The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-06

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their hooe-stfAps. that IN Get Of the leeis-
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power: that the law Of supply and demand
eonad De cooerched By statute: that society
aoa tne human institutions We eoe around
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have our being could BE- upsst IKE Z house
Of carts ana . wiser ana better condition
Of things Be inaugnrAted IN mort notice:
that kvefything that Ii II Rad and must b
snpplantsd by somethsng new: that smau
bssfnnings and slow growth appertasn onsy
70 oak trees. that real happiness Consists
IN oWntng nothing and doing ncshlng: that
the finest Landscape Il . nat platn vhereon
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taxa. and that Rounoaau vas flxat =
teaching that man IN his savage STATE u
the only true man.
But until crooked uatndednam can bo
treated In the way I suggess nothing re-
mains but to expose II and clip its wings
a. best ws may. think great Improve
ment IN ono respect II possible. In tho
world OF politics We stand by, ~ Z rule,
and So the politicians preparing the -
sues for the next campaign. and no mat
Ter how silly and harmful these may be.
We make no protest unff1 the time to vote
- ArAWlng near md the public mind has
grown - excited appeals to reason are
unheeded b. many who would giadly listen
IN cAlmer tinea. Your average politician
and professional once seeker u : rhinoce-
ros-skinned creature. who balks q moth
Ing II may not be certainly foreaseen ON
what lines the next presidsntisi or the
nexe state election win be contested. II, a
usual. thoughtful, patriotic men. who de-
sire nOthing but the good Of the coun-
try: remain silent until party conventions
Assemhie and promuigate party platforma
But consideration Of the few simple
principles Of government which are funda-
utentAl II always In order and II these
can be drilled into the minds Of tho peo-
pie. the danger. more or less real. that at
tends our general elections viii be greatly
leaeened.
Three years ago. for Instance. the old
Democratic Organisations to which ct least
oue-hAlf Of the American people were at
fached Was taken possession OF at Chicago
by ~ Of men Whose first and only desire
was to win the race and capture the Of
nces. and suddenly platform was put for
ward by them which startled and alarmed
the eonntfy.s Immediately the noise and
Juror beGnn. Stump speeches. Newspaper
editorials. political pamphlets, brass banda
and terchllght professions innumerable
And antessant distracted public attention.
ana excited the public mind. Thousands
OF men went wid over the question Of the
free coinage Of silver at . ratio Of SIX
teen to one.
platform an invitation to mISyule and an
archy. Tho Democratic party was split
wide open. and itS men OF character and
unseldsh devotion to the country docked
IN crowds into the ranks Of the Republicans
and voted with them. Thoughtful men
trembled ~ to the possibls result OF the
election. Looking back at It new II II hard
to realize how craxy people were. II In
hard to realize that sound and fury. sig
nifytng nothing. can stampede men a. well
"a buffaloes. hut they can, and the rea-
son In found In the significant fact thai
men In great numbers are utterly igno-
rant Of the simple principles that underiie
cur republican form OF government, and.
for that matter. any form OF government
In which the people ara essentially free
and independent. and are Just ~ ignorant
OF the few basic truths on which rest the
only doctrine worthy Of the name OF politi
cal economy. Here In the United States,
where the vote Of tho most Intelligent citi-
zen counts no more than the vote Of 4
thick skuiied negro. who does not know
what voting means. II II OF vital import
- ID ~hf h.
taught what those principles and truths
are From childhood up they should be
expounded and simpllfied and explained 10
them. until q plane OF enlightenment shall
finally be reached from which they can look
Down with smile OF contempt or OK pity
upon the demagogue and the crank. The
true millennium viii dawn whenever we
get to the point where oratcry and all
other kinds OK noise or excitement VIII
have no more part In the conduct of pub
lie affairs than they now have In the trans
action OF private business II Will be tho
golden age or common sense. The lines
OF the poet.
.Honor and fame from no condition rise:
Act vel your part. there AL the honor
vii, be part Of the mental habit OF man.
From the presiden; Of tss United States
TO the precinct constable from senator
at Washington 10 a VILLAGE trustee, In sv-
cry station and grade OF public once the
duties, simple or complex. pertaining there
10 will be performed In m orderly. cuies
way. The word politics a. II II popularity
undss.oosi today vii, become obsolete. OF
,,sat rnssssnns will be positions OF burden
ana tass which must necessarily I've borne
fer the good az the public. The mechanic
VII. think everything OF the quality az the
work ne does from day 10 cay. The farmer
viii he ambitious TO understand the nature
ara ureas of the sofs his riowssare up
turns. Neither viii sguandsr time or op-
porsunisy IN ssreet~eorntr or crossroads
debates on single tax or referendum. Inefs
wiz be no a~rnascgues nor Salvation Army.
legislative sessions will be held ence n
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