Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-11-05
WHERE HE GOT SICK.
Yakima" Jones Gave Lewis His
Aches and Pains.

Mr.. Lewis. They confirm the following
adVices and say he flew into a rage when
beaten in debate and left Walla Walla q
discounted and disgraced politician.
| There can be no doubt that he more
than met his match when he tackled
smiling Yakima" Jones.
The WaIla WaIIa Debate.
Walla Waila, Oct. 3.-Congressman
James Hamilton Lewis met with O severe
accident to his pink whiskers ct the opera
house last night. He had them SO bad
ly scOrched that it may necessitate their
being laid up for repairs, and his popu-
list friends fear it will result in his defeat.
1t is safe to say that they will not seek
to get within the range OF fire of Hon,
W. l.. Jones again during this campaign,
ii Lewis can prevent it.
If there were any republicans who had
any misgivings about the effect of a Joint
debate between Mr.. Lewis and Mr.. Jones
they were most happily dispelIed. If the
! debate could be repeated in every city
and hamlet in the state there would be
! no dOubJ OF the result OF the election
next November. Even honest and can
| did pOpulists must admit that their can
didate was completely fioored. Mr.. Jones
! proved himself a ready debater; he ia
cool, quick witted and an eDcycIopedia
OF facts-what Mr.. Lewis most fears.
| The pink whiskered statesman was
| frightened in the beginning and so angry
at the termination that he lost control
OF himself and even made his friends
ashamed of his conduct.
Congressman Lewis opener his address
with carefully worded statement insin-
uating that the terms of the debate were
made by his opponent and gladly az
cepted by him, although unfair to him.
Mr.. Jones denied this assertion az soon
as he gained the floor, and said that Mr..
Lewis well knew that he (JOnes) had
nothing to do with arranging the terms.
but Mr.. Lewis did not apologize for his
misstatement.
Mr.. Lewis then threw u bouquet a
himself by saying that he was being
made the issue of the campaign. The
remainder OF his address of an hour and
ten minutes was devoted to glitteritg
generalItles, giddy grandiloquence and
graceful gestures. He appeared to be
afraid to take up the issue which
he had been trying to inject into the
campaign in other parts OF the state,
well knowing what would be the conse-
1hNANNc. AuC COhQuCL vi lHp ar was
not referred to, and single tax and state
issues were scared over in one sentence.
His entire address was devoted to the
bond issue and an endeavor to show
that the administrator intended to
lesue bonds before there was any indica-
tlon OF war, His remarks on the silver
question: we're merely passing illusions,
ana ne ana not attempt any argument in
laVor OF tree coinage at Is to l. Only
SIX times was there any attempt at APP
pause, and then it was very scantv.
Yakima Got at Him.
| Hon. Levi Ankenv introduced MFR
Jones, who said in part:
IL certainly gives me pleasure to address
| the people OF Walla Walla. l have never vet
had the pleasure of addressing Won. and "a.
| sure you 1t Is pleasure to meet you tonight
deslre TO say one word in regard to this de-
bate. Mr.. Lewis would have Won believe
nave imposed my own terms Of debate upon
MN Now Mr. Lewis knows, and the com
mlttee knows, that they arranged the terms of
debate for US, and my friend wanted some
changes made.
Ladies and gentlemen, have listened with
great deal OF pleasure and interest, and vet
when L come to address you In regard to The
matters at issue, really do not know to what
party my friend belongs. | wonder whether
he is democrat, or a republican, or a POM
list, or whether he Is just simply an ordinary
fuslonist. think probably the latter.
Now then, III considering the discussion. I
want to ask you what principle he has pre-
sented to you! What principle or policy has
he discussed before you! | simply ask vo, IN
look at these matters in a fair, candid. simple
way. L am not an orator, but [ admit could
make pretty near as hoWery speech as he
can, if | wanted to. We are all after the same
thing-my friend Lewis and l are after the
same thing. We all want money; we all want
prosperity. My populist friend, nv demo-
cratic friend and my republican friend all
want the same thing. We want the thing
that will bring the greatest prosperity, and it
, seems to me we are now in decidedly better
/ condition to talk over these things than we
/ were two years ago. Two years ago over in
Yakima we heard nothing but l6 to l. and
+ we could not stop on the street corners, be
cause if we did we could not get away from
you fellows. Then we could tell populist
every time; but now we can go along the
streets without being stopped, and we cannot
) tell populist from a republican, or a fusion
ist from republican or democrat from q re-
publican, because we are all PROSPEROUS and
+ we are all doing business
, L want to call your attention tonight to this
: tact: What hope has my friend Lewis held
out to you: What encouragement has be
brought to you? What song of prosperity has
he sung to you! L am glad the republican
party can come TO you IN this campaign anC
= hold out to you not discord and strife, not
g perjury and poverty, not starvation and rags,
: but we can hold out to you people of the state
: of Washington gr&nder things, and we ask
you to come upward instead of downward
, and we ask you to look for prosperity instead
of poverty; we ask you to look for happy,
contented life instead of discomfort and sorrow
t and perjury. The republican party comes tc
e you without any sorrow, but we can point
: you to a more glorious future, and we ask you
, in all sincerity If the republican party has not
\ complied with all the promises it made you
q two years ago? Two years ago we promised
you if you would put us IN power we would
pass the national bankruptcy law My friend
Lewis in the battle halls OF congress said: "Dl
not be afraid, the republican party will not
! pass national bankruptcy law, :" but we did
i and it has brought prosperity to hundreds OF
9 thousands. The republicans introduced the
/ eight hour bill, and l say after the Sth of No
] vember next that law will go through We
+ passed the national arbitration law, thereby
r doing away with the entering wedge between
= capital and labor. We promised that the flag
8 that had been torn down at Hawaii should
! float again over that land, but nv friend
Lewis in congress said: "Do not have any
fears; you will not be called upon to vote
q upon the annexation of Hawaii but the stars
e and stripes were again unfurled over those
D islands, and my friend Lewis came in at the
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