The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06
TACOMA'S BIG RALLY.
Ninth Street Theater damned
With People.
MEN FROM MASSACHUSETTS,
Congressman McCaIl's Great speech On
@. sullivan and other Orators

Tacoma Sept 5.-Specis.-The Ninth
Etre~ss thea Ter con tatred tonight he larg-
Is. crowd OF peop.e ever gathered within
is ssgss Oh any OCCASION 20 hear Con-
sressrnrn Sauuel W. Mccall and l. ..
Aps.sy. OF Massachusetts. Consresern aa
Dooastie ard Hon +. -. Sullivan The
Republican nominee for governor. The
meeting Was 4 complete refuta.ton TO
Gains OF ths Triple a. 44nce as1vocates u
this c4ty who claimed Pierce county would
waVeg Il ia support OF the Republican
part. TIE building was pscA 81 with pep
pc, a. least l.zo being contain ned IL 10
seats IL the oosiy OF the house and In rs
galleries, The als.ss OF ne stage. heEzne
lie scenes and standing up IN the foyer.
A.ls iwo d4sttn g7ltshe4 congressman were
gwen most enthusiastic welcome. snt
when Congress sEnan A pelev exhoried the
audience 20 see hat Washington joins
hands with ne Old Pay state IN November
IN ro.4ng up the biggest majority ever
heard Of for Mckinley ard Hooar; TIE
ou-lEnE fairy shook with cheers. The
audience was thoroughly n sympathy
with the principles OF the Republican
party as enunci led by he speakers. ard
completely awe 20 the necessity for their
enactment into law by the party when {.
Is again paced IN power by the people.
Chairman Eairchi.d OF the county COM
mlttee. called rae meeting &c order ard
introduced Co. Tr1Ad- Hus ton. "oad ysr-
horse as chairman He was received
vita grsa; applause and made aPpro-
PIRATE speech on taking tho chair.
F. G. Sullivan was the first speaker. and
Re ~-ss given a tremendous ovation on
taking Inc Platform. the demonstration
lasting FIVE nlnutes, Mr.. Sullivan deliv-
cred a short. p-thy address. conhning him
ss.f 10 the presentation OF his Idea. Of
the bus lness a6n21uisIfa Ton Of the state
government lie pointed our the necessity
:oT economy. which he promised to carry
out II elected He said In conclusion that
he wOa.a give ne state The best admins
tsAtlon q which e MAS ca Da5.e. II sue
cesssfG. Ia November.
CcLg gessi4IaE Apsiey came next with
short o4 vigorous speech whioh TOOK the
audience by storm He characterized
Bryan's attempt 10 array sections and
c.asses against each other as dangerous
TO the lie OF the nation. To my mind
he said. the money question Is not the
only vital one IN this campaign We have
good collar as circuiates anywhere
Ia the world, and the question Is not what
kind OF d dollar want, but how 10 earn
t." He said Maine would follow Yer
mont, and when election day comes he
urged the people Of Washington to send
greetings back 20 Massachusetts, with the
biggest majority for the Republican ticket
in the history OF this state. (Cheers.)
Congressman Mccall delivered an able
Of which went home 20 The audience. He
praised the work OF Congressman Doc
little, and said the voters OF Washington
should return him 10 congress. He re-
ferred 10 Senator Wilson as being faithful
where voters were faithless. Mr.. Mccall
spoke in part ~ follows:
he issues OF this campaign are simple.
bat not simple they should be. -Four
years ago the Democratic party came into
power on promises The people. having en-
joyed rosperity under Republican govern
ment FOR thirty years listened to the fairy
tales the Democratic orators had been
telling them and gave the Democrats con-
troll During the thirty years OF Repub-
! loan rule the Democrats had been the 0p-
posing party; they opposed protection,
pensions, every good measure OF the Re-
puolicans and they got so Ia The habit OF
being on the opposition party that now
they are in control they even cut loose
from themselves and now are denouncing.
IN bitter terms heir own administrator
They DO not boast Of the present admin
istra ton, they have nothing good to say
OF 1t. they only hold oui promises OF the
great things theS are 10 DO In the future.
And now what do they do but appear with
brand new assortment OF raInbows and
asa US 10 go chasing after them
They were going 10 give Us free trade
and az a consequence, a prosperity which
their promises. except tha; they substitute
free silver for free trade
Mr.. Bryan appeals 10 our national pride
Isn't this great enough nation he asks
TO establish the free coinage OF silver at
| The ratio OF 10 20 l. without waiting for
the consent Of foreign natiorsr This is
great country of ours but Il isn't great
enough 70 suspend tire law Of gravitation
ard other laws OF nature which no con-
Eress enacted snd no congress can repeal
| We can establish silver mono-netalllsrn II
| We Ike. but Va cannot have Two kinds Of
| money AZ coinage ratio Different from It's
| bullion ratio"
| The speaker hen reviewed or,ery the
| financial method. OF Alexander Hamilton
| and his early Efforts to provide the natfon
| Win A system OF currency. Continuing.
/ he said
He went 70 work Ike statesman. he
! 90 not proceed Ike . Ponulist He worked
/ WIKI his head and rot with Ms mouth
/ Tie rad reDorjs ~ finance he studied fha.
( markets. be found that 6eteen pounds -
! silver would buy ore pound 81 go.f. ar3
/ established MS ratia according 10 tha
/ sttHai bullion rato After the course, -
~ years The metals d'verse6 in value.
/ and SOTO was slightly un3eryaiuea AZ =
/ consequence, god became boarded or ex-
! ported and went out cf circulation. and
th'< country went on A silver basis"
The speaker chen wen; on Win z history
/ ~ The 9nanr|sl troubles ~ the nation
/ ff7n 1884 20 ISIS emitting TO Important
! point. as answering every a-rirrent -
/ we s. F"@tes weich has arisen t- eorr-c-
! fan 0'-5 th~ recent universal 0sAlt~atton
~ thts Period RE she nations ear~e~
.i~ s.eo h~ie@v sssfcn~4 gre experience
I - France ntth r3rce.f 7-.th. ts s.t~l
/ sac 'hat ~ nation coa'5 establish a-4
/ maintain taahie standard ~ us~.v
I ~aen COINS ~ sa4al denomination in -aeA
e@r@ 0'f IN a parity Process as