The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-24

The Three-Ring Men Meet to
Ratify Their Ticket.
SOME PoPuLisTiC ARGUMENTS.
J. T. Ronald and Clark Davis Make
Speeches In the Usual Wild and
Frothy Fashion.


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county ticket pat up by the recent tn
angular convention. Rev. Clark Davis. Ire
only one who spoke OF the ticket. men
toned the name of but one candidate. and
that was Meyer. running for sheriff. who
he said would get more votes than any
body thought The Pops arranged il so as
20 soothe the wounded vanity OF the two
subsidiary organizations by allowing them
each q speaker.
j. T Ronald shouted for The Popocrats.
He 5Gggled with figures until his audience
hardy knew what he was driving al, and
could only relieve is nerves by applaud
Ing. The Goats were spoken for by Rob
erc H Lindsay. who rehashed a stock
story about al Irishnan and a Chinaman,
gave description OF the battle OF Water
loo. recited s,anzas % sentimental poetry.
and II many ways amused the crowd.
Davis was there 20 represent Clark
Davis. minister" ana incidentally 20 boost
the ether Peoples party state ana county
nominees. He vehemently attacked The
supreme court OF the United States. say
ing he believed the great God intended
soon 10 remove some OF the old gentlemen
al present incumbentS 81 the supreme
BENCH
The hall was fairly well filed with repre-
seniatlves OF both sexes, on one side OF
the platform was a painting on canvas
OF Uncle Sam holding IN MS right hand
In one balance OF the scale was yellow
colored biotch attached 10 4 pair o. wings.
and evidently meant 10 represent Il sod
bug, while ia ne other scale were a num-
Der Of miners looking very brave in red
shirts and blue trousers and almost crowd
ing OF into space 4 dySpeptic looking man
with huge scyuhe. VITO clung on IN the
background. On the bottle was the in
scrTption, November. 1886 Above the
picture was written. rs 10 thai We Will
bottle thai gold bug
4 number OF Popalists were on the plat
form, and from among Them RjSAard VIM
sor introduced VI. NJ Holmes as chairman
OF the meeting. Holmes n turn introduced
j. T. Ronald. who Immediately started in
on a speech. lie said Bryan was repre-
sentative Of young America, and the au-
d3ence applauded. He said the question
was whether this nation would be able 10
fix its Own money standard or be forced
10 bow the pregnant hinges OF her knees
and beg those who have been preying on
her commerce TO come 10 her assistance.
He said that Judge Burke's statement
that between 1892 and 1854. silver being
overvalued, drove out gold. and between
1884 and 1873, the reverse being true. silver
was driven out, was contrary 10 the mint
reports OF those years, which showed that
between i19Z and 1854 oae-haf the same
amount OF gold was coined as silver. while
yer coined stood as hve-s!xehs 20 the
quantity of gold, He said the bankers
now IN session at ST. Louis had issued a
circular 10 the banks. signed by President
PuEen, urging that they take a hand IN
the campaign and do everything possible
10 defeat Bryan. Becoming excited, he
lunged forth the statement that in Cleve-
land, Ohio. the worklngmen were being
now forced 10 declare themselves FOR gold
by the presence of the militia, and blood
was being spilled on that account.
did you ever see a 53-cent do,lar?" he
asked. c'No.'D "You never Will see one.
Applause) 1t don't make any differ
eace Il il IS stamped on paper or on cloth;
II the government says IL shall be received
In payments fer debts as a dollar. X WILL
be" He told of the great prosperity OF
greenback days, when the circulation in
New England was $>0 per capita" In at
tempting 20 show how the country would
De benefited by free silver he said Il could
easily be seen that IL a silver dollar could
buy a dollars worth OF goods in this
country 4 purchaser would not DC Liable
20 go 10 Europe, where his dollar vas
only worth 3 cents. This would cause
peop.e 20 buy at home. he said. and manu-
factories would snring up over the coGn-
Try Ike mushrooms. Any nation that
produced the greater supply OF metal.
he said. could tx the value OF that metal.
Music By the Euterpean Quar,etta fol-
uha pleasure % Introducing that eloquent
representative o. the part % the triple
alliance which followed the LEAD Of Henry
NJ Teller and Watson =. Squire. Col. Il.
II Lindsay.
Lindsay started OF on tack that rather
startled his a,sdienoe. He declared thar
rva7-tsairs7s Of the people Of the country
were IN favor Of protection. and showed
that ths wilson bin. whicA vas sn5sd-
t,E'c1 for ne Mckinley bill when footed
IN. male reductions IN the sayiH amount
tnE 10 bait 6 par cent. The audience did
hot c3eer. aud thu speaker tackled OF on
TIA financial question First he defined
the term measure OF value He went
bs-tz - ea,e ginning q Che World and told
az tae mann i1 walsh nrlueval man man
aged his trading. lie traced the has
tory % Tia Rothschll family In dra-
matte manner. He told a story about sie
battle ~ Waterloo. and wandered about IN
aHcten; history. enthusin- himself now
over some tnciGcnt az the French War. and
anon dwelling on the woes Of England
The audience ala rot cheer They waited
Cor something they could underS, and. lie
was milch amused. Re said. 10 hear the
gold bWg arguments whlcn declared thN
free silver movement had been started BY
silver mine owners VINO wished 20 receive
dollar for s. cents worth % silver. II
that he 50, re siii, how can they in the
Same i-rHlN e.FAA Nt if&-f a3~SNr'itt NN4isAr
walsh the lahorer gets and tAe ftl value
dollar he wlaor receives lie was anxious
- see the food Of silver threat tened in the
event - free coinage. ard sad exlltlnEiv
that u IL came Sc wo.'a receive Uncle
sans stamp. and as Inc}e Sans stamp
woal3 % 81 ~ Creeir Re other nations fne
uouev would 10 spcn. tn this country.
wen show tHesu bow % s. md g." he
exclaimed Then The aa3isuce cheerei lie
spoke several times o. "sae Blessed green
BACK"
TIE ;ast speaker was Rev. Clark Davis
lrtraiucsa ss "a represor tattve - me
PccT'c's party. tAas organization whgoh
has ied fhss GEh- from the DEFINING"
TIE minister Erst East a Eracefu, cawal.-
rnent a. the fades prescott and declared
70 B~van were elected woman suffrage
would become reality. As MN s.er. re
sad be aai been severely criticised Tor
taklag ttse r-0esttoa he h8s ss q politician
Har - sa.d De vas satisfied his con
s-.es-e p as easy \ 81. o. family history
wtth a r4mher % Incidents. calfa.seeA -
advertise Clark Davis, wi1.s.eT.'' fo,low-