The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-31
DOES II PAY 70 Be HONEST!
A POPULIsT ANSWERS THIS QUERY
IN THE NEGATIVE.
A Clever Reply to nm Imaginative
Letter Fro1 GOV. Rogers, ulns-
trafinR by Conclusions Drawn
From the Governors Career.
sastle. Wash. Oct 81. 1855


Dear Governor: Your favor OF 9th re-
ceiFed and contents carefully noted
must say am surprised a. some o. your
questions. Why DO you ask me- u u pays
20 be ig0nasf ?" Nobody = n d better pc
sItion to answer that question than your
self Bat before discussing tass question
there are some utaer matters must SPEAK
OF. / must decline your invitation 10 Ftsat
Baker Lake issh hatchery and investigate
the work of Comm .ssson~r Little and s1s
Iieutenants for two reasons: flrit, 90
not think & would be good pohthss 10 sa
ploda Lilies as.3 stories on the eve Oh
election II might have a deo-hsatnE eI
feet on the ticket Latue has pauiisiltA
tgsat he had f9seDs spawn in that is's,l-
iuuon. and II the people should discover
tina, there were len than BALI mar HeHi-
Der II wouiI no. materially strengthen
confidence tn that department 81 the Ia
sion aau,lnlstratlan. Second, you want
diplomats and fighting men for nat pisssf'
and would respectfully feeotIlit'e'sgi ~, -
gene Way OF tniA cfssaGty. and John DAVIS;
OF snohomssh. They are 9aaA1fo, a"+
they want The job: and let me assure sg9
they would kals0mine Il IKE mat w.
better than wnItewasn) the "hoie o'Asi
Your a.lislon TO nay Christian character
does not flaiier noe Ia the seast
Don't you understand the tsfoAFeslt.f ist-
ter2 Stripped Of ali supeftia9us yeFplasf,
i, means simply tbs Ia his first tsitsEdia
Lewis says 10 Grosvsnort
ssMy Dear f5r0sytnef. l am booked ioF =
apeerh III the Armogg tonight. and Wl!i
probably ftId X to my sdvahtasf 70 ~ -
some fables on you. You are i"hs "as "a
and have few personal acaia ~ - "a hs' -
and az you are not running Tor once -
this state IL vii! make no mater a al
ference to you. If can work az 4 20 n
lag against you. u will Grippe sg1
piibllsans, don't you knox. and WI be
big feather in ny cap. Now. Old man. !,
yoa win just remain off the stage ahiii
after election my stories VII! 80 GOWN ~.
right and VII be much obiged 70 you.
Lewis did not say just inat. but u fnsant
about thes same thing. Tne last telegram
amounted. to about this; :,
Dear GrosvsnoT: Sinries @dslfa M
right my Pa jority VII be 10000 Thanks;
awfilliy. Save your postage stamps and
stationery. / don't care 10 near from you
aga.n during the campaign. WIZ see you
n Grosvenor had taken Lewis advice
and remained silent tnings might pave
worked ali right, bat he didn [, anu ~
Lewis Is too bGsy saving the country 10
explain It. things are badly mixed
I think the fusionIsts are making 100
much ado about Dudes war record. Dude
Grusvenor letter shows In the Cuban
war ne fought. bied and came away
But Dude has enc weakness lie makes
too much noise, with too little effect
Better ic; hts war record rest. The peo-
pie are trife skeptfcal on war records,
as well as fish stories Patriotism, you
know. IKE whisky and tobacco. improves
with age. and twenty-five years hence
Dudes war record VIII go down.
Now for your question. Does II pay 20
be honestr'' Governor. why DO you ask?
Suppose you had made up your mind two
years ago that 1t paid 10 be honest
Don't you know you would have been de-
feaiedY DO you suppose that 81 single
m.d-roader would have voted for you with
the understanding that you would Use
the patronage Of your office as a club 10
compsi the election OF Republican 10
the United States senate
How many i'npulia.s do you suppose
would hava marched in your procession II
they had known that you d!d not consider
them M 80 Ill responsible posstionsf 10
you think any hndy would have gone wild
over your homestead exemption scheme Il
II had been understood that within four
teen short months you would bust your
suspendets' To place the single takers.
who believe IN fixing practically nothing
hut homes. In charge OF the city govern
ments OF the statef DO yon fancy there
would have been Il single ifah Ger Rog-
era' from the throat 81 an Intelligent farm
ar Il You hssi tod them can lidy that you
We're going 10 10 your utmost 10 fassieIa
the Infamous railroad commission upon
them. instead Of au honest maximum rate
law?
DO You imagine that Treasurer Young
would have withdrawn from the guh@rna-
toria! race, IN favor OF An honest rupu~
last. Jchn Il. Rogers" II he had known
that You would attack him Ia public print
for refusing lie violate hiS other Of offlco
state warrants Does Il appear proha hlr
thai William Caldwell would
have lahored earnestly TO get the
resolution offered ~ Dick Wus0r cNpuug-
al from the pl.,Sform IL he had known
that as coon 80 yca were eiectsd ven would
spurn him with contempt. snd take DICK
lovingly Ia ssasr tsuSosuf Ne governor. IL
docs not ''uay ~ be honest" II verl " lsh
to succeed ia politics doss, sainI af IT,
Governor. There may e some doua5tus
Fholgk.Ss=a In ih's benighed burE who In
a tsslaf ~
for a gotige ~ the senatorial pudding ard
demand 81 tS atly ether reason you could
have Tor giving 5li TIA tai tohs to ineun-
ssers Of the old parties. stall be honest
with thesn. tell IN. tTuth1 Dome yo7s Know
II We a;d We could not possibly elect you
scnatnrF We can only hope 10 win ~ be-
Ing dishonsss. Il L. sSo ate new Il, sEn
tha plmtEe usies@ we want to elect the
Republican ticket
'FHuno&iS IL ta. hes, policy" IL a ruoi
doctrine 10 preach hut Ispnr ole to s,-
duce 80 practice. ltunsNy Is ilot policy AZ
all. II y,.n can make the other fcll5w 2-s.
lieye Il sou are tina; much ahead. }3st
don't attempt u yeurN,if uniesS yoa wsot
IL b suspestet e ovsng lEht q the gar
ret
An hcnes; man wag al right az oy,. t.sne.
sait be has had his faY tie IS now sur~
pSsed - hgsYe something WRONG WAN afs
flzstj. lie II q tslcs namt~r and a 1giSss g34
the market. An honest naN im Cf@i
cont ntion Would ee ~ rsuv33 elt uf ;,-A.o
"a the dssjl IN q tirthosi}Sg prayer ncs}lfg
Why al not yea a~a ne II prohibition
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