The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-08
THAT ALLEGED CRIME.

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To the Editor. To cue who has resided
IN the state Of Washington for the past
fourteen years and seen the wonderful de-
veicprenf tn population ard wealth AAar
has marked the progress OF those years X
ig source OF deep perpiex5ty hoE any
member Of the community. possessing tze
slightest pride In this glorious young
serrafnfne . single hope for its future. can
possibly contribute by voice or vote 20 IRE
success Of Mr.. Bryan or the conxiorserats
AGGREGATION that IL en1ezvo~sng to pct
Washington n the s&re category with
those states that have suffered the hzsssal
effects OF Populsstic rsis-Ule. Our national
and state honor demands that al loyal
the Republican party ard the p~incfples
expressed tn Its platform II the present
time than ever before
The Popocrz-s clasm-and II Is their
chief stock In trade--hat our present in
dussr;aI distress 10 chargeahse 10 the
crime OF -. and prescribe as q restoring
tonic an application OF free silver. free
prerne court and q general destruction q
free government, Ii Is passing strange
that this biood-curdf:ng crime should
Just now come 10 light. after the lapse OF
50 many years. and. stranger stu. that
the suffering II In guilty of creating was
not felt about the time the outrage was
committed But can the revision Of the
rniating iaws-which was the extent Of the
crime complained os-be charged a. the
cause OF the present business stagnafiong
Surely no people are In o position to more
fully realize the force OF this claim than
the older residents OF the new states OF
the great West Look at our own state as
q conspicuous illustration Of this conten-
ton Compare the condition OF the Wash
ington OF today with what It was twenty
years ago. Had the "crime Of ~ been OF
such potency In working ruin. az Is
claimed, is there single ressden; Of
Washington who believes that this state
would have been what II u at the present
timer Tho people OF the sfate OF Wash
ington. those who have seen the broad and
fertile prairies I'll UP with an energetic.
Industrious and progressive population.
and the dense wilderness disappear before
the AK of the pioneer; the virgin soil 10
surprise the husbandman with the ahund-
snce of Its productiysness. the waters OF
its incompatible harbors float the argosies
Of all nations. and grand cities and thriy-
Ing towns and ambitious villages spring
Up on every hand. have no right TO lay the
burden OF their present distress at the
foot OF the alleged crime OF ID lac man
VINO has spent years In this state Is not to
be led astray by the cry of silver deuonef-
ixation. when he knows that there are
other and far more important issues In
this campaign than the demand for the
manufacturing Of cheap dollars and cor
responding reduction OF wages.
To the residents of Washington this fad
for more silver il a new feature In the pot
upon this subject from 1873 10 1855. during
which time the United States reveied In
the greatest prosperity ever enjoyed by
any nation, while the territories Of the
West made a growth as marvellous as the
wonders produced by the touch OF Alad-
din's lamp. and FASTENED to statehood
with a precipitancy that was proof of
development in population and wealth
more rapid than ever before known When
Seattle and Tacoma and Spokane and
other cities were hives OF industry: when
their broad and beautiful tkoroughfares
we're Uttered and made almost impossible
by mountains Of building material: when
the gladstone ring OF the trowel and the
cheerful reverberating thud OF the ham,
mer produced symphony sweeter than
the strains Of celestial music: when the
smile born OF ccntentTnent lit the face OF
labor; when toll was well reqGsfed and
idlentss only the choice Of the iaborer:
when progress and prosperity travelled
hand in hand. all under the benehcent con-
ditions synonymous with Republican ad-
minsstration. the "cr!me OF 10 did not
canoe. the shrek of the silver mono
metailist was not heard In the land and the
astuie champion Of the white and light
metal was not trying to make the credu-
ious believe that the panacea for hard
times was the money and wages OF Mex
leo, China and Japan After having ex-
hausted four years ago the alluring temp
tation OF free trade and sI.s5 wheat, free
silver is now the cry TO work on the ere
dulity OF our people and draw attention
from those other and more vital issues
that made happy and contented the wage
Garner, the farmer and the business man
In the heyday OF our nations prosperity
and greatness. And until the same good
laws are once more administered by the
Republican party the present gloomy
shadow OF hard times. depression and
disturbed business conditions VIII continue
TO hang over the country.
A READER