The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-24
A POPULIST RALLY.
MILES c. MOORE AND CHARLES =.
VOORHEES, THE SPEAKERS.
Moore Believes We should Cultivate
the Good of Five silver Ceun-
uies-Noorhees Talks Again About
the Crime Of Iss3-Populists Cheer
TO Keep Up Their Courage.

The Armory was well filed last even
ing Of fusion audience that had assem-
Died 70 listen TO speeches by ex-Gov
Niles =. Moore. OF WaIla wasla and
Charles s Voorhees,. o. Spokane The
audience evidently felt keeniy the effect
OF the big Republican parade of Thurs
day night and tried TO hide their sorrow
o. cheering and applaudang to keep Up
tnelr nagging spirits. much in the same
mahner as q ooy whistles 10 keep up his
courage when passing a cemetery.
H. II Holmes called the Assem- elage to
order and announced thar there would
Be fusion parade on Monday night. and
ne invited All persons 10 participate in
the festivities on that occasion. Taen
NJ introduced DIR. G.. V. Calhoun as the
CHAIRMAN OF the-meeting. The latter then
introduced ex-Gov. Miles c. Moore.
MI Moore said he had not come TO the
meeting prepared 10 make speech. bat
would make few remarks. DR. Calhoun
had introduced him banker and he
explained that he was the owner of some
odnk stock. but that he was not in mucn
favor at present with the bankers for the
reason that he did not share their views
on the financial question. He could see
no good reason for this Fortunately lie
alc not need TO borrow any money at pres
ent, but he thought il he did that the
bankers would be 10th 10 lend il to him
Porter, called him statiStIcian, and then
spoke of the Oriental trade and di!ated
upon Its importance. Ii was better he
thought, 10 cater 10 the wishes and COM
meree OF the COO, 600 900 or 100000 nCO silver
using people whose countries front on the
Paciac ocean, than 10 cultivate a few jew
ism bankers in Lombard street London
IN order 10 secure the opulent trade of
the Orient the first thing to be done was to
tSs2DISh a in hat -.-44y
theirs He also advocated a reciprocity
system in trading with the Orient so that
IL they let in our goods free We could do
the same with them.
Mr.. Moore reviewed the financial system
of the country. and the axiom which he
ueduced from his arguments was that il
was impossible 10 maintain a gold stand
ard upon borrowed money
Hon. Charles s. Voorhees, was next in
troduced. He spoke for about two hours.
and ne was frequently interrupted by APP
plause. Mr.. Voorhees, reviewed the fiuan-
cial legislation of the country. and said
the effect of that legislation had been TO
steadily make the rich richer and the
poor poorer. He denounced the act of
ls2 which prevented the green5ack from
ceing used to pay customs duties on i'm
ports and for bonds and notes BY this
act. he said, the government dlscredited
It's own offspring. and its effect was that
only from 40 TO 60 cents on the dollar. He
also denounced the act of 1859. entitled
an act TO strengthen the public credit
This provided that the 81 500 600 OlD of
bonds should be paid in metallic coin"
He held that the bordholders had maid
for these bonds in money that was worth
about 60 cents on the dollar. and that the
act added one-third to the value
of the bonds, and that these bonds
should be paid in gold and silver coined
at the ratio OF lG TO l. Then came the
crime of 1873" when the idea was carried
out OF taking away the money power OF
one-half Of the money OF the country. Mr.
Voorhees, denounced the act OF 1873 as
one OF the most monstrous that f.ld ever
been committed, and predicted that the
American people would have n new Inde-
pendence day in the year of our Lord 1896.
when they would regain their lost liber-
ties by the selection OF William Jennings
BRYAN president OF the United States
Mr.. VOORHEES, devoted considerable at
tention to Hon. Ben Butterworth. who
spoke at the Armory on Friday Nght. He
claimed that Mr.. Butterworth was..sormer-
" silver man, but that he had visited
Canton. Ohio, had seen Mckinley ard
Mark Hanna, and that change had come
over his views
He placed Garfield. Butterworth. Score
tary Carlisle. Blaine. Ingersoll. Bismarck
anu oNHfiS On what ne F3lAtO the St1NI,
and tried 10 prove by their utterances
that they favored the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver al the ratio of Is to |.
Then he gave sarcastic description OF
the pIgriuages 70 Canton and said there
wa' quite a difference between Mckinley
sitting in his garden and Bryan speaking
throughout the country. He warned his
auditors that their employers were try
ing to coerce them into voting for McKtn-
ley, and said, though this was denied. he
thought that the attempted intimida ton
was nevertheless a fact. He was very
ths nkful therefore. that the Australian
election law protected the voters so that
they could cast their ballots as they
pleased.
Mr., VOORHEES, put In a good word for !
James Hamilton Lewis and William G.
jones. and said that they. too, should be
elected in order to help sustain the hands
OF Bryan in carrying on his financial re- i
forms" He also said that II perchance
the fusionists were defeated in the COM
ing election they would keep up the asita-
ton Tor four years AID try again TO elect
a silver president