The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-30
McGraw and Squire Address a
Crowded Meeting.
SKAGIT COUNTY is FAITHFUL.
Snively Has Never Sought a Settle
ment With the Fallon Heirs.
He Attempts to Delude Snohomish Peo-
pie With an Old Receipt-Tacoma
More Firmly United Than Ever to
Crush Seattle at Any Cost

ANAcoRTEs. Oct 2a-tspeciall-A telegram
received late last evening and few handbills
distributed this morning announcing that j. H.
Mc0 raw and others would arrive on the after
noon train and address the people OF Anacortes
this evening, had the effect OF assembling at
the depot OF number of prominent citizens To-
meet the expected guests. It wss not known
who would accompany Mr.. McGraw, and those
who met the party were actuated by desire to
pay their respects to the Republican standard
bearer and to compliment him upon the prcmis-
ing outlook OF the campaign. Consequently they
were agreeaby surprised when il was learned
that the Republican nominee was accom- panied
by Senator Squire aud Hon. H. W. Craven.
From the train the party were escorted to the
wilson house, where they received visitors un.
til the hour advertised for holding the meeting
Although the announcement was not made un-
III few hours before the time for assembling
the hall was filled at an early hour. and by the
time the meeting had been called TO order
standing room was at a premium.
V. J. Knapp introduced Mr. MeGraw, who was
received with enthusiastic applause. The
speaker said he regretted the necessity of can
ceiling bis former engagement in this city, but
did so only because of very urgent private busi-
ness affairs demanding his attention. He con-
graduated the Republicans of skagit county
upon the harmony which prevailed in the party,
and said that since his first trip to
tident that skagit would be found roll.
ing up a handsome Republican majority,
although the Democratic party claimed it oy
about 400. Regarding the record of the Repub-
lican party oil this state, he reviewed the
finances, showing that while tho Democracy
were crying extravaganza on account Of large
appropriations, large share of these appropria-
tions had been Used in making permanent i'm
provements, and large amount of this money
appropriated Tor general expenses of the vari-
Gus departments remained unexpended. He
called attention to the bonded Indebtedness
of the state of 100000, which was an
inheritance from the territorial government.
the last administration of which was Demo-
cratic, and this Democratic administration had
created the greater portion of the debt in
herited. When that grand old man. our present
governor, went into office he found that i'm
mense sum oil money drawing interest at the
rate of 10 per cent per annum. One of his first
acts was to devise a plan for lessening this in
terest, and he finally succeeded in floating
bonds for the whole amount at a premium and
at a rate OF interest of only 81 per cent.
Referring to the school lands, he said that
over s., ,00o 900 had already been secured to the
state through this sale. and that if the past
judicious policy of handling the lands allotted
10 the state for its school fund was carried out
in the future, the fund would reach over $6.oo0,-
0o0. To secure this handsome heritage to our
state for the education of our children and
children's children, patriotic Republican gov
ernor and a patriotic Republican auditor, in
the absence of a legislative appropriation,
had borrowed enough money to pay the costs of
selecting these lands, and had pledged their
personal credit In securing this necessary ex-
pense money Tor the benefit OF the state school
iund.
Rererring to the canal he won the admiration
of the audience By his manly statement that he
stood squarely on the Republican platform,
both national aud state. He closed by paying q
special compliment to John I. Wilson and WILL
lam II. Doolittle. and said that the ticket as a
whole invited the support of citizens generally.
Mr.. McGraw was frequently applauded during
his remarks. and the general impression among
Republicans was favorable The business like
statements of the speaker won him friends even
among his political adversaries.
Senator Squire followed, paying a handsome
tribute TO the state ticket and a highly compli-
mentary reference to the character and business
ability of Mr.. McGraw, whom the senator
had known personally and intimately for q
number of years The estimation in which Mr.
MeGraw is held by his fellow citizens of King
county Is one of the best recommendations tho
nominee for governor could wish for. The SEN
ator referred to the work of the last congress,
and showed how the Republican snate had In
creased the appropriation for improvements in
this state that were made by the Democratic
house. These appropriations covered improve
ments at Grays harbor and the Chehalis river,
Olympia harbor, the Columbia river from the
Willamette river to Vancouver, the upper
Columbia and Snake river, Puget sound and
the tributary waters of the skagit, Nooksack
Swinomish slough, the Willapa river and har-
Dor and the Nasel river, and the Lakes Union
aud Washington, besides appropriations for
preliminary examinations for many other i'm
prov ements at various points about the state.
Following Senator squire Judge Tyler ad-
dressed the meeting, and after devoting a very
few minutes to the more ridiculous features OF
the Populist movement, he discussed the tariff
question.
Hon Ii. w. Craven, of Seattle, closed the
speaking for the evening by an appropriate and
able address, showing the faliaeies OF the Peo-
pies party movement
The party will take tomorrows train for Seat
tie. There is general good feeling over the re-
suit OF the meeting, aud without question Nc
Graw added strength TO himself and the Repub-
nean cause by his business-iiks and mat.er-of-
fact manner of discussing the mere important
issues
sNIvELY NAILED AGAIN.