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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23
Robert Bridge 8.

Probably no more effective speech
has been made i'll the present canvass
than that of Robt. Bridges, Wednesday
night, at the Bryan-Rogers headquar-
tiers, to large and enthusiastic audi
ence of men and women. 1t was
mastery review OF the inequality OF
the tax levy since Statehood, and the
methods by which wealthy corpora
tions have escaped just share Of the
burden. He took Tor contrast the
counties having the larger cities, where
corporate wealth is entrenched, and
compared them with the largely agri-
cultural counties. King, Pierce and
Spokane were placed side BY side with
Whitman and Lincoln, and it was
shown that the assessment Of bonds
and stocks, shares OF banks, gas, wharf
and capital stock of insurance compa-
MES, ETC., in the populous centers OF
Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma, was a
mere bagatelle compared with the val
uations in counties largely rural and
not possessing 1.-THE OF their assets.
AS an instance, take the returns Of
Pierce and Whitman counties for 1895.
Pierce makes return OF bonds and
stocks, shares of banks, gas, wharf.
capital stock OF insurance companies,
ETC., of the pitiful sum OF $6,730, while
the county of Whitman, inhabited
mainly by farmers, with its few rural
banks, makes a return under the same
head of $4,000. The comparison
was made for several years, always re.
sulting in about the same extraordi-
nary showing. A like discrepancy
| was shown in the other corporate
stocks, notably the telephone and
electric light valuations. He and Mr..
Lewis had supposed when they visited
Whitman county that electricity would
shine from every fence post and tel
ephone receiver dangle from every
corn stalk. But they had based their
opinion upon official" returns instead
of cold facts, and were not prepared to
believe that figures could be made to
record such palpable lie. The whole
speech was replete with just such OBJ
ject-lessons based upon the State Aud
itor's report and other official doc
uments, every one OF which found a
lodgment in the memory of the large
audience. Its effect was apparent in
the enthusiasm which prevailed, amid
which an old soldier snatched the Nc.
Kinley button from his breast and
presented it to Mr.. Bridges, with the
remark that he had no further need
for it.
Mr.. Bridges is doing yeoman's work
for the Peoples cause. He is a typ.
ical son of toll; a man OF commanding
intelligence; true American citizen
the cadence of whose voice indicate.
honesty and sincerity. He possesses
a profound faith in his own election
and the success OF the whole State
ticket, a feeling that is shared by the
people wherever he has appeared.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23
Believes Bryan will be Elected.
Opinion of an Impartial Investi-
gator.


Henry George has faith in the cleo
ton OF Bryan. In letter to the
Examiner, dated New York, the 18th
inst, he says: al have come back to
New York over more than half the
continent to register my vote, and the
question that greets me is What do
you think of the outcome of the cleo
ton" Let me answer questions and
correspondents, one and all, through
the medium of the Examiner. l am
somewhat more confident, that Bryan
will carry the States that have been
considered doubtful, in the Central
West, and will be elected to the Presi.
dency. am liable to all the mistakes
OF man born Of woman, but it is my
opinion, founded after five weeks OF as
dilligent, cautious and dispassionate
effort as l am capable of making, to
discover the trend and strength OF the
tides OF political opinion now running
in that part of the country. This was
not my first opinion. On the con-
trary, it first seemed to me that Nc
Kinley, not Bryan, would carry the
Central West, but it is the matured
conviction with which 1 came back to
New York. And that the tide is set
ting more strongly towards Bryan !
am convinced"
On September 18th Mr.. Hearst re.
quested Mr.. George to make tour OF
the so-called doubtful States, and to
give the public the result OF his obser-
vations of the political conditions pre-.
vailing, and the ultimate prospect
whatever it might be. Mr.. George
realizing the political sympsthies and
hopes of his employer, refused to go
hut when assured that he was only re.
quired to state the exact truth as i,
was presented by conditions, he &C.
cepted the mission. There ia not the
slightest doubt but that the above
statement embodies an honest con.
victions from a prolonged personal in.
ves!igation made by one who could
not have been swerved from his origi
nal convictions except by the mos,
positive indications that they were
not based upon tensble grounds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23
Care in Voting.

