The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-12
rHx LOGICAL PAInGrsnsr.

ons Of the funniest contributions %
campaign propheeicai literature b that
made BY John W. Bookwalfer. Of Ohio.
He points TO Grover Cleveland ~ TIE lsg-
zeal candidate Of the party and predicts
that hs VII b nominated on free III
yer platform And % the Democratic
party intends TO use the great and good
Grover ~ . brass pAlimpsesf.
The Democrats may hope that the pao-
pie have forEotsss the platform Of IN
but thsy cannot entirely ob1s,erats the
record of the administration and deauds
the people with nsw promises- II NJ.
Cleveland II again . candidate. his viz
tues. whatever these may Be. are apt 70
Be forgotten. and he Win stand before the
people IMPLYING . policy which has pros
frated commerce. kept workingmen In
idieness. depleted the treasury and rolled
up q great bonded Indebtedness
Cleveland Is indeed the logical candidate
Of . party which could contemplate set
ting up the apostle Of gold mono-netai-
ism for the presidency on . platform
favoring the free courage Of silver at the
ratio Of Is TO L By no other combination.
not 10 say eoncatenatson. Of circumstances
could the Democrats bring into such ele-
CANT tuxtapositioA Ill the evils Of the
present with AL the possibilities Of evil In
the future
II Is vel that the people should remem-
bar the platform upon which Mr.. Cieve-
land was nominated and by whose allure
A. Al. Ia fxer
more ye2rs Of Grover" The platform
adopted at Chicago In iss, has this s,rik-
ing passage: we denouncs Republican
protection a. . fraud. . robbery Of the
great majority OF the American people
for the benefit Of the few. We de-
clare II to be . fundamental principle Of
the Democratic party that the Federal
government has no constitutional power
10 impose and collect tariff duties except
for the purpose Of revenue only. -
We denounce the Mckinley law enacted
by the F1fty-Arst congress a. . cuiminai-
ing catastrophe Of class legislation
We promise It's repeal as ono Of the be-
nevoIens results that win follow the &C
ton Of the people In entrus,ins power 10
the Democratic party.
We imagine that the Democrats Win
have TO considerably revise this plank In
their platform whether Grover Cleveland
Is to be the candidate or not
Then again upon the one other impor-
tan; proposition in the Democratic plat
form for IS. the pasimpses,icai process
win have TO be applied. The new doc
trtne OF the free coinage Of silver at
ratio Of Is TO / cannot be Formulated by
any mere change Of phrsseoiogy IN the
following language which served cam
paign purposes In 1850: I'VE hold TO the
use Of both gold and silver as the standard
money Of the country and TO the coinage
OF both gold and silver without discrirni-
mating against either metal or change OF
makage. but the dollar unit OF coinage
OF both metals must be OF equal intrinsic
| and interchangeable value or be adjusted
through International agreement"
| II would be well for the Democrats 70
carefully erase the following plank. which
has always been q cardinal principle OF
| the Democratic party whenever II was out
OF ONCE: Public ONCE is a public trust:
We affirm the declaration for the reform
| Of the civil service. We denocnce
| policy under which Federal oflceholaers
states and We pledge the Democratic
| party to the reform OF all these and other
| abuses which threaten individual liberty
and local self government" The 4x;e,-
sion OF civsf service rules 70 SC. Loo Demo
| cratic employees within sixty days Of q
| political convention Is q startling result
OF the policy that public ONCE is public
| trust"
| II. In presenting these facts 70 the pub
| lie attention. the feelings OF any Demo
cratic Federal ofsceholder IN the state Of
| Washington should be hurt he viii per-
hsrs excuse Il IN view OF n. great public
| good 20 be effected by these "reminiscences
| Mr.. Bcokwai;er. who refers particularly
Go Mr.. Cleveland as a man the country
needs rs leader % a war party. should
see TO u tia, the plank on foreign policy
| upon which Mr. Cleveland was elected se
revised unless. as IN the case % free sfi-
yer. the logical candidate OF the Demo
| cratic party Is he who mos; extremely
| contrasts with the platform:
we view wiih alarm the tendency 70 .
| policy 90 irritation ans Muster which Is
hasis a, sny time TO eoafron; rs with the
Alternative o. humiliation or war"
| Mr.. Cleveland Is inaee. the logical can
ei'sase % ar Utterly Illogical psrsy-a party
which protests at every step srasns, nov
sns forward: and ~ I, had It's OWE way.
| vcufa run ERE country backwards 10 he
days Of Thomas Jefferson ana knock the
whole recpss TITO a eoctea nAt and short
breaches