The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-15
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There are quite . number Of people In
- WEST who. while not particularly TN
bued with free silver IDEAS. Jet feel con-
Siderable rsseutasnt against the Eastern
haaped upon this eecfioa OF TIE country
~ 5000 - ths Influential papers daring
ahs arss scare cccasioaed by tho sky
eoekst snanner in which Mr.. Bryan's cam
paign epsnsdL II certainty did not II shs
onast tend towards making sAxy Tbs task
q those Who wers sndsasori0g to spread
- Gospei Of SQUAD money in the Western
otn3ea. TO have 10 contend vita the nasu-
- feelings Of resensmen. eccssiensd
anong the psopis b. the numerous vicious
olnss east upoa the West By the Eastern
a1vecatss 81 the sams doctrinea Had
GAsss Journals pursued the same policy
GAssughout the campaign. the sectional
nnslin6 thus aroused. and which the Bry-
onitss ssduiousiy sought to cultivate.
mould have been . much uors difficult
Ohng 70 deal with than the silver craze
ooDslk. In fact. 20 this day . considerable
oertion Of the strength Of the free silver
0evemsnt u due more to an expression OF
ehAs ssssntmsnt than to attachment 20 the
sasss u ''cAeap doliArs."
Even II this late date IL may be well TO
Dumtnd the Eastern critics OF the West
shak the fact Of the growth Of strong
6rss silver sentiment here was not because
- ignorance. or crankism. bat was due 10
. vssy great extent 10 the lac, that the
people OF the West take . much more
active and intelligent interest In questions
Of political economy ana thu science of
government than tha average Eastern
man. The free silver sentiment had It's
growth In the West through the eagerness
with which the people here seize upon all
opportunities 10 infoym themselves For
gears The West has been flooded with free
silver literature The pisuzshse arxa-
0ents IN favor Of cheap money have been
- every hand. supported often by manu-
eAetuSed testimony. which in the absence
u any authxstastvs deniais, WAS az
oepeed - truA was read by men Of al
oaasses. and read rnasrstandingly. To SAP
ehat thsrs was . great movement; In she
Wst toward free silver was simply to say
that the people OF the West had studied
~ economic question with the beat aa-
ehcsities at their command That there
0as not corresponding sentiment in the
EAst as the same time was because the
Daas OF the people or ths East naia no at
esatiea TO The subject at all. BY the tIrre
ehs movement had received sufficient
Roadway to Be recognized IN TIE East. the
advocates Of sound money had COM
usenced 10 Put forward their popular
pamphlets on The coinage question. ana
thus those In the Eas. who sought 10 In
form themselves had beth sad.s from
Which 10 choose Having bad for years
but enc s.de az the question presented -
them. u was bat na:ura, that the people
Of The West should tzrlins 90 thar side,
and Il h neither . rejection ON their Intel
GEsncs nor their honesty that they al go.
II 10 only within a comparatively sslss
period that the people - the West Asye
tesa Afforded an opportunity 10 study
beth sides es tia question. since whsca
cAsa the cause OF free ssiver has rsastsy
eeesined. TIE task has been harder her.
ehAa 10 tia East. fer there The question
tas only been 20 secure are decision 81
IN unprStuaiesi voter 90 qaestsos as 10
whleh both SIDES are presented &c hsr.s al
snss ana fer the srst tiaae. Here ghs rcss-
has 20 retrsee his stees. 70 free bis sss.na
fsrm rreeaaceivsl IDEAS ara prcsa.lesz
which - has lmAshei rrvzn prsvseas read.
Tag. 60 admit ira; re has enefs .,snsn.
formed as % facts ara nstssea ~ sorAfs-
srses That thousands have 8ans sAs.. We
thsnk sreAks highly OF tAesr interference
and faisraiase4neas. far every ssussas az
taraan nature kaoss thas &. II oas Af ths
hardest shsaEs in TIE ward 70 ssss.se. q
ran 90 aek1owie.gs asHsss't nss;sksn.
ana to admit tia; what ne has believed
90 hs as sseck - saew se'9e "a ssYngfy a
steek Of failaeiez an9 ernur. Had con-
Sstions sesa reversed. kss tas advocates
es ssaas fasnsy hesa as active as sae .s-
~eSates az free sslver n putting tasa- ar
9umesss wisnin ressa ef sAe seekers altar
tsswlssgs throughout tie wees. II "a
quite certain ssss tie "svse ..sssr craze.
~cala never aAss reached ne vrspe-ster,
whsSh II ess rsw snenshs ssaee aas III.
Chscago p,afferra weasa aevsx h@v. been
kaa. urea ,ss present isnes.
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