From this time till the closing of the
polls November Sd, no opportunity
shoule be lost for instructing the voter
in the proper use of the ballot to ex-
press his will at the polls. While the
Australian system is admirably de-
singed to promote freedom of con-
Silence in the discharge of this impor-
tant duty, partisan legislation has en-
vironed it with SO many conditions,
any one of which may be held to be
vital by partisan judge, that it re-
quires hours of patient study of the
statute to determine just how to legally
manipulate the 4S-inch ballot provid-
ed by the powers that be for use of
their usually complaisant subjects.
A newly-discovered function of judges
seems to be, when the law does not 20
far enough to sustain a given object
the courts now exercise and perform
legislative functions, and enact as we'll
as cOnstrue and direct execution of
the law.
The late extra-judicial proceedings
by which Mayor Fawcett, of Tacoma,
was deprived of his Office, and his de-
feated Republican competitor installed
therein, is case Immediately in point.
Here over hundred votes were thrown
out for simply placing the X on the
left-hand side of the name, instead OF
to the right. 1t is not claimed that
these voters committed any but a
technical offensc to justify their dis
reimbursement. Still party necessity
required heroic measure and a Re-
publican Superior Judge of Pierce
county and the State Supreme Court
were equal to the emergency and the
will of the majority of our sister COM
monwealth-the essence of free gov
ernment-was ruthlessly set aside, to
perpetuate the rule of the office-hold-
ing class. The following injunctions
to Democrats are copied from a circu-
lar emanating from the campaign
committee:
Democrats and others who wish to
vote for the Bryan electors, be sure not
to place your Y after the words Demo-
Gratis Ticket" as that will count for the
Goldbug' electors. This Democratic
Ticket" is decoy duck to ensnare Bryan
Democrats.
All who wish to vote for the Bryan
electors place your X after the words
"People's party Ticket"
Be sure not to place your cross on the
left of any name, as the Superior Court
in the Orr VS.. Fawcett case threw out all
ballots, marked on the left side.
If you wish to vote for any person, on
any of the tickets, place your cross after
the name of the person you wish to vote
for.
By placing your X after the words
Peoples Party Ticket" as above, this
will be counted for every candidate on
it without any further crosses, unless
where you have specially placed cross
after the name of some candidate on one
of the other tickets, in which case it
will be counted for such candidate or
candidates.
Should you blur or mark your ticket
by accident in any way, get new
ticket from the judges of election; as if
there is am other mark or scratch upon
your ticket than the X it is liable to be
thrown out for Distinguishing mark"
Be sure and place your Y in the space
and not the line.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

at is unjust to coin tifty-three
cents worth of silver into dollar"
but according to Judge Burke, it is
right, just, patriotic, profitable and
sensible to coin forty cents worth OF
gold into a dollar. Gold is produced
for forty cents on the dollar at the
Treadwell mine. Did it ever occur to
you that if it cost dollar to mine a
gold dollar, mining corporations could
not declare dividends?
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Words Of Patriotism.

