The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-10

The sunnydaic Good Roads club
4 In state OF eruption. All over
the district included IN the assoeta=
ton the farmers are thoroughly
xfirrcd NJ On account Of the attcmpt
81 certain members Of the club to
use Il FOR campaign purposes, it Il
ALLEGED IN order Co defeat l.. G
smith in his candidacy Tor sheriff
The cuimlnatlon OF the trouble came
NJ the last mceting. when the com
mlttee appointed Tor the purpose OF
investigating an alleged defalcation
Of J. C. Huran. road assent OF the
district. reported.
Al a previous meeting President
Peter had brought up ,ae subject ef
Horans hiring two men O. work Ia
his straw berry garden and giving
them orders an the county Tor their
nav. Certain members. Il Is claimed.
Jumped at hasty conclusion In or
der 20 further their Own Interests
uoran has been the road super
visor Ia this district for seven yeara
and there are others Who have bad
aspirations for the job. II "a openly
asserted BY members 81 the club
that the organization vas eifected
for the sole purpose 81 ousting 10
ran and has been conducted agalnst
the political aspirations 81 l. G
Smith. the county commissioner
from the south district.
President Peter. in making his
charges. arraigned HoFan for bis al
ieged acts and appointed a commit
tee 70 investigate This committee
consisted Of Henry Burton y. s ~
sey and Adolph Peplow. They Tis=
tied the county auditors office and
made an Investigation 81 tho hooks
Of the district
Al the last meeting they pr,qeuE-
81 the following report. which en-
tirriy generates Horans
TO whom Il may concern We
the undersigned committee, Who
were appointed 90 lock lnto the al
legged defaleation Of county rad
funds b. J. c. Horan. from all eviz
dence Ne can find. ind that instead
Of defraudink the county OF aaY
funds. has made a mistake aEa uat
himself Ia favor % the eouaty In The
sum OF s. so
The report is signed b the indl-
vidual members OF the committee
and vas received with . great heal
Of satisfaction By the friends % Ho=
ran. Who 1t no time had believed ks
had intentionally divert 4 the com
tvs money 10 bis oWn uHA
when the report vas made 20 the
club open rebellion a9tiaFt the nj
vho we're trying % DRAG politics
into the equalization broke out
some Of the members we're charged
With hastily jumping into the ne~a-
papers with the matter and Preai-
dent Peter was openly attacked for
a published Interview.
The president fatty denied ever y
word OF the Interview and said he
simply told certain people wae-v the
information could BE- gainsi nut
made no talk whatever himself He
said the interview Was a fake and
had been written and printed In a
Seattle democratic newspaper With
out his authority in order TO nal :
Political capital Last night he
made a sin stronger denial Of an
attack on either Smith or HosaB IN
the papers
Il simply told certain people
where they could get the facts they
desired. but never spoke a WORT
contained in the interview claimed
to have been given - me. said Pc
Ger last nlEht 20 q star man. 4
have made no talk about this mt.
ter for publication. and do not know
Why I vas quoted IN this matter.
The Interview was certainly not
given b. ne"
Albert Paul. one % the leading cit.
Ixens Of sunnnydaie said that ths
whole aftaek was started by a de.
feated candidate for county com.
missioner and another Who desired
Horan's Job II was simply p0lltI
cal gossip. and someone had iumpss
At a conclusion without any inveati-
cation.
At the last meeting Of the club
pauI made 4 motion 10 ask Presi-
dent Peter - resign II vas mad.