The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07
SEATTLE, SATURDAY, MAY .
FAIsxuooDs THAT DO HARM.

The calumnies against Seattle first In
vented and printed By n lying local
no4spaper are being most industriously
circulated b. competitors Of this eity
20 its Infinite damage and discredit-
Two grea. London newspapers haye
been persuaded TO admit 10 their col
umns faleehoods from this newspaper
tsscriptive OF the alleged chronic law
lessness Of Seattle and the league be-
tween the authorities ard the criminal
eiernsat. The London Morning Journal,
Railway and Commercial Gazette. the
lsading paper OF ia class In the world.
On April Is published eonspicuousiy cor
respondence from Vancouver. b. C., In
which the following appeared under the
heading. "A Dangerous Port OF De-
parsure:"
ssDespise the Lavish advertisement OF Sc
attie BIZ the Grand Trunk railroad as
good point of departure ard outfit for the
Yukon. the English emigraat to the Kion-
dixie had better give that city wide
berth and leave via either Vancouver or
Victoria The seattle Times declares thar
there IL an epidemic OF unchecked crime
in seastie and shows that highway rob-
beriss accompanied by sandbasging ana
clubbing with reviewers. are frequent
nightly incidents The Seattle city gov
ernment IL In the hands. as IL has been
Cor years. Of men who depend on the vote
Of the dangerous element. and the city
has long had about the werst reputation
on the Pacific coast for crime and dis
order. Many OF the outfitters are. more
over. notorious for sharp practices, and
all goods bought In Seattle and carried
into the Yukon must pay heavy import
duties Of at least y per cent. ad vaiorem
On an average"
The London Financial News. the most
prominent paper OF It's kind in Great
Britain. on April 20 contained the fol-
lowing warning Against Seattle
travellers 10 the Rsondike region should
keep away from Seattle The following
is the telling Indictment ef its own mis-
ruled city. laid by the ssafsle Times;
THE Times suggested the other evening
that wlas-cpen policy was making rapid
strides In the lire OF crime In Seattle.
I, began with simple "hoid-aps" on the
street. when men were simply ordered 70
throw up their hands and submit 10 gentle
searching, Then came The Use Of the re-
voiver, the same being applied 10 The
anatomy Of the ''hoid-up." with Violent
threats ia case OF resistance. Then came
clubbing aud sandaagging, added 10 rob-
berry, when the victim Was left han dead
upon the street Now comes the flnai
aet-ahsoiuts kiiilng--a series Of steps as
natural under the circumstances as the
fsowing OF water down hill, Is IL possible
that the present administration proposes
10 ait idly by md permit this sort OF crime
20 80 on Does the mayor. because the
hood,ums1 gamblers. cns-threais, utgs.
thieves ana leaders IN every crime aided
IN putting him In office. upon the prom
isa of nea.eusereemeat OF law. propose 20
adhere TO such a policy, and permit fse'
berry and murder 20 stalk through our
streets unaiscuverss, unpublished and with
scarcely any effort 70 prevent the same
n 50. the sooner the citizens OF Seattle
wake up 20 The true situation the sooner
crime win stop"
OF coarse these things are all most
outrageous exaggerations. as we'll as abb
sehte untru,hs. and they were known
to be untrue by the paper that fahei-
Gated them. II is high testimony 10 the
law- abiding spirit CT the people Of this
city. their tolerance ard sels-respect,
and to their patience under great provo
cation. that they have suffered thase
Infamous things tc be said about them
without effective rebuke.