The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-02

poses TO make It's campaign on the war.
SO says Mark Hanna. The Republican
party Of this state proposes 10 make is
campaign On fse hight CT fcSion SO says
the Seattle Post-IntelIixencer. The Es-
publican party OF this county proposes 70
make its campaign on she freight rate
question and the Incompetence Of the pres
ent county officials, 80 says the Paiou=s
Gazette. Oar Republican friends seem TO
have lost sight o. their famous internal
tt0nai agreement po!scy.-Colfax Conn
mcle-.
do not engage In the bootless task OF
reviyIng dead issues. and endeavoring
10 settle questions once settled. and
settled right A faithful effort was
made to carry cut the implied prom,
ises of the 81. Louis platform 70 try
and bring about an international agree
nlent, and the task was entrusted to
"a commission friendly TO silver, it's
most conspicuous member being Sen
utterly. Nothing was left for the Unit
ed States but to accept the result. The
Republican party is for the gold stand
ard without the aid or consent Of any
other nation on earth. and II viii GER
tainiy adhere TO that position until the
time appears propitious. If il ever does.
for entering into an international agree
ment for bi-metailism.
The st-Intelligencer does not know
4.
thority to define a policy for the Re-
publican party Most Republicans have
had quite enough of Hanna and his as
tonishing assumption that the party
Is his property and ne is its prophet.
The Ohio senator recently sent word to
the Republicans Of Utah that they must
not declare for silver in their platform.
The Republicans of Utah would have
been justified in notifying this pre-
sumptuous political upstart that it was
none of his business what they did.
1t Is proper enough for Republicans
tn claim for the administration that
1t is entitled to full credit and honor
for the successful conduct of the war.
1t Is not justifiable TO declare that ii is
a Republican war. inaueurated by Re
pubIicans. waged by Republicans and
brought to a successful issue by Re
publicans. The Silver Republicans of
King county are censurabie for their
contemplate effort to discredit the mo-
tives and purposes of the president in
the following:
We heartily iBdorse and commend the
course of our senator arid representatives
In congress for TIE past two years in al
ways con.ending for the principles Of lib-
erty and justice TO all. and especially for
their attitude in the interests OF humanity
In assisting to compel an unwilling admin
istration TO declare war against Spain"
The fusionists will find that this sort
of claptrap. designed to show the SUI
perior patriotism of the fusion con-
gressmer. will not pay. 1t was the
duty of the president to use every
reasonable and honorable effort to
bring abou. ar anaicable adjustment of
the trouble with Spain. 1t is not true
that the Republican majority In con-
Rress ever faltered in sustaining the
president. In doing his highest duty to-
ward the nation. 1t is true that his
course was greatly embarrassed by the
obstreperous and unreasonable opposi-
ton of the democratic minority, mani
tested In many ways on many oc-
casions
Free silver liz dead. New Issues con-
front the people OF the United States
The Republican party has been quick
to see the magnificent world-oppertuni-
ties of the nation growing cut Of the
late war, and has declared for a policy
that will guide II to a greater, better
and higher destiny. 1t can achieve that
end while 1t is working for more eff
cient state and county government,