The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13

ard rlssrepresemt them TO such an extent
that either the entire force could ne sus-
Irs6 5,,i se ~ A r,y term Bu. oa an sa,
dsnr he VIII fail in bath. for.
~Frst-Hs attempts 70 prove TOO much.
for one would suppose N tire dark picture
ne draws OF four years n3smaraxarent
icIeDeSs ard !aeffictercy, trait ore Little
scfnrilla Of light would enfsvegs TIE dark
picture. hut nof ere IS there not one little
.sSecora-T an, confident that the -ress-
dent ard his immediate sahe-Einates, in
e!a ess sqx ar ,e . DO az a., 9 er IN
injustice 10 any subordinate. however
humble
Into VITA. mock heroics the senator goes
over nv rnisqUotiag him as 70 the word
rot" and how fat this appears IN face
OF the post-Tntellig ancer's statement 0;
January that the omission was a typo
graphical error- To paraphrase the Ian
guage % ali editorial entitled An Inrpor-
tart Not in the Tacoma Ledger Of Jaau-
airy :. Inspired I presume. by cne OF his
henchmen, III Is curious that re Senator
WILSON, did not perceive that SO shallow q
perverslon would certainty be exposed
As to his statement that when Watson
went into Office be removed every EN-
pI0ye" etc, etc. simply answer that
when / did this il vas lawful; now when
he proposes II. Ii IS unlawful
Can the Republican party stand the
leadership Of such man?
Are nor he and MS followers responsible
for the incubation Of the party with the
virus of free silver" in the platform OF
1854, which did more than any other thing
20 defeat the party in 1882 Did not they
further seek ID force free silver" or a
straddle plank upon the Everett platform,
and were they not igRominiously defeated
by those leaders who mad the gnani.ness
and courage 10 so down to defeat uron a
principle, 10 cali q spade q spade and
when they meant gold TO say goldg And
yet he is today disappearing as the sound
money leader.
expressed preference for free silver and
the spoils system, he did not follow his
convictions. as others did. into the Bryan
camp. where such We're openly and ex-
plcitly advocated.
Could it have been that visions O. hts
future kingsaip among few petty office
holders foated through his brain? II so,
he should remember that such, as among
the courtiers OF old, stand ever ready to
cry lie Roi est mort, vive lie Roi."
/ believe, with prosperity in the Eastern
part OF the state and the accession OF pop
ulation, this state may be carried for the
the Republicans, but they will need every
vote OF the $500 or 5000 gold Democrats
that voted for the ticket last year. and
VINO are today infinitely better Republic
cans than Mr. Wilson. unless The party Is
close corporation bound together by
certain mystic rites TO wrest as much
spells as possible from the public, for
they believe in the gold standard with
out any IFS and butts or any belief in the
'1gnis fatuus' of international bi-metal-
lism, and, il general. in an honest and
well regulated civil service. How much
better 10 recognize such in the councils
and Offices OF The party, and how much
greater strength ii would give the party
10 act as, for instance. the Tories of En-
gland did with the Liberal Unionists. who
did this with consequent great Access
sion OF strength.
Is such not wiser politics than to do al
Mr.. Wilson. namely. TO not only snIh
such, but to treat them with gross in
justice. VIM. p WATSON