The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-31

Spokane delegations 1uf3x the day. The
names attached to II Represent the best
business Interests Of the city.
TO the Spokane Delegation. Olympia:
Wilson'S election VIII lose Spokane ccun-
~ 20 the ReprbIiran party. We have
made a thorough canvass. and know this
TO be the case. E. l.. Powell =. p. II.
Richards D. r. Wetxel. T. n. Psyton.
T. r. Lindsay. Cyrus Bradley. A. ",
KNAPP -
The old soldiers shared In the general
feeling OF alarm 50 mach SO that they
united IN the following protest and warn
ang. which was also seiegrsphed to olym-
pia. II was signed BY twenty-five lead
ing veterans Of the war fer the Union:
I'VE. the undersigned, as veteran SOL
diers. respectfully protest against the
election Of Jchn T.. Wilson as United
State senator from the fact that he is
ern Washington. Is opposed TO the resto-
ration of silver as part OF our none
tary system. favors the pooling OF rail-
road corporations. and IS otherwise lack
Ing In the qualities requisite for the posi-
ton OF United States senator"
Il never saw anything Ike the feeling
against wilsoa. said a representative
business man. During tha past week /
have talked with at least 100 business
men Of Spokane. and have yet to find
one man who favors Wilson for senator. .
The Spokesman-Resiew will say edi-
toriaii tomorrow: THE true friends Of
the Republican party. the men who love
II for its principles. who are not within
its ranks for the reveBue there is in it,
will find hope In thiS mornings news
from Olympia. The Republican party
was in great peril Tuesday. when John
l.. Wilson came wlthin four votes OF o
caucus nomination. 1t cannot carry Will
son. his record and his ring. and retain
the confidence Of the people OF this Sec
tion. This conviction is 50 deep and
strong in Spokane county that Wilson's
election would bring CONSERVATION to
thousands of Republican hearts. 1t is q
mystery here that Republican members
of the legislature are unable to grasp this
fact. II the Legislature were sitting In
this city, where II would be In touch
with public sentiment. Mr. Wilson would
not remain a senatorial possibility for
one hour, for the most conspicuous fact
In this section today Is the utter cen
0ShfsiatfSa IA Ha4iSn k1c - uflas 9IldSS-
tionably he IS the most distasteful TO
this people OF any man In Washington
public life. His silver record is an angry
memory. his vote for the pooling bill has
been condemned by practically every
voter in Eastern Washington. organized
labor has denounced him without one dis
centing voice, 5000 voters have petitioned
against him. and now the old soldiers
have expressed their dieapprova OF his
senatorial candidacy.
Wilson, has been partly successful In
his desperate efforts to stifIe the voice
OF the people OF his fon,e county through
the persistent buzzang of Ess paid lobby.
M3st of the fnen he has taken from S,o-
karse have abundant leisure upon their
hassas. They are either Office noldcrs
within his machine. or ex-office holders
out OF JOB. Others are beneacsarses OF
bis rsng tayvsgsl fat contracts on public
works. But without exception they are
working for him Through selfish motives.
In all that coterie. there Is not one lofty
nsctsye. not a single tflSir@ crested effort.
1t is essentially a compact of greed. Elm
mate these selfish incentives and the VIII
son lobby would vaarasa tn night These
things are thoroughly understood by
everybody in this section. The only mys-
terry is the apparent slowness Of the leg
tslature to comprehend the true sgtra-
tfon.'