The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-13
cs..sy smd city oncsss Paper.
SEATTLE. THURSDAY, FEB. 10,
col. WINSTON AT LARGE.

The redoubtabie Patrick Henry Winston.
STATESMAN. orator. patriot" has been In
tarviewed by the Chicago Inter Ocean. He
dscourses voluminously, as Is his wont, and
among other things, as an Abraham Lincoln
Republican. says: ''Thepeople OF the Pacific
Northwest are for the free. unlimited COIN
age OF silver at the ratio of l6 20 /. without
any IFS or 'ands' II direct vote could
be had on this proposition. the state OF
Washington would give a majority OF not
less than 10000 In Its favor out OF total
vote Of $4,000. That Is to say. three-fourths
OF the voters OF Washington favor the prop
ositlon."
The genial Pat may believe all this al
though. as a matter OF fact. IL does not
necessarily follow because he chances to
say thing that he believes It. But tho
colonel has so often gone astray in his cal
culations that II would hardly be safe TO
rely upon his figures without an auditing.
Many times he has found himself wrong.
For instance when he went over into the
fopulist party in the hope of getting
nomination to congress. ha found that he
had woefaily overestimated the number OF
men In that party who would pick him up
as savior and provide him with place.
The fopuiists had no use for him. and with
loud acclaim he declared himself again a
Republican. believing the announcement
that lie was OF the Abraham lincoln strips
would once more establish him IN the con-
fdeneo OK his fsllow-eliIEens Here again
he overestlmated. Instead Of thousands
greeting hts return 60 the true faith with
hrzEas. everybody laughed and asked:
''whas next shall we expect from this
knlgh; Of the political spring -boardg'
IL Is difficult 20 determine where the
honorable Mr. Winston has obtained the
authority TO say that three-fourths OF the
people o. the state OF washington are for
tho unlimited coinage OF silver at the ratio
Of Is TO without any ''ifs' or .ands." No
public expression Of opinion warrants the
making ~ any such statement. The last
state convention OF tie party with which
up TO the hour OF going to rress Mr.. Win
ston haa allied himself. voted against the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. II Is
true that subsequent decker over the nom
ination Of Justice of the supreme court
resulted In the vote being rsconsi1eroa. ard
she coinage 81 American silver being In
dersed. hut that Is hardly the coinags
which the loquaeious Pat would style free
from 'lfs' and "ands-" The last ieSisla-
ture voted for silver. bat Il was not over
~selmlngly. ana then 70 was restricted 20
the American prodoct. There has never
been time In the history OF the state CT
Washington when the controlling rarity
hiss voted for free And unlimited eosnags,
ard this talk about three-fourths % TIE
people demanding Il IS merely one OF the
xesnl-eeesssonai Winston haIlaelnations
Abraham 12ncola Republicans. saAeedl
I1ncola was patriots ne only person
who thiaks Winston n patFie, Is Winston.
sancoln's faith was based On principles as
as eternal as thu hills. wlnston's faith
on the principles os the party which or
ssrs the beet opening for man tn search
OF 3os. iineeia believed ysa could act
feel all the people al the slrne. Winston
imagines IL Is as easy IS rolling CT log
Lincoln maintained that henest money
and = SQUAD puzzle credit were q nAtion's
lsfe h,aea. Winston woala manipulate ~
cent dollars aad destroy oar credit ~ pay
:rg half % what We eve. Liaealn bad esn-
n9enee * AL the people. rich ard pccr. sas
O. the darkest days spoks always hopefssi-
Is: Winston sqaeais about the eenHscatian
az property. TIE Degradation % fres labor
ard the dsmora'iEstiaa Of patriotism.
1aneeln was broad. d<<a. sanguins. sztis-
fysag: winstea L. harrow. sAAlle~. ressi-
nalsile. nasatlssyssz. he .aggiss with taa
maze ef LEeeia sso2ass he thirks 10 nay