The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-23
NO CHANCE FOR DEBATE.

The challenge of the Peoples party to
discussion Of the issue of the campaign
will not be accepted by any sane man, be-
cause there is nothing to discuss between
this party and either the Democratic or
Republican parties. Archimedes had TO
have fulcrum for his lever, and sane,
intelligent man cannot discuss a question
involving difference of opinion with
man who is radically disqualified for dis
cussion by his insanity, his ignorance and
his total incapacity to understand that
fancies, whims and notions are not facts:
that Bellanyism and state socialism are
not practicable measures of political re-
form under the constitution Of the United
States
To discuss finance with a fellow who
ignores the laws of finance that have been
established by the unbroken experience Of
the world since the organization Of society
that rose above barbarism. would be to
fight mere windmill; to discuss congress
ional legislation with fellow that is igno-
rant of the federal constitution and the
limitation it places upon congress is folly.
How can a man of sanity and intelli-
gence discuss "the issues of the campaign"
with fellow whose brains and knowledge
of our form of government are measured by
his assent to the resolutions demanding
that the state of Washington furnish coal
at cost to the people and that Congress
Issue legal tender notes direct to the peo-
pie for this purpose?" This resolution is
worthy of an insane asylum and yet the
persons who frame and adopt such luna
cies are so animated with the arrogance Of
barbaric egotism that they impertinently
challenge sane and intelligent folk to de-
bate with them.
To accept such a challenge would be
about as stupid as it would be for the as
tronomer Camille Flammarion to accept
challenge to debate the soundness of the
present orthodox theory of the movement
Of the planets with the Rev. John Jasper,
OF Richmond, who is still strong in the
faith that ''the sun do move" The brains
of the Peoples party is as loose as flock
OF bats, and to debate tissues" with them
would be like debating the question of the
execution Of Charles the First with Mr..
Dick, that urbane old innocent whose orac-
uiar decisions entertain the readers of
David Copperfield.
Astounding ignorance and stupidity
are expected of savages who continue to
practice the "Ghost Dance" but the
ignorant and stupid white man seems to
fall little short of an Indian in his capacity
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and stupidity the fool newspaper is re-
sponsible. The Portland Oregonian quotes
the Salem Capital Journal as good illus
tration Of the fool newspaper that feeds
stupid and ignorant readers full of error
and falsehood. This Salem paper COM
planned that government makes profit on
silver coinage. To this puerile complaint
the Oregonian answers:
Who. then. should make the profit? It is the
sovereign right OF the government to coin
money. and the profit of coinage. therefore, be-
longs to the whole people, whose agent the
government is. Free coinage would give this
profit to the Spectator or mine-owner.
But the worst blunder of this fool news
paper was its ignorant confounding of the
value of an ounce Of silver with the value
of the silver in the so-called standard dol
lar. Of this large and increasing class Of
ignorant or knavish newspapers that are
responsible for the increasing darkness
the mind of the Peoples Party the Ore
gonidn says:
With many thousands of persons like him
writing and printing every day. popular govern
ment is subjected to fearful strain; and the
worst OF IL seems 20 be that there Is no remedy.
Whom the gods would destroy they first make
readers of the increasing class OF fool newspa-
pers to which the Salem Capital Journal be-
longs