The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-26
4 PATRIOTIC APPEAL.
4. 3. White Asks That Country
Be Placed Above Party.
= Lsrr1s TO DEMOCRATS
1he Nation II In Danger, end Good
c1ssxsns shsuIa Unite 90 save rs
Prom the Reign Of Anarchy.
View rork Hr~sId.

New York Herald
ithaca. ~ Y. Jniy =. fsas open Jet
ter from Andrew Dixon white has Just
been made psststc. II IL addressed - y.
es<rifnx Morton. % Ssbraakas President
Jalins y. Dr.he@. o. virginia william T.
wilson. - West virginia; Cot William
Preston Johnston. az 1,ouissaHa: Josiah
pnktereou, Of Tennessee. Edwin r. rhi.
~ zkschsgsn: William II. Qsimby. Of Mich
fenr. Ge~rxs y. Lothrcg. % 6trhigan.
WAYNE 1Eaevearh, o. Penrsyfysrla. 81
nzson r. BALDWIN. OF Connecticut. benry
A. Rsehmond. ~ Buffalo. -. y: Theo-
1ore baeon. Of Rochester. y. T. Samuel
y. HAfss1Ay, ~ Ithaca. ~. r; 81 Clair
McS<A1way. o. rrcokiyu. =. T.. Frederic
a Cossders, % New York city. Charles :.
rmrcfG.t, Of New York city; Roswell r..
Qsower. Of New York cffv: Jos~pf e. Hsn-
Dirk. 81 Sew York city. abram :. HTw-
CT. Of New York city. Oswald Offender
fer, Of New York city: Carl Scharz, OF
New York ciry; o%ear =. Straiss. Of New
York city, IfeBry- Willard, Of New York
CITY. Jobn DO writ Warner OF New YORK
city. and Everett r. Wheeler, o. New
York city. ard says:
ssAs one who feels iaonerea BY 4 personal
ApquaautaDcs with yets. and wi1o respects
goa for your character. abilities and public
services, perrns. me 10 address you regard
4ne the pr<s~at political crisis believe
thar many OF you know sfsat. though a life-
sone Republican. nave always ATTEMPTED
20 40 justice 20 the motives. theories ard
acss Of al honest men IN your party. soma
ffmes svsn Fisksng In consequences the
rood will OF my own.
What I shall now say shall rot he al
81 the ueferancs Of Republican 80 ssfea
20 Dsmecrsts. bat % citizen 20 his fell
lev elfssens. whom be knows 70 BE- ex-
oxrfmoed fhoszxhffsI and patriotic. ! ree-
oxsa1na tbs fact that frum the days OF
Jefx4rDnn and Hamilton two parties. repre-
een<fnx twe great natural eiasses ~ po-
tDtfeal thought have been = nece@4Sty. that
they are . nsccesffy pas and Viii long re-
mstn 20. and that fhe dessrurfson, de-
basement or pesserr9nn 81 eisser il an In
Jury - the other ard 10 the Hsioie eoan-
cry.
Not A Democratic Platform.
Tho majority. ma~queradsng under the
earb Of Democracy ~ Chicago has done
~ worst II has made a platform which II
dfamatricAiIy opposed TO Democracy
developed by Jefferson, Jackson. Benton.
Geymear. TIlGsB, and all the great lead
60 OF The party.
Mere than this Il Is platform lead
1nx logically and historically. as ! shall
presently show. 10 q despoflsm which Il
The very Opposite OF ali democracy. and IN
Wtktt}8 MI 1Htsttat - @ttft t+vAttttfN"tsfTtf
worthy OF the name would be sxtla-
Gsiished.
But, had ~ that r.. (; IL not the worst.
Tor sou must know. TOO. THAI Il is but the
frat snsfalsment OF anarchist doctrine. II
not resisted ard overwhelmed now u Is
absolutely certain 20 he followed by other
parts ~ the programme. especially the
absorption OF the bonds and stoeks %
raairaazr. feisgraphs and various pro-
payment for them, II az all. fa a paper
currency OF nominal value. and their man
axemnnf BY tho central government, ufs-
der the cry thai all such things have been
built No for the people. belong 10 sh~ pee-
PIE. and should be naEaEed hy the pee-
pie.
