srst: ~eT@E YOU I'd aot SD
ssrg= from ta@ original telegram - Mr.
DAYS wso &c xas. ! zns~s- Taar gsass-
slez
NJ DAVIS g g=rsSzi sxDsrt = GFssr-
err governmental wo-. a. Washington.
aas z1ts1 as Try secretary and - pe-soEs-
ally acquainted ~fEa TAe secretary zr8
clerks = Mr. Dinghy. and kzs~ - Ms-
Ts!rzfzv'z movements respecting sa=
Anerzcan-Csa1 a2laa commission AZ 1z@-
Dec I, was 20 as-s wrots tar rim =
ASCERTAIN II il c9Gld - Dosx1se saat NJ.
Tsr=ley ha4s written Ietser % apparently
xe1zesess as appeared IN yo9r columns
afrsreIag % aeay his own public spsecsa
- recor5et n the Congressional Record,
Apri3 = ard june 5
h@g 1ow % inform yass-~szce = a.
p@arS % ne from your late ~tEtoFsa-s tza-
ye4 now wish - oe 54ss-talAi yo1 are :2-
t1orzed - :hss iettsr . as-naH1 - either
re- TasEerE J-rEo1 ~ Postsi Telegraph
eonpz THIS a copy = the original telegram
q thA Her y lson Dingiey % u1s per
sonally. ssns trofn QIe6sc, g 1a5e no
days age. verifying MS statement q his
estimates as have heretofore given
them
BEG v94 VII publish this Latter ard
also the face mile ~ shat personal tese-
gTaY from NJ DIngiey 70 NE. In this
connext5on I beg also - caG - year a.
tentioa sa3t your @d.os ga re an j1}1s-
slce n stating NY vote IN The "a. else
ton 10 b Is9 less than - vas, an1 also
stating that / raa LoF9 beh II any other
candidate CT tf3e ticket You aaSe in
soTraez. yourself since that s1c'1 was
mistake. ard that my vote vas the high
est upoa me ticket ~ 70 4 margin #
$50. As should have bean shown by he
returns VIII YOU do yourself The just
ness and myself the fairness 20 correct Il
l take pleasure In joining in the ex-
precision OF your editorial OF the SIN inst.
,aa, in this controversy between Us upon
questions Of statistics. Or as 20 what w4s
the utterzEces Of pubic men upon public
questions. there shah not De permitted
az any time any v.nd.ctiveness Or personal
feeling. JAS. HAMILTON LEWIS.
So Mr.. Harry Davis was Col. LewiSs
private secretary. and. having been Col.
Lexiss private secretary. ne Of course mad
unequaled facilities for knowing the de-
tails Of Congressman Dingiey's personal
correspondence. Col. Lewis introduced this
omniscient person 10 the notice Of the aud
ience al the Armory as a gentleman con-
nected with the situation" but the exact
particulars o. his interesting relation 70
until the present time. II must be said
for Mr.. Davis that ne IS very nearly the
peer Of his employer. Col. Lewis, in MS
capacity for giving Information about mat
tiers ne knows nothing whatever about.
The PoSt-Intelligeicer VII oe glad 10
publish the telegram from Mr.. Dinsley 20
Col. Lewis as soon as !, can be procured.
No trace Of Il could be found last night in
the office OF the Postal Telegraph Com
pany ami at the Western Union offce X
was said that search could not be made
until today. No mention Of this telegram
was made by the colonel a. the Armory.
Col. Lewis appears 10 be correct, or near
~ correct, II his statement OF the vote
rs received at the election OF $50
Chairman Schvely Of the Republican state
central committee, In a recent interview IN
this paper, stated that Congressman Lewis
received fewer votes than y. T. Cation.
candidate for presidential elector. Ills In
formation was obtained from the printed
sheet prepared and issued two years since
BY Secretary Of State Price. and was there
fore official But an error OF 1850 votes had
been made in the returns from Spokane
county and Col. Lewis was thus accidental
IL deprived % the benefit OF that number
OF votes The corrected totals snow that
Mr.. Lewis led Mr.. eaton by ss votes 1t
may be added that, following his chronic
practiceof putting in other persons mouths
things they never sad. or thought Of saying.
Col. Lewis complains that he was repre-
scented as running 1850 behind any other
candidate on the ticket" No such repre-
sentatioH was made by M. Schivaly o- the
acknowledgements.
Finally, it affords the Post-lntelLgencer
very great deal Of pleasure 10 inform Col.
Lewis that il not only wishes now" to De
just. but that il Will he just 70 him always,
precisely as It has been at all times.