The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-09
'THEPARTYS STRENGTH
Colonel Winston on Washing
ton Republication.
MAJoRrTlEs slooER THAN EVER.
He xelIs whss ths NasiensI Adninissra-
don Has Dsas Fsr shs ststs and
III ersducts.

H re1ra vhas the Nseioua1 Adminissrs-
don Has Dens Rsr ths ststs sad
IL frsducts.
Colonel Patrick Henry Winston passed
through tie city Yesterday on bis way 70
Olympia whsrs be viii speak at Repubh-
can Inass-meetsng tonight In his stump
ing tour Of the state he has already been 70
Port Townsend. BelIinghsm bay. Port An
esles and Anacortes. Everything that Col.
Winston hss thus far seen has Led him 70
the belief thst the Republicans are going g
win big victory In the state this TALL
sour majority viii b Increased" said ne
to 3 Posr-IuTELLd0ENcKR reporter yesser-
day. ssThe Increase in population alone
would give IL to rs. For example, year
ago only thirty votes were cast at
Anacortes. where night or two ago ad-
dressed an audiences Of twenty times that
number. The party leaders are every
where confident, everywhere enthuslastlc
and united, and the organization 10 good
throughout the state. You would Be
almess surprised to see the brass bands.
the crowds and the cheering that greeted
mo ct these Republican meettngs- 30
sse no reason why the Republicans should
not return Congressman Wilson BY big
ger majority, and have m overwhelming
majority in the Legislature.
Several causes have contributed towsrd
rousine the zeal Of Washington Republic
cans. One thing Is the aggressive course Of
the Republicans in congress. carry
ing out the party promises in spite OF
Democratic obstruction. The Democrats
tried 70 block the great measures that the
Republicans had decided upon; but the
latter have splendidly asserted the princi-
pie that the majority shall rule. The fir-t
session Of congress has already accom-
plished much, and another session remains
in which 70 fulfill the rest of the promises
made 70 the people. And 30 men gener-
ally feel that the Republican party is .
party and not mob. that it has backbone.
that you can stick TO it, and it viii stick to
you.
'sThe new tariff bill has strengthened the
party in Washington" continued Colonel
Winston. 1--WE bean studying the meas
ure with special reference to finding out its
effect upon our state. It is the first
thoroughly protective tariff bill ever passed
IN this country. The earlier bills
we're mainly, il no: wholly, for rev.
enue. Latsr bills protected the
manufacturer and workingmen. but still
the idea Of raising revenue was prominent
il not predominant But this one is formed
chiefly with the idea of protecting the
Americans and their products. 1t en-
bodies in every line the great American
idea In this bill special attention is for
the first tune given 70 the farmer; and the
provisions Of the bill ought to make every
farmer Republican. Hitherto the farmer
has suffered, not because he has had to pay
too much for what he buys. but because he
gets too little for what he sells. But Just
note the provisions Of this bill and tell me
what more the farmer could ask. The
tariff on barley il made three times Is
much; on oats II IL raised from the pres
emit rate OF 10 to Is cents bushel; on
butter TO cents . pound. from
&: on eggs. which formerly were
free. the duty 10 now cents dozen: the
duty on hay is increased to "a ton from
So; on hops 70 Is cents pound from s.; on
apples. which formerly we're free, the duty
is rs cents bushei; on bacon and hams
the increase is to cents from cents q
pound; hogs pay $50 head instead of
20 per cent ad yalorem. and sheep the
same; horses and mules were formerly
entered at 20 per cent I'd valorem, but now
they are $50 q head and 80 per cent. ad
valorem for any VALVE over $50: and cattle
stand duty of SO head instead Of 20 per
cent ad valorem. The price of wheat has
gone up so much within q year that If this
years crop were no larger than last years.
it would be worth $50 00O. 900; and ali this
difference goes to the farmer.
Then take the silver bill. The Demo-
Gratis were in for four years and yet they
did nothing toward restoring silver to its
proper place as circulating medium. In
deed. President Cleveland was . strong
anti-silver man. and before he was inaugu-
rated he wrote letter to his friends in
congress against silver. The platform on
which he ran a second time said not q
word about silver. while the Republican
platform contained . declaration for IL;
yet when the Republicans started to pass
a silver bill. the Democrats fought il tooth
and nail on the ground that this bill did
not do enough. that it was not for free
coinage. By this bill silver has been raised
in value from IS cents an ounce to between
$1.15 and $50 The United States
now buys 100000 ounces of SILVER
. month, all that the American
mines produce. and the benefits to the
states containing silver mines cannot be
estimated. Then, too. you must remem-
Der that about S. 900. 600 q month is thus
added to the circulating medium of the
country. This is the result produced by q
bill that the Democrats, the former enemies
of silver. declare was not friendly enough
TO the metal Why, that bill is the last
step before free coinage.
AT the same time that silver has ad.
vanced lead has gone up from to cents
an ounce. With silver at 90 and lead at 8
there are hundreds of mines in this state
and Northern Idaho which il would not
pay to operate. But the action of the Re-
publican party has added millions upon
millions to the value of the lead and
silver in the Ceur d'Alene, Kootenay.
Okanogan. Colvilie aud Cascade mines.
Some $50. 600 GOO has been added TO the value
of the silver in actual circulation, and YOU
can imagine perhaps the value added to
the rest. All this is to the direct benefit of
Washington, and will strengthen the party
here.
Indeed. the protection theory has been
advanced by the Republican party to the
point where we hold that all which Amer
lea can possibly produce should be pro-
duced and consumed here; and after we
have done all that We can by ourselves and
for ourselves, We are to turn to other coun-
tries and take their goods on the basis of
reciprocity.
I'm line with this plan is tire policy of
the Republican party in protecting the
rights OF free men ail over this
continent. The revolutionary govern
ments 10 the south of us cannot.
nor can European congresses decide the