The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-23

Garner are ofsen ore. Seventy per ce.r..
OF the people % rhe United States earn
wages and receive salaries. Mr.. Bryan's
success woald al one blow strike Of half
the value Of the earnings or these men
In truth. IN their attempt 20 stir Nd
what they are pleased 10 call class hair a
and 70 arouse ere set Of American cIti-
zsns against another Mr.. Bryan and his
colleagues are rapidly finding cut that
rhesr doctrines lead them into queer posi-
tiozs-, IL you try 20 help one class by al
ioSsng /. TO rep1issse its debts and cut
Down the wages OF labor and then rs an
offset offer 10 the laborer free riot. ali
yoa do IS 70 insure the degradation OF ey-
cry class in the community
Preach Sectional Hatred.
Mr. Bryan and his supporters. Messrs.
Aifgsld. T3ilman and the rest. preach not
merely class hatred. but sectional hatr,f
They strive 10 make you people or the
mighty West believe that we. your brossl-
ers in blood and feeling. whose homes are
IN the East. are alien in interest to YOU
Mr.. Bryan speaks of the East as the enc
my's country The other day in address
irg great New York audience was ap-
r'aaded 10 the echo when l said that |
was an American first and New Yorker
second, and all the better New YORKER
because ! was an American first. You AM
i. my brothers, know no North OF South.
no East nor West We are Americans and
that is all. In the Civil War when the
men of New England manned the ships of
Farraglt. what cared they that the great
admiral was born in Tennessee? Do you
suppose that the men from the farms. ana
workshops of the Northeast in the Army
or the Potomac wasted thoaghf on The
fact that the silent soldier who led them
20 victory came from Illinois,
We Republicans, We. the men or iAe
nf II md N "A
and Sumner ard Chase. though we take
ctr leaders from any section OF the coaH-
try, as matter of fact more often ana
them in the West than in the East. About
mat We care absolutely nothing. so iorS
as they are good Americans. into whose
hands it is safe TO entrist the interests
of America They talk of the East "a be-
ing hostile to the West IN this campaign.
We OF the East glory in the West All
that the East asks now is 10 do as X 80
often has done before, and help place a
Westerner in the White House Twice
We Republicans of the East have gwen
every electoral vote we could controi 10
sons OF Illinois, twice TO sons OF ohio ana
once TO a san of Indiana, and now all THAI
we ask is that through our votes We may
be able to put in the White House son
OF Ohio, who is more than son or ONO
bec@ use ne is an American who has fousht
for the country in war. who has served II
in peace. who was nominated because ne
stood as the embodiuent OF the principles
OF his party. and who will be elected De-
cause he stands for all that Is highest,
best and most honorable in American are
at this crisis of the fate of America
Campaign Of Moral Issues.
1--WE believe that this campaign should
be waged on the moral. even more than
the material, issue. Mr. Bryan and Mr.
Aigeld are the embodiments or the two
principles which our adversaries desire 10
see triumph: and in their ultimate ahaiS-
sis these principles are merely the mega
tons of the two commandments-'Fh
shalt not steal and Thou shalt DO no
murder Mr. Bryan champions that sys-
tenn of dishonesty which would steal from
the creditors of the nation half or what
they have in good faith loaned ana from
the workingmen OF the nation nalt Oh
what by their honest toll they nave
earned. Mr.. Alleged cordones and en-
esurages the most infamous OF murders
and denouuces the federal government
and the supreme court for interfering TO
put a stop TO the bloody lawlessness
which would result in worse than murder.
Both of them would substitute for the
government of Washington and Lincoln
for the system of orderly liberty which
we Inherit from our forefathers and which
We desire to bequeath to our sons. a red
welter of Ia wlessness and dishonesty as
fantastic and as vicious as the Paris COM
mune itself Turning aside from the
American principles OF government. re-
pudiating everything which has made the
name of America a symbol OF hope among
nations. they seek to substitute crazy
fabric, patched up from the WORKOUT the
cries of every European dreamer and agi-
tator.
Appeals to Men as Americans.
1--WE appeal 10 no class and to no sec
ton: we appeal 10 all the citizens of this
land alike. merely Americans. East
erner and WeSterner. Ncrtherner and
Southerner merchant and clerk, farmer
and farm Iaborer. manufacturer and
wOrkingman, we ask you to stand togeth-
er as Americans. jealous OF the honor OF
your country and indignant at those who
propose to drag that honor in the dust.
We ask you to stand for decent govern
ment and the honest payment of debts.
We ask you to set your faces against
that spirit of iawless mob violence which
could in the end produce nothing but an
archy: anarchy, the handmai6en and sure
herald OF tyranny We ask YOU TO vote
against Mr.. Bryan. not merely because
his success would mean the impoyerish-
nent Of the poor and the trouble of the
rich the breaking up OF homes, the de-
spair % strong men. and the hungry mis-
cry OF the women and children, but be-
cause the laws OF right and justice bid
you 10 oppose him. We ask you 10 declare
for the payment OF honest debts and for
the suppression OF lawless mohs. not
merely because il - expedsnt. but be-
cause II Is right Ne nation can long hold
It's place in the world If II does not strive
10 tive up 10 A lofty moral ideal: and we
ask you 10 join in the overthrow OF the
enemies Of American honor and OF Ameri-
can liberty. because every principle Of
sound morality bids You TO take such ac-
ton
Riddle.