The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-01

Gov. Me1rsw, IN his Memorial day -
dress, denounced without quaiincatjon the
psrnicious doctrine a seesioaalism, which
vas voiesd recently b ths Chicago 1yms
when e boosted that hvs pears Of The In
CONS tax would enable the West 70
s'choks the East black In The facs."
Theoretically this doetrins y most pss.
nicious. and practically \ = absurd 20 fae
- the expectatioa that before another
presidential election the West VIII b abls
70 shape national lsgislation % - to dis
criminats against Eastsrn interests. The
West y relatively e fae ~ rom politseal
supremacy today - che Vas Ia $3.50 when
the Eastern states had collectively no
electoral votes. the South 10 and the
Western states n The reason Of
this Ii that the intsrssts Of the mid
die West have become substantially
identified with the interests OF the
Atlantic ssaboard statss. Ohio in 1888
was the hotbsd Of 'grssnbackism." The
Ohio delegation to the Democratic national
convention that met in Tammany hall
July 4. 1863 wore ''grssnback" badess,
howIsd themselves hoasss for Psndleton,
and under the leadership Of vsllandigham
and Alexander Mclean dsfsatsd AL pros.
pect Of tbs nomination Of Salmon p. Chass
BY pressing the name 81 Horatio Seymour.
Of New York, upon ths convsntion. To-
day Ohio u become largely manufactnr-
Ing state. stands With the East In the
political column. and tts representative
In congress generally vote With the East
on oil measures pertaining to the eoinaes
and the tariff. Western section aiism really
has no foothold east Of the Mississippi,
and California, On this coast, now scts In
practical accord with the East, With which
most Of liz material interests ars hound
In the contest OF ls9e the Popuiist party
In California pollsd less than per cent Of
the total vote Of the state. Ohio. Michi-
gan and California must be fairly classed
with the Eastern states. With which they
usually vote and With which their inter-
ests Are nov identified. OF the 4G4 electoral
votes which were divided between the
states In the presidential contest Of iso2.
iss we're cast by the South, l2s By the
West and i63 by the Eastern states. includ-
Ing with these Ohio. Michigan and CALI
forniA The wsss since 1850. has made
no headvay toward . fuller representation
either In congress or the electoral college
and the expectation OF the Populisss that
before the next presidential election ..the
West win have the East By the throat"
politically 10 absurd, for the whole drist of
commercial public opinion in the Western
states east Of the Mississippi IL in sympa-
thy With the Atlantic ssahoard states:
Going west of the Mississippi, It 10 clear
that Popniism Is slowly but surely dying
out In Kansas. Nebraska. Iowa Colorado
and Minnesota In Kansas and Colorado
today the men Of intelligence Of both par
ties are depaorins the folly of allowing the
Pcpuiists 10 get control Of the state gov-
eminent In Kansas the railroad CON-
missioners recently met to consider the
matter OF reducing freight charges, and IL
10 their iniension 70 arrange rates subssan.
tally on the basis Of . bill which vas once
passsd BY the Popuiist house. against the
adverse report Of its committee, but Vac
defeated In the senate. 4 fair sample Of
the Intelligence displayed in its eonstruc.
ton b found in the propcsai that prosper
Gus railroads must reduce their rates for
carrying . etvsn article . given distance
70 30 Per cent OF the maximum. while
poor roads migat charge the fuil rate.
The idsa vas thus 20 eqaaliss mat
ters between the two classes Of cor.
porstions. bat the obvious fscs Wa
overlooked thai. II the rates on rich roads
were lower than on poor, every shipper
would give oil Of his business that he
could 10 the rich lines. The commission
err Who are nov 70 attempt the delicate
sask Of adjusting rates are three ward
politicians, no one of whom has ever had
the slightest expersencs With the srsnspor-
sasien business, and they reject ~ wossh-
lees eli suggestions froa the railroad
managers The Topeka Capssai considers
this ''the most serseus blow AZ the interest.
u the sta,s that the reform ofslessss have
yet devised.
Wssssa ssctisaaiissa - vsios1 By Gsxa.