The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-06

81 e1teusioas satsd together. Iae revenue
from the works pgys pr cent now Oh sl,st5'-
90, bu. IN three years il VIII pay per cent On
your whole city debt
There is one asset Then look a. you- streets
and sewers and see Il yoz have no; oec goa
return on al you have paid OK
,ssf, YousIS SAYS Al one tine that the lsboy-
ers 0! The city vii y paid tEsir wages in cash,
bt- when taking IN another ward be declares
that he could ay 70 Mercer island as easily ss lie
eouI1 Do such hing. BIT say 20 yo1 those
wsges csn be paid in cash Il you viii vote ths
bond Issue On Monday That VIII enable Us 70
fund a. ; per cent debts On which re are rov
usyiuz 70, The bonds can run twenty OF thirty
years and then Is redeemed By city with
ror1sI..ion Of JJoOJ0 instead Of o9y001 TIE b9r-
den vii! bs nothing then.
HLzt ne call your attention 20 the fac. that
In February this city spent sl6, I'D in rsgss. Do
ron know what that means Tia. money csa
purchase 1900 barrels Of four, 1880 pounds Of
beef, 1900 Of sugar, 500 OF butter, 1850 Of tea,
l.o35 Of coffee s1d stin leave $50 in eSsE.
Whist would the la5oring men Of seattle Do
vithou. the money 70 buy taa. food? Whist
would they DO I: the public improvements Of
the city should bs stopped
i.sOr1e dsEazz9Zues ere taking slsol. tie bur
den 0: taxes weighing on the lsD9rilz MAJ
Pardon re for q psrs03sl statement, but every
hour Of the day, eight ho1-s day, The year
around. I pay si25 IN taxes, or scnastaing
like sll,GD1 IL al, most Of il in King
county know what tia burden
Of taxes ia, sud can tell you TIA. :hs men Who
have the property bear ii, snd not those who
have 10 property. Yeti have no complaint 70
rake. foT bzIieve the moaey has been whey
expended. and for the citys best interests.
Does any one suppose want the city Or county
resource. squsn1ered, when contribute 30
lE-ge.F 70 theme
Another points, hare said am the can
didsts Of nocliqus. I sasIi make ny OWL .p-
pointmsats, and 10 nan shall dictate what they
shall Be. This position III maintain, no matter
what nay come. IApplsGss-l
"And nov, IL closing, ! urge you 10 rerns1absr
that as GOES Seattle. 90 zoes the s!ats- Let no
trivial matter hold the Republicans back from
voting We have hard 1gdt, but we're al
right
as VI Jesry ended he proposed cheers for
Republican s1ceess, and the whole audience
rose aud gave them with a will Chssrs for
III Lesry himself followed
Joseph 5hipTsen, the next speaker, called at
tsnilon 70 the fact that Seattle wanted govern
nsEt building. navy yard across the sound,
canal through the istbnus Of Nicaragua, and a
canal connecting Lake Washington with tho
round. These benefits the Republicans were
proposing 70 give through the ps:ionai gov
eminent, though the Democrats we're steadily
opposing. In TIE same way the policy OF the
local Republicans vas 10 give public improve
meats John Isary represented the active,
progressive sentiment in the community, while
the Democrats were the reactonisIs and were
for retrogFession- ParsinnoaF would not make
the city what the people wanted it 70 be. Zap
plGBse.I
The meeting came to al end with q cong By
the qugrtet,s.
Before the audience LEFT, Colonel Langley an
nounced that the closing rally Of the season
would be held in the ArmoIy Monday, when
Judge Orange Jacobs and John ". Corson
would speak Ladies were cordially invited.