The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-06

Before another issue OF the Post-In-
telligsncer reaches It's readers the local
election will have passed and the for
tunes OF Seattle for the next two years
win have been decided. This morning
Is time for clear thinking. for judicious
counsel, for resolute action. Let every
voter give the final moment before he
goes to the polling booth to o calm con-
alteration of all that Is involved In a
wise exercise Of the right Of citizenship
No Republican can be true to his party
or to his conscience who does not vote
for. the Republican ticket today. This is
the opening gun OF the year of n ma
tional campaign. 1t is for this reason
most Of all that such strenuous endeav-
ors have been made by the opposition.
They have not avowed their purpose,
they have concealed It carefully behind
a barricads OF false pretences. But II IL
their purpose and their hope. They care
far less what happens to Seattle than
they do for the aid and comfort that a
Republican reverse would give to the
Democratic party throughout this state
and beyond IL. No man who believes In
what the Republican party stands for
In the nation or who hopes for its sue
cess In November can faiter In giving II
today his hearty support without prov
ing false to great and solemn trust.
No citizen can vote the composite
ticket or any part OF It without a con-
seriousness that he is playing with the
future progress and prosperity OF Sc
attle. We have entered upon the fairest
period OF our history. We know what
great things viii happen here, how cap
ital and population viii come 10 us from
every quarter OF the globe II there liz no
shock to public confidence. To elect men
who represent wild theories OF eonflsea-
ton and repression. to brand this COM
muniN as leaning toward prohibition
and embracing the single tax. to take
incipient socialism Go our arms is TO
scatter abroad tho seeds OF dlstrust and
10 play with the whirlwind. We may
know absolutely what will be the future
az our city under the honest and con-
ssryatNs guidance that Republican
administration win give a. No man can
tell what will be It's fate II the unsora-
puious schemers who have fashioned the
fusion plot and handed It's campaign
should be placed In control OF our mu-
nicipal destlniea.
Hlgh above an the ain ~ conaio, AMI
the petty and personal appeals that are
made 20 prejudice rise these notes Of
warning ana these calls 60 duty This
Is not an Isolated contest. whose CON
sequences win stand by themselves or
whose effects die away with the closing
of the polls Devotion TO PARTY fnaana
more than an occasional support 81 i,s
candidates or q willingness to let its
cause 30 down TO defeat because A
mans personal preferences may not
have been wholly satisfied Devotion 70
cur city means more than wordy dec
lsratlon In the market-piace II cans
for the far and wide view: for the bal
ancing Of judgments and the exercise
OF prudence. caution and public spirit
which places the welfare Of Seattle nrst
OF all.
This Ia the last word. The Post Intelll-
gencer urges every man to east his bal
10, for the Republican ticket II asks
him to consider all that Is involved.
and the vast consequences for good or
evii that may grow out OF his act to-
day. The tumuIt and the shouting o.
the campaign have passed us BY.
Amidst its echoes the hour OF public
duty has come. Let every man dismiss
from his mind all other considerations
sink every meaner ana pettier motive
and voice through his vote his BEST