The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01
APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS

ter representatives al Es,ssnshurg. as re
oave seen. deserted the party. Hssor-c
and ho1orei name. approved and esSo-
hsasd principles. have been aesandoAsa.
and 4 they persist IN ths course they nave
taken shey VIII hereafter. as row. ceIs's-
tufe a portions shamefaced and huHo4eo
cc-vsou-cf the FoputsSt pa-ty.
The election IN .sss as compared VITA
that % Is2. showed heavy loss by the
Democratic ssargy and 3 large gain by she
EopG4ssfe and il is certain that the fassss
OF me latter party nave been reS-st-Ssa
fresn the Democratic parry IN far gTeasss
Measure than they have from the ks2uo-
s.can party. The vote November foS
Palmer and Buckner VIII be small IL IS
probable that the number of sound money
Democrats in the state do not exceed qua.
and many Of these VIII vote directly for
the Mckinley electors. because they pe--
sasve i IS the most effective thing 20 Go.
But whether the whole number in the
state be s.etn, or more. or less, the question
to be considered and determined is: Shall
the Democratic party perfect its organ
ization in this states
/ hope and believe the answer will be
in the affirmative. There are but two
national parties in this country. the
Democratic and the Republican. BY this
mean 10 say that the only national poiiti-
cal issue which divides the American peo-
pie is the tariff question. and the two
great contending forces on this question
are the Democrats and the Republicans.
There are other parties in the field. claim
ing to be national. and having more or
less strength in the different states OF the
Union. but no argument. nothing more
than a suggestion. is needed TO show that
none of these have practical >ationai
policy. and. therefore. they will not only
fail TO gather such force as 10 enable any
afs hsp SIS ha nHa
rious struggle TO win national election.
but they are predestined to decay ana
death. I think Ii exceedingly douptIut
whether the Populists will ever again cut
a figure In presidential elections. They are
cutting a very poor figure in this one. ana
they would have cut none TO speak OF II
the Chicago convention had not advertised
to the world that 1t was ready TO trade
principles for votes The Populists nom
inee for vice president is making himself
ridiculous and the rank and file OF MS
party will ignore him IN November.
If Mr. Bryan could be elected the repre-
sentative men IN the PopuLst party would
be .'recogn.z ed," and in return they ana
their followers would agree TO csothe
themselves in the striped garments OF the
Bryan Democracy. But Bryan Will De de-
feated. The Republican party VIII aomsh-
lister the national government for the next
four years. And n the meantime the ma
t4onal Democratic party-a name wh-ca
adds a word, but neither lessons nor w.d-
ems the meaning of the old name-wliI
gather itself together and in 1900 the Old
fight against protective tariff VIII De re-
newed. As / said. this is the only positical
question. II is question OF national poll
icy that has divided the people OF TINS
country for more than 20 years 1t makes
an issue on which the great men in Amer
scan history have divided. Until II is set
fl.a1 staszy-s SS A
pace in our politics. This free coinage
matter that we are 10 d.sposet OF IN NO
yember is not a legitimate pollecai ISSUE
Patriotic and intelligent people see IN IT
and IN other utterances of the Chicago-St-
Louis-two- ply observation-disclosures concern SIM
ply threat against the honor ana the
stability of the government, and they IN
tend to so declare Their will in November
that we will never hear of il again.
The old fight will be on again IN 1900. Be-
fore that time l trust to see the people OF
this state come to realization OF the fact
that the tariff is the only national ISSUE,
that this issue IS made by the Democratic
party and the Republican party. and that
If We are TO take any part in the battle we
must RAINY, as conscience and Judgment
may dictate. under one banner or the other
of these great parties.
No man can be a strong man when That
fight is renewed who enlasculates himself
this year by voting for men who stand on
the Chicago platform, or for men who not
only indorse that platform, but are also
nominees for congressional and for state
Offices on the Popul.sts' ticket.
Whether, heretofore he has been DEM
ocrat or a Republican, IL he votes the Pop
ulst ticket next month he VIII find himself
heavily handicapped in any effort he may
make, IN the coming years, to secure popu-
lar confidence and support. The two great
national parties will stand face TO face in
the next presidential election. The Popu-
list party Will be dead and buried, so far
as national elections ana national issues
are concerned And in the contest that
will then be renewed upon the tariff ques-
ton the people on each side will push to
the front the men whose patriotism and
sound judgment cannot be Empugned by
referring 10 the pollbooks of 1896.
Beyond all manner of doubt the men who
controlled the Chicago convention, drew
up its platform, and nominated Bryan.
and the men who .ndorse its acton and
take a leading part in the present cam
paign have done and are doing all they can
TO make the name of Democracy hateful
and od-ous TO the people of this nation:
tiiose men are doomed to be discredited
and d.strusted. The only fact that makes
Z possible for the Democratic party to re-
store its shattered fortunes and secure
public confidence in this generation. is
that Its nohlest and its absest men, with
patriotism and an unselfishness that were
never surpassed. have denounced the ac-
ton OF that convention, have held another
convention. adopted a platform of Demo-
cratic principles. and nominated men for
president and vice president who could be
trusted to administer the government; and
that these men. sust aimed and supported
by the great mass of intelligent and con-
servative Democrats n the country. are
working with unfiagging zeal and energy
against the Chicago ticket This great
fact rescues the party from obloluy and
shame and demonstrates TO the American
people that true Democracy is a synonym
fcg al that rs good and noble IN poa.tsrs
0r Y