The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-24

THK UNCONSCIOUS HUnoKIsT
AGAIN.


O.
The letter Of Col. Patrick Henry Wins
ton, published In OR Saturdays issue, an
nounoing that he had left the Populist
party forever, IL another stroke of unc0n-
scious hamor 1t comes at welcome
morrsaf. The strike Is over; business i
dull: the weather Is hot. and 80 this effort
Of unconscious humor on the part Of Col.
Patrick Henry Winston comes at a well
come moment. since 1t is the funniest let
ter he has ever written. although APP
parently written in oneoof the most serious
moments of his mercuriaI life.
Col. Winston has absolutely declined an
Invitation to speak for tho cPopuiist party
at y .spicnic" At ElbsrtoH, August % and
a That Col. Winston should decline an
s~visation to address his fellow citizens"
o. any time or place Is unexpected inteIli-
gencs TO those who have known
him hitherto; had he been asked TO
bend his plump aud pleasing form TO the
work of striker" or helper to a. black
smith on hot summerday nobody woald
have been surprised at his decination; for
bending over an anvil is not the kind 7of
skilled labor" In the performances of
which Col. Winston shines. but as a jap-
spsih Col. Winston is without peer in the
political parties of this state. and he has
never hitherto refused an invitation to ply
his vocation. lie does so now Most un&
expectedly. and his reasons reoited for bis
refusal TO hear himself talk do not seem to
be very coherent
His first reason Is that he can no longer
affiliate with party that officially allies
itself with an attempt TO precipitate civil
war;" his second reason is that he is
lawyer and that the Peoples party at
North Yakima declared that men of Ibis
profession were dangerous element and
not to be trusted" In other words, Col.
Winston thinks the Populist party is an
srchistic In its drift and that II is a party
of bigotry aud ignorance in declaring that
lawyers were dangerous element and not
TO be trusted.
The amusing part of oil this is that Col.
Winston knew all this before he went TO
the North Yakima convention just as well
iist party vas organized 1t has not hest
tated to declare its sympathy for anafchy.
In 1907 Il extended the right hand of
fellowship to the Homestead anarchists.
and the Populist candidate for governor
OF Washington in 1ss3 inca public letter
declared his sympathy5for the fsrocious
anarchist strikers at Cmur d'Alene, and
the Populist state convention passed n
resolution plsdging not only ''sympa&sy,'
bat ''pecnniaTy aid" TO these 9ferosiops
dynsmitards. Col Winston knew this In
iS92. and denounced it from the Republi-
can stump" so il Is no : sew dis.
covcYy or his part that the Popnist party
both here and elsewhere has never lost a
chance TO officially declare its sympathy
With feroeious anafchism and acts Of civil
war President Cleveland was obliged to
send the Federal troops to pus down these
CruF a Alene anarchists whish the Popu-
lists of Washington declared their official
sympathy FOR. accompanied with pledges
OF financial aid.
So Col. Winston went 10 North Yakima
knowing full well thatit was convention
OF an anarchistic party; "g6-as-xoa-
please" party. who have never in this stase
or elsewhere hesitstea TO defy the law ana
60 express sympathy With industrial rist
and incenaaFlsm.8 Il Was with riot ana
rebellion at Homesteasl1 and Coenr d'Alens
In 1872; ait was aith oFlot and rebellion At
Chicago in tsat Col. Winston knew all
this in ls9S AMI geneuneed4t. and yet be
prefends today IN 1924 TO have suddenly
discovered that the Populi.t party Is the
party Of anarchi.m and rebellion agalns.
law and order. This pretenos on the part
of Col. Winston Is BAT Of unc6nscioa.
humor. exceedingly mirth-provoking in
ia solsmni,ys whatever is new in this let
ter al Col w$nsion's Is net true: and What
ever IS true Is not new.
HIS second point that the cPepulis,
party az North Yakima declared lawyers
- dangerous element and not % BE
trusted. is another biz Of unconscious
humor. Tor The Popnlist party has always
denounced lawyers and one faction OF
shis party, tbs Farmers Alliance. ia IS
p0bl5e1reso,atiosls has denounced lawyers
o. unworthy Of and ineligible 10 puhgit
Office that Vas public trase 90 8
THIS is very old nonsense In shah
sresre's play Of 'stIsnry the sgssh" Jack
Cads leads mob Of anRssAlsts aErt CON.
mnnists against Lon1oa. After Csde's
hrst victory. one 81 bis followers saws 70
Gale, The ars. thing sc 10 lets klil 40
the lawyers. and Cads answers, "Nav,
that mean 70 ao;' 80 tAls modern Popa.
iisn Is nothing has 5ola suaw that
Shakespeare burnt % oiu his famoas
description q jack Caslc,s rsbellioa.
rAe sans follower 81 Gale says, III
&c mean - thrive and do Sood
lss's break open the iasls and les cat al
shs prisoners. $ whssh isexacsly shat PSr-
uiiss Gov. PeanoysF q orsxoa Is aeiax rs
DAY and has oeea Gong eSfing rs whols
.ssaa Of ssgaSs ysars - olneA a - Col, Win.
sion i guilty. OF very cheap prsseass Shea.
81 Ia 4Ass EsaE As pssssadA - lave a4s-