The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-27

Tertiary time and again. He consulted Nc
Cauley and advised with Warden Catron
and with Lister and Snively, OF the board
of control.
Yet the governor says that Hazard
had nothing whatever to do with the COM
mutation Of sentence granted J. w. Nc
Cauley."
Did Gov. Rogers examine into the Nc
Cauley case before he signed the order
of parole? II he speaks the truth In
his dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer, Is
II safe for him to be at large in the com
munitye The evidence shows conclusive
y that Hazard was the man who worked
hardest TO secure McCauley's release on
parole II the governor tells the truth
when he says that Hazard had nothing
70 do with the matter. then his plight
IL truly pitiahle
Is Snively or Hazard or Lister govern
or of Washington and is John r. Rogers
merely a fgurehead? 1t begins to look
that way. Hazard had nothing to do
with it, says Rogers. Hazard says he
did the work which resulted In McCau-
ley's parole, all for consideration of
sf25, part of which was cash and the re-
mainder note due on demand for $3.50.
signed by Mrs. McCauley's sister. Miss
King. Did Rogers allow Hazard TO sign
his name to the order OF parole?
II is not easy TO imagine Gov. Rogers
admitting that he does not know what has
been going on In the state institutions
for the past three and half years. The
governors intimacy with Snively and his
confessed reliance In everything the Yaki-
ma Statesman does Is evidence enough
that he II not wholly In the dark regard
ing the scandals and administration
which have disgraced his four years term
In the executive chair The governor
cannot plead ignorance of Sniveiy, nor
.f..Nf.
ord In not known to him. He has, IL
seems. premeditatediy chosen Hazard
and Snively as his main advisers. OF
course this was very considerable of SEN
ator Turner interests, which are bound
up with those OF the governor in this
campaign
MIR. Hazards relations to Rogers and
the Democratic state committee are well
understood. They are within the knowl-
edge OF every political worker IN both
parties. Hazard was one of the men
who first advocated Rogers denomination.
When the governor established his head
quarters at the Northern hotel In this
city. during his fight for denomination.
Hazard was the trusted agent and adj
wiser Of his campaign managers and the
governor himself Hazard II was who
was sent 10 the other headquarters and
TO the rooms Of the county delegations
with propositions looking to the formation
OF combinations in Rogers interests
After his nomination, Hazard again
espuused Rogers cause He was made
secretary pro tenn. OF the state commit
tee and established headquarters here.
when the Joint fusion committee was or
ganizcd, Hazard. with the governors
knowledge and consent, was sent TO
Olympia and other parts OF the state and
collected money TO pay the expenses OF
the Democratic state campaign.
on the Flagstaff OF the state penitentiary
at walla walia there Is a banner bearing
these letters:
wv s. P.'
They are supposed 20 stand for the
words, Washington State Penitentiary.'
Among the officials and employees OF the
peniientiary, however. they are interpret
ed ia mean.
we sell pardons"