That there are many thousands ol
the old soldiers who are not tied to
Hanna's chariot wheel is shown by
occasional demonstrations for the
cause of the people. One OF these in
our own State, is the rally at Spo'
kane, where a Bryan club OF veterans
has been organized which is doing
valiant service in the campaign. An.
other will be observed in this city
Saturday, when the veterans belong
ing to the party of reform will assem-.
BILE to do honor to their comrade
Judge Lichtenberg.
Occasionally one of these veterans
exhibits the fire of bygone days and
expresses the courage OF his convic.
tions on the justice OF the cause OF the
people. Simeon Nixon, of the Penn.
splvania Union Veterans League is
one of these, and in an article in the
Butler Herald, he expresses senti.
ments that should be impressed on
the memory in letters of fire. The
great length OF the article and the late
day it appears, render it impossible to
reproduce it in full, but we quote
some of Mr.. Nixon's words, which
show that he is sharp.shooter in
words as he doubtless was with bullets
"Let us have peace" should be the
cry of every old soldier as it was of our
great General U. S. Grant. If we had
no millionaires We would have no riots.
Peace is only to be found in Justice.
" There is enough for all if no one had
too much" A graded income tax,
enough to insure peace forever, is
what the Union and Confederate soldier
should cast his ballot for 80 long AS he
lives.
We hear OF protection, Eyes, such pro-
lection as vultures give to lambs" The
vultures, the golden vultures Of the world,
have their candidate. The railroad
enemies of the poor man are giving the
cAo'O !" piCC pass W RO allu see MS
master. 1t is an insult to the soldiers of
both armies. We will worship no golden
calf. We want to be free. We spurn vour
bride. You have bribed our Congress,
our legislature, our judges with a free
pass, but the soldiers that marched from
Richmond to Gettysburg, from Atlantic
to the sea would rather walk with honor
than to accept your bride. Why not
bring over the royal family and the
Rothchilds, Morgan, Snee & Co. and
stand them up in Canton and call unon
the soldiers of this country. Stack arms |!
Parade rest! View the principles of
this conspiracy and then vote for their
agent, VIM. Mckinley.
Free silver means freedom from the
gold ring, the gold trust, the whiskey
trust, the railroad trust, the oil trust,
for Mckinley has the unanimous sun.
port of all these trusts.
The only trust that is for BRYAN ia
found on our silver coins, "In God we
trust" and with this motto on our BAN
ner the blue and the gray will march
side by side to battle against the great
whore of Babylon, the Mckinley gold
trust. Our enemies sing, "God save the
queen" but our music is God save
American liberty, free birth, free
thought, free silver and a free ballot,
while we grant free ride to our enemies
on the third OF November across the
great salt ocean to consult monarchy on
bimetallism.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

AT the "filled cheese" meeting in
the opera house, Saturday afternoon
the unlucky number thirteen" ap.
peared seated on the stage, and al.
though it was run as an annex to the
straight Republican party, the pictures
of Cleveland and Stevenson were con.
spicuously displayed in the decorations
of the stage.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23
THE oddities frequently assert TN,

THE goldites frequently assert that
interest rates are low in gold standard
countries. This, they say, has been a
gold standard nation for over twenty
years. (Some say for over fifty years.
Is interest low in Washington? 1t is
said to be low in New York, but five
per cent. now is dearer than ten Der
cent. was eight years ago because il
takes more labor and produce to pay
it. How strange that those who live
by lending money should work 80 hard
to cheaper interest!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

THE occupations of the men who
graced the platform at Judge Burke's
meeting show conclusively in whose
interest the gold campaign is con-
Quoted. Here are nine out of the
thirteen who were fgure-heads here
National banker, public official, capt.
talist, note shaver, warrant buyer,
corporation attorney, clerk to public
official and relative of note shaver
OF course, close distinctions are odious
but it is strange coincidence that
those whose incomes are fixed and
large, should find so much to applaud
in the proposition of the goldbugs to
elevate labor at their expense.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

being when he was candidate for
Congress at its head. That he voted
for John II. McGraw for the executive
OF this State four years ago, and used
his influence to induce other Demo
Gratis to do So, l. an open secret, and
for him tn assume to counsel the
staunch Democrats of Thurston is
about equal to Satan's attempt to cor
rupt the Saviour 10y offer of bride OF
the earth
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

THERE is quite furry among the
candidates on the Republican State
ticket over The MeGraw edict to sacri-
flee anything and everything to elect
Sullivan. They seem to think they
should have a finger in the pie" even
if the prospect of pulling out plum
is remote.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

IT seems exceedingly appropriate
that the cause of the people should be
denounced by the arch-infidel, Inger-
soil. He receives his pay down, how
ever; $4,000 night. No party that
attains power dare give him a position
on the civil list.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

A LETTER received by gentleman
OF this city from his father-in-law, who
resides in Arkansas, states that the
Republicans of that commonwealth
will not poll one-half the votes that
were cast for Harrison in 1892. As
the writer is Republican his estimate
is entitled to considerable credit.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

SATURDAY night. in Tacoma, the
largest pageant ever seen in that city
turned out to do honor to the Peoples
nominees on National, State and
county tickets. The procession was
20 minutes passing q given point. 1t
was fully twice as long as the boosted
Republican parade which took place a
few evenings before.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23
TERRIBLE CONFEDERATION

