The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-29
THE TREND ONE WAY.
calm Thinkers All Oppose the
Spotted Egg Ticket
TsuTn ABOUT The WING DAMS.
why Independent Voters WIZ ssss shs
gepsbstess Tiekss-Asswss
Lsss Aboat Weodtag.

A.. the election draws nearer pubic
oosnion takes stronger trend In favor OF
me Republican ticket. for TIE sober second
thaurst of the voters xho owe siiegisnec
10 20 political party. and Of the more con-
,erva,ive Democrats. causes them 20
shrink a. the possibilities OF control OF
county affairs by tho PopGisst party ana
the elements allied With it,
There are q number Of reasons for this
First Of all. the Republican ticket - maize
un Of men Who have already been tried IN
publlc Office. and have proven their ability
s,d integrity lu the management Of pubiic
affairs. or OF men who have been success
ful in the conduct of large private inter
..... Thus they naturally inspire conn
denee aad, when the voter uho would or
dsnar,ly vote for the Democratic candi-
dates comes 20 study the MAKEUP Oh the
Democratic ticket. no ends that there -
no such ticket. bat that opposed 10
Republicans there 10 mongrea
alliance Of Democrats. Popniists aud IN
dersndsn, ar sorehesd Republicans who
have no bond OF union except the common
desire for office Even when the candi-
dates OF this ticket are themselves respect
able and would naturally inspire con-
tdence. their affiliations are such as TO
turn away those who would otherwise
vote for them.
Bat when the Democrats combine with
the Populists. whose supremacy has caused
disaster aud anarchy in every state where
they have gained IL, aud with the sorehead
Republicans, who have either boited the
regular nominations Of their party because
sney failed 20 secure those nominations,
or have so shamsiully betrayed the conf
dsncs Of their party and the people in the
past that they have destroyed the last
hope OF ever gaining public trust In the fu-
ours they drive away all but those who
have become irreconeilably allied with them
or have lost hope Of political preferment
from any other quarter. Thus they alien
ate the calm. thinking portion of the
community which looks 10 the officers of
the Law to give . clean. honest. business
like administration of public affairs and
10 protect them IN the enjoyment Of their
lives and property.
These are the sentiments expressed by
many Democrats rs well as by that class
of Republicans who would readily assert
their Independence II there were any real
ground to bolt the nominations of their
party convention. Such men united in
declaring that, when IL came 10 choosing
between DR.. Mitten. who has already held
the Office Of county treasurer with credit
to himself and satisfaction to the tax
payers, and q man like J. w. Maple.
who probably never kept set OF books
In his life and whose utterances are most
amusing when they are most earnest.
they would not hesitate 10 choose DIR.
Mittsn. Similarly they are called upon to
choose between I. w. Gordon and John
wallacs for county clerk. They not un-
naturally say that they would rather trust
the otfics 70 Mr.. Gordon. who now man
ssss II so ~ to make 1t more than self
supporting, than to Mr.. Wallace, the
maa-of- all work to that -of-no-work,
Harry White, whose gross defilesnent of
the chief magistracy OF the city proved
hs unfitness for any public trust and
brought about the reign Of krug aud the
kid COMMITTEES, from which Seattle has
not yet recovered
These are two illustrations Of the argu-
ments which are attaching all the indie
pendent thinkers Of both parties and of
no party TO the Republican standard. and
which justify the belief that the people
will not place their affairs In the hands Of
a mongrel combination whose hopes are
conferred in the enjoyment of the spells of
Office. and not in the honorable perform
nnee OF its duties.