A Rebuttal from the Republican Ranks
John F. Cragwell, a prominent Black Republican leader, rejects claims of party dissatisfaction.
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John F. Cragwell, the colored member of the Republican state and county central committee, was very indignant yesterday when he read the statement in the Telegraph that he was disgruntled and that he had been improperly treated by the committees of which he is an honored member. He pronounced the charge as absolutely false and stated that the utmost respect had always been shown him, and that the only dissatisfaction that existed was in the mind of the man who penned the article. He thinks that it is a Democratic ploy to work dissatisfaction in the ranks of the colored Republicans.
“He pronounced the charge as absolutely false and stated that the utmost respect had always been shown him.”
This reflects the volatile nature of 19th-century racial politics in Seattle, where partisan newspapers frequently weaponized misinformation to fracture the political coalitions of their opponents.
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