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

An audience that was made ND partly
OF ne puoileans and partly of fusionists
heII GOWN most OF the seats in the Arm,
oFF last night. This was shown hx. ,ha
!ac1 mat one portion would Veil itself
Aoarse when the name of Mckinley vas
heard, and the other secfion woa,I5 he1I
Win delight the mention of the name q,
bryan The speakers were DR. II. F
titus ana Judge j. ]. McGilvra, DR.. Titus
acting as chairman
As preiude 20 the Speaking an excel
Iehl musical programme was rendered
D Dan 1. II. Wagner gave a cornet
S'io' Red, White and Blue and in re-
Spouse 10 an encore rendered ..Suuanaa
river he Apollo quartette rendered
marx: the Trumpet Calls" In such good
style tnat recall rewarded their effort.
men they gave Sally in our Alley" in
grand opera style. Then Miss Lulu Bar
$50 peIte soprano. sang The Rel.
"i''e anu hiue in an artistic manner,
anu as the audience insisted on recalling
neF she pfopitiaied Il with an additional
s,ah-a, The Apollo quartette gave the
STAR pangIed Banner" and in response
10 the loud recall gave an additional stan
"a OF The patriotic song
TX titus, in mis- address. said, among
olhcr things, that he vas not Republic
al nor Democrat nor a Populist. He
vas an independent. If anything with
strong Ieanlngs toward the Populist party.
Inc speaker was an admirer OF Bryan be-
cause OF the gallant fight he had made,
ana because OF the undeserved abuse
which had been heaped upon him during
the campaign. The issue in this campaign
was rot free silver. but the irrepressible
conflict between the masses and the
classes
The speaker said he would refrain from
voting for bryan because the issuance of
silver at ratio of l6 10 / was a delusion
and snare. when the real ratio was 80
10 !. In order 10 save the Peoples party
for better things he would vote against
il. He thought the Peoples party was
in much the same position as the Repub-
lican party was when Fremont ran for
president, and the party was defeated.
Bryan was the Peoples party's Fremont.
IT'S Lincoln 20 fight the great battle for
humanity had not come yet 10 lead 1t TO
victory and TO make freemen OF slaves.
A vote for Bryan was compared 10 TAX
ing a leap IN the dark, with the chances
of a precipice, because Bryan's financial
theories had no, been tried and might
prove very disastrous 70 the country.
The whole argument for bi-metallisrn,"
said DR.. Titus, rests on the theory that
prices vary with the volume of money.
The most profound thinkers say that this
ia A theory that mas not been proven to be
adapted TO modern conditions OF ciyiliza-
Fion." For these and many other reasons
DR.. Titus said he would not vote Tor
Bryan.
This announcement was received with
applause, and a few scattered Kisses were
interm.ngled with the hand-clapp.ng.
After the Apollo quartette had rem
dered Lay Our Buruens Down" Judge
McGIvra delivered a logical and eloquent
address, among other things denoune-ng
the threat Of the Chicago platform 10 re-
organize the supreme court for partisan
purposes as both reasonable and anarch-
s:ic. The speaker claimed that II was
reasonable 10 denounce the president for
calling out troops to suppress riots and
disorder. He held that the money ques-
ton was not the real issue N this cam
paign, but that the tariff was. lie gave
facts and figures 20 show that The effect
OF the Democratic administration and the
Wilson bill have been 10 !mpover-sh the
peop.e. ruin American industries and in
crease the public debt. Ire CRY that there
was not enough money az the country was
fallacious when the people Of the nation
had SLIPS. 900 90 OF god. silver and paper.
He criticised the utte-ances OF Col. Lewis,
Charles : voorhees, and other Populst
orators lie closed with a appeal 10 his
aud.ence TO vote 1he Republican ticket
and save the state from the evils Of Pop
ul!st government.