The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-13
OLD ISSUE DEAD AND BURIED.


NEW YORK. Aug. l2-Alien c. Mason.
O. Tacoma who Is in New York. joins In
the chorus that proclalms the West and
Northwest for Mckinley and prosperity
again In 1900. He says that Organism is
forgotten unheard OF. In these days OF
that he has sized the situation up for the
New Workers.:
THE whole West. and particularly the
Pacific slope. Is booming. because the
people can sell all they produce al good
prices and get the money. The law OF
supply and demand has got in its work
and we are ali earning good iivngs. with
enough left over TO buy some OF the
pleasures OF life for ourselves and cur
families.
''To the majority of the people OF the
far Yves, free silver Is now dead and
forgotten Illusion. Let me tell you some
thing. I have been in the East about six
weeks and mos, OF the time / have been
In New England. During that period |
heard and read more about Bryan ard
free silver than ! have heard al home In
Bryan out in country now. and
what's more, nobody thinks about him
The fact Is. the alarm which BRYAN and
the other free silver men sounded in lsss
was a false one. and the people know
II now He warned the man who had a
mortgage on his house that. II the single
gold standard was maintained the gold
bugs would take the roof over his head.
The gold standard was maintained and
the man has been able 10 earn III. money
10 pay of the mortgage. He told the
farmers that, II Mckinley were elected.
their burdens would be increased and
the price Of their products would so still
lower Mckinley was elected. the price
ot farm, products went IN and conse-
auenslv the farmers burdens were de-
creased.
s'Those farmers who took stock In Bryan
have row sworn uufaltaring allegiance 10
the n-an who made the condition IN which
they fna themselves possible. To-Day Will
tam Mckinley is stronger N he West than
he was In 1895 ard isSS, ard the people will
demand hts rerpT nation He the man
.hrv xRn. for Gresidenf. notwithstanding
stat many q their SINS ard brothers have
fallen 81 battle 80 uphold His policy in the
rrSlfrfagss TIE general opinion - that
as rsai estate ss1-e ana SIMPLE the Phil
inrsEeA are hardly worth fighting fo-. Bot
they know that, sor the time beng AZ
sessions They know that there is dis
order there ard they denssn thar fha dis
Order sear Re pwi dawn, and that our
sever~ssr:v ovsr hose iS1a-=ss shall le &C
kr0w ledge. by every Gre To thai end ~e
would push tea campaign with shs usnsas,
ysgcr
able real estate ,se re1pie wsst * she
Rockies will not believe ever cne1seu. TO
gfve he Philippines no. And. holding this
notion our ETs2n3e will have greater reason
rs demand Nckfysasv's reno-rsr g or Yea
srew have learnss ca. shsre. ln rom
rarattsefy few years The value =. the
;rase II the East X - o-iv within fhe
nas. ST ~ eight wars thas cur own mills
raE@ been tuy1~r sEt wheSt i~ss ss.g-
THO Or ;Ar~e sastsar vessels were sent from
Tacoma wsfh SarEu@s ~ Nsgr fcr China
nrs business rrsen laughed a. TIRE t3ea that
s~sfra -sses could Ae essurat~f 30 eat sseg-
Resides they sad Il couldn't ~ delivered
a CHRIS ports cheap sacuEN - compete
Nth rice VIA. has hs~r the ra~ai.-
s-hsrA.r.<r have ret anfr bear taught a
eat four but they buy Il IN sGch guam
sssses that so3av four tines cs vessels are