The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-02

The governors address was listened to at
tentively, but evoked little enthusiasm
He roundly denounced the course of both
the Democratic and Republican parties,
saying, in part:
shall speak today in defense of the selfsame
measures have heretofore advocated upon all
occasions. | shall defend, as heretofore the
doctrine that the bulk OF federal taxation
should be levied upon ths wealth rather than
upon the labor and industries of the country :
that there should be free and equal Coinage Of
both gold and silver money; that both should
be ull legal tender, and that the paper money
required by the business interests should be
issued directly by the government, rather than
by private banking associations. and. like gold
and silver, should be legal tender. 1t Is true,
however, that in advocating these measures
now find myself outside of the political or
ganization to which l formerly belonged, but
this is neither my fault nor my misfortune. 1t
is the fault, ii not the misfortune, o. the late
Democratic party. which, having abandoned its
principles, now ought by right to abandon its
name.
great political party has at last proved recre-
ant to all traditions and foreswearing it's fealty
to the cause OF the people, has kaelt in blind,
idolatrous devotion at the shrine OF mau
whose sole distinguishing character is his stub
born stibservcacy 10 the demands of the mono
mCialissS. CAFe!ut however. u.s.
closes the fact that this devotion s really not to
him. as he has neither the personal qualities,
intellectual endowments nor political sagacity
to win homage The real reason OF his potency
is the fact that bis Candidacy is demanded by
tine money power The Chicago convention
tlrned its back upon all its traditions ami made
a most profound saaam to the great joss set up
by devotees Of mouo-metalism AMI bank rag
money The nomination OF Harrison and C!eve-
t,.i.
questions, by opposing political parties is quite
an anatomy IN the political world.
Bat, fortunately for the country, new party
has entered the political arena Ia sntagonism TO
both OF the old parties. Instead OF raising the
bulk OF the national revenue by tariff taxation,
which falls with unjust and unequal weight
upon the labor and industries of the country, it
would transfer the buik Of the burden by al in
come tax To the wealth of the nation. where it
Justly belongs The only just standard OF taxa
ton is the one whlca cCmpels q man 20 pay ac-
cording 10 his wealth.
Instead of having a single gold basis for the
national currency il would restore the bi-megal-
lie basis OF cur fathers by the equal coinage of
silver with gold aad by Its reihyestlture with
full Icga. tender qualities. Instead OF having
the paper money required By the demands of
trade and commerce issued by national
banks, as demanded by the Republican
party, or by state banks. as demanded Dy the
Cleveland party. neither of which would bs le-
gal tender money, Ii demands that ali the
money OF the country, god, silver and paper,
shall be issued alone by the government o. the
country, and that paper money, as well as both
gold u ., yer shall De full Ia "a tender money
These. then, are tie ieading issues before the
people.
The tariff plsnks OF the two parties are alike as
two peas. The Cleveland party not only aligned
itself with the Republican party In favor OF
bank rag money and mouonstaiiism. but
pumped aboard the same Platform on the isrin
Cleveland, not Wattersou. represents the tarin n
noltcy of tie Cleveland PARTY. aud that poliey IL
protection, restricted, however. to. the manu-
faeturefs The great inequality OF tariff taxa
tiop cannot Be cenled, aud graduated Income