The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-11
A BURST OF POPULISM.
YxEI COINAGE ORATORS II POS-
SESSION or THE AEMoET.
nssAees and Lewis. the spike 1ssn ~
xspsAiatisa. Argue for Brysnis~-
One yugxfss VITA Assessment Zig
usss, shs Other Indsrses the Chicago
PIsef0rm-

s.es Of Cat noasy. Rob~rg Bridges and
lanes Hamilton Lewis. The meeting "zs
Advertised 70 begin a. % O'Clock c1i
Il was not called 20 order srfA treaty
MINUTES sster, A number O. nc vice pres
s51rss invIfec 20 st On Ise pa
fora were conspicuous By Eaeis sd
s@nrs among the 43sen-ees ce@hs
Edxzr1 csaysor. ST.. whose nA1as
WIS advertised al tas h@ac OF tas
LIST. There we're no vacant seats 10 iae
hal. the galleries were fan. and there s4s
sha usual crowd about TIRE doors Ar.
Bridges wax she nrst speaker: tns secons
was G. K Jsnner. TIE Chairman. VITO = as
unavaseaEly tate, and the tnIrd vas As-
Lewis. who ae<ea4s6 the Chicago pat
f7rrn aat ATTEMPTED 10 answer ta1 sDer~''
n Judge Thomas Burke IL. s'yskah1 20
srass we're tie TWO orators. seekers al
Office Lewis. the aesthetic Hfka s0s1e"
Iorks an. Asar1 whose iaodaols anao.aon
e. 20 be -asmays q gentleman Bfsdges.
~noxe beas. Is 10 De quite the reverse
~atn head elose-cropped and face SMOOTH
saayea but for a xsuDoy nastzche. aiss
whose delight L. 10 practice tie lAcoo1H'
In gesture and in spvecn.
.Ms ard The Post-InfeGsSsncer. as
bridges theme. and "a ceg0op.ss 40
thread OF MS discourse Bridges TAXED %
ms humble reporter rs though ne wTgs Nne
sglrsssns;oT % editorials, and as1G araa ~
a. the I1xi,t OF criticism Bridges nlsEsiFc
sensafsons ard downright fAssszssc<s1s aAo .<s
assessments He WAS awsH&rc-y ''ss~-aa
cal n bis manner o. procsSH1Se. 30" 80
shsr he would a3exe ngg-r3s afso saeh &c
wosd hand down 10 ;ae reporters laoe
q type written list, WIN the onseEf aLo.i'
There are the figures. i S1se them 70
xoss that the PoSt-I1tesnssEscsT nay Aos
oue time be correct" II sas bow hos,
biox cod" for within q fen minutes sc
xaz referring the audience 10 the mes OK
nc Post -IrstsL geFscer asking the people 10
read thea carefully. "a orsSsr that <hey
.yssgh. be correctly informed as 10 al
s4rrspss 20 reaGtust assessments OF per
sonaI property. II haven't time myself
Ae szid '.Duf look ap the papers and yoa
VIII And that what / say Is right TIE
Caring Inconsistency Of saying the Post
IntesExencsr was wrong When il dill not
suit hsEn. ard right = ocn y Cd sHii AN
evidently did not occur TO Bridges he
went on with q resteratlon OF The state
.nen;s that many times have been SHOWN
% bs untrue. saying he ~as prepared 10
hack them up. and was prepared 70 meet
eay Republican In discussion OF assess
,rests in this state. lie was frequently
arpLz Lsssd ard now and shfn Tts's" =
''oh." would be heard from some credS'
Jcsss xornan afsE ArsGge- 4S 4Fts = II
that the poor farmer of Lincoln Or Whit
man county PAID a trenss ndo1s tax. while
she banker OF King paid bat a pitfanee or
nothing az Al He closed with forclhis
sentence asou, 10000 guns 10 be touch
ed on with the IRE Of just Indignation.
and thereby land william Jennings Bryan
In the White house.
bridges descended TO The cheap and the
commonplace In handing those iypewrit-
ten slips 20 the reporters tables. said
man .; the door, after the juggling with
figures had been finished Ne" said an
other. s'he couldn'. descend 10 anything.
