The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-26
HARRISON AND M'GRAw.
An Independent Voter Tells Why He
VIII Vote the Republican Ticket.

PORT TOWNSEND, Oct IS, 1892.
To THE EDITOR: 1t ID not surprise for the
Democracy of Washington TO oppose the LAKE
Washington improvement That party has
always, since il was dominated by thc South, OPP
posed pubic improvements. 1t was opposed 10
internal Improvements during the days OF Web
ster and Clay: opposed the building of ma
tlonal road across the Allegheny mountains 10
flttsourg Pa, when the road was a national ne
cessity. stephen A. Douglas aud Thomas II.
benton were notable exceptions to this sntag
onism. Ten millions OF dollars nave been spent
On the ''shoals" of the Tennessee river and MIL
lions more in the Mississippi, while to improve
the waterway at Seattle Is as necessary as TO
dump millions in rivers to remove sand bars,
the one 10 less necessary to trade than the
otner. While / am somewhat independent in
politics, am compelled, as ! see my duty, to
support Mr.. McGraw, Tor he stands for advance
ment, for development and for internal i'm
provements. Whenever necessary for trade and
commerce. the national government should
appropriate the money! whether at seattle or
any other place. Mr. Charles Voorhees,. while
mere, undertook in speech to denounce the Re-
pubilcans OF this state because they were not
SO economical a. the Democrats OF Missouri,
and drew comparisons Snail the state OF Wash
ington copy alter the ssingy, niggardly action
OF certain southern states, or. will we take pat
tern OF those more progressive? BarbarisIn is
cheap and economical II he wants something
cheap. why not go back to the tomahawk and
oreechclout? That's cheap. Clothes made Tor
boy Will not fit a full-grown man, and this
young state, while ii should copy the virtues of
It's sisters, would seriously eadanger its pros
perlty by adopting the faults of the shiftless
and unenterprising.
l consider the election approaching of the
greatest importance since 1850. Our financial
and industrial policy is in danger OF being over
turned, and TO do so will be turning the car of
progress backward. My experience in business
with wild cat' money before 1860 advises me
that a new experiment of this Kind may be ex-
pected should Mr.. Cleveland be elected and the
injury to business will be more disastrous than
actual war. The Peoples party offers nothing
but "faf money, together with other impracti-
cal vasaries, which, If carried out, disaster
would follow. About the year 1850 Marco Polo
tells Of the first issue of "fat' or paper money,
found by him in the grand khan's dominions
during his travels in China. In order for the
grand khan to make his fiat money acceptable
he used a "foree bill," for Marco Polo says,
"Nor dares any person. at the peril of his
life, refuse to accept it in payment" Honesty
Is the best policy, whether III business or poll
tics. and to force people to take less than actual
value Is not only dishonest, but injurious and
dangerous to prosperity. whether practiced in
China or the United States, and it makes but
little difference whether the dishonesty consists
OF 80 or more per cent No such party can sue
coed among any honest or Intelligent people. /
hope that every independent voter will see their
duty as l do and vote the Republican ticket
from top to bottom. Did l live in King county
I should feel in honor bound to do it.
r. II. BALLINGKR