The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-30
RETURNS TO REPUBLICANS.
@. L.. Burlingame, Of Whatcsm
County, No Longer Amitates
with FusiOuiata,

whatcom county has furnished another
deserter from the cause Of fusion In the
person OF G.. L. Burlingame, until very
recently prominent among the Silver Re-
publicans of that county. In an inter-
view with observation-disclosures correspon-
dent Mr. Burlingame gives cogent reasons
for his decision to vote the Republican
ticket and sound advice to his recent
associates. Mr.. Buriingame says:
IT would like to say few words to the
members OF the Silver Republican party
with whom I have been working side by
side In whatcom county for the last five
years. Up 10 that time I had been a
Republican, and had stayed with the
party from my old home In Maine through
TO Nevada where | was one OF the RE-
publican members OF the state legislature.
and thence TO Washington. In 1896. I,
along with various other Republicans.
followed Teller and the other Silver Re-
publican leaders just outside the pale ~
party regularity on the silver question.
and In the campaign Of 1896 honestly.
though mistakenly. helped the cause Of
the enemies of Republicanism.
There is no doubt about our mistake.
for Il has been amply and fully proved
by the events Of Mckiniey's presidential
term. What was prophesied by our peo-
pie has not happened, and what we said
could not happen has come to pass. We
must acknowledge that there are other
things than 1e TO that are working out
our political salvation as a nation.
Mistaken as we were. however, on this
question Of free silver. our biunder was
even worse in the casting Of our lot with
the kind OF people and politicians who
have rlayed our party and the PopuIists
for all there was In u during the time
they profesSei 20 be our allies and
friends. 1 was Chairman of the Silver
Republican committee in The county for
a good share OF the time. and know
whereof speak when say tina; no
silver Repptlican and no popnlist In the
state 81 Washington owes the Democracy
any thing In the share OF help or sympa-
thy In this campaign.
The Democrats started out In the be-
ginning 20 hog the whole affair. and All
through have acted tfswards both Popts-
lists and Silver Republicans Ia the most
dfn.ineerinF manner ina 81 cases within
my knowledge sftsea that they cared
no more for their allies than they did for
their enemies by working barrfaced con-
vention schemes to beat q poguilst or a
Silver Republican BY trading them on
after they were nominated. notable
cAs@ ~ this Kind occurred In the tegLs-
lative nghi OF 1888. when 7, ~ chairman
Of oar party. bad TO Use an the infi1enee
possible 20 prevent 9ui par; Of ihe county
ticket from b~iax slaughtered 20 hesp
out the Democratic part
Il have talked wiih Pcpuiisfs from al
the thick q The campaigns since 1895
ard they feel Hike I o.. thar they have
been dictated 20 ard trlfkea and don't
neered over IN the most lnsoient nannsr
until the Democracy had The nerve and
afasaclgy 80 EwtBdls them out - their
party name ana would compel them %
vote and ~urk for something FAR differ
cnt from that sh3eh they broke their
former parry Affiliations With Repubil-
cAnlsm FOR al great sacrifice 50 them
selves
For these reasons I would say 90 all
nv silver Republican associates as weli
As 20 the PopuiiSfs WHO have been eis-
honesty trtcked by the Democracy. that
,he proper thing for them To IA Is 10
vote the Republican ticket straight this
year, from Mckinley az the top down %
constable This - shat I arm going 20
do Republication has proved thai X e.
no false prophet ara taai 81 r. ihe party
of rrintiple and ability 10 perform
believe nearly all of our Silver Reyubii-
can friends feel just this Way, and viii
40 as I am going To do-go hack 20 the
only political home that IS open TO those
who wAai 70 see = continuation OF the