Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-18

. Uo0yt Wa xH4B 44E b1z@Ar - .@<e>.t
that 4, lot Major ArmsfronR for Con
Rrsss- The sfsfsDsnt nseds 20 sfRu-
ment- The psopIs Of this coonty are
iiks tbs most Of ~ human family
they 70 FOR ubxt 10y concetvs - b.
tbefr best Interests This one fa0t con 4
solidatfs the tuo parties u this oo1nfy
on tie Delegats - 0ionRreM qnession-
Ik needs bat one thimbIe full 81 brains
70 se3 thai fact, and another half .
full Of tolsrably acslvs brains
would hsvs zen faAt any 4luRRiuR N
of the DeIees$e question: TO orr county
znairs was either brzxen impadenes o.
s<upid folly. And this Should have
been elsAr 70 Republicans especially. Is
seems that Il vas NOS % much The
worss for the Boiens-
{ say Republicans especially should
have sesn the folly Of mailing the Dele
gate question IN eioment in our Affairs,
becanss Pierce County today has 500 70
100 Republican majority, and bad only
10 make q reputable ticket and vote
sfyaighf 20 carry the county and eIect
every man o. womau they had nomi-
mated. With these two facts before our
eysa, the party leaders q few oil
broken down pofitjcians VINO In days Of
yore hsd made thensefves both rich
and famous By political manipulation
and the prostitutfng Of county offices to
personal use. and Who. after they had
nearly bantrup<ed the county, had been
shorn Of power By an outraged people,
have this year creps stealtbiiy into the
cenvenlions both kepubiicnu and
Democratic and having raised . great
smoke about rnilFoAd non forfeiture,
have tkroooh proxies ffos not one Of
them could get there b. the vote Of the
psopfe.l nominated monQrel tickets,
made up Of their friends and .straw
menr--the straw men on eaeh ticket
standing opposite their friends on the
other.
This 10 tho uss that Major Armstrong
II put to In this county. This 10 the
brilliant scheme TO oatoh Democratic
votes. which h pat 20 socEetly and with
consunaDAte wisdom on the boards.
Isn't 10 grand. Do yon wonder that We
all take Oh our hats and sHian these Mo
guls when We pass them on the streetsf
Wasn't Il sharp game, and are not We,
she dear people. immense fools? Oh.
those big white hats, how they do re-
mind IA Of q. Is. Wright and Hon. Fred
Billings. Incipient Congressman, We
do you honor: We fall down before you;
ws beseech you. let al h ast tho shadow
Of your noble forms fall on as; may We
bs wiss On the day We cast oar votes.
Ia it strange that these wise men were
road ulen when they came TO them snd
how In this subtle way they could fool
~ "A
Armstrouaf OF course they we're lis
tened 70, and Of course they went away
10 chuok 10 and hurrah over their tri-
umph. They think they have won their
way back into power. II %, IL has not
been d0ns BY argument. nsr by taking
correct positions and staying with them.
but by systematicai gerrymanderinR Of
the two parties. By this means they
have put themselves In position with
the Democrats TO bold rod Of terror
over the Republicans. and 90 expect 10
become and remain masters of the stu
alton, that In the future they may dis
place their friends by themselves and
again take their fodder out Of the public
crib.
IL will not be amiss 10 point out some
Of the steps ia this brilliant plot. First,
they got into the Conventions by prox-
ies-mind ye, IL takes both Conventions
10 complies their program, because their
" chosen friends" are in both parties.
They then trotted out their old stage
horses and groomed them thoroughly
their old stAndbys In the slaughter OF
the innocents campaign two years ago,
all who would do their biddinQ--and by
promises and threats consolidated their
forces. In this way they nominated
their tickets. And such nominations
A Democratic boy against Republican
stager for Sheriff ; a Republican boy
against q Democratic stager for Audi
tor /; q Republican for she Legislature
sold out for Democrat TO prevent a
strong competitor against their candi-
date for Sheriff q gentleman Democrat
against a man who controls the hot
bed" woman and whisky ring vote, and
50 on through the chapter.
In both Conventions there was no eff
fort made 10 nominate either a strong
or q good ticket. There was no repre-
sentative OF the Republican German ole
ment nor of the woman element in the
Republican Convention. These were
cast out 10 cause them to 90 With aud
Htt0lktA8a w tt40 AfGAIQlN1Al0 IHukH.
There was no looking for the two great
requisites OF an ofiiceholder In.
teerity and ability-and some of the
most important nominations were Of
men who are totally deficient In both.
Their grand qualifications are--they are
most noble swnppers.
The seheme progresses. On the sur.
face all seems fair. There il a great
contest going ON. The railroad will
lose its lands, and we shall lose the rail-
road unless we do all We can to carry
Armstrong;. election. Let as not both
or about these little minor home mat
iers. We will all vote our party tickets,
and whoever Is elected will be good
officer. Lookout for Armstrong
Lookout for Armstrong
Hut see, listen to the two faced hypo-
critics; hear them say, as they strut the
streets and parade their white hats,
Yes, am going 10 vote the straight
Republican ticket !" YES, am going
20 vote the straieht Democratic ticket
--jasf as scs did firo years ago, after
spending half the night before the
election In secret ssnclsve.
Seriously, let me ask. what are We
coming tot Have We got 20 lay aside
every principle that we hold sacred 2
Have We got 20 prostitute the Republic.
can principles for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of this neat Of cormorants under the
threat Of losing a railroad Z That u
exactly what We are doing. We are
laying down cur fine Republican ma
iofity In Pierce County 10 please the
caprice of few demaeoeues-no. NOT
the caprice. bat the pockets and the
places OF power In tho future. On the
idss of November We arc called upon to
drop the hone. that We may catch the
shadow. We are asked To sell our
birthright for q mess Of pottaae.
Les 10 Be distinctly understood that
wage no war against Mr.. Armstrong,
but | do say this: IL his party and his
platform will not suatain him without
wreoking and destroying our Repabli-
can county organization, With coo Re
publican majority. and the pecuniary
interests OF every man, woman and
child In the county supposedly on his
side, let him fall. OnsxRvKn.
voorhees, APPOINTMENT.