The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-10-18
A SCANDAUOUS ASSAULT
The Attempt Made to Have the State
Fair Removed From Yakima As
sisted by Local Knockers.
NO FOUNDATION FOR CHARGES
The Political Move of the ost-Intelligencer,
Horseman Vandevanter and Yakima Sore
Heads Proves Abortive Plot
Was Contemplate One.

Born of desperation, and with view
to mudde the waters of public opinion,
the Post Intelligencer is attacking first
one and then another OF the state insti-
tutions in the hope of yelling the rotten
record Of the last republican admins
tration. The cuttlefish tactics, however,
will not satisfy the voters, and the able
conduct of the affairs of the state during
the past four years is as certain to be en-
dorsed at the polls as that the sun will
gladden. the soil of Yakima with each re
curing year. The Post.Inteligencer is
owned by John L. Wilson, former y. S.
senator from this state, who is working
tooth and toenail and layishly spending
of his great wealth-God only knows
how accumulated-to be relnstated in the
American house of lords. The means to
this end are not questioned by Mr.. Will
son, but it is his determination to get
there in some way if within the range OF
possibilities. With this end in view he
has during the past several months sent
out sharp. shrewd and INSCRIPTIONS men
wherever there is state institution, to
blacken the records of those who have
been connected with them in an official
capacity. The present isn't the first in
stance where the Post-Inteligencer has
dispatched its representatives on the
mission Of investigation, but when last
done, over two years ago and previous to
the campaign of 1898, when the paper
was under the control of the Piper Broth
ers, the instructions were to get at the
the truth. The representatives OF the
paper returned empty handed and moth
ing was published detrimental to any OF
the institutions. Members of the board
of control went to the managing editor
of the Post Intellgencer and offered to
give the emissaries of that paper every
opportunity for the investigation of the
books, to question employees or any of
those under state charge; in fact to ex-
tend the fullest courtesies in every d.
rection for a complete investigation OF
the management. The answer returned
was that the investigation had already
been made and that it was satisfactory.
Now comes John L. Wilson with his
organ and his organs, his dirt and his
smudge, and tries by besmircbing the
the public institutions Of the state to
hide his own selfish ends, put his tool
Frink into the gubernatorial chair, and
make the discarded and repudiated Nc
Graw the power behind the throne.
The last onslaught of John L. Wilson
was made on the state fair and the pres
ent commissioners. Aside from Mr.. Will
s)n's desire to discredit and bring into
disrepute every act OF the Rogers admin
istration, there is still another motive be
hind this especial attack, and that is 10
have the state fair removed from North
Yakima. One OF the prime conspirators
in this is Sheriff Vandevanter OF King
county. Vandevanter is Mediterranean
and turf gambler. He owns or controls
the track at Kent and he is anxious to
have that place designated for the state
fair, and to have the track kept up at
the expense OF the people for the train
ing of his string of horses. Vande-
vanter and Wilson are Of the same po-
litieal stripe and work together like
brother spoilsmen. Wilson then is car
rying out the sheriff's openly avowed
plans by trying to besmirch the reputa-
ton of all who are connected with the
fair. The plot is even deeper and al
most as damnable in conception as that
OF Macbeth. The local correspondent of
the Post Intelligencer-the motives will
not be ssed-telegraphed to that
paper, before a meeting OF the fair COM
missioners, that there would be no fair
held. At the same time, and for Pc
riod Of ten days or two weeks. there was
q secret representative Of the Post-Intel-
l9encer in this city for the purpose of
gathering material for the recent pub
liahe,l attark and IN aid in aoruriuy the