The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-29

Ne sAoaaa Re fsarearh~A.
AsazAsp. Or. Arrsl as-tssv. renaayer
opened the csmrssSn aere for tue Fsga.
Ess1 party in this state this sfterueea II =
speech Of swo hears leagth. His sd
dress was principally saxea un wssa the
txri. snd fnAacssl Questions and al Az
rsizansns Of President Cleveland. lie
sail:
'sThe dezzsaa Of the P,rzlis. platform
for q constitutional convention 20 revise
ear state constitution and inesate therein
the initiative and referendum - enc Of
the usost important and necessary Meas
u-ss ever presented 10 . free pecrla
..Tae only protective measure thai Is
Jus, aad that should receive the sanction
Of the American peoele IS enc that viii
protect the American iahc-V- from the
competition OF the hsssAea Chinese and
from the paape- an3 criminal Classes Of
81 other countries Tals prosecsica Is
afforded neissaes by the AekaaIey law nor
framed 30 protect the rich and not the
poor.
The cause OF tire existing national dis
tress - q lack o. scaEa money. aa3 not
any particular adjustment OF the sa-i..
| laws No fssrer system of taxation ecuid
possibly De devised than the taxation OF
Incomes. Never wsil we hare prosperous
stored 20 the position IL held for gaay
years under the govern men, ss fall legal
tender money, with equal privileges of
| coinage with gold Ii the govern ment
would follow the example Of the state Of
Oregon, which loans lis 8. 50o 600 Of school
money upon improved farm property in
amounts not TO exceed $500 10 any one
| person, and as one-;hird the appraised
valne Of the property. there could be no
! safer loan possible. and the effect would be
faE-reschiag and beneficial. The census
! OF lsSo shous that 81 per cent of the peo-
| pie are practically pacpers, while 10 per
| cent own 81 per cent Of she wealth To
some extent tariff legislation has been re-
1 sponsibse for this, but to far greater sx-
| tent il Is attributable to Our system OF
/ finance and the high rates OF hseress de-
| rnanded for money. Is not . system of
| finance which thus allows the few TO alb
/ sorb the wealth of the many one that
should be remed.et by Law, and Is it not
/ high time that the government should
/ government loans upon land? We have
| indeed fallen upon evil times. and recent
| political events an our national history
| are really beyond the explanation Of
| human intelligence.
That great political party should
select stUobornness Of Will instead OF
| breadth OF intellect As the proper quaiifca-
| ton for the chief executive officer of the
| nation. against the protest Of its able lead
| ers and the preference Of ats voting masses,
| and that such officer, without being SUB
/ Jected to Impeachment, should pursue
/ open bribery OF national represen tatives by
! official patronage; nuiii.y laws of congress
/ when repagnant TO his individual incIina-
| ton; augment the national bonded in.
/ debtednsss without authority OF law; at
tempt to force secretly and in 3 most
! treacherous manner Q discarded monarchy
| upon q foreign free people, and, worst OF
| ali. in utter disregard of the obligations oi
honor. refuse 10 carry out the pledges o.
| his party for financial reform, which re
| fQsal has been more disastrous TO the "a q.
| ton than the late civil var in the dcstruc-
| tion Of business are grave facts &C
| discordant with reason and abhorrent &c
| patriotism rs to stagger belief itself and
| arouse suspicion of the correctness OF the
| popular theory that our people are capabis
| OF exercising the right Of seif-govern
! nient"
Referring TO his letter TO Pre.iden,
| Cleveland last Christmas, the governor
| said: IF / ever performed one conscien
tious act in my life, that was one" III.
| concluded with an earnest appeal to the
| people to support the Populiss ticket in
| the coming election.
During the next i've weeks the governo,
Will speak At forty-.wo points.