The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-31
mE. MAPLE MAKE. Confession

j. w. Maple. PopuIist and spotted exg
candidate for eocntv treasurer. dlseioses
some OF bis conclusions as 10 the way in
which he purposes handling the public
money II be b entrusted vita the task
His disclosure deserves attention.
Mr.. Marie denies with warmth . rurnor
he had heard that he would. If made
treasurer. take the county's money
from the banks aud lock IL IN
the vaults % the county build
ings." Nothing. be declares, could
be further from his intention. Indeed, he
points cut that ''our parly"-for he poses
o3ly a. PopulIat. and with evident dis
daln declines 10 identify himself with the
spotted eggs. though he will stoop 10 &C
cspi their votes-''our party believes IN
the free c4rcalasson Of or currency"
This Is true The Popuiists are heartily
IN favor OF the circulation Of currency.
Their only quarrel with the word is
that currency doesn't circulate freely
enough among them. To increase the
circulation they discard tho old-fashioned
way Of getting hold Of as much currency
as possible by work or trade, and would
have the government keep its printing
presses at work steadily, turning ont
steady stream Of fat notes to meet the
demands Of ell corners. This cure for lack
o: money they advocate very vigorously.
As this nosel plan viii not be practiea-
bic till they get q chance 20 run the gov
eminent. Ii may well be believed that they
applaud Mr.. Naples suggestion that ''our
party believes in the free circulation OF our
currency" regard the county's money as
currency which should be kept in lively
circulation. and share in their candidates
scorn of the idea that he should keep ii in
the county vaults.
Mr.. Maple strengthens his position by
the assertion that ait would be bat folly
for the money Of the county to lie idle"
and in this again. 1t may be freely con-
coded. he will receive the applause of his
fellow Populists. They don't want the
late.
And then Mr.. Maple unfolds his plan
fully. Having shown sha; his party wants
money TO circulate, and that Ii should not
lie Idle. he explains that it should .be
loaned through proper agencies to respon-
sible parties
Thus tersely and clearly Mr.. Maple
states his policy. The few words throw q
food Of light upon what might otherwise
have been left In the gloom of mere sus-
,.lcsNr TO- rnuoh ,.r.,.. ,.r,o. - ,.;uo-.
Mr.. Maple for his candor and lucidity of
speech. L; must be added, however, that
the policy thus timely disclosed has not
the charm of novelty, having been tried in
Seattle already, and that IL lacks the
quality of commencing itself to public APP
prevail. in that the peoples previous expe-
rience with it was in its results unsatis-
fastory to them.
Mr.. Adolph Krug. erstwhile city treas
urer. was q reformer who had views as to
the circulation of the currency. and who
certainly believed il could be ''loaned
through proper agencies TO responsible
parties" Ia this view Mr.. Krug was sus-
tanned by q number Of citizens OF some
political and financial notorieiy. some of
whom. by coincidence that 10 perhaps
not singular, are now warm advocates of
Mr.. Naples candidacy and his currency
circulating policy.
Mr.. krag carried out his theory with
large measure of success. Having selected
the proper agencies" through which to
operate. be very speedily discovered a
number of responsible parties" to whom
the loan of currency from the treasury was
very welcome. These responsible
parties" included not only various
bankers" but citizens OF many walks of
life. who cheerfully placed the city treasurer
under the compliment and obligation Of;
becoming their creditor, and aided his
landabIe effort to keep the public money
from lying idle in vaults. 1t was but q
brief period. indeed. that elapsed before
Mr.. krug succeeded in getting all the cur
reney In circulation: and so thorough and
fsr-reaehing va, his method that about
s7o.ooo Of bis loans to responsible parties
are in circulation yet.
All reformers. however, must expect
opposition from old-fashioned. old-fogy,
slow-going people. who constitute large
part Of the community. So Ii has hap
pened that Mr.. Krng has been reviled for
the haste and completeness with which he
put and kept the public money in cirenla-
ton. his ''proper agencies" have been
openly snesred at his "respon sible par
ties have been derided, and both he and
they have been subjected to ordeals most
unpleasant 10 them.
Under these circumstances il can hardly
be expected that Mr.. Naples divulgemenG
Of his purposes and plans viii be received
With an outburst Of approval. The preiu-
dice already manifested by the public
against the proper sgeneies" aud ''re-
sponsihls parties" plan forbids any strong
hope that Mr.. Maple will have success
with it.
Ii IS possible that the popular prejudice
might be overcome by further exposure
of Mr.. Naples mind. II he should
frankly, in another letter. set OUT the
names of tie individuals whom he rs-
yards a. proper agencies" and Of those
he has in contemplation as Responsible
parties. the revelation might so favorably
affect the pubic understanding a. 20 cause
q change Of opinion regarding the rapid
circulation plan. II. for instance. It we're
60 he made known that Mr.. Maple look.
upon Mr.. Considins ss = proper agency
aud AR. White - responsible psrly--the
names OF tasse distinguished reforlnsrs
and admirers Of Mr. Maple are used mere, ,
by way Of Iliustrasion--it IL not 20 he gain.
sayed that The peoples rePnEnanec TO ths