The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-25

hopes Of party ascandency and OF SUI
pfenacy destroyed BY the very men
whom they elected 70 Office In 1896. The
silver issue was never PopuIist doc
trine. Neither was free trade one OF
their measures. The control OF the flu
sion organization by the Democracy has
free trade and free silver 10 the fore
These do not interest the Popuilsts who
furnished the votes for fusion in 1906.
The result lis patent to everyone who is
familiar with political conditions today.
Populsrn IL dead. Thousands Of voters
who IN 1906 allied themselves with the
Peoples party, having no faith in the
Democracy, have returned TO the Repub-
lican ranks. The more extreme Populists
have gone into the Socialist camp. The
result Is that the Democrats will poll
little more than their ordinary party vote
In this state, and will be 1000 short Of
the Republican vote.
NEW VOTE REPUBLICAN,.
Contrast the dccadence OF Populsm
with the steady growth OF RepublIcanism
in Washington This state will poll
nearly ao,ooo more votes. November
next than II did four years ago. Tho
fusIonists themselves concede that the
new vote Is Republican on the basis q
this. and when the Democratic managers
look over the figures of the new vote in
the. various counties OF the state they
realize what they are facing. For exam
pie, two polls have been made Of the new
vote In King county alone. Over 50 Of
the first 100 voters polled were Republic
can. and OF these eighteen had voted the
Democratic ticket four years ago. The
new vote In King county alone will not
be far short Of 5000. There has been
rs gain K as vel and
from thore of the southwest indicate
big increase over 1895.
I'm the fight made sutiarelv on the is-
sues In this campaign we have defeated
the Democrats az every point. The DEM
ocrats bcasted tAat Gov, Rogers' record
would be found uesssaiiahle- The reverse
has been found 70 be tho fact. The Post
Inteiligencer's expose OF the school-book
scandal has made US thousands OF votes
Reports from county chairmen and cam
pssn ars a ,he Extra cha
imposed ON them by the browns- wes,-
land company The ruling OF Superin-
tendon, nrcwne snr n the ,hst prae.
ticaily new books must be o.
fcred IN exchange for their books
has resulted IN. throwing out
in exchange, 10 tho great cost q tho
parents OF the school children oniy W
day 7 received a letter from pacinc
county showing that the directors OF
District Is, In that county. after invest-
eating the complaints of the teachers re.
rardinG the westland books. found that
they are unfit for use In the schools.
.sfhe people would perhaps have per
mitted the Increase In the cost OF books
were the quality In keeping with the
wretched Kind, the people have revolted
The voters do not hesitate TO place tne
responsibility for this outrage where "
belongs. namely. on Gov. Rogers ana the
state administration.
GOOD NEWS FROM EVERY POINT.
III have a letter this morning from
George w. Dirge, president of the MetNin-
ley club Of Centralia. Informing me oi
The great successes x snasps Buttons oat s0e he
says. are rapidly replacing Bryan butt
toms among the voters. The meetings
under the auspices Of the Republican or
tended aud more enthusiastic than ever
ssTho Democrats are claiming Asotin
county by from 100 70 $50 majority. They
ana two years ago the Republicans elect
cd every man on the county ticket chair
man King OF the county committee. In
f f'" Mckinney and Frink By nearly 100
majority on conservative estimate.
Gin Douglas county the Republican
forces are aggressive snd.Sonhdent TINS
time. gone by but Secretary Maloy. OF
the county committee, has written me
that there are 30 new yotss, the great
majority o. which are Republicans The
local Democrats are not confident q car
rylng the county. although the peme'
cratic state committee claims DIE na.
iofity from Douglas Tor Rogers anu
''The situation In whitman county has
improved wonderfully lately. Meetings
az ColfAx Pullman and other points ~
tho county At which Republican speakers
were heard nave been splendialN attend
"a. We have good grounds for believing
that Whitman viii be carried By the ma
ttanal end state ticket The Republican
forces ~ Whitman have completely dsFn-
Nns.raied the ,ailacy OF The claims II the
Democratic state committee that Whit
man would give their ticket big ma
jarity.
KING And PIERCE IN u&uNo>N.
Western Washington Il conceded to
the Republicans by she Democratic cam
psisa managers We have been enud-
dent an along ~ rolling ~ bis majority
on this eisia ~ the mountains faF Mo
kinney Fftnk ana thn ticket hgt rrceHt
repoyts received fFert county chAlxnssn
Indicate that the rntn will In much
bee4 featufe about the situaslon OF thia
side az the divide Is THAI there Is a Ccrn-
pscsa ana thorough understanding be
tween the Republicans ~ riarSe and
king counties What iittie opposition
there mi abr have been tn CanNreSsfnar
C9ushman here has entirely disappeared
ard tha movement - cniiss ths business
men Va Mir Renald's cause Was ahan-
danet several weeks aen, Pierce county
there have determined - rival King
county IA ths size 81 the straight Bepue-
iicAn vetr
''fn a nutshell. the situation today =
faeas favorable fur Republican success
! believe that every candidate on the
state ticket - ciecteA today Rrora noW
an 20 election dav the changes IN tha cit.
vatioR VIII he an IN owr faycg.
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