The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-17

A osD1a 81 the Democratic party
- tisis stAte makes psseoss protest
aen1aet tb< chaYre fbst toe Demo
eenss ~ The state a Washington seek
- lids their real sentiments On The
feoding roIifseai issues 81 the DAY. All
- esa3e . dis<sxsSon 81 ibcse iseass
- fketr actnal merits IL IL sfsisnsst
- tbey are ~ All siTssss prepared 10
neet any issse tssas mat enter this
enmpaixn
In die same nsnsher ri uaaf zane
organ there Il defensive plea that
the famous Mills bslg. the echo Of cssvs-
Iand's tariff message. ard the shios,o-
1eth II the Democrats IL the last pres
t6entiaI cans paign. s'zskess tat FOR re-
ductten from e per esrss. tariff %
~ pr cent. tariff. These were t5s
steFsotyfsd Dep<erfatls esapssssi
6guses Of Isss. 6e5sscsd frofn
ineensoz1s calculations ~ aver
sgs< in dsfssssons. wssiefs cal
cul4tions none als sIe
c5niIy inztrs4ess5 Democrats srItb-
mataeisu could fvslow ~ comprehend.
But the plea RAISED point sbich the
voters Of Washington have right 70
demand the Democrats Of this state
10 inset fairly. sgaaresy and eAtegos-
tcajiy. The people Of Washington are
mot interested In any calculations Of
averages. Their leading ifdas-
tsies are Iunber. coal and Iron.
Tbs esseraging~ 81 tie Mills
bin IN respect 20 lumber and coal was
70 put them on the free list. As TO
the branches Of the iron industry Ia
which this state il most largely inter-
ested. the Mis- bail averaged re-
ducsion OF about 50 per cent. II, as
Il claimed by the other ssds. the gen
erd average Of reduction was only
al0at per cent. then the industries
10 which this state j. esfeeiaily inter
ested must hare been singled out a.
objects Of destructive discrimination.
This II the practical. common sense
way Of investigating the Mills bill in
it, bearings on the material interests
Of this state. There Is $40 cali TO beat
around the bash or maundsr over the
averages. The issue Is - plain A. a
pfk&stAif. The Democratic eonven-
ton ~ Eliensbgrg indofssd Cisye-
lands administration, the chief fea-
lures OF which were his tariff mes
sage, his pHpllc land policy. his pen
sion yetoes and flis battle flag order;
and the Egtnsbnrg convention In
dorssd the platform of isss. which.
wifhoust the Mills Bah. would he Ike the
play of Hamlet vish the character OF
Hamlet omitted. In indorsing these
IS Endorsed the reduction Of 100 per
cent. on two Of Washington leading
industries. ard reduction Of ~ per
cent. on another.
II . Democrat we're elected from this
ssate 70 the House Of Representatives
and two Democrats to the United
States Senate. their three votes would
have TO he cast and recorded in favor
Of . measure making these crushing
reductions in the tariff on Washing
tons leading productions. or they
would have to be false 20 the delis'er-
steIy adopted platform Of those TO
whom they would owe their election.
They wonid have 10 break faith with
their party. or else east their votes for
the destruction OF this states three
leAtiing industries. The people OF
Washington viii not place three Of
her citizens in 3 dilemma so cruel
One alternative i offered 10 Wash
ington Democrats. There Is still time
Tor them to come out like men and In
unequivocai terms repndiase tho Il
lensburg platform In 80 FAR IS il can
b construed to he sn Endorsement of
Cleveland's tariff message, and the
Mills bill. and the moas,rous dis
crfmmations against our three great
ct industries. This il has perfect
right To do If is Delegates al Elisns-
burg had been deceived into a be,ie,
TINT reduction of loo yer cent. each
In two eases, and OF ta in another.
amounted only 10 an average OF 8 ger
cent.