Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-13
LETTER FseN BROOKLYN.
suggestions 90 Ysang Men.
BROoKLYy. N. Y Juns an 1ss
EDITOR Posr Isry1Irayxcxu.

EDITOR Posi- IHTELLroKxcgR
cannot forbear the exuress,on of
sentimental interest IN your Territoria
ansirs, and there are many here in IN,
East like me. Beecher said In ou
Academy of Music. .fter visiting Won
that Washington Territory was his sn-
ciai pet, aud II he were a yoanp man h,
would settle there. SomshoS all "a.
Utopians iuvoluntarily turn their eve.
70 You, looking upon your oommunitS
as the probable fultilimrnt of B,shou
BerklsJ's prophecy:
westward the star of empire takes IL.
way;
The four first acts already past,
NTH snaii close the drama with tn,
day,
Times no5lest offspring is the last.
Does 1t strike your young men who
are now forming tho " Yoang Mems
fdrty that tAeir forthcoming state
VIII be, territoriAlly. the last ia the pro-
Rr-ss OF empire around the earth, and
In That they have Representative re
sponsloiiity IN the eyes of the world and
especially o. this nation? Flrss the un.
written mystery of Chinese antiquity,
shen the Persian empires, then the Gre
cian, then the Egyptian, then the
Italian, then the European, then th-
Americ aud now In your new state
the nnal light of government answers.
across the Pacific, the waning fires of
the Old East. In this view what ap-
peals To the public spirit of your voting
men! Let them take good heed and be
worthy the epoch. You have natural
advantages second to none round tne
globe. 10 this, your generic period, are
wisdom, virtue and patriotism giving
the mold and cast TO future institutions.
ls youf Young Mems Party" adequate
TO the occasion!
Many people would like To know the
precise ago qualifying one for member.
ship In that club. Is IL deened that q
certain number of years DESTROYS a
mans utility and safety as a cltizsn? |
have heard 1t said, ''Old men for coun-
sell" / think in politics and govern
ment administration the od4s are
against young men. They have the I'd
der OF public favor and political amo.-
tion yet 10 climb, which uften upsess
their untried powers and subjects them
fatally to temptation and corruption.
They are always callow and visionary,
Raa WOaEs ~ NS Alu6t
classify pu 1lic eligibility by extrinsic
personal conditions we may have an
sold MaR's Political Club,' "a Bald
Headed Mems Political Club" Lean
Mems Political Club" etc. What b ~
been the age ut which you have fixed
men out there generally as being ua-
Trustworthy in public affairs? No; the
Young Mems Patty" Is wrongly named
4 "a
Is more pat, Third Party" Inas-
much as IT has come to pass
that our political impulses in
this country have orystalized into
two national parties and both having
fallen into machine rnethods-corrup.
ton, intolerance and bigotry-a third
party il our normal number in order to
avoid the choice OF two evils" to have
healthy competition and to put the
two standard parties upon their good
behavior IN Difference to this balance of
power. Why exclude from such party
men who have attained the ripeness of
experience, Intellect, courage and vir-
tue That IL as bad as the old party
strict lines that have, with semi-bar-
barity, ignored usefdl citizens who
would cherish the public interest
because they happen to belong to the
minority party. We had this young
mems" movement here in the East, aud
after proving their insfficiency they
were anaiyzsd down into " soreheads."
Had they courageously and practically
given their intelligence and virtue to
the existing Political organizations of
their peers, they could have seized oon-
troll of the machinery for the public
nI -. s..l ~ x.aft
forever, because virtue is in the major
ity by vast number. But MT de-
string to mix in tbs dirty work
Of politics-for which daintiness
nobody will condemn them, they
formed, each within their own party, a
"Young Republican Club" and a
[" Young Democratic Club" and after
bauquets at $40 ticket, swallow tails,
lapel nosegays, silk stockings, speeches
and loud reports, they feel rediculously
fat. being utterly ignored by the
ward politicians in every convention
and every nomination. Had they united
and formed third party Of all reform
elements, leaving out the question Of
age, dudeism and party lines, they could
accomplish something practical.
To save our institutions party lines
must be ef tcsa, except whrre p uty rep
resents a necessary principle. la town
and provincial politics an eye to local
Interests Is the course of wisdom. and
to bringing to bear upon public admin
istration all the best merit OF our citi-
zenship, regardless Of party lines
That IL being learned here 10 our cost
of many unnecessary millions ~ dollars
In this one city. Thus your young men.
and old men, taking warning from older
communities, now that you are Ia an
inchoate political condition, aud are
giving mould to the construction
OF future noble State. and 10 the hap-
piness Of millions OF people. the first
advice that would strike an 'oid round
or" Is TO break sp early every semblance
Of political yoke, machinery and eau
oussinc. Watch for b 'ck-offics schem-
ess aud planners disperse cliques,
smash "slstes," and demand by your
personal habits and In your organic
laws that all political movement and
propositi N shatl be spontaneous and In
open public meeting, where the best
men can win that 10 the forum th u
In the tribune. for the people cannot be
bribed, the people cannot dicker." the
people cannot hold office, and the peo
Ole will nat oppress. In the East polit-
ioal methods have become 30 perfect
science, and the people have 50 yisided
to ID. that only the most robust, idle
aud brutal can afford the time and en-
ergy to keep by the machine" the year
round. By this routine dozen "prse
tical' politicians will defy the express.
ed wishes OF thousands of good men OF
their party. Young men OF washing
ton Territory. crush this octopus OF
devil fish in the egg. A 700 have pride
in your State and value your future
peace, keep your best men. regardless
OF party, at the front. until your consti,
tuition shall be formed withia. guided
by the mistakes of the older States
You may incorporate healthy germs
consecrats your Territory to Puritan
| ism, aud cast out forever your present
spront ings of the political cancers Of
rom. monopoly, corporate imposition.
and Political rings. To do all this vil
require premium on the visest, purest
bravess, stauuchest men. Beware o.
proscription aud of ostracism. as vel
as of self assertion and combinations
When you shall have presented 20 tn
people Of this Union the purest ss vel
as last gem IN our tiara Of States yo'
will be our Mecca.
WILLIAM HExsrRxxr.