The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18
James Hamilton Lewis Inaccurate
Campaign Letter.
TIE TRUTH cAREFuLLYA AVOIDED
Every stss~m~nf of Importsnes IN
the Famous Eptstis 10 Secretary
NaIsn~y. Of the Fnstonissss Proves
70 Have Beea . Proauet Of SOLDIER
Stst~sman's Mfnd-some Letters.


Mr.. Lewis addressed Mr.. sfaIoney ''as see-
rotary Of the joint campaign committee.
RI cher than only as secretary ot the Deus-
cratic committee" TIE letter outlined
a oxfz-srns for the flslon3sts O. this
state II wa VERY long Every political
sabIec, under the sun was discussed in
Mr.. Lewis peculiar language. ard 80 only
Mr.. Lewis could discuss r. Accordingly
Il was a bundle os Inaccuracies. Il cor
sainssl 20 many charges Of seszous ma
surs that the poss -fnse.llgencer. white not
believing any OF them. made invsStiga-
tion. Congressman. senators and other
great nsn Of the nation we're credited by
Mr.. Lewis with either bsaping all SORTS
OF conde mnatlon upon the shoulders OF
Mr.. McKinleYs administration OF OF en-
M Lewis and the other common people
OF the country would be robbed OF many
millions OF dollars.
In MS letter. Mr. Lewis did no, go into
detail concerning his own briIllan, achieve
msnss on the field Of battle, hat he did
tell how the men who followed William
Jennings Bryan in the last national cam
psign bied and died on the battiefislds at
Santiago. In this connection Mr.. Lewis
featured the grand work Of the Sixty
ninth and seyenty-hrst OF New York state.
To have read Mr. I.exis' words. ard not
known Mr.. Lewis enc would have thought
that ha had personal acquaintance with
every member of the New York regiments.
They were made up. Mr. Lewis said, OF
ths Uarbse-eut,sr., sricalayers the tile
workers. etc They were the men," to
quote Mr. Lewis. that went with Tam
many for Bryan and poor peoples rights"
see" SAID Mr.. Lewis how they die TO
refste the lie tina; the reform forces were
hos Loyal to the nation
The Pot-inteiilgencer wrote 10 Gov.
Black. OF New York, for information con-
corning the political color of the New
York regiments. Gov. Black turned II over
10 an authority On the subject. and this
authority. In a letter TO the Post-Inteln-
gencer, says:
The sixty ninth regiment OF New York
IL cemposed 10 large extent. OF Irish
men The Seventy first is rot Where
Congressman Lewis has gotten his idea
do not know. II " fair To assurne. how
ever. that the politics OF the sixty-ninth
II largely Democratic. while the Seventy
hrss In largely Republican. The Sixty
ninth. however contains many strong ar
dent Reauhaczns. and my judgmen. Il
that very few of them are Bryan SIP
portere."
The Po~i-inieilgencer has already shown
that the sixty-ninth New York wa. no.
where near the Santiago battlefield.
But Mr.. Lewta made other charges Of
. far sraver nature. lie made the positive
statement that Gen. Grosvenor. the
spokesman Of TIE administration" had
said that the present .ar you'd COS, e.
ca..D,eea ''Tea hundred nAllion more
Than is needed or asked for" raid AR
Lewis Hers is letter received from
: Congressman Grosvcnor by the ros, In
toilsencer.
Washington. u g. Juiv "A 1908
To the Editor; have your letter ~ Jnlv
II, enclosing better written ty the Hon
James Hamilton Lewis cannot
understand BY airy method of -ea
sonins What he mems lon .hs
siattihent which he has made A.
some time ] Old say that my b.ssi estimate
OF The cost 81 this war .lirs-tlv ara ina,
rctly. II II was TO continue. xas tgo
thousand millions. bat I never sad nor
thought nor dreamed that W. had made a
tax bill which vas - r~Ri upon ta. u.onle
g. ;he extent ~ two billions a YEAR 4,
tetiy ridiculous the whole Of it. ana th.rk
there must be mistake In Mr. Levin
etaienss at II vas estimated that shore
would le about oNc hundred and twenty
i've millions Per annurn derived from ~.
war measure as L. passed the house bat
when Il went 20 the senate Il vas increased
sosis whsl. hnt never Aave heard ~ tn.
estimate placed abeRe one hundred ana
utty millions per anrun, ] cannot under
stahd how ary man could make Ia. mis-
take That MIR. Lewis seems II hav. made
Ills usual fairness ana honesty make II
The more astonishing - ue. tt mas, ho
borne Ia mind In this connection that -.
very moment the saf ceases and The cos,
os Tie war T. met. IA, tax VIII AZ One
T. reduced as 1t was following cur former
NAF- We, reduced taxation a. that .ir,,.
witt xF@Ai fapiAty and everybody wifi
stand ready to So 10 aRata. Il seems th.r.
T. no cause for this sort % ak Ysrrs
truly, = II gRnS\-R,>,t.ts
Hcra are a few lines wh3,A appeared in
Mr Lewis letteT:
Every trust ard eosnbfrr whi,h con
trshu'sd - the cAmpalga faa1 Of iSsz, 5
given special coai. steel sAa~. clothes ava
sood contracts. Every corporation ,r
raiiioad or ship concern given euesse2e,S g
10 public hlts ~ach as required Nv LAM
siese concerns gwen. I repel, ~, ,shva~@
gwen ihc peoples mercy 81 reckless ana
criminal manusr-and COR no r@tur.. sor
no eeHeft, IS the people or Their sol ssrS
ftess are charges or Walker ~ Nassa
eausettS. - Canuoa ~ Illinois - rvgr,1
a. Pennsylvania. - Johnson ~ >arth pa
keia. of Tod r Mhateso-aN r e2tatss.
as They sEv sfsstAiosj Hy the -@.se~.le
ho5nr oH} ss tae confessions rxtari.5 Pa
eongrsss.eas committees ot tee admins
irat3on Officers
''ree NanaRaker-N s.pyy Company =
E'N~u the monopoly ca saoes ghArsirs for
shes IN t,,ssl lo.~. s2&5 a pair. when sAe
individual htNs the same shoes Ira any
SIRE fsT = "a rs~ gafr But !rvs-S,i.:at log,
j. i~05ed. The concerns are -f-.ensfs'