The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-09-26
THE PEOPLES CHOICE.
Ex-Governor Eugene Semple'S Record
Exposed to the View Of All.
why He ShOuId IBe Placed In the
GUbernnGOrinI Chair by n
Large Majority.

Walla Walla Stdtesmdn: Public office
is public trust" is the motto Of democ.
racy's popular candidate for governor Of
the new state Of Washington. How dif-
ferent this from "a public Office is a
trust !" A''trust" formed by syndicates,
corporations and office-seekers for the
gain there is in it. The first signifies the
individual to be the servant Of the people
in the broadest sense Of the word the lat
ter means a servant Of money, subject to
the dictates Of that which produces his
election.
Voters, you have the two candidates he
fore you in the coming election. Which
viii you have-one whose every effort in
the past has been for the ennobling and
lifting up Of labor, or one whose energies
have been directed toward capitalism ?
Eugene Semple, the peoples candidate for
governor, is Of high birth both as to line
age and altitude, but, as one Of our con-
temporaries haswell said, he is as easy as
an old shoe. Mountains naturally pro-
duce brave, fearless, liberty-loving men,
and kind nature has not in the least de.
parted from her rule in giving us genial,
honorable Eugene Semple. He has but
TO be known to, be loved and respected.
To make the assertion that he has been
and Is the peoples friend without proving
u would be too republican to bepermitted
for moment, 50 we will proceed to pro-
duce evidence Of the fact to prove our
statement. Evidence introduced by an
opponent is always considered especially
convincing and conclusive when favorable
to the opposite party. The Globe Demo
erGt appropriately recognizes and speaks
Of his sterling qualities, and many other
hostile papers justly acknowledge his un-
blemished character, both public and pri-
vate. Then, even as early as 1868, he
originated and introduced resolutions re-
lating to the effect Of cheap Chinese labor
upon our own institutions and laborers,
which were adopted by the democratic
club Of the first ward Of Portland, Oregon.
Hear a few Of bis telling sentences in
those resolutions: at Chinese labor) is
calculated to reduce the wages for fair
day's work so low that white men and
white women must be reduced in this fair
country to worse straits than many have
fed from Europe 70 escape. Itis calcu-
lated to place the destinies Of the country
in the hands Of a money power, making a
long purse the standard Of nobility instead
Of honor and courage, as it is now and
should remain, If the republic is to live. I"
How like prophesy this is Has 1t not
almost reached the strait when "a long
purse is the standard Of nobility instead
Of honor and courage2" And is not
money the worshipped and honor the
worshipper? Republicanism in Wash
ington is represented by bankers and cap
italists. "a long purse" is the standard
Of the party, and the republican paFty's
platform d a scheme by mems Of which
Its beaFeIsican most successfully obtain
the peoples votes and thus have an op-
portunity Of keeping the "lOng purse'
well filled by catering to the wishes Of
monopoly in every form. In opposition
'" one OF these purse carriers tne oem-
ocrats have placed man whose words
ana ueeuS are wen known 70 oe menace
to fraud and trickery In whatever guise
they appear man Whom II IS the avow-
ed determination Of corporations and
syndicates to defeat in the coming elec-
ton; a man whose every effort has been
ovo-tod a., the s;do ~ ;rs,ioo .Dd iii,
,oword ,ho onrrossod a. o,irood 4, H.
o"S Wv OPPlee :" o,-Ho - -. ,'i0
S'ruggles 70 remove tpeS oesIructlye Shl-
nese competition. Again in 1873 he
wrote the plank In the Oregon democratic
pIatform in relation To this same subject.
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Resolution Of Oregon DemOcrdtic Platform
Written By EstGsas Ssmpls in ISES:
SECTION Q. That we favor continued
agitation on the subject Of Mongolian inn
migration to this country until the feder-
al government is moved to modify our
treaties With tne ShInese einPHe so ~ 70
prohlbit i, and thus save those oi our
fellow eitLzens who depend upon LABOR
Tor support from unjust and degrading
competition'
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