The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-25

i no mar 40 hixh rs 10 be above him |;
none % humble IS msv net freely pail the
latch string Of hrs door. our poassica Toes
Of other parties pirate 20 II OF principles
without regard 20 men or psrfv. nut
when there IL presented TO you an
individual who Is the exponent Of the eser-
nal princlrss Of good government undying
popular aIlegianee should be sworn aim
that should place him in power as the rep
resensat:ve OF the people. Seattle. when
wIldern ess, the hume Of ssvages, was the
pride of his early snsnhood- 10 vas the
object Of bis m asure affection is 10 the
ioy and the hope OF bis ssdase age. FOR
more than third Of q century be has
watched the city's growth, and his tealty
10 her best interests has never departed
from him. AS Republican. my people in
the Eighth ward are proud Of the fact that
mer Of other wards so loyal and true have
been named for the responsible position OF
mayor, and We press not the claims OF our
candidate believing that ne Possesses
monopoly OF virtue and feaiiy, out because
We see in him combined those essentiA
qualities that will lesd our hosts 70 tri-
umph on election day. lAppsause-l Les
me assure the Republicans here assem-
bled, however. tina. whaseyer shall De the
outcome Of this political battle. the Hon.
L. B. Andrews and his loyal Republican
friends will honestly and feariessly sup
port whoever shall be selected By this con-
venuon." Loud cneersI
Nearly every man in the convention was
an admirer of the honored gentleman
named by Mr.. winstock. and the cheers
which greeted his name came fully as
much from the supporters OF other canoi-
dates as from his own.
The call OF wards was renewed, and
when the Second was reached another as
pirant was introduced. Samuel Fl. Piles,
q good humored smile lighting up his
countenance. said:
"Nr. Chairman and Gentlemen ofthe Con-
veation: The duties of high citizenship
have called us together for the purpose OF
submitting TO our fellow citizens the names
OF gentlemen whom We desire to become
our public servants, and who will, in our
judgment, conserve the long neglected
public interests of this magnificent West
ern city. lApplause.1 My mind upon
this occasion carries in its Imagination the
dreadful scenes that were enacted in this
city on the 9th of June, 1859 when the
homes Of thousands were desoIated and
the accumulated fortunes of many life
times were swept out Of existence; when
men stood aghast looking upon the charred
and smoking ruins that lay before them
and which contained all for which
they had fought and struggled for SO
many long and weary years. Yet in the
face OF this great disaster all were un-
daunted; all were full of hope. pride and
ambition all were determined to rebuild
as they did. upon the ruins of their lost
fortunes; all we're eager to stake every
thing that was left-man's energy, toll,
struggles, hopes and priyations-upon the
future of the city which was destined to
rise from the ruin aud desolation that
surrounded her and vie In grandeur and
magnihcence with the great commercial
marts that are washed by the waves of the
Atlantic. lGreat Applause.l This union
OF purpose, this patriotic loyalty to the
city in which thousands of hardy home
builders had cast their fortunes, made
the city of Seattle the wonder
and admiration of the civilized world.
What a plcturei What future there was
for her, and those who loved and love her,
had the men to whom she confided her
public interests been true to her. mAn Is
incapable ct expressing and the hand of
Raphael is unable to portray upon canvass.
But sir, how different. how sadly different
is the feeling today. Hope has given place
to despair, pride TO humiliation and ambi-
ton to absolute conservation. fCheers
Who Is there that entertains any hope for
the city of Seattle IL public affairs are to
| be administered In future as they have
been under the reforms inaugurated
| by the late lamented Democratic partyf
| The hitherto proud name Of Seattle trail
| city sacked and plundered almost as COM
| pletely as Rome was sacked and plundered
| by the Gauls. with PROSTATE city, with
| q paralyxed nation, with all the wheels of
| progress in every line and every industry
| as silent IS the tomb that marks the rest
| Ing place of the brave but relentless
sands of toilers who, with weary
hearts and whitening hopes, turn
their sad, caregorn faces from
the pleading looks of starving wives and
babies to the Republican party for its old
| time prosection-friends, we come. We
meet at the confluence of two great forces.
We send our greetings to the man from
| Ohio. We say TO this nation of idle work
men that with Mckinley Long and re-
peated cheers. at the head We propose to
| unloose the forces of nature, the wheels of
| progress and re-kiadle the fires I'm every
| forge and furnace in This land. We pro-
l. pose in this convention of Republicans
| in the extreme northwest corner of
| the United States TO raise the flag of
| protection and carry il forward until it
floats as II fioated-in triumph-over every
! state north of Mason and Dixon's line.
With these principles in view; with the
| good of the city at heart; with the good of
the Republican party at heart recognizing
one OF Its oid-time principles. that all
| power Is vested in the people and that il
delights 10 honor those who come from
| the people. it has, sir, been my good for
/ tune TO have conferred upon me the privi-
lege OF presenting TO this convention for
the high office OF mayor of this city the
name OF a gentleman who, at the age of Is
years, found himself the sole support of a
widowed mother and seven younger
brothers and sisters. With the cour-
age that reaches into the heroic
| he fought the fierce battle of poverty for
the helpless and dependent until they be-
! came seif-sustainiug, and in 1874. with
nothing but his courage and manhood TO
| commend him. he began life for himself as
day iahoreT upon the nuhlie streets of
I what IS now tho city of Seattle Twenty
| years have come and gone since first he
came among you, but they were twenty
I years OF honest toll and business fruEalitv
! for the young man who commenced peuni.
/ less and alone, bat who perseyeTed in
| honest poverty and honest toll. until to-
day he stands by his own unaided efforts
/ st the head OF one of the great manu-
featuring establishments of this citv.
/ tCheers. You have trusted him be-
1 fore, gentlemen. in places Of high
| honor. lie never fa!sered lie never
| betrayed 8 trust coqfiGed 70 his keepinc-a
| self-nade made man III every sense of the
term; 4 man OF aud from the peoule il
the lion J. NJ. tTfnk, whose name | take
| great pleasure III presenting TO YOU for
! your candid consideration for the high
! office 30 which his friends have requested
him 10 aspire, and who If nominated will
| sweep this city like whiriwind. and lead
| - 10 an cld.time Republican victory. Al
loud applause
The feature OF this speech wa. the en-.
thussasm With which Mckiniev's name
was received. Tie bailoting immediately
began, and although the wards were called
in rotation several OF them asked TO be