Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-07-17

ers Endorse bryan and HIS Plat
form.
A Spokane dispatch of the 1911
gives the following account OF a non
partisan ratification meeting which
was held in that city on Saturda,
evening. 1t says:
An element has entered into tn,
politics of this State which promise
to weaken the Republican party-th,
free silver party" 1t has ever
drawn good men from the ranks of tn,
Republican party in this city and Ia
coma, where the old line organization
has been strongest, but it is in tn,
counties east OF the mountains tina
the detection is greatest and mos
alarming 1t looks as if everyone il
Spokane county is a free silver Re
publican, and at big meeting held il
Spokane Saturday evening, ATTENDED
by Judge Turner, Attorney Genera
Jones, Judge John r. Mcbride, Mayor
Belt, Judge Backus, Patrick Henry
Winston and other celebrities, the
city declared for the Chicago platform
All OF the men mentioned, and more
too, made speeches. Winston shouted
81 am w. J. Bryan Republican,"
And the 100 men in the auditorium
almost raised the roof with their
cheers of approval.
The meeting, says the Times, was q
bowling one from a noisy standpoint
and enthusiasm ran high. There are
about 1000 votes in Spokane county
and the free silverites declared at Sat
urday nights meeting that 5000 O
them will be cast for Bryan. At the
meeting were read letters of confidence
and sympathy from old-time Republi
cans in various portions of the east oil
the mountains districts. Miles c.
Moore of Walla Walla wrote to Judge
Turner expression his denuncia.
ton of the st. Louis convention
and announcing that he was a
" free silver Republican" Telegrams
were also read from numerous Colfax
Republicans and from Republicans in
other towns who had been invited tc
attend the meeting, but were unable
to do so.
The speeches bristled with invectives
and denunciatory epithets and the
tenor of the wall WAS down with the
Seattle ring" Winston expressed the
Spokane sentiment when he said:
81 wanted Teller, but am satisfied
and with union we will wrest the State
of Washington from the Seattle ring
How many voters are there in this
county? Well, say 1000. l never
ran for anything, and don't know
There was only one in my party, and
he has been running around so fast
that he couldn't be counted. There
are not over 1000 in the county that
can be bulldozed into voting for Nc
kinley, and we send word to Seattle
that we have 5000 majority for Bryan.
No, l will carry the news over myself.
The banner of the Democratic party is
slightly disfgured, but it is still in the
ring. What's in name, anyhow
Some of these blubbering idiots 60
strutting about and proudly proclaim
that they are Democrats or Republic
cans or Populists, and they don't know
why they are such. What matters
what man is, if he is patriot, aud
stands for silver at l6 to l." (Great
cheers.")
The meeting was called to order at
s 80 o'clock and Judge Turner, amid
a volley of applause, came down to the
footlights and explained the origin of
the free silver movement in this State.
When he spoke on the free coinage
Republicans of the State of Washing
ton" it called ont vociferous applau Sc,
and "16 to L" brought still another
response. He said that the st. Louis
convention was not only cowardly.
pusillsnimous and false, but a de-
parture from the long established
principles OF the Republican party"
When the speaker declared that one
Of the grandest conventions ever held
in this country had just completed its
labors on the shore of Lake Michigan,
the audience received the declaration
with enthusiastic manifestations of
delight, and there were prolonged
cheering and waving of flags. "That
convention" continued the speaker,
had the brains and the patriotism of
the country. and it has nominated a
young giant in statemanship, in oratory
and patriotism. If the silver forces
will unite, he will sweep this country
like a Wbirlwind."
The Spokesman-Reuiew in its Sun
day morning issue commented on the
meeting in part as follows:
"The largest and most enthusiastic
political gathering seen in the auditor.
ium since the Republican State con.
vention OF two years applauded and
cheered the rousing speeches delivered
there last night by the leaders of the
Republican free coinage party of east
ern Washington. Down stairs every
seat was occupied, and between 100
and 200 stood in the aisles and back of
the rail. Many estimated the number
at 1900 to 1000, but Manager Hay
ward, who is always surprising the
public with his conservative estimates
of auditorium audiences, said there
were 1000 people in the house. The
men who handed out little flags to the
people as they passed inside reported,
after the meeting, that they had dis
tributed 744 of these, and that the
supply was not half equal to the de-
mand.
1t was a pretty and inspiring sight
when the big meeting was under way.
The decorations were profuse and
tasteful. All the columns, the boxes
and the stage were draped with the
national colors. Many ladies were
present and when the different speakers
caught the fancy of the audience. and
that was happening every minute
or so, there was brisk waving OF the
744 little flags and graceful tlutter Of
handkerchiefs and FANS"
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