The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-29
N THE FIFTH.
Campaign Flrc@ Burn Brightly Conf
dent of Nfcfpf-y.


dent Of Victory.
A general feeling Of eiafi0n al the IN
-ziasiakaale signs o. Republican victory az
she eonigS election seemed - animate
toe meeting % tire F1fGh ward Republican
CLUB. hei1 last night. ard the bangneting
hail II tAe Masonic temple. wbich has Kit
nesse8 maHy gathering aouad together
~ fraternity. never has held a more earn
60 aHd sineeFe asseFnDiage than that
brought Together on enc occasion Of the
iazl meeting ~ THE >eguhiicans of the
Fifth ward before ihe election. Toe meet
Ing was called 10 order ~ Dr. A n Burns
president Of tlls club, VINO added fuel to
The fire of enthusiasm ia a speech which
he commenced b. quoting Grover tieEe-
land when de- said ut S a condition. not
a theory that confr0Bts u.s.. The city Of
Seattle and rs people are now - posi-
ton 10 stamp u as 4 conservakf business
proposition IS eiesstiuE a Republican ticket.
or blight IT'S future prospects by electing
10 aH administration 81 its affairs Pop
giist mayor who would bring with him
only the uncertainty attendant upon the
success Of that party wherever % has OBJ
tanned temporary power. Dr Burns re-
yicwest the growth ~ }hs city since the
fire. and spoke OF the commercial posi-
ilon Seattle occupies and the ciqviaoie
reputation u has obtained ia Eastern
money markets ''I'hs great buildings Of
nulh. n many cases 1y loans obtained In
Eastern CITIES. and these loans are stu
carried. with no attempt 10 hamper the
business movements of their owners" said
Or Burns. .canclasively showing the con-
fi1ence held ia seattle by Eastern brokers.
just 80 sure as fhe coming election re-
suits IN a Papuist victory. 50 sure will
these mortgages be foreclosed and the Of
forts Of some OF Our MOST enterprising bus
mess men 10 build city he all for naught.
The foreign credit Of the city viii be
ruined
Dr Burns address was loudly applaud
ed and the matter of his speech furnished
the key note of several eloquent talks by
prominent ms-nbcrs OF The club who fol-
lowed him
Judge Humphries was introduced and
stated IN opening that the present - a
campaign Of general interest. THE Re
publican party Of the city has nominated
a stronger ticket than ever before said
Judge Humphries lie then reviewed the
several conventions by the various parties
and factions OF the city. and characterized
tho amaiea OF the Democrats and
Populists as sell-out by the worst ele-
ment Of the Democratic party. "The best
element of the Democratic party will sup
port The Republican ticket as a business
proposition" said AIR Humphries Tie
then said that the ticket nominated by the
Republicans was an emphatic expression
of the office seeking the man: not the man
the Office The arguments advanced by
the Pnpullsts tQ,lefest the election Of the
Republican tict<t were taken up separate
~ and exploded one bv one and Mr.
Blacks interests ia Seattle were compared
with those az Or Jordan. 60 the disadvan-
tage OF The latter. Judge Humphrics was
followed IN rousiug speeches by Messrs.
! L. Green George r Raymond. 4 r.
Rawsou. ". X Fitzgerald &. : Osborne
and Delegate r II Hurd