The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-30

Speeches by Col. Eddy and Candidate
Price-People's Party Folly Exposed.


EVERETT, Oct 2e.-lSpesisl l-In accordance
with the general req uess that Republicans dis
pense with street parades during the week, out
OF respect TO the memory of Mrs Harrison,
there was no street demonstration Thursday
evening on the occasion of the addresses OF Col.
I. Y. Eddy and J. II. Price, Republican nomi-
nee for secretary of state. Col Reichenbach, OF
Tacoma, was first introduced and said few
neighborly words for his friend and fellow
townsmaB, "Jirn" Price, he is faIniliarly
called. The colonel also devoted a few remarks
from the standpoint of a business man aud
based upon his actual experience that under
the protective policy of the Republican party he
was now selling clothing at less than the price
he had formerly paid for imported goods or the
same class and quality.
Mr.. Price followed in short speech, express
ing his pleasure and appreciation of this op-
portunity TO meet the people OF Everett and
snohomish county. In company with Col. Eddy
he had been travelling over the state for the past
five weeks, and on every hand they had found
evidences OF prosperity. He congratulated the
people of Everett on what they had accomp-
lished here. 1t was a remarkable development
In closing he promised that Pierce county
would stand by Snohomish county in rolling up
good majority for the Republican state ticket,
and If the people saw fit to elect him to the of.
fec for which he had been nominated he
pledged that he would discharge the duties
without regard 20 politics.
Of his long acquaintance with him in Mime
sofa and South Dakota. He nkened him to
Tom Reed of Maine, both in physique and TO
rensic power. These qualities had led to his
selection speaker of the house of representa-
tves when south Dakota was organized
state Col. Eddy was received with hearty
cheers, and, after acknowledging the kindly
personal aliusion, returned the compliment by
praisiug the executive work performed by the
chairman of the meeting chairman of the
ways and means committee in the first legisla-
ture of South Dakota.
Col Eddy then devoted himself to q scathing
review of the platform of the Peoples party, dis
secting the opening sentences of the preamble
in sarcastic words and denouncing the authors
of such utterances as unworthy leaders unit
TO be trusted by their fellow citizens. While
the rank and file of the Peoples party were hon.
est he doubted il they had read the platform
carefully. They certainly could not subscribe
to its sentiments. Col. Eddy took up the lugu-
brious howls with which the preamble opens,
referring to the nation being in the midst Of po-
litical, moral, and financial ruin, and In an ar
ray of convincing figures, demonstrated In elo-
Quent and forceful terms the utter falsity Of the
statements. Aliuding to the charges in the plat
form that the press of the country is muzzled,
Col. Eddy raised loud laugh by asking tho
audience il they had ever heard of the Posi-
INTELLIGENCER, of Seattle, and the Ledger, of
Tacoma, and If they had ever heard of their
being muzzled. He ventured to say that his
hearers might open any newspaper and they
would find some fearless criticism OF policy or
candidates. The freedom of the press of this
country was sacred. The colonel paid an elo-
quent tribute to the public school system of.
America. He implored his hearers to stand by
their allegiance to the grand old Republican
party that had never taken step backward and
that could point with pride to its illustrious
record. -