The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-27
Republican Orators Entertain a
Large Crowd in Ballard.
WHO BROUGHT PROSPERITY
H. w. Craven and James A. Kerr Adj
Opening the Campaign in King
County-Lewis. Statements in Re-
nied-FiKures That Don't Lie.

The Republican campaign IN King
cot1sy opened a. Ballard last night. TIE
O5l Fellows haii Vas FLED a.ta 81 IL
,eresttEg and enthusiastic cr0xd. cam
posed q Republicans and fis@01isss. n no
lstsrei for nearly TWO hours - ire able
remarks Of Il ". Craven and James A.
Kerr
M Craven was The first speaker Of
the evening and he lis-aIIy burned the
remarks made by James Hamilton Lewis
IN MS sgesch 1t The ArmoTy. Mr.. Craven
had letters from Gov. P!ngree. John
Wanamaker. Marcus a Hanna and TAeo-
dore Roosevelt. which fse USED wiki telling
effect, as was evidenced by the prolonged
applause NJ. Craven said IN part:
''Au the pledges OF prosperity tiaat The
Republican party made 10 the people OF
the United States N ths campaign ct 1895
have been fulfilled. All direful proph-
ecies OF the fuaonists as 70 ne a~tui
cess have proven % have been utterly
groundiess. and an industria.ly PROSTATE
nation has never so RAPIDLY sprung 1870
kin,ey's administration. There can DC
no intelligent dlsputing OF the fact that
the country today = n a splendi1 pros
perous condition. During the last twelve
months OF Cieveland's administration me
bank c!sarings q the United states were
nfty billion dollars pqrns ne ttrst
ton the. bank cIearinss jumped 70 sixty
billion dollars. and al the present rate
the bank clearings during the second year
five billion. This irrefurable arsumen Mt
proves that prosperity has again come 10
he nation During ;he asst elsh: months
Of Clevelanl's administrator forty-ons
national banks went into the. hands OF
the receiver. During the first eight
months of McKinley's administration only
ceivers. In 1895 100 miles OF railroad
went into the hands Of the receiver, and
during 1921 only LOS miles went into the
hands of the receiver.
Charges OF dishonesty and fraud made
by Pop0cra,ic leaders IN the expenditure
OF the So. 90. voted BY. congress 70 be
kinney. are direct charges OF dishonesty
against the president. because he, and he
alone. was Entrusted with the disburse-
.nent Of this money. Either Dingiey, Gros-
P!ngree and Blu!T1m are dishonest. or else
James Hamilton Lewis statements are
false and ubelous. Lewis has. n his elo-
quen: way, told Of certain Michigan regi-
Tnent thai covered itself with glory at SAN
t!ago'
Here Mr.. Craven read a letter from Gov
Pirgree stating that there was no such
regiment He also read a letter from Sen
ator Hanna stating that Lewis was either
an IDIOT or scoundrel, and that II he made
the statements IN regard 10 the shoes ne
WAS common liar. a letter from Roose
welt said tina. Lewis statements in re-
gard 70 him leaving the navy department
erte GAtEt - AaIre- al toLti ~ -oi. %sii-
Craven said that 70 vote for the party
which had brought the first signs OF pros
peri'y would increase the. prosperity IF
YOU do he said, Ill VIII mean that the
Republicans viii elect men with a tre
merdous majority
Following MI. Craven a boys fife and
drum corps gave a few selections, after
which Mr.. Kerr gave some very logical
statements. He said: Two wears ago the
voice Of the alleged TefOrmer was heard all
over the state. The prophets NJ disaster
with their wheat charts, went up and
down the state prophesyInE starvation and
possible revolution as the certain fruit Of
Republican national victory They de-
clared that the race for wealth had cor
rupted the citizen. destroyed public virtue
undermined patriotism and was threaten
ing the foundation OF the government II
is, therefore. 4 little wonderful that at
this time the reformer had apsed, the
confidence Of the people IL our institutions
had been strengthened and that the cries
did people that IL had enlisted an army
expended millions Of treasures and sacri-
feed $3.50 lives that justice might reign on
a neighbOring island
The speaker took I'D the work Of The Ia <.
legislature and declared that the railroad
legislation was IN the interest OF railroads
that the revenue leg Station broke the back
OF the people had been invaded 10 such an
extent as TO nullify. IN whole or in part a
half-dozen statutes. The acts OF 1887 did
not record the redemption OF a single cam
paign promise. He declared that the eye
cutive had disgraced me State University
ard the Agricultural College and filed the
asyluns and reform school with incou1pe-
tent managers and had turned out Of the
penitentlary two Of the worst criminals