A TERRIBLE CONFEDERATION IN
ECUADoR.-At midnight of Monday
of last week one of those terrible con-
flagrations which shock the civilized
world occurred at Guyaquil, in the re-
public of Ecuador. Two thousand
homes were burned, $4,000, people
are homeless and $50,OO0,0OO worth OF
property was destroyed. Occurring as
it did at night many lives were lost,
and the living are reduced to the verge
of starvation from the scarcity of pro.
visions and inadequacy of the water
supply from the draft made ON the
reservoirs to subdue the flames.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

One of the silliest propositions ad-
vanced by the Jack Republican speaker
and by goldbugs generally is, that the
free coinage of silver would cause a
contraction of the currency by driving
gold out of circulation. At the same
time they assert that the silver dollar
would be deprecated dollar, which
means that it would buy but little, or
in other words, prices of produce
would be high. The goldbugs admit
the law of supply and demand; also
that it applies to money. Now it is in
order for them to show why the
scarcity of money will cause a cheap
ening or depreciation of it. 1t is also
in order for them to show why gold
would leave country where it COM
manded premium, to 60 to country
where it is only at par. The goldbug
philosophy is foolish philosophy, but
where is the goldbug who would take
his gold from the place where it was
valuable to a place where it was
cheap. According to Judge Burke,
war is the only refuge from the pres
ent deplorable conditions. After citing
the high prices that obtained during
and Immediately after all the great
wars, he stated that long period of
peace always resulted in over-produc-
ton and consequent low prices. Low
prices mean hard times to the pro-
Queer; profound peace brings low
ricpes; then Judge Burke's own logic
says war is a blessing. What phi
losophy to preach before intelligent
people! Wanton destruction of prop
erty panacea for hard times, yet
Judge Burke cannot escape the infer
ence from his own arguments. In de-
picting the suffering of loggers caused
by receiving pay in trade dollars, after
wards deprecated, Judge Burke forgot
to mention that trade dollars never
were legal tender. He also forgot to
mention that the legal tender dollar
of 4l24 grains was worth dollar at
the same time that the trade dollar of
APO grains was only worth 80 cents.
The little dollar bought the big dollar
and had 20 cents to spare. "But of
course you can't legislate value into
silver"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

WHILE Hanna pats Archbishop Ire.
land on the back for his late blunder
in meddling with American politics
he is holding out inducements" with
his other hand to the A. p. A. to knife
the Peoples candidates. Verify, the
Grand Duke is a man of infinite re.
sources.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23
ARTHUR VI. SEWEIL.
PEOPLES STATE NOMINATIONS.

Presidential Electors,
y. 7 CATION. Of Whitman.
l. y. MAXWELL, OF Whatcom.
JOHN B. HART. of King.
z. t. NEWMAN, OF spokane.
congressman.
JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS. of King.
". e. JONES, of spokane,
Governor.
JOHN Il. ROGERS, of Pierce.
Lieutenant GoVcrunr,
IHERSTON DANIELS. of Clarke.
Secretary of State,
WILL d. JENKINS, Of Whatcom.
Auditor,
NEAL CHEATAM, of Garfield,
Attorney General.
PATRICK HENRY WINSTON, OF Spoksn,
supreme Judge,
JAMES b. REAVlS, of Yakima.
State Printer,
GWIE HICKS, of Thurston.
Supt. of Public Instruction,
+. J. BROWN, of King.
Treasurer,
{. w. YOUNG, of Whitman.
Commissioner of Public Lands,
ROBERT BRIDGES, of King.
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Washington and Kansas.

