The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-15
MEETING AT COLUMBIA.
Good Speeches by John Wiley and
Frank G.. HaddOck.

1ooO speeches. by John NieY ana
Frank G.. Haddock.
The Republicans of Columbia sIeld a
meeting last night in Knights OF Pythias
hall. Columbia, in answer to call of the
King county committee. +. NJ. Woodru fl
presided and John Wiley and Frank q.
Haddock were the speakers.
Mr.. Wiley, in opening the argument,
said that up to this campaign the title of
the Republican party to being the party of
protection was clouded, but that the pres
ent attitude OF the parties are sucs, that
the parties had taken their stand :rrevo-
cabiy, one for protection, the other free
trade. 1t was nevertheless remarkable
circumstance that the highest tar5 # we
ever had, that of 1898, was proposed by
Andrew Jackson. and that that Deglocrat
prepared himself to sustain it by farce of
arms against the South Carolina nullitiers
in 1882
Mr.. Wiley then gave some illustrations
OF the effect of the Mckinley bill on ium-
Der and shingles. and its benefit 20 the
great lumber industries of the sound
country. On this general subject ne de-
clared We were to be guided by the zen
hghtened selfishness' of the protective
system; that We believe in this nation
against every other, in our state against
every other, this county (canal and
alb against every other. Mr. Wiley
also devoted himself somewhat to
the claims and charges of the Peoples
party, their statement that the ccuntry
mad been brought to the verge Of lporal.
material and political ruin" and Mrs.
Emerys famous dedication of her work:
10 the enslaved people of dying yepub
lie" He understood. he said, that the
Populists had objected to the Cos< of
standing army; yet our army cost per head
OF the people from cne-fifth to one-vighth
OF the cost of other armies; they stated
that we needed more coinage than was be-
ing emitted from the mints; vet we were
coming four times as fast as the acreage
coinage of the world, much faster than any
other nation, and that We had in cifcula-
ton per head more than any ndtis)n ex-
cept France, Holland and Cuba. Mr..
Wiley concluded with powerful argu-
ment for the canal. Frank G. HaddocE was
the other speaker He began with a strong
appeal for fairness and q strong condemna-
ton of the kind of argument which con-
sisted IN holding or treating our aatago-
mist as an enemy. "As for me-" he said,
II like to see Republicans, Democrats,
PEOPLES party and Prohibitionists all
come together, have a good love feass. and
talk the thing over" He then refereed to
the great difference between this and other
campaigns, the appeals to enthusiasm of
older days, and the business phase 81 this
one. This. he declared, was a fight en- the
tariff; the stand of the parties was radi-
cally different, one being for tart fl which
should protect, the other favorine one
which should only raise revenue. He re-
ferred in terms of disapproval IL the
statements made at the Democratic mass
meeting OF last Saturday, taking up Certain
taternents and combating them seristum.
HeconclUded his argument with strong
plea for the tin plate sections OF tiie, Nc
Kinley bill.