The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-01
Republican Success Means Con-
tinued Prosperity.
THE DEMocRAcy's EVIL RECORD.
Conspiracy to Raise Prices, Rob Peo-
pie and Blame TsriR.
The STUFFED Prophet Attacks the McKin-
ley Bin and Boasts or Party Unity
Patrick Henry winston ON Election
Methods in the South.


WASHINGTON Cry. Oct sJ.-Especlal 1.-The
Republican congressional com mittee hss issued
the following address:
The Republican congressional committee de-
sire to say a word or two q, tho raorla ana
more especially to those who believe oenersllv
In Republican principles. concernins the, eiec.
tions for members of the Fifty-second consresa
which will occur next Tuesday. This haa been
an extraordinary campairn. When n hevsn
the Democratic leaders were oyefaowing Wan
confidence. They boasted that their majority
would be ct least 100 Thie confdenea ala not
rest on altogether flimsy grounds. There wrre
twenty six districts In the south In vhich INA
Republican party had clean majority of from
one to ten thousand, but over the election ~.
chinery Of which the Democracy had absolute
control From each OF these distrfcsa the Dem.
ocrasic managers expec:ed to return : Demo
cratic congressman, BY process which can
only be properly described Z flownrfs ut steal
sThe recent gerrymanden In OHIO. Kentucky.
Tennessee, Maryland and Indiana were relied
upon as q second source OF illicit gain. In these
states the boundary lines OF nineteen d,strfcta
had been so altered q to vine ont the Repuh.
lican maiorities ana to create Democrasic M.
jorities in their stead.
ssThus from forty-fiye districts. nronarlv Re.
publican, our opponents calculated to extract
by theft and sharp practicc forty. Ave Dasno-
cratic representatives Their schemes rendered
voting superfluous and the popular will impo-
tent These were the chief features cf thar
campaign.
supplementary to them. however, was An.
other not less infamous. II was grand con.
splracy 70 raise the values of all the necesearies
OF life and TO charge that initiation to the nav
Republican. tariff bill In order TO enjoy the
spoils OF Office they undertook to create condi-
ton ofthe market whereby the people would be
shameleasly swindled ont Of hundreds Of thou.
sands OF dollarx This conspiracy has hesn Ais.
covered. and its failure has doomed the namo.
cratic party to defeat in next Tuesdav,a alec.
tione The manufacturers ana mercnsnts -
America were too wise and too honest To allow
themselves. for the sake Of temporary pains. -
serve a. the tools Of the Democrsfio marty
in inflicting upon the peonle snch an
outrage. Il is the reaction arainst thi.
conspiracy that has confirmed to tha
Republican party its title to public confdence
The people have found that the nemoe,arv
through its various agents on the stny,,n ana i,
the public press, was wing TO them abont the
new tariff bill its provisions ana its effects aud
they have been STUDYING the hill for thames lves
They have found that the principles wnich onv.
erned its construction are those and only those
TO which the country in indebted for the ,.1snar.
slleled prosperity it has been ENJOYING sipSe ~
war They have found that the nav lav sirr3ssSp
extends these PRINCIPLES to industries so yvhirh
they have not heretofore applied. withdrawfng
from the dutiable list pfacs icaily ev.ryth;ne
that we cannot largely prods,ce With our ovn
resources. The people have discovered thsf the
new law is not qoine 10 car,ae : riss 81 rrires -
any businesn t1isfurhenoeS ana thav nayr.fve
thas II 10 enin9 % eresxS lerrer aiA Setfar 4srr
kets Tor our farmers "a build NO ow Ind s,stries
10 give employment to thousar1s Of workmen
now idle or insufficientiy occunied Ana -
maintain the present high rate az Americsn
wages.
I'VE urge the people 10 consider carefully the
significance of vote next Tuesday IN favor of :
Democratic candidate for congress Above
everything else it will mean that the man that