Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-11-05

o. course James Hamilton is sick-he
is sick of fusionism. Didn't he leave
Walla Walla a discounted and a dis
graced public man?
Didn't he meet yakima" Jones at
Walla Walia Saturday night in Joint
debate?
Didn't Yakima" Jones make his fu-
sion bones ache and inocuIate his system
with bad dose OF politici politicus?
Didn't James Hamilton Lewis make
before his COlfax audience really the best
speech of which he is capable?
He certainly did.
James IL. is not so much of speech
itier as he has been cracked up to be.
James Hamilton knows his weaknesses
and invariably plays upon the sym
pathies of his audience
He never began speech that he did
not apologize-and he apologized for the
plain and simple reason that be knew he
was not worthy of the reputation the
people have given him.
He knew, and knew full well. that his
reputation among the people was far
above his deserts
The audience realized that he was as
dead as a water soaked log on every
political topic long before his speech was
concluded.
His Majesty's Entrance.
Far and wide and long and broad the
speechify OF the fusion god had been ad-
vertised. He did not have in opposition
down pour oil rain or popular opera
company. The house was well filled for
the first hour of his explosions, but after
that seats were plenty.
The sadly perturbed and badly fright
CT hnp ri ia,
smOled and bowed and scraped and
clapped a time or two in the vain hop,
that Tin the not far distant future) their
constahcy would be rewarded with some
thing more substantial than q perfume
tory handshake and fleeting glimpse.
The opening of the meeting when James
Hamilton appeared Monday night was
marked by loud officiousness of every
fusion place hunter. The consequence
was that the ushers got in each Others
way and tramped upon tender corns. 1t
was matter OF life and death, and there
was the greatest hustle in the court
house ring that has been in evidence
since they began to draw the taxpayers
money the second Monday in January,
1897.
The salaried men felt the toe of the
boot behind them and clapped their
hands several times, but the Rev. Camp.
bell ". Bushnell was the chief bushnell
and the only one among them who could
do really scientific Job.
The Circus Opened.
Editor VIM. Goodyear comfortably
filled the chair OF the presiding officer and
introduced in quick succession Single
Tax Houston for the supreme bench and
Congressman Lewis. Mr. Houston ex-
planned that the committee would not
permit OF his speechifying and sat down.
congressman Lewis had more ex-
tended idea of his abilities after leaving
Yakima" Jones behind at Walla WalIa.
lie talked for something like three hours.
The burden OF his complaint was simplv
that OF two years ago, with which the
people are SO familiar and with which
they we're never so fooled before and will
never be again. The only really good
thing he said was that Mark Fullerton
Is fitted in every way to adorn the su-
preme bench. For this he was cherfuly
cheered.
The Opening Wedge
MIR. Lewis opened with the apology
that he was sick, but forgot to say
whether or not his illness dated from
Saturday night, when he met yakima
Jones at Walla Wala in Joint debate.
He talked OF every dead issue. but
skinned lightly over the live ones. As
is his habit, he based everything upon
newspaper publications previous to the
war, fast and frequently attempting to
revive the pre- JUDGES of the people excited
two years ago - to array one class
against another-and reciting his plain.
tive tale that the poor people paid all
the taxes. Then he talked money, but
said nothing about the fact that a dol
lar in American silver still BUYS dollar
in gold, though acknowledging that the
law OF supply and demand worked with
money and denying its applicability with
commodities.
Mr.. Lewis spoke kind words for that
great American statesman, John Sher
man, and based most of his arguments
upon the associated press reports which
populists have reviled and accused al
lies and censored by the republican party
since populism sprang into existence.
Every few minutes he made fervent
appeals in attempts to stir up the class
hatred upon which he was elected two
years ago, but even the organized ap
plauders did not have the courage to re
spond.
He was scared to death OF Schoon
makers speech and endeavored to give
him fits. Then he apologized to the re
publicans, under the mistaken idea thai
his brilliancy had cut them to the quick
not realizing that he had never touched
them.
Mr.. Lewis could not drop the idea tina
he must work upon the prejudices of tn
people and demagogue his way to con
gress, just as he had before. 1t was too
bad that his audience should sit il
silence when he so much desired applaus
upon these points.
Nothing About Several Things.
With all his hriliancy Mr.. Lewis sait
nothing about the tariff; be skinned
lightly over the silver question and il
relation to wheat, but repeatedly trieC
to start the old scare about the golC
standard. He said not q word abou
the lieu lands which a Spokane pane
tried to credit him with procuring TO
the settler, or about the $500 out O
which he demagogued the settlers nea
Palouse in the dark days of 1894.
He seemed to have learned better thar
to further criticise the conduct of tn
war aud used about half his time il
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