The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-15
POPS At THE ARMORY.
Ffshback and Allen Entertain
Crowd With silver Speeches

Arsnory hall was well filed last night
with people anxious TO listen TO c. F.
Fishback and J. $ Allen. Mr. Fishback
seemed 10 be an especial favorite with
the ladies. % whom many were present
and who responded TO his speech much
more than the men. chiefly because Il
dealt more IN sentiment than in logic.
The chairman OF the evening was S. NJ
Allen.
J. = Allen was the FIRST speaker to face
the audience. He spoke rather slowly ana
iaboriorsly. and received bu, se2nt ap-
pause. In the course az his speech he
struck quite a blow az free silver. while
probably supposing he was proving its
benefits He asked The audience TO imagine
there mere but i.ooanse bushels OF wheat
IN the country and bu; si.ean.ese. Tie
thought q plain that whea. would then
BE- worth 81 per bushel Then he asked the
audience To IMAGINE the money Increased
TO s. esaos Then. he said. the wheat
would BE- worth s. per hushel and the
rnorey worth - cents on the dollar. Next
he supposed The volume OF money de-
creased 20 SSaso. ana showed how wheat
voa'd then Be worth - rents on the hushei
while money would bc worth sra >rrtx on
che dollar. "Ncw then sail tha orator.
docs thss nos show that when the volume
or money increases TIE prices az products
go M white the value 81 money de-
c-aaseSp.' No applause greeted this state
menf. wage sarners present were prob
ably wondering where they We're 20 como
or n With the adoption % free coinage
ali prices we're 20 go ap. Male the uur-
chasing power o. their wages decreased.
After the speaker had I'm shed. the chair
man took occasion 20 make 4 snsech. hut
an frurafiefs. calls for FtsaoacE he cur his
row % language short ans lntro-9aoei TIE
..t,oferet - who wfRS re~esvega with apuraus@
After few introductory remarks he said
sNas Judge Burke woui8 so-ar become as
famous "a Bah in<ersoll inzers0u tried 20
Auss the raflrosss train oF the Christian pa
Mksan OF IRE srs~k rprke was irving -
clog the progress az IRE American people
Both Noa& Hns Fhey ws-e making A ms
tAEe II VAS cry doubtful 81 thlz cam
rafxn u she p&ep,s would understand fAes-
power The fatal defect IN the Republican
r-incirls~ 80 had discovered. was that
she manufacturer VAS glven protection
hit ws% allowed - hira his labor wAe~e
~ woaia. taopisusee Staas farmer A
ishs-er ana A miner Es3e hy SIDE s-4s ven
had sAo klugS OF fhs word. Mr. Fgshhark
explained sssf the reason a ratio Of IA 70
J had h~sH aaepsni was because silver ara
salf A-~irx rsaces "a th@ earth n different
proportions 4 bad been t-ur4 % take six
teen its.eS ss much Labor % extract re
SILVER "a ;he gold lie borrowed dollar
from one - the vice presidents. ana hald-
trg e up - the audience asked how mash
- ws< worth. SeS-scr@ ressssess One hu~-
a~p.f cents Then The speaker sSses hoy
much ~ SILVER was wc-vn IN the soTar
ara the sxrse responsive soul
e%sc2~f s'AScst Hs-v-fh-s~> carts
Tria-r-psantfy M FEsAssrk .stA
teaer~. shst was a ss-aer, de!Ar which
vas ws~sh % cents SNcaisae Il vas xtsrs~e-
81 ~ TIRE government as a sta-sfs-ss silver
aAssr Il vas Sgsss be- rs%er xSss1es,.r~ ~,
ere s.as snss silver producers 81 BE Ger
he wNaas cas-: RS tos wgsA ths silver a-e-
sslcsr. T'ess miner vas 90 greater krsno-s-
sar> ~ the country thsn fAe farmer ~
csA.n ire miners uro3ssc. a&ns s.Irersly
tssN rsrcG. alton. wh4a~ sAst ~ -As farr1a-
stsnerssv2i O. a ruaTSst. Wa~a tAs QaeS-
no1 Sas al sfs%@ down i easse 10 tae ct
te~ 80 EesSschGA "a Lombard street.
~A.eh NJ Fsxheark r.s8e cut n a kong
ssss2g az se1sss<ss as To- controlling pcx-