He tried to be as graceful as 'Bomoa-
s.a4 ysa~ ~ffxs zs~1<a ga
the campaign. Tut the people understand
Bridges. and u know that behind his
assumption OF fairness - concealed the
face Of derras ogue"
AZ the conclusion Of Mr. Bridges speech
II H. uolmes who rad been presi1ing.
stepped TO the front and introduced c. X.
Jenner IN the regular chairman.
Mr. yenner made q short speech. In
which be claimed that the people gathered
In s-srss lar~f numbers that they Nigh
right the ''criule OF iss3 Then he read
IN Anonymous communication which had
been handed TO Col. Lewis. ar. which
stated that the Republicans Intended 70
disturb the meeting while Col Lewis was
speaktnx He Invited those who intended
20 make a disturbance TO leave the hall
No one stirred Republicans do not dis
turb meetings. Popuiists DO thai. He In
sroesieei Col J. n. Lewis. Popocr@tsc
oan1iaate for congress.
Mr.. Lewis wss warmly greeted ard
srsoke for two ard . half hours his a.
dress was mainly devoted 20 repiving 20
TIE speech delivered by Judge Burke be-
fore TIE Sound Moasy ciao In this city
recentlw and to a defense 81 some os the
pianks Of raaa Chicago platform tha; have
Been most objected 70 arr criticised. He
also dssegsc3 the free courage % silver.
spoke favorsblx OK tie ~a-cent dollar. ard
DECLARED thai the tusionisss were neither
secgtor~lists no: rcpudsasors.
Among ether rhirgs TIRE speaker said
THAT nc had returned from a canvass OF
nearly every precinct in the state ard he
predicted sAag she fusion ticket would DC
elected b. q majority ~ - &c He hss-
Gaeroa%ly sast ,hAs ats partne~ during the
"trip Rad been DUBBED tn~ corpora ten do
>oarer While ne bad been given he para
6osiesl title of the silver kusght witt the
rosssen sagsk@rS. Thea re turned hiS at
ten.ion 20 Judge Burke. Anpoag other
.hsngs hs said that he thoaGhi The AS
time that Burke voted the Democratic
ticket was when be v0sua for himself for
delegate 20 congress. lie also sAkj that
Judge Burke As that sort Of Democrat
wssc supported every D@mocras ror o-ice
except those ssao were nominated by
Iresnccratgc conventions. Colonel Lewis
then t1-ok up tAsi part OF sae Chicago
gfsfarn n W4a3eh the cover; threat Il
mate 10 oHertaros the sfpFeme court He
BED fhat The people had the legal right
50 criticize the supreme court. ta&t no
body created ey s1se people cas- greater
tAan the aeopis uho created IS; and he
'iesa~ea tsat while the sapwsrne court had
been criticised Il had not been denounced
a. Il had sren ~ ghe Republican parsy.
T@ea Re msaac elaborate defense Of
that portion 90 ths Platform which de-
nsunces the preSsSsns fer sending troop.
tnEo a STATE where there was Disorder
without cali from the KsysraoS OF the
state. He held thst TIRE exercise - suea
spowes Uss 4 1snr,afs ~ Eataerfty
lie deuiej most empaatsczily teat the
fssicafs,s mere rrruisssi0aix1s- In con-
eiesson. be deprecated the cry % section
ss3sTa tEszr bad been raised. and n
gsskhettc wsnner painted tse present
E>etrtssssua % tncse usao had fought for
sAS ScsssasFa ConfsGeTacy- lie het3 thas
tae free coinage az silver woGls rsstore
inst metal - is original value. and
sceatsa the g3ss Of SQUAD money.
TIE meeting adjourned after ;hrec
cheers had been given for Ire speaker.