The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25

,l4e metropolis O. Lake Superior. he sad.
sDu-1t1 Is s2ppcSsd 70 D. the hctbea OF
the silserites. Iac great Minnesota ex-
Yonsn- OF free sGEer. congress man Tcxne.
= 4 candidate for re-e.ecJjoa, Gn4 IS op-
passed D worthy com seCGe5r. 50 ho- has
been the nsae ina. TIE Popu.isiic caa6i-
Gate for the presidency, NJ Bryan. mas
made a personal campaign n ME. Towus's
interest and has made quite = number OF
speeches N behalf OF his friend ID 10
three weeks ago the OUTLOOK for honest
money ana protection 10 American LABOR
was not promising in the Duluth district.
put a change mas come over TIE spirit OF
the people. and the Populists. having de-
clpherea the Handwriting on The wall
have already begun 70 exeaTare their DO
Ltlcal graves.
The rise IN the price OF wheat has hs1
something % do with the remarkable
change N political sentiment. no. only =
me Duluth district. but also throughout
Minnesota and IN the TWO Dakotas. The
argument used by our silver friends that
wheat ana silver wouI 20 upward or
downward together has been knocked silly
By the market quota t.ors, and the farmer
IS IN corresponding ratio getting more for
his wheat than the mine owners can get
for their SILVER. Here The law % supply
and demand is grandly exeTpIilied. The
failure Of crops abroad creates a demans.
-
ereascs its value. Europe Is paying the
rise. and out OF our suPerabundance a few
million bushels OF wheat VIII not be miss
Cd. especially as good yellow gold WI be
received in return. II IS a foolish thing tn
refer 10 the attitude Of some OF the ix-
ncrant PopulISts. who have attributed the
rise simply and solely to Mark Hanna.
whom. they claim has cornered the wheat
Of India. and carries the crop in his vest
pocket until after the election. Evidently.
Dir. Hanna IS quite phnanthropIst in
stead o. the sordtd monster depicted by
the opposite party. II he has cornered
the wheat market OF the world, he is
probably IN the position OF Alexander the
Great. who wept for more worlds 20 con-
qGer. The idea is preposterous. and is
fully in keeping with PopuIistic ideas. Mr.
Hanna has about al he can attend 10. not
In wheat. but in 'cornering' the PopuIis-
tic outfit, Of which Mr.. Bryan is the head.
I believe he has succeeded admirably IN
this corner.
ut Is useless for me 10 repeat that which
has become Almost an absolute fact-that
Mckinley and Hobart viii win by an over
whelming majority. and that not less than
thlrty-fiye states are absolutely sure. and
two or three others are as sure for Nc
kialey as they are for Bryan. Minnesota
has never been in doubt. nor has South
Dakota. The wabbling and doubtful state
mas been Nortn Dakota, but that
state has Joined the chorus in behalf Of
protection and national honor. I WAS sur
prised a the numerous expressions heard
al various stations. and on the cars, espec-
Tally as TO the sentiment in Montana,
Idaho and that part OF the state Of Wash
ington traversed by me on the other side
or the Cascades. I had expected 10 find
on.y one sentiment In Idaho and Montana
but found as many Republicans as Popu-
lists. and. in fact. the sentiment expressed
was that Montana was for silver and
Idaho would vote for gold. Spokane
seemed 10 be veritable hotbed of sound
money The outlook for this great state
/ have been assured on the cars and since
my arrival here in Seattle. Is roseate for
the Republican ticket
Washington cannot afford TO commit
political and fnancia, suicide. The name Of
the state Is too great, It's future so reas-
surfing. that TO link it's name and politi-