Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-27
Till Ab[RD[[Eh0hT[}Ah0 WAGON ROAD
Stabbed i, the Back in the House
of Its Friends.
A SENSEESS ATTACK BY HOQUlAM PRESS
Both Hooam Papers Make Concerted Attack PROPOSE
ton tSecure Wagon-Road Outlet for the Harbor.
Our Sister City Grossly Misrepresented.
A SENSEESS ATTACK BY HOQUlAM

That "fis vile bird that befouls its
own nest is as true today as when first
written and it is equally automatic that
it is ecreant newspaper that betrays
the iperests of it's town, from whose
peopt it derives its support, and who
havethe right to regard the local paper
as properly the defender-not assailant
# its interests. Differences of opinion
there may be, and none more stoutly
maintain the liberty of free utterance of
those opinions than the HERALD. But,
when newspaper descends to special
pleading against proposition that the
citizens of its town all agree is of great
Importance to it, and against which no
argument, from their standpoint, can be
produced, that paper, viper like, stings
the breast that nourishes it.
No doubt the Hoquiam readers Of the
two papers of that city were as greatly
astonished as was the HERALD at reading
the attack upon the building of an out
let from Grays Harbor this year. in their
issues of last week. With full knowl-
edge of the condition OF the county road
fund, opposition to the Aberdeen Monte
sano road from parts of the county re-
quiring road appropriations has not been
surprising, but the attack by the Hoqui-
am press-whose city, next to Aberdeen,
is most interested in this road-came
like thunder clap from clear sky.
That these papers misrepresent the
people of Hoquia1n in this matter be-
comes evident when the petition asking
the county commissioners to build the
road this year is examined. Upon that
petition will be found the names of the
leading business people, including its
Commercial Club. Does the Washing
tonian and Gazette mean to tell those
people that they are fools? That they
do not understand the county finances?
That the only way to find out about
those things is to 20 to some chap with
a hatful of type and spoonful of brains,
and ask him about it?
To give those silly objections to the
building Of this road, this year, a pub
licity denied our contemporaries, by
reason of their limited circulation, the
HERALD reproduces the articles. In
point of absurd inaccuracies, and mis-
conception Of the motives Of this paper
that betrays lamentable state of mind,
the Gazette is slightly ahead, and we
shall give its effusion the first position.
Here it is:
"The HERALD in last weeks issue calls
attention to the fact that the republican
county central committee had Endorsed
the building of the Montesano-A berdeen
road and states that the people have
right to either have the road built or
know the reasons of the board for declin-
ing so to do The board has not declined
to build the Montesano-Aberdeen road,
neither can such thing be inferred
from their actions. But the HERALD
takes particular delight in laying the
fact of its not being built to the county
commissioners. The HERALD knows
very we'll that the hands of the commits
sioners are practically tied by the action
OF the former board of county commits
sioners. That board had run the road
and bridge fund in debt to the tune of
$4,000 and had already contracted for
10, 900 more by ordering the Garrard
creek bridge built, making total indebt-
edness to this fund of $4,000. We would
like to ask our Aberdeen contemporary
why his pen was not so swift in urging
the building of this road when he and
his party were in power. For six years
the populists have had control OF the
financial affairs of the county and some
of Aberdeen's pets have represented the
interests of that town on the board and
during all that time nothing serious in
the construction of this road was done.
Why this solicitude at the present time
in regard to this road? Is it because the
HERALD really wants the road built or is
it political buncombe? We think the
latter. We believe the commissioners
aim to deal fairly with all parts of the
county and are not justified owing to the
condition of the road and bridge fund to
undertake the building OF the road at
the present time. There are demands
being made on the commissioners for aid
in road building from different parts OF
the county and these demands can not
be entirely ignored. As Mr.. Carney is
so patriotic in the matter OF printing we
respectfully ask him to publish the true
condition Of the road and bridge fund at
the present time and when the present
commissioners assumed their duties.
Not from the labyrinths of his own
peculiar mind, but from the records"
Le: 3s consider .his special plea GER