Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-14
wade HAS MADE GOOD
GRAYS HARBOR POST AGAIN AT.
TACKS CITY ATTORNEY.
The allegations Made by The Post
Are So GIaringly False and rtaiiCi.
Gus, When the Record Is Exam.
ined, That They Can Fool No Fair
Minded Person.

The Grays Harbor Post has made !
a second vicious attack on City At
torney Wade that leaves no doubt
to the purpose or inspiration of the
persistent efforts of the Post to viii
ify city official who does his duty,
regardless of the would-be boss who
happens to edit that paper or the
evil influences behind him. In the
attack of the Post two weeks ago,
the Herald was inclined to believe
that paper to have misinformed as
to it's accusations, but the repeti-
ton in the last issue leaves but the
conclusion in arriving at the aimus
for such deliberate and malicious
misstatement of facts A brief, ,ex-
animation of the Posts allegations
forbids any milder characterizati01.
The second attack begins with ii
crafty attempt to prejudice the read
er in to what is to follow, in accus-
ing Mr.. Wade of having violated
his obligation to the people who cleo
ted him at the time of the county
division fight" statement that none
knows the falstyof better than Editor
Clark. He knows that Mr. Wade ow-
ed his legislative nomination, in the
convention of 1906, to Aberdeen
not Montesano. He knows, or ought
to know, that Wade got but votes
out of Montesano's delegation of IS,
and that he received the entire 62
votes from the Aberdeen delegation
and he knows that in voting for coun-
ty division, Mr.. Wade was keeping
faith, not violating it, when he vot-
ed for a measure that was being
urged by nine-tenths of the people
of Aberdeen-the people to whom he
was indebted for the privilege of
casting that vote. Mr.. Wade was
elected with j. G. Hogan to represent
the 29th district, and both support
ed the division measure, a measure
that was being urged by a number
of Aberdeen citizens on the floor of
the house, and among whom was Edi-
tor Clark, Of the Post. The Herald
repeats, that the attack thus begun
permits no softer conclusion as to the
aim of the Post than that given
tabove If county division was right
at Aberdeen, how could it be wrong
at Montesano?
The charges Of incompetency are
as false and malicious as this 'vio-
llation of obligation" business, as can
] be readily verified by reference to
the records. The statement that At.
( torney Wade requested legal assist
ance," in the building miX-up of the
city, Dabney and Hits, is COM
mon, plain lie, as will be seen by re-
ferring to the records of the city
council and since this matter is up
! for investigation, the Herald will
briefly state the case from its incep-
/ ton, as shown by the record.
! A. N. Wade succeeded John c.
! Hogan as city attorney, and when he
did so found that his predecessor had
| brought suit to enioin r. T. Dabney
/ from altering or repairing Il build
/ ing, and that he had given a bond
with Mayor France and r. j. Hits
as sureties. Finding his procedure,
wrong, Mr.. Hogan had the case dis
missed, and the city paid the costs.
At this juncture, Mr.. Wade assum-
ed office, and Mr.. Dabney began suit
/ for damages, upon the Hogan bond,
against the city, Eugene France and
r. J. Hits and another suit against
r. J. Hits, personally, for alleged
malicious prosecution, setting his
damages at $1,000.
Mr.. Hits asked the council to de-
fend the action brought against him,
and Wade was asked if he could de-
fend both cases, and he replied that
it was no part of his duty to defend
city officials charged with crimes in
their personal capacity-nor had the
city authority to pay for any such
defense. Mr.. Hits then said he had
talked the case over with Mr.. Hogan
who would defend him for 500, and
that sum was appropriated by the
council over the protest of Mr.. Wade
that it was illegal, and that payment
of the warrant could be stopped by
any taxpayer. This, in brief, is the
record of the case that the Post
twists into a charge that Mr.. Wade
asked for this 500 worth of as
sistance, and upon which any COM