The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-11-01
HE PUNCHES THE
PERKINS PRESS

The Belllngham American Revelll'
and Herald, Perkins papers, arr
uttering misrepresentation of anC
slander about Judge VIM. H. Penn.
berton, candidate for Justice of the
Supreme Court for the siX-year term
at the coming election. The Judge
needn't mind villification at the
hands of those "rags" so far as the
people who know them are con.
cerned, but to those who do not
know them it might be well to say
that every man in the State who has
entered public life and refuses to
have his 'leg pulled" by those ex-
ponents of treason and graft is
liable to have his name besmirched
by them, so the Jutge fires a short
at them. In letter to the Journal
the Judge says:
Bellingham, Wash, Oct. 25, 1918
Superior Court, State of Washing
ton, Whatcom County, Bellingham,
William H. Pemberton, Judge.
To the Editor:
My Dear Sir-Believing that the
fullest publicity should be given dur
ing the election contest, | desire to
submit for your consideration GER
tain facts which every editor in this
State should know before finally pass
ing upon my qualifications for Judge
of the Supreme Court.
From certain editorials in some
of the newspapers of the State |
am led to believe that the Ameri-
-Reveille and Herald, their man.
ager, Mr., Sefreit, and editor, Mr..
Hale, are sending out over the State
untruthful charges against me as
they did four years ago when | was
candidate for Judge of the Supreme
preme Court.
These papers are owned by Per-
kins of Tacoma and certain special
interests. Before the entry of the
United States into the world war,
these papers were supporters of the
Kaiser. Since our declaration of
war they have abused the President
and many members of his Cabinet
On April 30th last, an editorial in
the -Reveille said "those
who preached 'he kept us out of war
when they should have been pre-
pairing for war will be as much
hated as the reasonable |. w. w. is
today"
On May 30th this year, speaking
of the request to stand by the Presi-
dent they said ''it is a form of
pernicious coercion which one must
either stultify himself in acceding to
Or in his own time and manner re-
sent"
On April 10Th, with reference to
Secretary MacAdoo's statement that
he American troops would surround
Berlin, they said: at is rare Jolly
out what is the use of it. Americans
would be delighted if they could
'ring themselves to believe there
would be decisive defeat of the
Kaiser anywhere. There are not
many even-pOsed Americans who ex-
'ect to over-run Germany"
On April 11th they said Secretary
Baker is "joke" and a "fizzle." /
April 7th they said he was a SISSY /
oy." Y
On May 18th this year they called
ieorge Creel a rattle Drained buff s
oon."
On November IL, 1916, when there (.
vas no election contest they said
hat Governor Lister and Pemberton
Tere contemplate mountebanks and
ypocrites" and buckled these names
ogether: Pemberton-Liste Wilson.
When anyone is so low in his
leals to make such attacks upon
ne President and Governor and of
GERS of the State and the United
tates, you should not be surprised
any charge they may make against
~ candidacy and you should not
Ike it without due investigation.
have profound respect for a con-
fearless editor of news
iper and Believe he should be Civ
| wide latitude in publishing facts
lving bearing upon judicial con-
sts.
While some of the charges brought
7 these people have been libelous,
have never instituted a suit, feel
g that the people understood their
lrpose and in fact their opposition
creased my vote. u
| led the judicial ticket in my own
unity and two adjoining counties
fhis iooa1itxy N,,bara +haso ,,o,,,.,-.