The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-01
What the Election Means to the
Future Of This State.
=. x. scnoonMAxER TALKS.


An orator az national repgfe, a THINKER
ard writer upon econarsic sssoJecss q great
ability and a political speaker ~ ~'ae ex-
periance In r. X Sci1oonsnaaeT. Of New
Jersey. who ia IN Seattle watching TIE trend
of nolisseai events III this stale.
Mr. 1Shacnmaker camcaigas9 In oregon
and Washington fer ssse Republican ticket
IN sss@. In sfse campaign III Oregon last
June. he Travelled aver the state advocating
the cause OF Eepsnlicaniari. and much Of
the crca.t for tie vietaFy woa for good
government and good money il his X -
his purp pose TO a4Yuis part Of hls tisae az
least. during ffsc ensuing campaign. 70
speaking IN this state
why. in y1Gr opinion. shos1id Washington
vote for Rrpu5i.caalsm III tits cstmFsAssHs'
was the general question put tn Mr. schotsn-
maker at tna Seattle hotel yesterday. He
said In reply
The general oDinion In the Eas; IS that
the Pacific coast particularly from san
Francisco 10 the British possessions. has
the best part Of the future Of tae United
States. And this means the sssf part ~ the
future OF the world bssatfse the Angio-Sa on
race wfli control the bsasstseSs OF the world
from now or. Eastern people were aston
1shed at The courage Of the Republican par
" OF the state OF Washington in sahifsg
such an advanced step as Il did in adopt
anx the financial plank adopted II ths To-
coma convention, The average pofissctaH in
the East did net believe 1t rs,sassle for tho
Republicans OF this state 10 dare take s;,cEs
step In view OF the fusion majority Of
nearly 1900 Of saa years ago.
II believe the resnit Of that courageous
step Will be- the Same in Washington is i,
WAS In Oregon. ii was tho gold Democrats
IN Oregon ~ho carried the stale for Me-
kinney two years ago. and IL was the gold
Democrats who TINS year enabled thH Re-
pubiicanz TO carry II BY . ina joFisy of up
wards Of ia.u4 The old DenocF atic party
IS this original sound money party. ssft
money theories having arisen since the rise
Of the Republican party during alae war. /
do not mean by tbs thai the Republican
party was the parent OF any Of these de-
Aisions. bar that their existence Is coinsi-
dent with that OF the Republican party.
THE great majority ~ the brains Of the
Democratic party has always hgen ard rs
now for sound money. The uFegonians ap-
preciating this aEes know ,ng thai ii would
DE- impossible 10 induce old fashioned Dem-
ocrats 10 vote FOR merely Republican NOM
tness offered them the principis of sound
money and they rallied to its support in
such numbers as to give Oregon. the most
phenomenal political .iclory. ali things con-
sidered. achieved By any state In this eoun-
try since the civil war.
How Oregon Advertised Herself.
E'If Oregon had placed a million dollars
III the hands Of syndicate Of the most
skilful advertisers in the world, the state.
could ros have obtained through Their best
efforts az good an advertisement amoug the
business men of the world as the state OBJ
tainsd by its victory OF June @ last This
Is evident all through Oregon today. Invest
0rs from all over this country and Great
Britain. are already travelling over the
state looking for investments. and this Is
nothing 10 what the prospects are for next
year
Washing ton has taken step In advance
even OF that OF Oregon. It's financial plank
being even a clearer demand for the gold
standard and for the cessation OF all agita-
ton for the tse of silver on bass OF ID
n I MS bat MIR . .rtf
be understood throughout the world tina;
Washington has planted herself irrevocably
upon sound business basis. II the statd
mas equal natural advantages with Oregon
!, win reap Just as great advantages from
the result as Oregon ts now assured al
reapng. and If II has greater advantages
Tor The investor. as many Of your people
claim, then its prosperity will be even great
er than that now Imminent i'm Oregon.
'4l'he financial utserance OF the Republican
party in this state Is so clear and the firm.
ness or intention Is so apparent. in View
OF the great sna jority the Republicans have
set out 10 overcome In this state. that any
body iooksng to the West for Fnvestnten.
Will feel safe In investing his money In
Masnington. 1t seems 20 me unnecessary
After tho education OF the past TWO wears
10 even agitate the financial question A,
any great length during your campaign. ths
Platform speaking fer Itself and Offering e
the Democrats of this state all the induce
nfent needed To support the Republican
Ticket IL ai@a seems To me unnecessary -
argue any more IN favor os the geld sta-a
ard, the tact being that the nations Of ne
world with whom we do business hayf
adopted gold as their standard and will re
fuse 60 do business with any other sfansl.
ard No amount Of silver agitation can tn.
duce These people In charge their minds
and that being SO, the best hing for eyert
etnte In this country which wishes its Shavt
of the prosperity now about 10 rversarast
the civilized world IL 70 quit TRYING IN ga
these aeonle with whom We must III h1is,
ness, 20 change the kind II money wl;s
which thu Are aow doing business. as>s
with which we mean 10 ID business foreve,
hereafter.
The East IL for Sannd Money.
'tf the Tacoma platform wins ia TIL,
state, II viii be easier 70 oiatais. money need
ed for the development ~ s4e state 70 20
rates reduced. 10 get extensions IN aa
renewals and 20 secure population thsss i
has eyer heen Washington eau hardly srsf
to people Itself nv natural tncseasa n ~.
wishes ~ obtain al SIZE il entitled 10 esq
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