The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-27
IOVE FEAST N THE FIRST.
rsFCLIsTs Battle IN 4 DEEF
FLOOD OF FUSION oRATOnY.
sulge Ninsos. the Party svsngslf,
uypnotises Them. anA ~Deep
Creek Jones 81 nj. DO the Rest
Tese Way, sisEie Taxes. Psestass

rhe PopuI!s;s of the First ward held
,cra feast Ias; evening, a. which a lot o,
.sona-hsad oratoricai fireworks we're let
"a BIZ number Of their leaders. rrsaci-
ally deep Greek" Jones and the Sven
sas Of the ropallst Triinyx. Richard VIM
sr. The meeting was the regular b.
~sex,v che az taxson headquarters in the
al EeIla Union ha.i on Second avenue
.aata Gene Way was master az ceFe-
monies ard Introduced the SPEAKERS.
Tn@ audience was exceedingly small. even
ar thai very small hail. when k,dIios
rsI.sle. OF ma Review. tsse s.fst speaker. was
snzrodgced. but tae number incFTds.o aIid
saers was : fairly goo1 attssslafsca 81 fien
sreus al. parties before the evening speak
srv wAs over. They were Eos 1ntaas1astlf
q first. and the few Oh the little stag nad
q bad of ~ tDe applause ia sa9eF the
rssner!c influence IF WinSor they warmed
~ 10 as passes and maize the cid ss<tsEs
ing An intoxicated Popui@t helped 10
s.stersaln the crowd ey his INFER 5eciloEls and
Asghser g everything SAID aurink the carry
tart OF tss speaking. but under the Fo1th-
M voleo Of Mr. Ninsor he went eli 10
Nesp and 40 remained the resi- OF the
evening
4 penning. candidate for justice OF the
peace the next speaker, was sure that eF-
ssy mat IN the house was gong 10 Sote
me fusion ticket straight" HE attempt
81 10 exQia.a single tax. bat finally admit.
tel that he ali not quite know himself
what il was and after asking for informa-
tl0n from Gene Way he gave his views
Of wssat ne thought IL meant a; any rate,
II was "A good tlins and he wanted taen
AIN 10 vote for IL. He GiS aat hesitate 10
ask every one present TO vote for him.
especially as the position OF justice OF the
peace Of the First ward was 4 very re-
sponslhle ono AID as many VI he First
vaFaers might bs, II not constantly. at
last yeTy often bT0aght before shat court
Il brhoovea Them ~ vote for 4 man who
would BE- their friend. He did not know
whether he had yel reached the point or
bs;ng good Populist. hut he hoped some
Ssy ito have sense enough" 10 ba one. lie
wound up abruptly by saying that ne
would ncw take "a hint aad shut UP. and
De- did.
Deep Creek Jones. smooth Shasen. with
a bright Scotch plaid uecktte l.. France
rose IN his bgttonho.e and broad smile on
Aisgoo3-hamoted face made d short speech
saying that from NIL parts or the state he
brought words OF good cheer and every
BODY hopeful OF results. Then followed
the usual Populislic view OF the political
sssuatiuu with stories Interpreted ana the
general attack on Mex inlcy's attitude on
the money question. He promised that the
pcpGlistS would return the old ticket with
majority of 1900 al the coming election
Timothy Ryan admitted being 10 speak
s- but asked tae voters 20 examine the
records os tho various parties in the fed
tons.
Richard Wnsor came N on the windup
ahu iaSkEU iof a !tijr over an :tBAf. ne
subject OF his text was vote fer the
amendment ard direct government by the
people. lie rang all the change on that
theme. lie was strong In his inveetives.
ard trusts. monoppl!es serf9oIns. slavery.
sleeping volcanoes and down trodden Ia Dor
furnished him material. He advocate ted a
general destruction Of every institution In
the land that was not based on PopulIsm:
s.ienia;lzed the present members Of con-
gress puppy dogs that moved AT tho
aill OF the Mark Haunas or the country.
4. the Pops failed to return tha preser: In
cnmbents they might expect 10 become
set Of industrial saves and find themselves
marched IN a chain gang 10 factories at
the mercy ~ hirelirgs Of m0nopoiies and
II they didn't become slay se their children
certainly would.
He wanted them 10 wake I'D before e
was too late and fight lie proposed TO do
y. and would Hight even the courts Of tho
land In The interest Of the people.