Accusations of Corruption Against the Gubernatorial Nominee
The Herald levels harsh criticisms against Republican gubernatorial candidate John McGraw, citing a past career marked by alleged scandal and 'vice'.
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Do the voters of Washington desire a man for the high office of governor who advised a legislator to accept a bribe from another republican for his vote in the senatorial contest? Do they want a man to represent them as chief executive of the state who employed a bar tender and ran a free gin mill in the state capital for political ends? If so, their votes should be cast for John McGraw. The republican nominee for governor did these things, and The Herald believes that the voters will not sanction such a course with their ballots.
“Do the voters of Washington desire a man for the high office of governor who advised a legislator to accept a bribe...?”
This intense critique of a political candidate's past, focusing on 'vice' and bribery, illustrates the high-stakes, mud-slinging nature of territorial and statehood-era elections in Washington.
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