The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-19
roprLrsr DEnATERs DENOUNCED.
Mayor Wood and Remsb~rS GUITAR
que Harden and Moe

Mayor Wood and Remsb~rz GUITAR
que Harden and Moe.
The Repgao.leans we're given surprise
AMI a complete victory al Tesier Ga Sa<-
.sFl&y evening" Early last week the RE-
ss4ollcans arranged for : rally. seesFins
tbs use of shs gsolIc sch0olhoase rosters
.xere glst - announcing tie meeting. Bat
w.hon Mayor Nillszza =. Wood and {. -
Tsesaa58gg. OF FremozE. tire SPEAKERS. ar
r.geNf. tnsy :0GnG s3Iat the Poyulists nad
also aryaaSxd Tor meeting AZ the same
pace aoG tlrRs. o4t having no ha.l IN
which g h9td their meeting, they pro
posed a DIVISION Of tns t-xae. and Inc Re
guolscaaz goosl-natgFs6ly consented. thas
giving .he ausisenee & surprise 10 the ma
iuge O. a joint discussion IL Was an
aoance4 that tbs slime would be aivs'ied
into goar equal parts. giving Ewo speakers
on each side forty five minutes apiece
Tho first speaker Vas Mayor Wood. who
oeo1lpsesd hls ilFae with statement OF con-
densed, tersa facts ard statistics, Freely
quoting he highest authorities he inter
sperzed ais remarks with a nnnsoer OF me
ia. iest kind OF su3ries. Illustrating aGmlra-
by The points ne was making, and then
he SAID that he by no means claimed 10
su0s all about the questions at issue, but
Il anyi5ody desired 70 ASK him any qaes-
ton be would answer IL 10 the best OF
ais ability. and al any rate. he ~oH.d
promptly give the conclusions he had ar
rived az. After urging the audience 10
auizz A4u. and receiving not a single re-
Spouse. he closed his address with line
tribute to the Republican party and Its
header, the industrial knight, William
~ sklnley.
Mayor Wood was followed 10y NJ. y. Har-
ben, who pat In forcEole language tie
usual free silver arguments Of MS party.
fic Vas not al al! disconnected and handled
himself Wei, considering that his audi
enee Was fogr-fifths against him. He
freely answered questions. bat had dlf-
ficu.ty in escaping the fact that all his
doctrine led TO the issuing Of nat money.
He likewise told some stories TO Illustrate
his points.
Thea came Ole r. Moe. who prefaced by
declaring this was the first time he had
spoken In this campaign. except in his ma
&ise Norwegian tongue He tried TO be
perfectly fair. but became very much
involved when Mayor Wood asked him
a few pointed questions on his peculiar
financial doctrine. In trying TO excuse
AltgeIa he exclaimed:
AS for anarchists. / would cite you to
Herr Nest, who is an anarchist and who
is also a goidbug.f
Quick as fash came from the audience
a dozen rejoimders, such as:
"Republlcans don't elect such men gov
erBars
'sftepablicans don't let such men run
their campaigns"
Republicans don't defend such men n
taeir national platforms"
Moe then switched of against the banks,
and then 4, was that Judge Woods ques-
lions gave him trouble. He soon after
c,osed 10y the statement that the United
States could coin al the silver OF the
whole world al Is 10 without hurting any
body
The last speaker Was Mr.. RemsbeTg,
ana although he has made many speeches
IN this and other campaigns he never APP
Fsarea TO bagter advantage than he did
IN this tat with the Populis;s. He was
perfectly AT home, and when The Populists
asked him hard questions his heavy. frank
votce shouted back:
II don't know"
This seemed several times like weaken
ing. but not DIT If it. In the next
breath he would say. but / do know"
and then wouid flow such stream Of
solid, everyday facts bearing on the case
that ths little schoolhouse would shake
with applause.
In telling ahont our coal mines being
e,osod ,iown or running Snort time on ac-
count % the absence Of a protective duty
Harden asked him what the duty was
thai haa been removed.
Il don't know"
Il VII tell you e you would like 10
know" said Harden. III WAS 30 cents
a ton. no You think that would make all
tie difference you claim"
"Wet.. my dear sir. IL has done so. hasn't
"a"
Then he showed how much coat had been
imported from Australia and even from
ta,na into the Saa Francisco market.
Sc consequence.
~ the result % the election depended on
Neslsr precinct. Saturday nights demon
~frA;iou soai3 certainly set at rest an
Go4ats oc Republican Success.
Hc<,er is the aooae % state Senator Y.
A. Plsty. chairman of The Republican
se1aty committee. who took the Rcp1b,ic-
an SPEAKERS an! a few friends from the
Fourth precinct % the Ninth wara with
hs accoss the iSSe from the university
grounds
Tao candidates weTe present at the
meeting, Edmond Meany. Republican
n4nlrC@ fov the legislature from the For
ff-thtr3 representative district. ana Paul
Land. foaaijsi norninee for the same Of
hee. NJ Meany dad nat take me floor.
ar Land AIT on fr0ut seat and pro-
ruialei q few question 20 Agr. Reras berg
WAo re@Tsl nfet $50 promptly and vigorously
ta.t the qnest:one~ StN t0dieA lnto silence.
l-2nd @eaid have appeared 20 much be-.
tfr aJva0t8Ee Il 80 ha3 remained a sulet.
+ea1rafW listener - the really good de-
tase waEci tvfere tse ass noled voters.