The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26


Irtsh@an who vas aats-Safhoitc ard anti
everything eise- Gage Was elected COVER
AB ard JohanDn state senator. Beeh were
smarttng vsder tie car.ocning they lad
received and johnson knew he had a
cartoon law.
But he sIsp had other friends I'm the
state senate. notably Morehossse, Of San-
Ia Clara. ard Dickinson. Of San Francis
GO. The former. IN ztsenuatea gentleman
with nerce mastachios Gst inso quarrel
with the newspapers during tae California
legislature Of Isss7- He MAS shen ami
has ever snrs been pictured ~ fae mAta
with "a satfsees heart tan expression
made By hsra Ia spxech} ard wfsh rib
bcns esS the ends Of hs n,sstzca~S The
story OF the eause Of the rcw with the
papers i TOO long 70 sei. here, hat vaen
AoFehcase returned - the present sesfe-
lature. his Arw act was Ia present a bill
mAktzlgs IL sustthahse homicide 70 xii q
newspaper man who had car.sonea or writ
ten falsely concerning citizen II was
eupugh- The cSrtoonisss, all Of them.
jumped Morehouse la body and in adj
dftSon y his stainless heart and The rfb-
bong on the ends Of nts muAfAcAse put
ep<ass and bowie knives IN his bushy hair.
pistols In hie boots and = knife np HIS
sleeve. shsreat Morehouse grew more ex-
cesdmsiy wrath shan ever.
D.ckinxnn In. and has always been. from
a fine when me memory OF The Oldest In
hahs;AHt knows not 10 the contrary. "A
major general In ..fhe pationai guard of
California. HIS war record consists Of II
sunssroke a. Sacramento during the rail-
Yoad strike - hieb opportunity occurred al
the moment ne had been ordered By the
governor 10 lead his troops against the
armed strikers and dispessc them. The
newspapers said unkind things about the
generals aunstrekes and made funny Pic
tures at him and have kept IL up Then
'tsfe general has very red nose whether
due to sanstroka or other causes the ear
toonis, has rarely failed 10 picture the
general without a soodiy sized bottle In
his nsighhorhood. end NJ don't like it,
that Is. he doesn't like the pictures. Z
Then there was MeIlsek and his unfor-
tunafe ears. poor old Simpson senator
from Los Angeles. who weeps large gobs
of grief every time he makes a speech
and who has been pictured by the car
toonists as the "shad heilied senator"
And host Of others. In truth. too numeY-
GUS 10 mention. who have been hayed
alive recently BY Ed9ren. Cahia. Lewis
and Wallace. II has been a see~saw
proposition.
iHc 1htetHGis ana IAN nave cartoDfed
and roasted every man who has voted for
Dan Burns and the Examiner has car
TONED everybody. and especially Grant
and his supporters.
So II Is easy 10 see that the legislature
and the governor we're ready Tor the anti
cartoon bill But It was not passed with
out opposition. Some idea. of the debate
on the measure can be gained from ex-
syar has far q
the measure. In his spe<ch supporting
the bill. Marehouse spoke for an hour
and the following Is "A fair sample OF his
argument:
.srhe honest public osf cor is slandered;
he in illuminated. he liz iibeled. he is made
to appear IN al forms and phases. APP
men IN do thats / know the great power
OF the press. and ] respect It, Many of
these men are my personal friends. /
love and admire them fer their ability 10
write. ] maintain it's great power. and
want To protect IL but when that power
goes 10 n point where II can say 10 any
senator On this floor, 4 don't agree with
Fight then The time has come when the
ssonAte should stand up for it's rights.
What are we here farr Are we here
10 be held down and ntimIGated by some
one thntt Is hidden away. 80 that yea cam
not sptt NJ his eye. or eannot slap his face
heea use you annof ind him. II stocd on
the street and | said OF my friends what
10 be threashed r. he to Yield to the In
tlmidatton welded by this power?"
And again:
The next morning. some person takes
up the paper and he wonders where this
long haired individual comes from. and
what sort of an individual | am revolyers
In my boots. cartridges IN my waist
spears In my hand. and my friend, Dtckin-
s4xt a and nil hEz zsff
he wonders where this wild animal was
let loose from. and thus the impression
gees forth
Against The bill the great speech was
made by Senator Chastes NJ Shoriridge
OF Santa Clara formerly editor and pro-
prsesor OF the San Jose Mercury. he Of
the hyperion curl one of the most cart
ca,ured men in the state. He opposed the
measure because. ~ he said;
The bin as presented BY Mr.. Works
III carried into effect would he nothing
" the press, Senator Sims In his meas
ured tone, called the attention of this
senese ia the fact. a. he stated, of the i'm
propri.ty and of the absolute ytciopsn~ss
the thoughts which have been uttered bv
the distinguished men ar learning in al.
ages IN defense NJ this, the great hnlwara
cf puhiic liberty
Aud further along Shos;ridxe added:
II would submit that In restricting the
publication Of pictures, which Is ore aay
ef expressing al idea. y9u would also
have to restrict th. publication Of a writ
ten article conveying the same idea. n
xeu prehihlt aae YOU would also have TO
prohibit she ether Therefore II we aim
at the abolition ri one must extend H.
tU the ether. II yoa can prohibit car
tsnHs yeu can prohibit words. Mr.. prest-
a. h. ff..4Ef ~ q. o
ta ne zo sacred tia; would ah.ut ~
leave have the right To Worship tssad re-
sifIetess. | believe. str. hat thr right 81
express nay sentiments IL a sacred one
SIR. tbs pen Of the honest writer whips
che ra~s-ais iate Inc and makes them he
have themselves. and the rem If .hs
honest esrteen@r has The same effe~et II
- for the liberty " the press that !
htt have genuine appreciation for thc
antiriox Illustrator. and have, SIR. 81
appreciation az the whiF whea Ii Il lad
On the back of the rascal"
Hot she bill passed, the gaverner signed
Il snd Ia sixty DAYS IL ieeemes law.
The Powers that De help Neighbours.
Johuzae and the rest during the sixty
DAYS
THAT the cnnsilta,Eoaansy Of the law
~ ~ hv tested hy the newspapers 81 GER
tain EeeFy hss daily ira San Francisco
haas an AR nlans wafth anywhere frem
sss ssa 10 sIsse ssa and Sfss 81 artists frury;
seven ~ twenty utsa and women t. eat
aT sill pictures 81 people win D. 70 pyas-
tica1ty render these departments az wss
ase ara wais seriously cvteysfs the gssrssv~
" h~tsssr or nag either STATES ~ss l<xs %
the movement against Sarfosas ~sls prob
ably ssersna upen the coassatsatoraIitr OF
she California law Shoashi,ss PROVE cog
ststassaaas sSd be senernisv .Assoistes; IL
~sii rssuimfiorsEe the psblicasEsa Of tie
daily newspaper besides destroying sne
~ its sssest Interesting NnE: Instructive
FEATURES when nos aAusef
CHARLES r. HARTON
LAWS PRICE WAS $4,000.