The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-21
TWO GREAT ORATORS.
Peoples Party Leaders Make
Speeches to One Another.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE.
The Great Champions of the People on
the stump-Some Points Obscure,
Others Painfully Clear.

The Knox wing Of the Peoples party-.hat is,
VI. F. Knox and Z. Claysoa--neld "A Inass-rleei-
ing on Pioneer place last evening to give Knox
chance to rehearse his piece before he goes TO
Oregon to take the stump in the campaign.
C!ayson presided. pile OF lumber IN front OF
bowman Hanford's store serving as rostrIiU.
He opened the meeting with IA preliminary
speech on the rights OF everybody, which was
received with great enthusiasm by the audience
-Knox--and he hnelly wound IN oy introduc-
ing the speaker OF the evening-knox-to THIS
audience. The chairman then TOOK MS seat
amid wild applause by the audience, which con-
tluCed until KNOX arose and began speaking In
his usual calm. deliberate style. AS might be
expected, the audience was f!led with conf
dcnce in the ability OF the speaker, which added
greatly TO the importance OF what he had TO say
though not 10 what he said.
When Knox arose he had on an overcoat-
everybody remembers how cold it was yeser-
day-but rs he twelt the methods employed
by the rich in robb.ng the poor and remembered
how he had been robbed Of what he might
nave earned he'd he bean a worklngman. he be-
gan 10 warm up and finally pulled off the coat
and TOOK chances on freezing. BY this time
quite number OF people had congregsted
and but few left until the speech
closed, for everybody seemed to be anxious
to get an idea of VIVA. ne was talking about and
many were actually dispieased because, after
long waiting. they had 10 so away unsatisted.
Cayson really 10 blame for this oversight
and there was some talk OF an Indignation COM
Inittee waiting OH him TO rerniut him OF the
fact. But, after all, it may be that he was not
to blame, Tor he may nor have caught on him
self. though he cheered vigorously. Yet this
was evidently part OF his duty as chairman
Apparently only two cut OF the whole crowd
understood the speaker, and these two became
so enthusiastic that they joined the party there
and then. even mounting the rostrum TO swear
allegiance to the before high heaven.
This was proof positive that had more under
stond more would have Joined, and therein is
the evil of not having some one TO
explain Mr.. knoxs explanations. Mr..
Knox partly compensated for this over
sight, however, by informing his
eager listeners that he had entertained them,
another point they would have failed to per-
ccve had he not possessed the presence of mind
to direct their attention - the fact. Another
point on which he made n-elf understood
was the statement that the bux of the Peo-
pies party have supported the Democrats in the
last municipal campaign because some OF the
leaders expected to get office; but that they
now kicking themselves for consolation. He
closed with q promise to educate them some
more in the future.
to ali present to give General J. B. Weaver a
rousiug reception on his arrival here sunday
night or MONDAY morning The reception will
be held at the Occidental hotel AMI will be in
formal.