The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-27

Athens, O., Oct. II, 1898.
To the Editor OF the Post-Intelligen-
Ger: / hope the readers of the Post
Inteiligeneer will accept the anomalous
situation of candidate for congress
in Washington making his campaign
upon the personal weakness and polit-
ical blunders. as he calls them, OF a
candidate for congress in Ohio. Some
people think Mr. Lewis is not a shrewd
and wide-awake politician. but in this
he has demonstrated more acuteness
than his enemies give him credit for.
IT is not a bad political move If he can
turn the eyes of his constituents away
from his utter unfitneSs to represent
the great state of Washington and
focus their vision upon humble con-
gresham from the state of Ohio. and to
make matters absolutely sure he has
seen fit to assai the junior senator
from Ohio. Hon. Marcus A. Hanna lie
made two statements In regard TO Sem
ator Hanna. each of which was abso-
lutely false. Whether he knew them to
be false or not. do not certainly know
for the very good reason that the scope
of his actual knowledge is a matter Of
some uncertainty even among his
friends: but we know now that he as
sailed Senator Hanna by two state
ments. one that Hanna had sold coal to-
the government at an advanced price
over the current market price. and an.
other that he had an interest in the
yacht Comanche. which was sold TO the
government upon the appraisement
made by the government officials IL
turned out that Hanna never sold q
dollars worth Of coal to the govern
ment. and that in all it's history he
never had "a dollars worth OF interest
in the Comanche, and that the Conan
che was sold at a price confessedy far
below her value. but do MIR. Lewis the
justice 10 say that he Immediately apol-
ogized in writing 10 Senator Hanna. as
not until Senator Hanna had denounced
his statements az absolutely false
Now he comes back at me. but Incl
dentally | want 10 refer to statement
he made in his first opening speech, He
made a splendid point on a bad man
from Michigan by the name OF Todd.
as reported in the Seattle DAILY Times
He said that "Alien Todd, Of Michigan.
member % congress and q Republi-
can. worth half million dollars, when
the appropriation bill in the house car
rying an Item in favor of the railroads.
upbraided them" etc. etc Then he
goes on to state that the war DEPART
ment tried to squelch Mr. Todd Now
the point TO all this twaddle was that
Mr.. Todd Is a 'Repubican" ir Lewis
presureg upon the ignorance of his con-
stituents. He must do so or he would
retire from the campaign. In the Com
gresS!onaI Directory Of the Fifty-ffth
congress. on page s., will be found the
record If Mr.. Albert VI. Todd. Of Michi-
gan, presumably given by himself. and
il appears therein tina, he was elected
t. the Fifty-Hfth congress by union
ot the Democratic, Union Silver. Peo-
ple's and National parties receiving
~ 9Gs votes against 2f.of0 votes for Al
fred Mines. Republican: so votes for
John NJ Corbin, Gold Democrat. and al
votes for Ashman 4. Knappen. Prohi-
bitionlst"
Nov. little thing like picking out tho
had conduct or the official conduct.
good or bad. ~ a congressman. - Illus
tra,e candidates speech at MS horne-
coming and calling shat congressman a
Republican. when he is exactly the sort
o, man that my friend Lewis is, a
sort of omni- gathering OF all the odds
and ends of creation. is q little matter
that will not e.nbsrrass the mental
cogiiations Of ny Distinguished friend.
There is something rerna rkahie in tho
siInllitude ~ these two gentlemen. Mr..
Lewis. II is said Is FIRST representative
al large. but ne was elected. IL Is SAID.
as Democrat. ana !, Is perfectly well
known that he. too. vas the reoip.snt