The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-15
CEDAR MOUNTAIN DEBATE.
Gay Takes = Fall Out Of . PoDui1st
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN Fas
ver of the Poor.

The Rspahssean county committee as
signed W r. Gay for a meeting az Ce-
d.1r mountain Tuesday night AZ the time
This assignment vas made the COMMITTEES
did not knos that she Popalizts haA also
advertised for = meeting on the - rae mig ne
at the same place their meefing 90 be adj
dressed By Alex r. Jones'. The two speak
ars met at Cedar Mountain and In q
friendly spirit agreed 10 divide the time.
IL vas found that the P3puIlst meeting
lad been advertised first. and IL was
therefore agreed that Mr. Jones should
bate. tse Popuils.s 90 have the chairman
and other officers The agreement was
that an hour aad a half should be al
lowed each s.Ese, an hour and quarter
Ia Dir. Jones TO open. an hour and a naH
for Mr.. Gay 20 answer, and fifteen mln-
rles for Mr.. Jones TO reply.
IA ais opening remarks Mr.. Jones del.v-
cred the ordinary Popussst speech, he
himself being a popuifst of long standing
The speech was well resolved by the Pop
niists. He dssst in the usual manner upon
the alleged crime OF 1873. the falling OF
prices. and turned prophet. predicting
what would happen II today the govern
ment were to change It's ,eiicy and adopt
free coinage and aitempt TO give 10 silver
a value different from that OF commerce
and market
Mr.. Gay In his reply spoke few mo-
menis less than an hour and half He
showed the importance OF the word free
how IL has been used by the Democrats.
including Mar. Bryan. four years ago. In
the election Of Mr.. Cleveland and on the
ISSUE OF free trade" He showed how
the country had failed TO prosper. and
shEt following the election OF Mr.. CIeve-
land there had not come 10 the people
any such prosperity as had been prom
ised. but instead. the present depressed
conditions. He showed that the Demo-
cratic managers had abandoned the doc
tfine of free trade entirely and claimed
IL ~ not n issue. but In order to again
capture the people by the use of the same
word. free they had instead OF free
trade called l, this year free siiyer-an-
other delusion~-a deiusion. the adoption OF
which would bring greater disaster than
that OF free trade.
AIR Gay further said that he would like
70 nave Ar- Jones answer a question. II
Was a sumner. and a question which Mr..
jones could not answer. II was this:
why Is II that the Ponnlis.s who have
,asd us Tor so many years that they be-
Iese IN tae government owning the rail-
WaHs. leiegrapfs. Telephones. banks and
tne IKE, ana that they are opposed to
class legislation. now. Why Is il that they
ask the free and unlimited coinage of SIT
Yer benefit only 10 the mine owner.
without the government first owning the
mines so that the whole people would re-
ceive the whole benefit
Inis question was as a body blow 10
Jones. who did not even attempt TO an
swer g.
Mr- Gay further resuted the charge that
there has been no Hesitation In the past
Twenty-Five years for the poor man by
moving large lumber of laws enacted
Tor me poor, irciuding the following:
Homestead exemption of se.ao.
,rfsoha3 property exemption
,f.stiaptsoh 70 every mechanic OF his i'm
ally all others
fssen1pt!on from taxation of personal
fsTpp'fts 10 the amount Of 500.
&c permission 10 the poor to work on,
IN CIR poll tax by labor
The Tree school system
tn" setting ssiie OF many thousands of
acres OF the public domain for schools and
colsge~ Tor our people
The cight-hour law
LIE reduction in the rates of interest
The usnry law.
Rlgat OF redemption from execution sale
OF real estate for one year
ifae exemption OF ife insurance. and its
az AIS from execution, and many others.
In closing. Mr.. Gay demanded of the
fopatists 20 name. II they could. a single
law passed in behalf ef and the operations
OF which were IN the Interest OF the rich
No attempt. whatever. was made 10 an
swer this. although Mr.. Jones in the clos
ing OF his debate. instead OF taking fifteen
minutes. took more than hair an hour