The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-04
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CfyE1za- July @--Er@ctEl-LAs capacity
q Ofynpia.s venerable city hall xss Sc
vsreiy tested tonight a tAs occasion o.
II. meeting held BY tee Republicans 70
rzzlfy sAs work OF the 81 Louis eonvee-
tlon- The gathering was ar enthusiasts
ere. ani .ae short speeches maze by .
number % Iccal orators were heartily -e-
cesve1- ~. Il Cwz5gs. one Of the hrss
called Congratulated the country Ar5 the
party o. the success Of the Republican na-
fion&l convention. he believed they then
an1 there organized for victory. The lis
affection OF few silver advocates amount
81 TO zext 70 nothing There was not .
-aa among them said the speaker, but
had received more toncrs AZ the hands Of
the Republican party than he had ever
bro1ghr 10 II The few delegates thai
Withdrew from the convention from Ne
va1a- Montana ard Utah had their places
promptly flied with alte-nares from their
OWE states The delegates from Idaho. and
Colorado. even admitting that tAoseetAtes
VIII rot return Mckinley electors VII
scarcely be missed O. course !t was .
great pity that the fcrxy-rhree states ..
this grez; rsp15lsc could not surrender
t5str conTtcttons 20 those two small srAteA
OF the leaders OF this bolt. they were sena-
tors whose terms were about 10 expire, and
they were arranging their fences for re-
turn There was bat one man OF any con-
sequence. This ran, Mr.. Teller, the
speaker said ne knew very well personally,
and believed him 10 be sincere in his cor-
v1cfions. but the fact % bis being honest
does not eetrset from the error be has
committed Mr.. Teller left Illinois IL 1861.
when a war cloud was gathering Old
Glory had been fred upon az Sumter. At
that time there were tens OF thousands OF
tia brightest ard best men IL Illinois Of
Mr. TelleTs age who graspe1 their mus
k4ts and went TO the front. Whether or
not Teller WAS Of Quaker extraction and
opposed TO Har the colonel could not say,
but certain IL was that the great silver
leader hies himsek TO the Rocky mount
aims and engaged IN the practice OF law.
For twenty years al the hands Of the Re
publican party he has held seat IN the
tinted states senate, and however yirtu-
Gus be may be. he has received ter honors
from his Old party where he has bestowed
one. Tne assumption that the Republican
party had departed from its former record
on the financial question the speaker sad
was not true "A liberal reading OF the
party's financial declaration shows that II
Is unaltsrsbly opposed 70 silver stand
ara also opposed 10 a gold standard aad
tie party Is pledged 10 take al honorable
means 10 secure b.-metallisEn. with cl-ca-
lation OF both gold and silver at a parity.
The practical road 10 that end Is the pres
eEs, gSld standard Only few years ago
the Democratic party complained OF the
ration having too much money % ala
she Popglsts. This was under the visa
policy or protection. AMI the speaker asked
bis hearers 10 vote the Republican tIcke,
ana secure return 70 prosperity and hap
piness.
Leading Up TO a tribute 20 Mckinley.
John A Rea delivered q few short SEN
fences Admitting there WAS a campaign
ahead. he said: The Republican party
was rocked n the cradle OF stormy con,ro-
versy- X vas right then II Is right now
In the nominee OF the ST. Louis convention
every presldent--naksr didn't get his favor
te. Wiser than all the bosses is the sense
of the psopIe- Lowell in unrfvaIea verse
hailed Lincoln as the first American. new
pirsn OF our new SOL or thai type Is thu
private soldier OF Canton" Again he
said. quoting Emory Siorrs' Iacon,c suloxv
or Blaine: Mckinley is an is-er. not a
has-been- I'm private use he Is
above cersure or reproach- II public life
ne Is fearless and incoTruptfble In all ths
civic virtues he is the noblest type Of the
last decade OF the retreating century. In
hts surprising career he has always kept
close to the people-his ear near the heart
beat OF his neighbors. Therefore his I'M
bounded popularity. as the dispatches from
Canton daily attest"
A j. E'alknor declared that he believed
the free coinage OF silver would be for ths
good OK the many and would be the right
ing or great wrong. bat he had no dispo-
sition TO leave his party. He gave as his
reasons for staying with the Republican
party, the importance % the tarfr .ssus
The Free Silver Republican party Is going
10 90 the cause OF silver a great deal OF
harm The Republican party m the past
lad solved great questions correctly ara
he was willing 20 trust " cow
John r. Convey made an entertaining
speech on the work OF the convention, and
was followed by others. who MAJ. .h,r~
and plthy talks