The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-09
Whitelaw Reid's Able Letter
on the Situation.
1.-THE CAMPAIGN EDUCATION"
Charles Emory Smiths Address TO
the Editors Of Ohio.
hchsnley's speech OF Welcome to the
Editors, in Which He show. the
Noble Impulses and High Influence
OF the Press I'm the Present Battle
for National Honor.

Canton. Sept sIThe Republican E9i-
toriai Association assembled mere this
morning, the venerable John Eopley. OF
aueyf's. IN the chair, with Cc4. K. T.
sso"n. of GAINESVILLE, vice president. and
- Is A9~oy, Of 'sosa9 9Cton, secretary.
An able paper on Financial Instruction
Vas read oy II. II. Boydeu. % the Cln-
einnatI Commercial Tribune. a. the morn
sf's session. A. which also was read the
following letter from Whitelaw Reid. edi-
Tor OF ihe New York Tribune:
lamp Wild Air. Upper S., Regis. Sept.
X Il. Brown. Esq. President OHIO
soao oaean Editorial Associas bon. Courier
oHice. GAINESVILLE. O: Dear Sr-The re-
mem oFance OF my blrtsiright among you
,ouehes me. and ! am grateful to the Ohio
fN@ouo.lcan editors for Il: much more
tFatsfai. IN fact. than for your friendly
IeTsistence in requiring a lester when YOU
.ohh6 could not come to make a speech
aV TREND. Charles Emory Smith. VIII 10
me latter 50 acceptabiy You will need
n~Aer from me.
= had the four years IN clover which
yaf ~ ifiehd@ the enemy promised In gsa.
ne peop-e are quite satisfied that they
nave mad enough Gf Il. On old lines this
Nst"naisn is already won. Voters are alb
soiuiely Resolved 10 20 back 70 the po,ut
"heFe they turned of four years ago.
go sei INTO that path again which from
ie's 20 is'- had led them 20 the greatest
ana niosi widely dTused prosperity this
country has ever enjoyed As an assar-
t.oh OF tne power OF the common people,
N'eF Put forward aS their candidate A
man whose very name meant to every
one of them the policy OF those four pros
Porous wears. ana the work was pra,tic-
ally done
ATTACKS the Eighth Commandment.
lhen burst OUT the AdulamlteS. Every
uhthink.ng or unscrupnlous man thar was
IN distress. every one that was in 5ehf
every one that was disconnected. gather
e1 themselves together. not unto David.
a4as' but 20 Altgeld They captured tha
'a.i"hsi convention OF an historic party
ana degraded It. and Inundated tho ro,in
Try by asking the American naan}e "a VOC
'hat the" would not obey the eighth cam
hhn9ment. Now. when the question il
S'4pn'''te ted 20 popular vote the nsopie
'hasl infer that there are two SIDES ia IL
l anl ina, they have a right Ia vote on
"H'SA ever side their Judgment or inter
est inci.nes But there are not tvo sides
10 moral law. No man or party has tho
Isat 20 put the eighth commandment %
popular vote. to decide through an ex-
pfession or popular desires a. the noils
whether this nation shan cheat its cred
I."fs ~ payln Is deirs az the rata Of
- cents on The dollar. and whether every
private debtor shall be az roertv To ~heer
10 IN" same extent the r,a, ~, r.
trusted him. To propose such a vofa
ana such decision IL Itself crime. hut
having proposed K. the plain reopIe of
tns country VIII sustain the great com
HHhunent by vote which VII s1Ir0risa
those wAo would break it.
Il hope Ohio editors VIII aesl p.f,h .ht-
ma Ter In a straightforward fashion ara
can spade a spade. Many OF our or,,a-
h"hts are a. sincere as we. and mean 70 ~.
As honest. bur the thing they want is The
wlckedesf. most immoral. public act since
secession To pay the national tis-a,t IN s,l
yer 20 pay private debts In silver. 20 nuf-
hiy and declare invalid any contract. hos-
ever honestly entered into for paving gold
ana 10 turn A3 cents worth ~ silver tnto
dollar az oar mtnts "a often and a. loo-
a. any silver mine owner A. home or an,,
silveF~huriered Chinaman or Hirao, rr7n,
Asia chooses 70 bring &. 10 ns 30 affe.t
al TINS is simple robbery To ask intelH-
gent. honest mon 90 vote for IL is 70 lrs,ii,
them, as well - 10 declare that The reo-
PIE have tho right - nVerrsfr Noun,
sinai - the polls anf reverse tha moral
law II theE want TO Dishonesty rsvAr
pays There's a dozen wav~ ~ r,~D7-irr :,
ln this case Rut first. fo make tha r,nraf
nature Of the proposals clear TO the aver
age voter, and there should he no more
doubt Of Tho verdict this honest. Christian
nation Viii give than there is Of ton,or-
rows sunrise