The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-25

man who IL born q working man should
remain working man forever:
three years ago, and today is living
comfortable and creditable existence at
Tunnel City. l ask you IL th0 Is sign
of prosperity or ignorance. And any In
telllgent voter OF any political party that
reads this article, win agree with me that
the progress Mr.. Andrews has made in
show that instead OF being the man that
the raw and shallow-hrained correspond
ent calls him. he is man of persever-
ance; tact and energy as wei, as an ex-
and a desirable acquisition to the Repub-
lean party.
"As for the statement that the Great
Northern engineers have taken hold ana
pushed the work on the tunnel through
since the convention; so far as I can
see, the work they are doing today Is
exactly the same as has been going on
three years, since my arrival at Cas-
cade tunnel. 1t was only a matter of time
when the tunnel had to be completed Any
driving or Roadway made here has been
under the sole supervision of A. l. An
drews and to him alone the credit belongs,
as it was he who pushed the work along
from the time he came here to the pres
front In the November election.
And is Andrews a friend OF labor
When he came to Cascade tunnel.
miner was paid at the rate OF 81 . per
at the finish OF the rock work under An
drews' supervision, a miner received 50
per day and a lahorer received s. per day.
each man receiving SAM per day.
And next the correspondent assails
Mr.. Andrews character, on the ground of
his actions towards men who have been
killed or hurt, who. am glad to be able
to inform the public. were very few. A
piece of public work OF half its size was
never performed In America with so lit
tie loss Of life or so few accidents as the
Cascade tunnel.
'Mr. Andrews is accused of making re-
marks when men we're killed to the effect
of throw them over the dump That I
can neither deny nor affirm. as I am
far from being constantly In his com
pany But can positively state that
some time ago a man by the name of
any immediate friends to come forward
and aid In burial A. l. Andrews went
down In his pocket and from mis- own
private resources, contributed $40. in or.
burial and that does not look as though
he were trying to make q cemetery out Of
the rock dump.
Again the unknown correspondent
states, that II was due to the tunnel that
Andrews got the nomination. ia like
10 know what better Recommendation a
the good viii and support OF the people he
is daily surrounded by and has lived
among for the last three years?
1T Is very plain to me that our un-
nhVNi correspondent KNOWS just rs lit
tie about Andrews private character and
the Cascade tunnel as he apparently does
about the coming election. But sim
cerely hope. that II he or his friends have
the time they will be here on election
day when they will see plenty OF good
honest American citizens step forward
and cast a vote for A l.. Andrews, whose
lot through life has been cast among the
workingmen and who has stuck TO them
through thick and thin. And DEFY any
man that has worked at the Cascade tun-
mel for any length of time to step forward
and conscientiously say that any state
ment have made is untrue"