The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-07-21
James Hamilton Lewis Writes His
Views on Fusion.
IS PROUD or THE RESULTS
He Strongly Advises the Three Parties 10
Again Unite on the Principles on
Which They Stood Two
Years Ago.

ashiNGTON, ~. w July D. lo5o.-
Hon. Thomas Maloney, Olympia, Wash.
Dear Sir: write you as secretary OF the
joint campaign committee, rather than
only as the secretary of the democratic
party. In reply to your inquiries an.
swer 10 detail.
AS TO FUSION.
All the forces which united together
for cause as holy as ever animated just
mankind should, urge, again CO. operate,
and l suggest most deferentially to any
other view prevailing that such be in the
manner OF in the campaign of 1896. BY
each party holding as before it's separate
convention, full represent alton is assured
each Of the organizations. Also q more
adequate and proportionate representa-
ton upon the joint tickets.
beg to urge that the parties plant
themselves firmly again upon the same
declarations and principles as were the
battle slogans in the last fight. Let there
be no compromise or surrender of any OF
these essential doctrines. To these gen.
ersl principles may be added such ex-
pressions of local necessity or new de.
mand as seems just. Let these organic
atoms look at the good accom- plished by
their county administration, and, for
getting that all night not have been as
their parsonal standard might have ex-
exacted. contrast the conditions with
what their people had to endure in the
administration preceding them, and COM
mend these men, who have tried and
have kept faith, for their honest efforts
and their good work. These faithful ser
wants are of the peoples ing-their
agsntsr~and ought to have the common
dation which, In plain justice, ,hsy de-
serve. Let DO spirit OF vensl corruption
move, nor personal grievances influence,
any OF our just men who entered this
great cause to surrender their trusting
neighbors and fellow citizens to the en-.
envy Of justice and equal rights among
men.
"REPuBiICAN LEADERS LAUGHING."
Let our people know the truth, that the
party republican managers are laughing
with Joy at the prospect of decoyng our
honest men away from principle by de-
vices and arts as dishonest as they are
deceptive. Our people must beware of
this and remember that they are being
used in the hour of their personal griev-
ances as weapon to destroy their own
fellow man; and this is in order to give
place and Office to those whose past shows
they no sooner obtain trust than they
dishonor it and Cypress those who gave it.
know some of our hard workers and
deserving men have suffered disappoint-
ment. Some were grieved, and the hopes
OF others not fully realized. But thanks
be to Heaven, these men are true patriots
and good citizens. They know that In ev.
cry new formation of government, where
it has to be wrested from ten years
rule OF their enemies, it takes time to har-
monte all things. and necessarily some
friction follows. This they know occurs
in changing of fall to spring stock Of their
store; from the attempt to pillow and reap
an old farm which for years has given
nothing but a harvest of thistlee. They
know this is q common result even in the
change of officers and organization Of
labor union. and Ut any new trsnsforms.
ton. 1t was 80 when we adopted our ma
tional form of government. Many states,
dissatisfied, refused to ratify the consti-
tuition. 1t WAS thus when our territory
passed into the form OF state. and many
voted against the state constitution, and
complained OF our organizstion-but in
all instances these men, both in national
and state government, like heroes, re-
membering that each man may in his
differences be wrong or subject to our
weaknesses of resentment or revenge
were patient and forbesring, for the cause
WAS right, and now behold who is there
that does not cry "Our nation" "Our
state?" So, too, our men in our heroic
forces are too great, too noble and too
true to God and country to holi them
selves out as destroyers oil their states
security, either to revenge their personal
grievances or crafty the purpose OF those
who would use them and then, laughing
at them for their weakness, would, as Of
ten before, ignore and abuse them, de-
stroying every right they ever possessed.
At this distance from my people want
TO say to them: Be strong 10 the hour oil