The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16

known since befcro tie war he has
found hat 70 have GOOD demand and TO
get good prices for his product ne mast
have a rood horne market Ana then there
II unc;s sam himself He has found cut
something In the twenty-ssyen years
that the Republican party consrcLed this
country after the close OF the war down 10
lsS2 we paid or and Cancelled forever more
than 81 20 90 90 Of the public debt Dur
ing the three years ana uaeuon OF ~
Der,ocratIc free trade rule they have pail
of nothing. bur have increased the public
debt more than sS2ooo.ao. Uncle sam -
just now calculating how long a. that
rate Il viii take aim TO set CUT o. aeos.
lie has made UT his mind. Ike some osner
people in 1875, that he wants = change. and
he viii have ch1rre Just as soon as tAe
law and the constitution VIII allow L.
Wow, my feliow-cftizens. would rath-
er take the Judgment Of John sherman On
financial propositions than the Judgement
OF Mary Ellen Lease. I would rather. on
q profound constitutional or financial
question follow the leadership or BerJa-
min Harrison than that Of Pitclfork TIL
man. I would rather trust Gov. Bushnell
than Gov. Kogg no matter how fat he
may be. and I would rather follow the
leadership OF gallant Gov. Mckinley. with
al these great representatives or sound
money sound ~rotsctfo0. so,rnd patriof-
ism and sound everything else, supporting
him. than TO take tho boy orator OF the
Pate with all these people controlling
him
'T read q day or two ago-and fs took
me q day or Two 70 90 ir--the speech made
by the boy orator OF the Platte when he
was notified IN New York. Il occupied
eight columns Of close print read ey-
cry word Of Il. and when got done with
II thought I knew why he was called
the boy orator OF the Pate Geography
tells Us that the Platte IL q very peculiar
river. They say IL 10 a thousand miles
long and only six inches deep. AS
closed the reading OF 10 I had another
thought about him. I said aloud: Mr.
Bryan made himself by one speech. and
now he has unmade himself by one
speech No man Will ever be made pres
idens OF the United States upon that
speech. What is the nature OF this caseg
There Is a great effort being made to
create the impression that the Republican
party has changed its position IN regard 70
this matter. That is not true The Re-
publican party has not changed. II -
more explicit in Its declarations this year
than ever before. because tho cSrcuustan-
ces were such as 10 require . more ex-
plicit declaration. but the Republican
party has declared this year for IDENTICAL
ly the same eIsing Il declared for in lss2.
/ know: was there. Our declaration IN
1889 and our declaration IN 1895 are both
declarations IN favor. as ] said q minute
ago. OF bi-gnetaihsm when you can get IL.
and we think We can have it by an inter-
national agreement. but declarations in
favor of maintaining until then the exist
ing sold standard. and not being allowed
10 be driven to the silver standard"
The speaker then produced two Next
can silver dollars which he said he had
bought on the street with one American
dollar containing 8 grains less of pure Sill
yer than either OF the Mexican dollars.
but backed up by the promise OF the
United States to maintain Ii on parity
with gold. Continuing. he praised the
Republican perty's financial policy. which
he said had made tho currency of the
United States. either paper, silver or gold.
worth It's face value the world over. He
said there had never been any complaint
about our money or any trouble about the
gold reserve until the Democratic party
under Mr.. Csevelard's administration
adopted . tariff policy which put the gov
eminent IN the position of paying out
more money for its running expenses than
could be collected under the tariff and
revenue schedules. He concluded:
Now. my fellow citizens. the best rem
edy for this whole trouble is to put the
Republican party back In power. restore
the policy Of a protective tariff, re-inaug-
urate the policy of reciprocity, and give
10 the American people an economic adj
ministration under which the government
would have enough revenues 10 live and
everybody remain In business in this
country and every laborer find some thing
10 do" prolonged applause)
The crowd at the meeting tonight was
the largest ever seen at q political meet
ing In this city. Every foot OF seating
and standing room in the immense tent
was occupied. Previous 10 the speaking
the Columbus Glee Club stirred the en-
thusiasm with campaign songs. Lieut..
Gov. A.. w. Jones presided. and made
brief speech, in which he characterized
tho Democratic national platform as one
of anarchy and bankruptcy. He said the
Democrats stole the Populist platform In
order TO be admitted to the Populist
church. and characterized Watson as one
OF the horns Of the Democratic dilemma.
The speaker OF the evening was Stewart
L. Woodford. of New York. whose speech
evoked much enthusiasm.