The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-23

They Won't Attack Senator Allon to
Crafty Benefits Malice.

They Won't Attack Senator Alton TO
Crafty Benefits Malice.
Blaine Tribune.
The Tacoma ledger is having spasms because
the people throughout the state do not get in
with both feet and fight the Seattle canal plank
in the state platform. That paper a few days
since, in commenting on letter written from
Blaine, says: eff the letter from Blaine 10 to be
trusted. the Republicans OF Whatcom county do
not think the canal resolution in their state
platform means anything In taking such q
view of the case the Ledger is entirely mis-.
taken. On the other hand, the Repub-
licans OF this county take the said resolution
to moan Just what its trainers and the late
Republican convention intended it to mean,
viz: an emphasis to tho Endorsement given
Allen and Squire. The Ledger again says: "rhe
Repu blican party has always been proud of its
platforms and ready and more than willing to
defend their declarations at all times" Ii the
Ledger man will hesrken to the voice of the
great mass OF the Republican voters in the state
of Washington he will soon be convinced (al-
though he will not admit IT. that every plank in
the state AZ well as the national platform is
fully Endorsed, and that nc apologies are being
made for that particular plank If the future
OF the Republican party depeads on such sup
port as the Ledger claims will be given it from
Tacoma, then We say that the party in this state
had better go down with flying coors than ally
themselves with such damnable and contempt
bic traitors to the party the Ledger has SO far
proven itself to be in the present campaign.
II the letters which the Ledger has been print
ing from various portions OF the state were gar
bled and the most salient points therein sup
pressed, as was done In the case of the letter
from Blaine, then surely does the editor OF the
Ledger realize and know that he dare not publish
the truth as expressed by letters received by
him In answer to his many inquiries through.
out the state. The editor of the Ledger was
very careful to suppress that portion OF the let
ter from Blaine where it demanded the imme-
tional committeeman from this state, or else his
unqualified ard loyal support of the ticket,
both state aud national. The Tribune be-
lieves that such demand voices the
sentiments of every true Republican in
Whatco:n county. Quoting still further
from the Lodger's article, 1t says: "The
Republicans OF Blaine are right in believing
that the canal plank has no place in the state
platform, but 1t is there ana they cannot ignore
it," We fail TO see anything in the Blaine let
ter which intimates in any way that the writer
thought there place in the platform for
such plank We arc sure there are but few
Republicans in this county who think so. We
believe, as above stated, that the plank was
adopted ty the convention in order to cmpha-
size the Enforcement OF our members in con-
gress, and il Nelson Bennett for ono moment al.
lows himself to think that the party, or any
considerable number OF them, do not fully in
dorse the action of our delega tes at the Olympia
convention, he will have . rude awakening
after the votes are cast and counted on Novem-
hap