The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-29
8 rr,1s w1rH THE PEOPLE.


~ Congress had done nothing else than
pass The tariff bill 1t would have entitled
ieeo1f % historic eminence. In the passage
- ,hat bill the chief demand Of the people.
= sxpresssd In the results Of the last presi-
dental campaign. has been complied with.
tor he time being It disposes Of what has
been the most disturbing and distracting
Issue In American politics for many years.
II agitation has unsettled business.
retarded great enterprises, ham,
pefed manufactures and to sdistressins ex-
INT has discouraged investments of CAPT
I'll.
The Republicans have nobly responded
% the popular demand for settlement OF
dis vsxatious question, and have settled It
woll. The question now Is, and 1t rests
wholly with the people. whether this wise
settlement shall be maintained. and
whether mischisvous attempts to disturb it
shall b frowned down and thwarted. It
rcnsins 70 Be seen whether the people
whose demands have been complied with
VIM display the same stsadfast courage of
thsir convictions that has been displayed
~ THAR representative in Congress.
Il il safe to assume that this great meas
ure will be persistently and violently as
saiisd by the foreign interests. which will
~ injured BY it in proportion as it will
beuetit home industries and home inter-
ests. It is safe to assume that these will
10 vigorously aided by the importing
classes, who hsve prospered by building up
foreign trade at the expense of domestic
commerce and manufactures. These in
Gusncss, cooperating with the malcontent
ard obstructive Democratic party, may for
bsisf period succeed in creating disturb
ances and Inconvenience that will Sc
versly test the feaity OF some citizens to
principle.
But, should such be the case. IL will not
- the 6rst time in which the American
p6pple have responded to such . test
They have studied the results Of those
tsets to but little effect who presume that
foreign retaliation. backed by home treach-
cry, can drive the American people to de.
ssrt = measure which has been wisely de-
sisnsd for their protection and benefit. No
temporary effects Of such coalition can APP
proximate the Inconvenience and losses
willingly endured in the cutting OF South
sfn cotton supplies and closing Southern
markets against Northern merchandise
and food supplies during the late civil
war.
Prior 70 that event there were sanguine
predictions that these considerations would
induce . controlling sentiment in the
North Against IN armed defense of the
Union. This Was the chief reliance of
those who precipitated the rebellion. They
argued, - the foreign enemies OF the Nc
Kinley bill and their domestic allies now
argue, thst there 10 lot enough Of brave
and enduring patriotic principle among
the American people to enable them to
submit to = temporary pecuniary loss for
Me sake Of Q permanent national benefit.
But they reckoned without their hest.
they grossly misjudged the freemen of
the North. With never qualm Of regret;
with never thought Of swerving from the
path Of patriotic duty, they not only sacri-
iced the cotton supply and the southern
market, but poured out billions Of treasure
and laid down million lives in defense Of
principle.
No such sacrifice will be demanded in
the present instance. nor anything to be
compared with it But Il would be idle Ia
Imagine that these combined influences
may not b able - create some Temporal
monetary and trade disturbances. No
great change, however beneficent and
wise. can be made without . liability to
such disturbances. especially when
tomented by an organization as powerful
- mischievous and As inscriptions as the
Democratic party, backed by foreign inter.
ssts and the importing classes.
1t simply rests with the people to show
the courage OF their convictions. I,
simply remains for the people to stand by
the work Of their representatives as bravely
Is those representatives have responded to
their demands. The men of Washington
In particular, cannot hesitate. All of tn,
leading industries have been most jealousy
guarded and protected in this TART
measure. And it took courage and nerv,
to stand out against the selfish demands o.
some sections for free wool, free coal. free
lumber and free hops. But Washington.
representatives stood firm and never
oinched. And there will be no fiinchin,
among their constituents at the polls oil
the 9TH of November.
THE SALOON VOTE.
The Democratic organs have had mucl
10 say regarding the saloon vote. On,