The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-10-05
A FUNONIST INNING
Rogers and Ronald and Lieu
Land Charlie.
Nothing About Wife's Travelling
Expenses Or kilograms to
Lieutenant Goodyear.

Governor Rogers and j. Il. Ronald
the latter fusion nominee for congress,
entertained a cold hearted crowd at the
court house Saturday night. The dem
ocratic club did its duty and made up a
tOrchIight procession which is a credit
to it. The governor was we'll received.
but he failed to hold the people brought
out by his friends.
The governor spoke shortly. He was
introduced by Mr.. Goodyear. He talked
about several things-about monarchy.
Imperialism, militarism, calamity, en-
plres, history of nations, greenbacks,
Israel, the Amelikites, governments com
ing to an end, the weakness of people all
kinds OF ancient history, the devil, Lord
Byron, foreign countries, the weather.
himself, Governor Larabee of Iowa
something about state lands. gratis,
Ronald, Goodyear, the flag of populsm,
that Tacoma fellow, McGraw, the viola
ton OF the constitution, session laws.
deficiencies and bond buyers.
The governors audience did not need
lecture on icebergs. 1t was in their
presence, and tolerabIy we'll filled room
was not SO tOlerably filled when he gave
way to Mr.. Ronald.
MIR Ronald is running, on g. ticket
they call fusion, for congress. He made
a second best speech to Charlie VOORHEES,
of lieu land fame, who followed him a
few nights later and really upheld the
doctrines as seen through fusiOnist spec
tacles.
Mr.. Ronald is somewhat of a prophet
and cheered the followers of prophets bv
definitely setting the figures on fusion
| maJOrItleS west of the mountains at
5000 even. He wouldn't even come
| down to 1899. He proposed to fix 'em
| plenty and make Tacoma a suburb of
Seattle. He wanted the flag of populism
kept where it is. Every argument he
had ever read against the government
and its soldiers was used more or less
| eloquently. He proposed to give Cush-
man the votes of all who had been pros-
porous ard reserve to himself those I'M
prosperous. He denied that there is any
prosperity, and then attempted to ac-
count for it by the increase of gold
stealing Senator Aliens patent. He
gave cut the astounding information
| that Mckinley never discovered the
kiOndike. He said the British capital
lists had been prOfited at our expense
He warned US to look out for harder
times than we have ever had. and
was cheered by the devoted crowd
o! 20 in front seats He talked
about all kinds OF trusts except the ice
trust and the round cotton bale. He
sneered at the full dinner pail Local
OracleS gave him wheat and cook stove
prices. lie asserted that everything q
man or woman eats is a trust article
lie acknowledged he was born in Mis-
sour. lie said taxes were going up, but
he never SAID anything about ability to
pay. lie asserted that the Wilson bill
brought more revenue than the McKin-
ley bill. He said Goodyear said the doe
| trine was all right, and it must be- Lin
coin was quoted in the usual CARRIED
style learned from Bryan. George Ill
was hurled smash into the audience. He
sald Governor Rogers is a good man to
travel with. Mr.. Ronald couldn't get
trusts of his mind, and when he wanted
to prove thing clinchcd it by saying
Goodyear endorsed it, He said Gov.
Rogers had always endorsed paper
money, and advocated it himself. The
usual fusion talk was made on the Phil
lpplnes. Nothing new was brought out.
The perOration on Imperialism was re-
ceIved with GOODNESS and in silence Ag-
unaidO was pleaded for, and the audi
ence began to go.
Finally Mr.. Ronald said that when
he was stumping for Rogers in 1896
wheat was selling at Yakima for II
cents. Nobody believed him.
Lieu Land Charlie.
This is the man in all the fusionst
ranks who can tell an audience all about
it He only failed because the founda-
ton OF his argument was buiIded on
sand. He made a pretty talk; it was
worth listening to, but out of a com
fortably filled house there we're only the
usual couple of dozen who we're enthused
to the extent of an occasional band clap.
Mr. Voorhees, is a Whitman county
favOrite, but his doctrines we're only
those advanced by every other fusion
orator and not taking'with more than
couple OF dozen people. He pleaded with
much elOquence for Aguinaldo and called
Roosevelt the man of the rough hat.
That embraced about all be said.
r. B. Walker has associated himself
with the grocery firm of Armstrong &
Co. and the firm name will hereafter be
Armstrong & Walker.