lie I.-L has gone largely INTO the
cartoon business. In late issue of
that paper appeared the picture OF a
beautiful girl representing the State
of Washington"-which was very APP
propriate. She was seated on bench
in q garden, and beside her sat her
Romeo, in the shape of the Republi-
can conception OF a Populist-a man
with long beard, open mouth and
ragged clothes. In the background
was an emaciated female figure repre-
senting Kansas, who is made to utter
the following words: "Take care, take
care, little girl; he ruined me and he
will ruin yon." The intent is to
create the impression that Populistic
rule has ruined Kansas, by antagoniz-
ing capital and thus depreciating her
property values.
Now when we glance at this loss as
compared with the decline in this
State, under the prohigate and corrupt
McGraw rule, it looks as if the girls
might exchange places with evident
propriety. The loss to property val
ues in Kansas during the past three
years has been $19,120,O9G, and that
in this State for one-third that period
from 1898 to 1894, under McGraw's
rule, has been $57 1921, $3.50. Now when
it is considered that Kansas has three
times the population of this State and
double the assessed valuation, the alb.
surdity of quoting Bleeding Kansas
for an object-lesson is apparent. In
fact, the experience of many Other
States would have afforded much
better array of figures to sustain the
charge of profiigacy that has resulted
in "ruin" than Kansas, but these
States were not under Populistic con
troll and unsuited therefore to point
sound political moral. The warrant.
of that State go at par, while Wash
ington's can scarcely be sold at dis
count, under the "object lesson" die
ton of the goldbug Mckinley cam
paign operators. The State debt o
Kansas has been materially reduced
under popular rule, while the debt o
this State has increased $50 per cent.
nearly four times the constitutions
limit, under the administration of ]
H. McGraw. The effect has been t.
bankrupt many of our people wht
have been all their lives in easy cir
cumstances, to deplete our population
and to hang thousands of others OF
the verge of despair, whose only hop,
of safety lies in immediate relief
Our population has been growing
yearly less and the exodus has steadil,
increased as the utter hopelessness o
obtaining any relief from the office
holding party has been forced upor
the conviction of the people. 1t i
only the general uprising of the PEG
pie all over the country that give
hope of that renewal of cOnfidenc,
among the masses that will be tn
true harbinger of Prosperity.
| Let the man with the eye-glasse
and mustache occupy the seat on tn
bench with the skeleton figure in tn
background for a companion, and tn
cartoon will strike much nearer tn
actual truth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23

Tom PRATHER has again been
interviewed" by the Olympian.
What a great scheme it is to have an
Olympia Delphian Oracle to tap when
ever the "Heart bowed down" needs
an extra Hutteri
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23
The Hen Meeting at Tumwater.

The Tumwater meeting OF Mark |
Hanna gold standard women, with Il !
few ROSTERS" in the background, was
held yesterday afternoon. The gold
bug ladies OF Olympia attended in full
forcc-Somc twenty-five in number
including the wives of three or four
State officers who are candidates for
reelection, and the wives OF several of
our Supreme Court Judges, presum-
ably to prevent any criticisms of that
august tribunal. The women had as
aid and encourager, a Mr. Ross, said to
be candidate for Attorney General
or Wreckmaster. Although the meet
ing was well advertised by hand bills
announcing that Mrs Stork and other
ladies, as we'll as said Ross, would be
there to address the people on politics,
the attendance was not large, there
being some twenty-five or thirty wo-
men and girls and only thirteen men
and boys.
In the absence of managers or man
agement, Mrs. Owings of Olympia as
sumed the chair and presided with
grace and dignity. That she should
have to inquire the name of the can
didate who was to address them, as
we'll as the Office he was running for
was, of course, little embarrassing.
Mrs. Stork made a very pretty little
address about the riddle of the Sphinx,
but she showed her want of Knowledge
of the question she essayed to discuss
and made most ridiculous assertions
as for instance: "The liabilities OF
our government are six hundred mil
lions and its assets only one hundred
millions" And also: "An abundance
OF money makes everything cheap; the
more money We have the cheaper
Everything becomes" Her address
from political standpoint was a stu
pendous failure, but it was delivered
very sweetly, and as a recitation de.
served commentator. She concluded
with dialogue between n goldbue
whisky dealer and Nasty, showing how
potent whisky was to make politica,
converts.
| Mr.. Ross, in string of reckless
false and irrelevant statements, occu
pied about thirty minutes. The fol
lowing examples will serve as an indie,
to the whole of what he said: "Thert
is no money of the Constitution. NJ
nation has maintained n parity be
tween gold and silver" "The Dem
ocratic party adopted platform a
Ellensburg and subsequently rescindet
and withdrew it," But note the fol
lowing: "The people are prejudice(
/, against England and if we intend tt
avoid or reject the influence of tina
country in our legislative affairs, W,
must stop speaking the English Ian
guage," and much such talk tina
proves the probable truth of state
, ment he made, viz: al don't know
what came here for" and "My wifi
knows more about politics than 1 do.
The singing was excellent, and espe
cially that furnished by Miss Pende
CAST, Mrs. Cavanaugh and Mrs. Judg'
Hoyt.