The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-12
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
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SEATTLE, "WEDNESDAY, July n



II would be cutie aafe 70 bet that Alt
gel1. Of Iliinoie. 10 making . very bold
bid or ! Ssrssaost place in the nsxt
campaign. There are more improbable
things than the eclipse II Bryan by the
powesful eordslinGss who is seeking to
tab ppesedence over Carter Harrison.
THU Aoes ut meas that Bryan would
not Get the nomination for president al
the hands Of the chicago-platform
Ds2ocrato, butt that Altgeld's personal
inn 1000 Should dosninase the party and
the aanisis1ratisn should such an i'm
probable thing happen ~ the election
OF Bryan.
Mr.. Aitgeld deserves credit Tor having
started a new campaign cry. The Bry-
antics made their last fight On the prop
osition that II Mckinley were elected
the country would go to smash. and
that nothing on earth could save 1t but
Bryan and is to /. Whether II Is because
Rsenblfcan Doctrine Is the best Cor this
country, or whether II Is that Mckinley
haa tAe seed luck 70 b. elected at . time
when prosperity was Inevitable. cuts
resy little Agurs. The important thing
= that the Republicans predicted that
II Mckinley were elected We should
have prosperity ana tbs Democrats pre-
siictAd that n he were elected We should
have pet stiil greater distress. OF
course. the Democrats were wrong and
eonssthing must be done to re-establish
coincidence In the fallen prophet.
Gov Aitgeld furnishes the new motive
and supplies the Democratic party with
an attractive slogan. He admits 1t to
be true that We have prosperity. but he
claims that we do not have enough and
that we never win have enough until
the Democratic PLATFORM becomes the
national bill OF rights, Now. that is as
safe prophecy as the one OF 1886 and
u has the merit u novelty
Gov. Altgeld does not waste time dis
cussing means. He does not tie up the
party TO any definite line OF action. He
talks OF all matters as Democrats do
on the subject Of expansion. They d..
nounce expansion. but they do not say
what they would do with the Philip
pines. He says: I'VE must see to IT,
that = system Is adopted under Wiki
bribery ana corruption can be checked
ana the people can have II In their pow
er to control their government. He does
net say what kind Of system he pro-
poses. bat he does leave the dastardiy
tmpression that hrihery and corruption
form q considerable part Of our public
systens.
In the same vagus way he says Eve
usnst 80 10 u that. the assassination of
republican institutions shall not be re-
garasd - = work of honor" unforfu-
nateiy. there are some Americans who
enjoy rather than resent such an iunru-
tation upon their own intelligence and
character. To them IL would be useless
% NY that no considerable body Of
their own number would regard "assss-
sinstion Of Republican institutions as
a work 81 honar even although they
might differ with Mr.. AltSold "a Ia the
wfsees means 10 foster the interests of
the country,
Alsgeia VIII receive applause from the
same kind Of Americans WIN .yrnra-
! thised with the anarchists: hus shase
who have firm faith ia the future o.
the country and IN ~. GOD sense Of a
majority 81 Americans VIII not be snrr,
% have him as the STANDARD, bearer q.
his party. The naore he talks the more
enemies ne win make ,h@ -sore recs.
less he Is in heliiux ar the United
states 10 the contempt % foreigners The
more firmly he wsl' bind self-rs.Sr~,e ing
Americans together 10 pursue .nsslii.
gent means 10 secure tire end tia Mr,
AitGwad Processes 10 have 80 mach 81