The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-14
HUMPHREY At CtNIRAL|A.
MOST ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE OF
THE CAMPAIGN.
His Denunciations of James Hamfi-
ton Lewis for His Vicious Attacks
ON the National Adj 1 n istratfon I'm

Special Dispatch 70 the PdS--inte!AgenceE'
CENTRALIA- Oct. l2-tson- '" r
Humphrey. Il Seattle. spoke 20 a large
and spprecsatIve audience here tonight
Although the night was very stormy, iAs
audience wss ~ far the most enthusiastic
here .a.s campaign. He followed ~ Heat
Chart" Jones. who spoke here las. TigAt
Mr.. Humphrey handled James Hamilton
Lewis without gloves, and made aim ap-
pear ridiculous il tsEe eyes C his audience
Every tine he arraisned Lewis for his
attack on the administration he was
greeted with great applause. Mr.. Hum
phrey said IN part:
Not ouIy has The Republican party kept
It's promises il made the people. but i mas
granlly net every emergency that mas
arisen Al the very threshold Of this sd
fu.n.sFratlon the country Was face 10 face
win orc OF the most ntomeEtous ques-
tions in ali the nations ne. Again u has
been demonstrated thar this nation is safe
in the hands OF the Republican party IN
tine OF var. The destruction OF the Maine
caused the death g: 2G6 heroic men. but IN
their death millions OF people were made
free. You may search the history o. al
TIE wars Of the world from the time that
man first began to keep record OF event.
and nowhere VIII you ind parallel 70 our
wnr with Spain. Many wars have been
waged fer glory and conquest, many =
brave people mas bartIed TO he free. but
this war stands alone as one where q
great nation. without hope Of reward
fought that weak ard foreign race might
lie free No other war Was ever fought
that vas as universally favored by The
prpTle 10 o'heT var was ever 80 granny
victorious.
The glory Of +, belongs 10 the whole
people, without regard to politics or party.
class or station race or section. but what
a rebuke what a magnificent answer L.
this war 10 those blatant demagogues who
two years ago went VI and down the coun-
Try saying that patriotism was dead III
this Land Yet, Notwithstanding the mag
niticeut conduct OF the war and Its glo
rious ending the administration and those
in command have been and are still being
attacked ard abused by these demagogues
that VIII use any means that they believe
promise an office
After the destruction OF the Maine
these men ciamored for war they deciar
ga that Mckinley was weak. that he was
ruled by the money power. But all this
time our great president stood like a rock
in the face Of many misguided friends and
designing enemies.
Spain has sued for peace: our forces
have been immortalized on land and sea:
the most brilliant war OF all times has
elapsed That record stands u9equaied in
all the wars that the word has ever
waged Recent events prove that those
who criticised The president for his delay
Were either ignorant OF the facts or Were
traitors 10 their country's interests. In
the war, patriotism alone was the Only
motive of the president. Party was not
a test for position. FitZhugh Lee. Dem
ocrat. nd Joe Wheeler, an ex-Coufederate.
were among the first and most important
appointments made by tie president. From
all the walks Of life-the shop. the store.
the farm the field. the office and from ev-
cry section. the rich and The poor, the
sons of those VINO had worn the blue and
Of those who had worn the gray. standing
shoulder 80 shotilder-orere their serv
ices to their country and hurried TO the
front 10 defend their. flag. In a charge,
leading his men, SO far in advance that
the enemy attempted 70 get possession Of
his body. pierced by crue! Spanish bull
let. fell the brave ana heroic Hamilton
Fish the possessor OF millions and leader
OF society, In tbs immortal charge OF San
Juan, over bitches, through barbed-wire
fences. in the face of the awful ire OF the
enemy. into the very jaws Of death and
hell, many 4 brave boy falling. never 70
rise. went the Rough Riders. and az their
heroisn4 UNSURPASSED on any battlefield,
was he who had left. family, place, posi-
lion and millions, the brave. fighting Theo-
GoTe Roosevelt.
1T has been demonstrated that the rich
and the po0r-that all. without regard 10
wealth or posItion-arc ever ready 10 die
FOR their countrys flag: that patriotism
haiongs tn no class alone IN this land Or
the free. yet TWO years ago the free sill
YER agitator went up and down the land
saving thas patriotism VAS dead: that the
rich were enemies of their country ana a
menace to free tnstitutiuSu. Go with me
10 the dreary slopes OF Santiago and stand
with me beside the Dcw-uaGe graves that
mark the last resting place Of those who
fell tgh.fng for freedom: fell in the fierce
whirlwind Of the charge in The very face
Z the foe. pierced by shot and torn by
she'll. stand there where they fell under
the old flag and then know that american
patriotism still lives. And there in those
graves far from the land they loved 50
wcIl laid 70 rest hy the hand Of strangers.
above Who sacred dust 70 loving tears
wera she'd no flowers placed in grateful
remembrance. rests many q brave boy thlt
a few days before. an tho floor of con-
greSe ~ his mad insane desire for n0to-
riety. James Hamilton Lewis had denoEnC-
g rs pampered maudiins ard ,asSeied So
c.cty sapheJds.' For that alone that un--
priac.pled denagogue should 50 consigned
10 political oblivion forever. In that land
they made free. and enriched with Their
heroic blood. they sleep tonight the dream
e The trs5ucer They az" At peace. Their
memory shall live in the hearts of a CRATE
~ people 80 lorg as the republic shall