The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-02
"GoATs..


| different ends. 10 an event OF no ordinary
| Importance. and the public acknowledge
| nent that IL II q new factor ~ work
naturally necezsitates calling into use
some new term which win clearly des-
| iSnats and aptiy At Il a . recognises
combination OF elements brought togsthsr
for q common purpose.
The Democratic convention which -
Gently met in Chicago was curious IN its
makeup and intense in its thoughts. fesa-
ings and actions. The conservatism OF the
| oid-time Jsfersonian Democracy was
thrown aside and in rs place there ruled
the so-caled new DeEnocracy-ths party
| OF novel ideas. advanced notions. and
new sociological and economic idiosyncra-
cses. II pretended to remain true TO Dem
ocracy. yet In its actions and assertions
boldly and Intentionally crsspassed on tho
territory OF Populism, and. as . result Of
its iabors. presented candidate and plat
form so thoroughly objectionable to the
Democracy OF the straight-laced variety
that the work OF the convention has besn
repudiated far and wide. Tho Populistic-
Democrats ruled the gathering. A DEM
ocra;ic Populisf was named ~ q stand
ard bearer and the platform adopted.
while uttered in the name of Democracy.
Is Populist in text and tenor.
A mass OF people, hitherto belonging To
different political organizations, saw In
tbs doctrines proclaimed something which
they could indorse. and they have nocked
together under the new banner What
this unique political amalEamation Of
those who were neither Democrats nor
Popuiisss of the Simon-Pure order should
be called was undetermined until the
Chicago Timcs-Heratd relieved the sus-
pense. and by an easy yet natural oom-
bination of terms brought these Dems-
ra;ic-Populists and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
together under the euphonious title of
Popozau. Language IL not violated,
roots, stems and endings suffer no wrench
and the coat fits like glove. The Times
Herald rs entitled to unstinted praise for
semi-publio service wen and ably per-
formed
But an even greater undertaking re-
mains yet unfinished. Another contingent
OF our body polite is wandering about,
not aimlessly perhaps, but with no GER
tain parentage, little hope of posterity
and a rather pltiabIe tendency TO main
tain life ana draw fattenins sussenance
from something to which by the laws OF
nature 1t does not belong. This Is the
nameiess entity, the protoplasmic germ
of which was created when Senator Teller
and his associates marched out Of the
Republican convention in the city OF ST.
Louis. II cannot be denied that other Re-
pnbIicans have joined them. and they have
in different sections become sufficiently
ambitious TO call themselves by some dis
tinetIve name. But localities differ and
there seems TO be no common agreement
as 10 the term by which posterity shall
speak OF them. sllverites Is too general.
TeIlerites too personal. free silver Repub-
leans a species of partial larceny. free
coinage men not sufficiently particulariz-
Ing. What. then shall they be called!
We suggest Goats
Thls political term presents itself not
only through play OF words and an as
sociation OF ideas. but because there are
welghty geological considerations which
warrant its use. When the stalwart lttls
band of silver men marched out OF the
Republican convention. It was with the
deliberate determination to go 1t alone.
Even rude spectator cried out. GO 1t,
snd be id" They decided not only 10
20 Il. but 10 60 at it persistently. Go at
suggests goat. but VIII such title reached
in such round about and irrstiona way,
prove adequate TO the demands Of this
peculiar oecaslon9 Unqusstlonably.
Il vas demonstrated early that the sill
yer ssceders from the Republican ranks
had fully resolved TO butt against tbs
party with which they formerly had been
associated That they we're hesdstrong
VS. evident from the aTst, and for this
reason they have long since been regard
sa as being IN peculiarly bad odog. II
they are Goats their svowed intention TO
support william J. Bryan can leave no
question as 20 the propristy Of designating
them as BILLY Goats" and as the well
rnatnred billy is the proud posscssor Of
growth OF whiskerz which would do
srcais 70 the most luxuriAntiy P~rerizee
BRYAN Popnlis, in the land. the term
must be acknowledged as comprehensive
and pat.
These free silver Republican separatists
would TAIN draw sharply the distinction
between themselves ana others snt per-
haps no clearer tire % aemarcsuon Is
Imaginable than ths; supposed 10 have
been drawn between the shee, and the
goats. Moreover. they originally hailed
| from shst part % tbs country where the
4 silver miner enjoys the eounpsnienshSp q
I that species 9. goat which hixA Up %
/ tAs mountain. ekes cut a living a. slti-
tste. where an advise Providence has
I efs.r4sutes rocks ard blades CO grass Ia
iAe ratio OF about 10 20 !
Any ons who has seen a goat eat VIII
admit that ne = a better. Then. too, =.
Is pioneer n sse free coinage business.
/ aea for aE~s h2x been abs 20 r1aint2t,
/ a. narsry silver. geld. COPPER, iron. tn.
! glass. leather an. every known sasstAag.
TIA, las ever been used AZ money ~ q
civilized o. an-sytsred people. In this re-
saect he "a perhaps IN G9vaEes % the raosa-
en- silver American who possesses some
9, as cAa-ac.~~.Ssscs. bat trey may all
/ Gene - rs way o. thinking Ar. r. tine
saecsea n keeping Superior and lateTtor
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