The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-09-05

| demanded an accounting by their said
guardian, this defendant, and that he
pay them said sum of four thousand
nine hundred fifty dollars ($4,950) or
such other sum as may be found Justly
due on a full and fair accounting by
the defendant as their guardian.
Wherefore. the plaintiffs pray that
the said defendant be made to fully
and fairly account for the said fund
so entrusted to his care. and for q
final settlement, and that they have
judgment against the said defendant
for the sum Of four thousand nine
hundred fifty dollars ($4,950). their
costs in this behalf. and for all proper
relief.
John II. Lynch and Brown Luhey &
Kane, Attorneys for plaintiffs.
The allegations of the complaint are
not new to the people Of the state, al
though they have perhaps been for
gotten by many who have heard Of
them before, or may be new to new
residents of this section. They were
first made publicly when Mr.. Snively
was a candidate for governor on the
Democratic ticket in 1892. his opponent,
John II. McGraw. defeating him in one
of the hardest fought elections ever
held in Washington. They figured
prominently in the political history Of
the state, and have been looked upon
variously, Mr.. Snivelys friends believ-
ing that they were only made for the
purpose of injuring him, and. IL for
any other cause. to crafty desire
for revenge on the part of some of the
attorneys political enemies in the
east. A number who remember the
campaign referred to recall the fact
that Mr.. Snively insisted on the charg-
es being made in court, and a suit
brought Immediately after their APP
pearance, but no action of this kind
was ever taken. After the campaign
was over nothing further was heard
Of them until the papers were filed In
superior court Wednesday evening.
a Herald representative sought Mr..
Snively Immediately after the papers
were filed, and asked him for a state
ment. He replied that a statement was
hardly forthcoming, but he would say
that he was glad the matter had come
up in this form, and that the plaintiffs
could not come to trial too soon to suit
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information he said:
II am sincerely glad that this sui,
has been brought. AS a threatened
procedure it has been hanging fire fol-
twenty years, and in that time have
been receiving threatening letters and
been annoyed in every way that 1t was
possible for few political enemies
left in Virginia to think OF. Time and
time again I have insisted upon suit
being brought, so that the matter
might be finally disposed II. but never
succeeded in having this done.
Regarding the allegations Of the
complaint, have only this to say:
There is absolutely no truth In the
charge that ever received a cent that
did not account for. am amply
able to pay every dollar owe. and II
the heirs OF this estate had ever had
an, thing coming from me they would
have received it long ago. When ran
for governor in this state in 1892 thess
charges were made against me at the
linstigation Of a personal and political
enemy OF mine in Virginia, in the hope
that they would influence voters
against me. promptly challenged
the reo:,le at the bottom Of the move
men. to come into court and prove any
or ali Of their assertions, but they
could not be forced into bringing ac-
ton Twenty years is a long time for
peorle to find out that they have been
aggrieved or wronged. and II there
was the slightest foundation for the
assertions suit would have been
brought years ago."
Mr.. Snivelys attention was brought
to the portion OF the complaint alleg-
ing that he had remained in hiding
said:
when I left Virginia came to
Washington as the appointee OF Gro
yer Cleveland to the office of special
United States attorney. After being
here five months I was elected district
attorney. in 1885. and reelected to
this office In 1888. I was nominated
for attorney general in 1889 and was
made code commissioner In 1890.
was a candidate for governor in 1892.
II had been badly wanted would 1t
have been difficult to find me In all
these years? / was in the national
Democratic convention that named
Cleveland for president in 1888. and
again in 1892. when I made a speech
in the convention seconding the nomi-
nation OF Cleveland. Incidentally I
have been In every national Demo-
cratic convention since that Time"
Mr.. Snively stated that he knew Of
the case set forth by the Fallon heirs.
The money they allege he handled
was left IN care of a man named Geo.
w. Brown. who has been dead for
some years. As to his methods in ex-
ecuting the trust he knew nothing.
He stated that he had absolutely
nothing to do with the handling Of the
money. and that the Falion heirs had
been prompted to attempt TO black
mail him by an enemy Of his who was
either very much misinformed regard
ing the facts OF the case or else had
deliberately lied. II absolutely re-
fuse" he said. ito be biackmailed for
one cent. and shall be Glad - meet
these parties in open court. the sooner