Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-11
FOR LOYALTY AND Law.
The GreatMa.~ Meeting At
the opera House.


A vary IazEs aaaienss of intelligent
ladies' and Rantssman attended the
maas msstinR called together 70 rAsify
TIE Loyal Citizsn's ticket al Ne OpsFa
HOUSE last sseninR. The First RaQi-
meat band furnished tue music.
AZ half-pass eight o'clock Mayer Yes
Ter called TIE msssiuR 70 order. and said
Ne msstinR uas called Tor the parpsss
of adyOcatfng The elsetion of the Loyal
Citizsns' tiokst. hsadad by ArihnF A.
Dsnny. He intsoduosd as the hruf
apeaksE
,. Q. HANKS
Whe mads . CLAIM STRAIGHTFORWARD
spsash. ringing with loyalty. He Aid
ths people Of Seattle we're on the eve Of
q most m0msntoua oooasisn; the eyes
0f he world are upan a.. Some months
aeo Seattle Was but little known, but
ahe events which haVs tFanspiFed since
that time have made her widely known,
and Il has gone forth thas We are q sur
balent and lswles8 eemmnnity. Our
sdoEss 30 dispats this have 80 far been
unasailine. and nov The Roldsn oppsr-
tunity has arrived when We can snow
by our ballOls that Il is falss By voting
down the men accused Of inoitin9 and
stirring up the tFouoie which we have
gone through. By cur vsEdict on Mon
day We win be judged BY those who
think Of coming e settie in our midst, OF
Of investing capital here. There would
BE- nethina gFander than for the wage
woFkeEs Of seattle 10 form q great polit
ioal party, and take charge Of the city
RoVe9nmant, and / was 10 hopes that
woald be done. Such q party should
put q plank n its platform denouneing
tie iaWiass acts Of the mob On Febru-
ary 7th and oth. A party Is judged by
ian platform nrut, aud he candidates
naxi. aud this 80 called labor party has
not fafated, denied or denounced In its
platform she SANDER against the work
inRmen that they ineited the Chinese
Fiots, bat the party has gone on and
nominated q man for Chief Of Police
who Il openiy charged With having vio-
lated his cath Of ofhes, and also With
having aided and abetted ia the unlaw-
fal driving out Of the Chinese, and
the plundeEinQ Of their houses.
II the 90 called labor party
wanted 10 aneosed Ii ahouId have set
the seal Of disapprobation On these un-
lawful acts. It failed 20 put sush q
plank Ia its platform. and 4 would not
Do 20 pat that party Ia power. At the
time OF The late riot VIM. Murphy vas
Acting Chief Of Police. and IL has gone
forth that be aided and abetted in the
violation Of Law, and this is the man
that pArty has placed at the head Of ita
tioket for Chisf Of Police, and in put
sing him forward as their standard
bearer, they necessarily endorse hts
action on that occasion. Il is said there
are good msn sn both tickets. This Il
not z question Of men any longer. We
are actors ON the stage, and by onF aots
We must Stand or fall. A mistake 81
this time may impair oar CITY for years.
u We elect auoh man as Murphy, We
say 20 the world ~ do not disaPpFovs
Of or condemn the action Of the
7th Of last February, which pros
trated our business Interests for months,
and with such pFoolanation as that
gone forth how ear We expeet capital So
come here and enterprises to spring
into existence 70 afford employment 60
our laboTing msng Tss men nominated
at the pavilion stand on plAtform
With 40 uncertain sound. Mr.. Denny is
an old pioaeer known By you all
Colonol Scott was q Uaion soldier
whose loyalty has never been ques-
tened. Tbs laboring men have meth
ing 70 eaiz BY tue defeat Of saoh
men a. Arthur A. Denny, Colonel
Scott and Mr.. Hanford. Those
men are property baidsrs and taxpayers
who desire aad are working for the
prosperity Of Seattle. Jasf as the tOSn
prospers, she men who perform ths
labor prosper. when times are good
che wogkingmen have money, and any
thing which tsnds 70 depress times, OF
drive away capital, iniuFes the man who
has 10 laboF for his daily bread. / see
before ms mAny old soldiers. | call
them back 20 the time when efuel battle
ragged the hegoest, and when the order
came to charge upon Tue enemy. They
did not stop 10 inquire how the Ofheer
who gave she order got his ONCE, or
whether be vas = personal friend Of
theirs or not; they looked 10 see IL be
vas following tue Dag and obsyed.
That's what you. must do on Monday.
Those nominated at the pavilion are
following the aAg, and you should work
and vote for them.