For Cracks and Dupea.
s.Nor wiIl eonfsseafion stop even here.
Other extreme measures arr already
vaguely foreahadowed ana ait he pushed
and some which even the bolssAt have
hardly aaTesi hint will yet DO pa; in plat
forms 10 attract new votes Of cfanks and
dupae. ard tbs hope that, perh8ps. some
new foliy may obiyats. modify or oh
seare tho consequences Of the old
THE platform indicates this BY rs de-
ANNEXATION OF any adjustment. no matter
how equitable. Of the Pacific railroad qaes-
ton. BIZ its proposed treatment OF the
supreme court OF the United States. saI
BY tsr danand. practically. for free riots
In every state
s=Ths eandifats hlm4elf gives no IN
certain warning Of this mare hlghly de-
veioped policy OF speculation. You wsll
have noticed that be declafss thai 'ths
right TO cain mnnsy aud issue money is
= function of TIRE government Taking this
in ennneefsea Nth hir associates and an.
teoeax1tfA We nsuSt look for further step
IN this DEVELOPMENT Of sssosiAtien unAsr
his gasdAnce' that Is the unlimited issue
Of lrredeenahle paper. not only % cover
existing obligations Of the government.
hut % pay for all private property which
anarchists sad socialists may thlmk u
best for the eeatfai government 20 alb
sorb and administer.
Central pc~potism.
sconsssasion having thus taken place
under the form az law. The eeniis,sIea
property must be managed for the people.
and this can only he done oy a conosntra-
ton Of powers IN the sentrai government.
and consequently hy a central aesnotlsm,
rot excei'ed. II indeed 1t Is eqaalicd. Ia
RaxsIa.
''yoa think this rlctare eYcYdrawn Il Is
hut the Logical outcome OF The present
situation Let me ask yoR cardidiy g. THIS
future platform any more improbable 20
ECU WV AA@N tFth thAEfttt = 1875 A-at HtA -
form And candidate weala have been %
you four years aEe7
'soa snss platform. aiming a. present
and prospective s4aFchy and socialism
ths convention Ana iis galleries placed
tho Hos orator 81 che Platte Having
amused yhs assembled mob az Chicago.
he VAS repaid Immediately by nomination
70 tAe presidency
1T WAS In oaeasenes - a similar Impulse
surx turned OVER ais government 80 the
actor who rad delighted him at the thea
Ser. saa Tat a Roman eaaResar gave the
chief FFsaxsntrsry ~ the T>g.ihlis 90 the
horFc which has pleased aisa IN the clrc.ss
Anarchy aud Socialism,
Par the tifst time 81 Tho history - the
Tnited States Ne have a. anarchist ana
Soai4isss n'asferu. AMI for the iirst tiFne.
also. candidate ahe has newer zlven thu
sligaso~t evidence ~ stafesnAnshia.
There aeve iadset. been n3aer.i IN nom-
fnNfion 81 lays gene Is s3niry great kcn-
erals. hsss the~e. ~ reEr aanafnx armies IN
the f1eld. ~ carrying on grSaf oeeFa glons
sad ~ conducting important negails rs las
~ various sorts. had shoWn At ie8st soase
kla3 % ntaess 20 deal Win iarxe srars-
tiers fsls tAe only egAenca lions - fAtF
candidate, stAo Boy Orator IL thaf asr-
!nE sstS hFtss eNreer 10 congrcss Pc ras,sa
ore o. Two easHeass whies amused ths
aessa ard FieAstsi Is galleries. anA sAat
during ths ees~Cs convention Re tNak ,ha
fancy ~ s1ae mar ~ ssnrir eNhlhssEaa
az csFinE Rhetoric we ntoss selarE
nAraae of this gh@taric-sAa Phrase uhi<h
threw tAe galleries fnse sesfaes,-Rss aA
snaaa 50 & was rvpuix.Ve ana reshlftz
Aeycsad hts zsseectsnz - - fef 20 assN
that tssh N senersr ana fute,fesg ~ "a
usserly unat go deal wssA tAs EreAt sses-
sionz that now censrsat ~ eae-tr a..
ssaesa. VITA airy lAsss Saassieas y aas-
ever.
PAnfemonsun for Discussion.
y confess thAt the EopaAfiozn nsrsv has