The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-28
QDARTETTE Of FOSNA|SIS.
CLARK DAVIS. BRIDGES. II. r. JONES
AND RIETHEN.
Divide Alteration ana 1i
Musical Numbers. ana
Mainly the ssP.-I." and ancaOe
IL sone other Matters OF interest,"

Clark Dayis. Robert Bridges. Icy
Greek" Jones, A. j. Biethen and So's' -
auartesre divided tine and nonoIs Al,
fusion rally held last night in hahAe nan
MFR. Davis presided. made a re" p",
mary remarks. introduced the -.
orators. proposing three cheers IN Eus' is,1
each Of them and for the fusioh utnrs.
Bridges and Rieshen made tns N
speeches OF the evening DIR. Jofass spun
a few wcrds of COED cheer as 70 Siie w.
lock In the st1fte.
Mr. Bridges began by criticising the re
a,,h,ieans for heiag afraid to declare them
selves on the woman suffrage 9oesl."n'
Caring himself heartily in favor 81 i. ne
quoted extensively from the Fosk-4H.e'
gencer, which he pronounced paHasoh w
acme Of purity in fact. ho'h ns s ~
Riethen seemed specially coheetiaso "s ~
the course pursued by the Foss-iiiesei '
geneer. aow visiting 1t with the seFeies1
AZ .snsthe.s and inyectives, and anon turn
ing their personal Afternoon 20 ING -
IntellIgencar reporter present 10 empress
the hope that he would make an accurate
report.
Mr.. Bridges declared that single tax Is
not an issue in the present canllaisn. an y,
then devoutly wished 10 God !. NJ ny.
He declared himself il favor OF LII
legislat ton, and said that every iI1e tas.o- -
list favored il. though some , Deilo' a.,
were a little afraid Of IL lie tilousat src
when in an editorial OF October II salo.
If any farmer doubts the purpose 81 ths
single taXer. he should read IT,! 49,
Georges Progress ana poyeray la o., mot not
need 10 embody the exemption amendh.ehS
into law; all they needed was 10 eiest tx
pubcaus ard the property OF corporations
would he exempt. As an illustration OF the
difference between the TWO parties, he gave
the following figures comparing 1870, Wien
the Republicans We're in power, with ise'
when the fuslonists are IN control.
Money III banks. assessed, lsse-s Lz-sf
Money in hanks. assessed, lssS- s44-9o'
Railroad rolling stock and personal 90, ono
property. iNse -. -. -. ''0''
Railroad rolling stock and personal .,- ara
property 1898 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 4is.ot"
Again he turned his battery against the
Post-InteAigeacer, and asked with an at
tempt at sarcasm whether 1t WIGS ever
known to be opposed 10 the interest OF cor
poratioHs. Choice examples or ulaFseiols
syutax ornamented Mr.. Bridges speech
throughout, as. fer instance. when ne oIeW
applause by saying. II IA one OF those iei.
lows that's got nrecfackefs in my nfat IL,
There is some other Items. etc. tbs
saving about the tirecrackers was pro
voxed by statement OF Judge af1liVfa
that the fusion party had fiicnsd from lne
people Of the state. He said that the he
publican party had stolen from the people
and went into lengthy anaifsls Oh TIE
tide land legislation and piat,lnS' sa!itS
that all the valuable street. on the Sealtie
water front. from Spring to kinS, extend
ing from Railroad avenue 10 the harDor
line had heen sold 10 corporations az fhiic-
uously low figures qnqt,iis Iae loi. sas, ny ~
Columbia. s5ea; Marion, s?9i; Union, sls'.
These corporations. he said. had no riSnt
TO buy as they did NOT own even TIE aoiit-
ting uplands. He criticised the Zeal or the
Commercial Company with the Northern
Pacific and denounced the lar!er repeated
~ ss fake institution
Nr Bridges turned his afteEaloh 70 the
-fsbn
leans with fayoritism and corruisElen IN us
administration.
He closed by accusing the FosU-fhleiii-
genccr OF shedding crocodile tears over sHe
farmer and appealed to the work. nSnlan
10 vote INDEPENDENTLY
Deep Creek" jones, with his wonted
smile. simply gave the audience Il frieTGiy
greeting said things were going Wei all
over The state. and predicted fusion VIZ
tory.
A. J. Blethen began by depreeating 1.-The
personal abuse being heaped upon the best
fellow in the state of Washington. He
begged his hearers 10 pay no ateshuon 70
saving that il Lewis were the cerlmp that
paper charged him with being IL would
rot pursue him as it was doing: that N"
course Of the paper was dictated by ats
fear OF Lewis. His only attempt At de-
Tense OF Lewis against the GrosVenor let
ter WAS To ask Who is this man eros
Yenorr'' and then, rather To the surprise
Of the audience, 10 pronounce Grosyenor
a traitor 10 every principle of the Repub-
hcaa party. lie accused the Post-inteii-
gencer Of quibhling about minor kilograms
but evading the main statement and allie
cation MADE by Lewis as To Grosnevor.
He read the following telegram from Mr..
Lewis. da1ed from CIc-Elum:
II beg Of YOU 10 rot pay The slightest
attention to what the Observation-Disclosures
said In its attack on me this morning.
Keen state and county affairs before the
ueople and let the Post-Inteiiigencer pick
a, m, as much as they choose"
Predicting that the observation-disclosures
would stcak of the meeting IN hold head
lines as a frost Mr., biethen Instituted a
modest comparison of s9fch Il course with
that pursued by the Times. After discuss
ing county affairs briefly ne entered up
an a lengthy discussion 81 the silver CUES
ton which he insisted was now an issue
ana would De the vital Issue in 1899. lie
replied al some length TO Mir. CssNen'S no.
tice OF him. aeiicat.ly designating Mr..
Craven as a craven cur