The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-09-29
THE REPUBLICAN CAHRAIGH BLOWOUT.
Great Fuss and Feathers, with she
Effect Of EmbItGsFIng Many
HayIug Opposite Views

The talent" Of the republican party
was concentrated in Yakima on Satur-
day last John McGraw, candidate for
governor; James H. Price, candidate for
secretary Of state; John W. CorSon, Of
Seattle, and T. B. Eddy, Of Olympia,
were all here on Saturday. The duty Of
McGraw and Price Nas to put in sn APP
pearance at the meeting and spend their
money with the boys" afterwards, while
CorsOn was to work the tariff aud Eddy
to abuse the peoples party and endeavor
to whip them into line. The local club
was TO officiats as claquors and do the
spectacular business with their torches
and Roman candies. ThiS-program was
carried out NJ laid down. The process
sion was a very creditable one in point Of
numbers, which was assured before hand
by all those interested pleading and using
every influence to bear to bring out
crowd. It's true that office holders, can
didates and boys were conspicuous for
their numerical strength, but they helped
to swell the procession. Republican
money seems TO be very plentiful for
these demonstrations, and many q dollar
was shot away in Roman candles. The
demonstration had its effect in gathering
a crowd at the opera-house, although the
probabilities are that the hall would he
filed anyway as curiosity regarding Nc
Graw held possession Of those who had
never seen him before.
The meeting was presided over by Ed
ward Whtson, who introduced the sew
eral speakers. Mr.. Corson was the first
one introduced, and he confined himself
entirely to the tariff. His speech was q
reiteration Of what has been given many
times before. He took as basis that the
democratic party was a party Of free
trade, and the republican.party the party
Of protection with but one object in the
world, and that was to benefit the poor
laboring man. He demonstrated to his
own apparent satisfaction how everybody
was made prosperous by protection, and
what blessing free trade in sngar-a
republican measure-was to the whole
country. The jumbling Of these two
measures, which arc Numerically OPP
posed in principle, did not strike him as
funny, or at least he did not show his
mirth to the audience, aud his COMPARE
isOns in wages were always made with
free trade England and never with the
heavily protected countries Of Europe;
and above all he did not appear to realize
or credit his hearers with appreciation
that the matter Of wages was largely de-
pendent upon the natural resources Of
the country. lie was asked previous to
the meetingto tell how the people Of Yak
ina were benefited by protection as es-
pecially applied to hops and other pro-
ducts Of this section, but he wisely left
this alone.
Mr.. McGraw followed Corson In a short
speech, in which he endeavored to uphold
the first legislature in their royal expend-
itures, and he read off the amounts Of
the appropriations which must have as
tonished and astounded his hearers, not
withstanding the list was not complete,
and among other things did not include
the appropriations for Conover, Black
and the agricultural college. Mr.. Nc
Graw would never be called an orator,
although he got through with his little
set-speech in fairly good style.
The chairman Of the evening introduced
Mr.. Price with lauditory remarks regard
ing his record as sheriff Of Pierce county,
but Mr.. Prices appearance on the ros-
trum would carry the impression that
while he might make a good sheriff he
would be utterly out Of place as secretary
Of state. It was painful to listen to his
efforts, and even those who were opposed
to him politically breathed q sympathet-
lie sigh Of relief when he managed to
withdraw.
Col. Eddy was the next and last speak
er, and his speech was directed wholly
against the peoples party. 1t was sar-
castle and vindictive, and judging from
remarks Of those present, who have afili-
ated with the new organization, Col.
Eddy neither ridiculed nor forced those
who had separated from the republican
party back into the party traces. His
speech will appear in this weeks Repub-
lie-dressed down, altered and with the
sharp edges blunted, for Col. Eddy had
the representative Of that paper in his
room for an hour and 4 half, after the
public meeting, debating what should
and what should not be published. PeO-
pies party men now openly say that
they intended to vote for some Of the can
didates upon the republican ticket, but
that they have changed their minds and
will stick 10 the nominees Of their own
party, or at least not vote for those who
so violently abuse them.