The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-25
NIT AND LOGIC 1t AUBURN
REPUBLICANS CROWD TO HEAR
NOTED PARTY ORATORS.
Chairman Schively ana Hon. r. 4.
scho0nmaker Enthusiastically
Received BY Large Aadience-Con-
vIncing Arxaments Made BY Then

All Auburn listened last night for two
and q half hours la rapt attention 10
two strong ard lucid Republican speech
60. Mystic hal. which Will hold three
or four hundred persons. was crowded
The whole town turned out. Men came
with saeir families. and all listened WITH
close attention 10 the orators Of the &C.
casion, j. H. sehiveiy, chairman Of the
Republican state central committee. and
Hon. +. X Schoonmaker, of Piainfield,
Among those present were John Wood
ing. candidate for state senator In the
Twenty district: Or. J. ]. Smith.
candidate for re-eleenon In the Thirty
didate for county auditor
J. s. Rankin. editor OF the Auburn Az
gus. was chairman OF the meeting. He
introduced Mr. schively. Though Mr..
Scilively.. VINO was received with APP
piause, did not 6elve deeply into the ponii-
cai issues Of the campaign, he spoke
II often wonder" said he, 'if am met
in the same earnest spirit by these TO
whom ! speak as that watch governs me
by a humorous story that captivated his
audience.
The fusionists.' he continued. will tell
you that they found this state with an
enormous debt when they assumed the ad-
ninstration OF It's affairs And they stop
there. They tell half truth. which Is the
mos, irsidious kind Of a lie; they fail TO
pended. When the state was organized
these debts had TO be incurred. We needed
ssyiums. penirentiary. school tor the
Would you. would anyone OF you. mothers
or fathers, say that We did not need such
institutions, that we should let the inmates
Of them run at large? Well, We needed
money with which 10 build these. As We
did not have the money We went into debt"
Mr.. Schiyely reviewed many other phases
OF the fusion administration. OF the state
as well as the county, and elected much
applause whenever he scored a decisive
point.
The address Of Mr. Schoonmaker was
revelation TO many people In Auburn. They
coarse witted stump speakers, but few OF
them had heard such a master OF his
art as Mr.. Schoonmaker: and they frankly
came up and told him so at the conclusion
Of his address.
at should always be understood" said
he that we vote for ourselves. ! always
note for +. X. SHOEMAKER of Plain
field. and the butter on that per-
sonages bread We each own a
share in this republic congress
is our board of directors and the president
Is our manager. We want TO place in
power those directors and that manager
who will 80 manage the corporation that
we shall obtain the greatest dividends"
Then he went into the fusion claim that
q was the crime of "a which lowered
the price OF wheat In 1885 and 1896. He
showed at length that # was the inter
ference Of the Democracy with the Mckin-
ley tariff which caused wheat to fall from
It's high prsces prior TO 1893 His explana-
ton was this: when you interfere with
the foundation OF prosperity you throw
men out of employment. BY the Wilson
bill 700. 600 men were thronw out of work,
thereby taking wages from s. 06o0D peo-
pie. II IS shown by reports of Democratic
Secretary OF the Treasury Carlisle that
$50 600 90 bushels of wheat less were used
per annum subsequent to the abrogation OF
the Mckinley tariff due to inability of the
public TO buy as much as formerly. That
accounts for the lower price
Mr. Schoonmaker considered the silver
question and discussed Il at some length.
offering many illustrations that made his
argument plain. His picture Of the Pacific
coast and Puget sound especially. thriving
under the great and growing demand OF
China for the -four and breadstu!fs or the
United States was impressive.
Mr. SHOEMAKER VII speak at Mount
Vernon tonight. Mr. Schivey will address
an audience at Port Townsend.