The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-03
Measures to Receive the Most At
tention were ''Cinohn Bills.
Greed and Dishonesty Preventea
Them Establishing Lower Grain
Rates, Remedy ing the Free Paan
Evil. Providtng for Free schooe
hooks. Making N0n-Interes1
Warrants Receivable for Taxes.
sional Districts and EaIml1ing
Many Other 'P0p" Declarations.

One OF the most important features Of the
coming election Is the ballot for members
OF the legislature. The people OF the etate
need at this time a conservative, honest,
capable legislature. and one in sympathy
with congress and the president OF the
United States. They also desire q legisla-
ture that WEI not come back with q record
for broken promises.
II the fusion legislature broke It's prom
ises two years ago. whensit was a new
party and fresh from the people, Il there
any reason to believe that IL viii be any
better nowr The people who leaned upon
the promises Of the fusion party in 1885.
believing the legislature would carry out
Its rsedges. found they were as broken
reeds when leaned upon. The Legislature
was pledged to enact into Law many things
the Peoples party had promised In return
for votes and confidence. But the lsgisla-
ture was bad, utterly bad 1t forgot its
promises, II II ever had any intention of
carrying them out, in its greed for gain.
Ii wanted money, not measures. II was
after gold. not glory. Laws OF all kinds
were proposed in order 10 force somebody
TO come forward with cash. Platforms
were ignored. promises were sneered At.
the people were forgotten 1t was isgis-
eature OF broken premises.
The same party Ii again before the peo-
pie Again II II making the same insincers
promises. again Il is counting on fooIing
the pscqs.e. 1t II throwing dust In their ey1e
to blind them 30 they cannot ses the paxt
record of broken promises. II - making q
great noise about other issues to drown
out the words of condemnation for prom
ises unkept In the paet. I, Is trying to dis
prove Lincoins statement that. You can
fool some of the people all OF the time.
and all Of the people some OF the time,
but you cannot fool all Of the people AL
OF the time"
There was little good I'm the
last Legislature. IL was untrue
to labor, defeating all eiGht-hOuP
measures, II was untrue 10 the
farmer. giving only partial relief
ON grain rates. II was untrae to
the people, ignoring promises
for reductions I'm executive, 1eg-
is1ative and Judicial salaries,
ignoring promises tn give Im-
> proved election laws, iGnOrfmw
promises tn stop the free-pass
evil, ignoring promises 20 furm.
ish free text hooks to chiIdren
all over the state, ignoring PRONE
iscs tO make n0n-iuterest hear.
Ing warrants receivable for
taxes, ignoring promises to adopt
the T0rrens system of register.
ing land titles. ignoring prom.
fses tn divide the state int0 two
congressional districts. ignor.
ing promises to kept the state
funds out Of the hands AZ pet
bankers. ignoring promises asd
pledges Of alleged veforms that
the Peoples party had for years
been insistinG upOn.
II Is indeed wnaerful record Of broken
promises
"We will reduce the burdena
laid upon production by the
greed Of transpoftati0n eom.
panics. aided by legfslation par.
chnsed from Republfcan IeRisla@
tnres. tn this end we favor =
law providing for freight rafrs
not exceeding those Of the Helm
hill tS375b and we favor . =
cent per mile passenger fare."-
Plank in Peoples party plat.
form.
proulseI Has amy one heard of Il law
for 3-ceBt per mile passenger farsy Ii
sEsass os4-y promise fasga on paper 10 cAtssh
votes Has any oae heard OF Il law rettglr-
ing railroads TO carry grain from Eastern
y. a.shingfon for 81 = "A ton? There war
Lax PASSED. for kt.1J per ton. paSs that Vas
aYsfted ~ the railroads. Is not The pefp-
pes party guilty Of cheating the farmer
ouf OF ~ cents On every ton OF grain ship
ped 10 Portland. Seattle or Tacoma? You
can figure x CUT for yourself. S.0v.u1
bnshels of grain are shipped annually. Re-
ducsd 20 tons tsiat is .s.9sa fofas Fifty
cents lost or each ton would - s3s.1sp In
one year. 1T 500 so ia tao years the period
between Legislative altiInEs. That ia the
way fusion g2anK WAS osSeye9 by the fI-
sion Legislature.
..We eesd~mn enr present ~iec-
tfon laws, rontfixsd t0 throttle
opposition to the ring In powevs
pledge our party to their uncon.
aittonaf repeal aud the enact.
m~nt Of such laws ~ viii enable
each voter In vote 80 ne pieases
and have such vote ~osnted.-
What n pretty vese catcher tns. sss,va
piark in Ths Peoples party platform ~
1856 ya& Throttle opposition 20 abs ring
IN power, " '-psadge cur party ta their ua-
conditional repeal" What a gsyrye4 for the
ssrse. coTEser politician 70 roll under hss
ard why were nes the snsaaiscsss laws COM &
.,salnss o. rns@alesi by tdIs very mora ia
sson seg.s1a1ures The fart se<rns 20 -
that tss fssssassssss fSaa1 4 hesn~<Ipss IN n0ss-
froi ard 6"N-sng 20 perpesaase Themselves
In Office they 4*1 80. care 20 havM fh4