The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-27
CRAVEN SCORES COL. LEWIS.
Challenges the Congressman to
Prove His Charges.
BIG RALLY IN RANkE mill
Kerr Makes n Mastery Ad-
dress on Commercial Expsns'""
and the Tnrtn-WOrkssxm~n OF
Washington Benefited by DfnEiey
u,,,s.r,fux one of the Most
succe..fui i'm the Sampss1"-

The Fam ward Republicans are 10 be
ronyra,Hlatea Last night, a; Ranks naii'
,nsar tneir auspices one OF the host sac
r.s.f.I Republican meetings o. tHIs cam.
,,airr was held Not Ia years mas t!ie hdia
an Pike street contained such 80 shtbe
stass!c sathessa. ST citizens az maj VIII
listsnee to eloquent ana insp'FlDs sper.HsS
Nv Harmon w Craven and James a. heii'
Every detail 0f the meeting was aaii'i' az
arranged AID executed. Republican pfiH-
rtn,e. were applauded to the eeho a''h
-her Mr. Craven scored Congressman
Lewis. and wheB MI Kerr soaftcSa 'he
tocs,n Of national Advancement Oh com
r.rcga, lines under the party Of president
Mckinley. the audience yeiifi ahe si"'''e"
its feet wtlh delight and APPROPRIATION.
Mr. Craven devoted the greater par "a
his time to a mastery arfaIgnusent o. '~oi'
lewis who is ruv going about the slate
ssSai,Ing the administration and dsiuaso-
sng imam the strength 81 ais assaults d
re-e.eetion TIE speaker pfoddSea 'es'fts
r,o,, Gov. pingree. of Michigan. from
John WauamakeT. Theodore Roosevelt All"
Senator NJ. A. Hanna. when shatsStea 1sie
statements and charges made py M i-e" %
in his armofy speecn and IN the ssttsE 10
Secretary Thomas Maloney. Finally he
challenged the congressman TO prove MS
allegations made concerning vi hoose-
welt, the (a.iegedJ Twenty eighth Alcn'sas
regiment. the sale OF the MerFiniac and
the Comanche 10 the government
Thomas X. Shepard presided Mf- raven
smoke first From his opening remarks ne
had the audience with him. We want 10
have the Republican party IN control OF
the government OK this nation. h. began.
'sberause IL IL the party Of prosperity. TAP.
plause1 After years of financial panic ana
business depression this oosn,ty, ohaeE ti.s
BOD All ~
has leaped and bounded upon the great
highway Of commercial advant engent and
industrial DEVELOPMENT Aud We are
pro,taer than ever OF the Republican party
because once more. IL mas demonstrated
that In the crises Of the nation and In the
hour of peril II can be safely trusted 10
UNFOLD the Stars and Stripes and 10 pre-
serve the honor OF the naiion threat
The speaker recalled The dire forebodings
Of the fusion sts two years ago. Just prior
10 the election He read from an editorial
In the Seattle Tines Of November 3 1896, a
prophecy that If Mckinley were elected the
nasscs. would be deprived Of their electoral
franchise. that human slavery would fellow
ard that IN fire the country wonld go 10
the dogs and The rfTonev power would instl-
iutN a monarchical form OF government
The picture drawn by the editorial, IN the
Hight of the prosperity and industrial awak-
ening that has TRANSFERRED since Nc kinleys
election was 50 ab~isd aud ridiculous that
the audience reared Will laughter al each
succeeding HtfftsficNs
That Hanna Yacht Joke.
The speaker then reviewed the celebrated
Maleney letter written by CongreSFfnan
Lewis as well as his speech at the Armory.
lie said that on July hast when the great
heart Of the nation could scarcely contain
the Joy the people felt at the vic;ory of San
9iago. a man sat down in Washington and
wrote a letter The purport or which was
fsAt Mark iianna's brother had sold a
yacht. costnts tsa go for sl9S. or
course the audience applauded. Lewis he
ssid. had declared that Wanamaker had Il
"cinch." that an invest CATION was denied
a:sd that the administration WAS rotten
everything ~ rotten but me" prolonged
saughterD
And the gentleman is travelling al.out
this state s-}id Mr. Craven. ''hegging my
p upie' - sc~f I'm sack 10 congress, And
this IN the faaa of me sianders he has hur-
ell al same 81 fae best ara moei patriotic
men that ever lived
THE speaker rad a letter from GOV. Pm
gree stating that there wass Twenty
eighth Michigan regiment. which Lewis had
referred TO; he read another from Col.
Roosevelt denying Uz FALSE Lewis state
rnent tilat he had quit the navy department.
because OF frauds another from Mr.. Wanna
maker branding l.ew.s' statement concern
inE the shoe contract as a fa1sehcod and
finally one from senator Hanna DENYING
any connection With the sale Of THE Mcr-
rsnaae and branding Lewis a common
Esr,
Challenge tn Lewis.
The speaker ended by reading tho follow
:Glg challenge:
II challenge Col Lewis II prove:
ftFss-That the nr~t S.'a1 soldiers who
marched In the rain wearing shoes nar-
chased by the government from John Wan
snakeF found tire ShsasS worthless hecaltse
Of their paper scies- stated 0y col
Lewis IN his Arrlory sreeeh. tcnoF'cd In
the Seattle Times of September > l~aS
Second That there is "A Twenty eighth
Michigan regiment. rs stated hy Cal Lewis
III the Malorey letter. published ia the Sc
attic Times Of Juiy Il isaS
"fhlFd~t challenge Coz Lewis n name
any Michigan regiment and prove that the
men who compose 3 voted 10Y free silver
congressman. as stated by col Lewis in
the Naioney letter.
'Fon,tfs--f challenge Col Lewis "a prnv4
that the administration senator from
Ohio seld she Nerrifnse io the government
as stated by hin' ~ tnc Maianes letter pub-
llshed tn the T1mes
"kIfth-Ihaf iAe Cumanche sold 10 tno