The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-10-05
BURNED THE RED FIRE
Greatest Demonstration Whit.
man County Ever Saw.
Frink and Mcbride Souare1v Or
Pledge tn Support Freight
Reduction.

Where is that so-called republican
apathy in Whitman county about whicI
. we have heard-where is it?" This wa,
the question, rightly put by Judge Me
BRIDE, nominee Tor lieutenant governor
at the great Frink meeting at the court
house Tuesday evening. The answer wa.
a storm OF cheers and round of tumult
from the enthusiastic crowd which packed
the house from the speakers stand t,
the outside lobby. APATHY" is an oh
solete word in republican circles Fus
ionlsm has monopoly in that line o
goods.
The train carrying the party of the
. next governor of the state of Washing.
ton, due at 7:1O p. m, was over half an
hour late; but the pulse of repubIicanism
was up, and the boom OF anviIs, the
crash OF bombs. the swish Of akv rockets
the glare OF bOntires, the rainbow beau.
ties OF pyrotechnics, the pretty colOrs of
red lire and the inspiring lights OF 13O
torches and a dozen campaign banners
borne by sCalwart republican hands en-
llvened the tedium of waiting into a iov-
tul occasion. Old campaigners in the
Palouse we're wild with joy and free in
their remarks that Whitman county
never before turned out such a reception
to any nominee.
Organized effort was not needed.
Though hastily gotten up, republicans
were in evidence surprising to the antis
Half an hour before the arrival of the
train bearing the speakers of the even
ing, Senator John NJ. Frink, nominee for
governor; Judge Mcbride, nominee for
lieutenant governor; and Judge Milo A..
Root, with a 'speller' and Biography
under his arm, the inspiration took hold
OF the great crowd lining the streets.
The keeper OF torches could no longer
stand the pressure of the people, and
began passing the torches No drafts
were necessary. There we're able-bodied
volunteers in plenty and the clamor of
small boys for ''just one glim" was of
necessity turned down, though few
managed to sneak from the pile and
proudly marched with republican gray
boards who could get no torch.
For half an hour before the arrival of
the speakers the torch bearers marched
and clrcied and criss- crossed, making the
most inspiring sight ever seen in Pa
| louise campaign. FusiOnists we're Occa-
sionally found on corners dumbfounded
and tiabbergasted, but still able to
weakly vOciferate and depreciate and
''view with alarm
! When the belated party finally arrived
N,t their hotel, Captain Ewart, Color
! Bearer Dubois and Guidon Belinger,
leading the splendid Colfax Military
| Band, and the long procession of torch
| bearers, halted in front of the house.
This was the signal for a voiceful
welcome, and it went swiftly down the
| line, re-eChOing from the rear two blocks
away.
The hour was late and the worn party
OF speakers got no rest. There was a
clamOr for their appearance and the fu-
| ture governor was not given time to
brush the gray from his card, or the
future lieutenant governor to comb his
! luxuriant locks.
Guided by the captain of the brigade
and the floating cOlOrs of Old Glory,
Senator Frink, Judge Mcbride and Judge
| Root were put in place of honor, i'm
mediately followed by the band, the
| torch bearers and hundreds of men and
women. 70 the inspiring notes OF
Marching Through Georgia." played
every step to the seats, the procession
moved. The house was packed in two
minutes. Standing room was only found
| behind the opened folding doors.
Back of the bench the glorious stars
and pes were tastefully draped,
fianked by handsome pictures of Presi-
dent Mckinley and Governor Roosevelt.
Judge Mcbride.
After round of music well applauded,
| W. j. Davenport, chairman, introduced
| Judge II. g. Mcbride Of Skagit county.
nominee for lieutenant governor, who
| talked for hall an hour, opening with the
| question which heads this article. "Where
is that so called republican apathy
where is ii?"
Judge Mcbride warmed the hearts Of
his auditors by the announcement that
he brought to the splendid audience be-
fore him words of comfort and good
cheer in the great fight now on for the
uphOlding OF the flag of the American
people.
:'On the west side of the mountains" !"
said he, '''the majority for Mckinley and
| Roosevelt and Frink and the whole re-
publican ticket will run away into the
thousands Before coming to the east
side we heard much of the apathy OF re-
publicans and danger of defeat in this
section. 1t is not true. The east side
republicans are wriggling with life and
party love; they realize the Importance
of the issues and the need of voting
right"
Judge Mcbride is man Of splendid
presence, physique and brain. He ad-
vaDced the arguments of prosperity and
referred to the existing condition now
and in the days when Colonel Bryan
prophesied all the disasters in the book
if 16 to l was not adopted. He showed
McKinley's license as pilot of the ship
of state now of the uncharted rock of
democracy and fusionism. He talked
about the consent of the governed" and
the fusion plea that millions OF Philip
pine inhabitants be turned over to the
rapacity and greed and plunder Of the
one TagalO tribe. He showed that the
FilipinOs are learning the blessings OF
our sovereignty by their clamorous de
mands for more American school teach
ers than can be supplied. He said equal
rights to all and special privileges to
nOne-especially to the Tagalos to lord
, it over five times their own. humber OF
fellows-is good republican doctrine
The cry OF militarism was ridiculed and
the assertion that nations as we'll az
men should go out into the world and
play the part of men was roundly ap.
plauded. The advantages of the Ori
entail trade we're explained understand.
ingly and to the point.
| The Judge spoke of the fact that the