The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-01

Fns&r tIixnsent. have announced their IN
tenEa0n or leaving the parry. / shall stay.
Ay lcTalty 20 the raTty which has hon0red
nas Is entirely consistent NTH my loyalty
20 the highest and best interests OF the
STATE I represent in the senate OF the
Inited States. and know no reason why
sasuid abandon my party or desert its
eofors. There is In my mind 70 reascr
eay y Was not as mach our duty 20 vote
fos Weaver tour years ago as for Brysn
TO-DAY TIE Omaha platform declared fc-
ires coinage and vas 10 more Digestion
soss than the Chicago platform: and
BFyan Is v0ached for by leading PcpaliS1s
as being as good Popufist as lives
The Populists have not changed "A tAa
past four years. Il is we who are ex-
peesed 10 join their aggregation Others
may md i wise or expedierf. bat wen {
90 IL Whenever the course OF events
could make II possibl. that I should speak
from the same platform as TiIiman Or
Waite or IEDatins Donnelly Ia advocacy
OF the same presidential candidate wgui3
know there must be sonsethinx wrong
with me.
What ~. need In Colorado Is less fvs-
feffSs ara more com mon sense We have
gforsoas resources. set In the infancy oS
their development: We are suffering from
the imposition of a mistaken financial
AtSs~5s " A2Gi II IN e&tT U31 Hs&f hfzU TES3ft<4
desire 10 see cvershrown as speedily as
possible. We are one of forty-six states
Ii. the Union. each free and sovereign
Within our borders live about i-55eth Of
the people og the United States. We live
In a republic where the majority rules.
The vast majority OF the people Of the
United States are honest and OF high
average intelligence. and devoted 10 the
perpetuty of free institutions. Our great
desire Is 10 Induce majority Of the peo-
pie of the United States 20 believe as we
believe. The way 10 the accomplishment
or this result IS not by yituperation and
abuse. The press Of the country. East as
wei as West, is largely responsible for
the bitter sectional feeling now sought 10
be invoked Ii Is for Us who do not own
or control newspapers and are not In the
business OF throwing mud 30 remember
thar of the millions of people who VIII
cast their ballots this fail nearly all are
as natrioiic as We are and with Us
equally desiroas that this rspnblio shall
live and not die. The people OF the East
are our hrothers; we are sprung from the
same ioius: we have a common country,
a common faith and the same dear flag.
This gospel OF hate which Is now being
preached should find no followers smeng
sane men, no welcome among good ciI-
zens.
1--WE who believe in the free coinage Of
both gold aid silver at our mtnts. at the
ratio which heretofore existed, Will secure
the adoption OF our views when we are
able TO induce the majority of our fellow
citizens to share our belief: when people
who do not agree with us shall be led 10
agree with ns, not alone because or our
arguments on finance, hut because our
views on other great questions entitie us
20 public confidence and respect Free
coinage WITH never come. In my opinion.
OH Of the tumble and folly OF the Chicago
piatform. nor. VIII II be heralded by the
CAP and bells OF Popullsm.
EDWARD o. w0IcOTT."