The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-02
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give out no detailed estimates as to maiorities,
but great landslide is not only hoped for but
expected.
New York Evening Post, nti-McKinIey
paper: The dominant impression produced
by Bryan's appearance in this city, as by his
course during the last few weeks, is that of
lack of sincerity. He often gives utterance to
the most excellent sentiments, particularly on
the subject of imperialism; but the listener
cannot help wondering whether he means any
thing more by them than he did four months
ago, when be declared, over and over again,
that the currency, trusts and imperialism are
the three great issues before the people this
year, one as important as another while now
he will not tell how he stands on the currency
question. Wherever Bryan appeared last
night, he seemed the actor in his bearing; and
he seems the actor, too, in lis treatment of
public questions, taking up one part and then
another one or other promises to draw well
1t is not such candidate that appeals to the
Independent voter, at best. Least of all does
be commend himself to such n voter when he
comes to a metropolis cursed by the DONNA
ton of the worst political machine that ever
afflicted a civilized city, under the patronage
of its odious boss, and excaims. Great is
Tammany and Croker is its prophet"
From the day of election IN 1896 there has
been a gradual but steady disintegration Of
the Bryan forces in this state, says the Sc
attic ost-Intelligepcer. This was evidenced
in the redemption of the state by the republi-
cans only two years after Mr.. Bryan's defeat
The issue upon which his great strength was
developed four years ago has been thrown
aside and the party leaders have been able to
substitute nothing which appeals to the peo-
pie of this section of the country. They be
lieve in expansion in the Pacific northwest
and the vote of the state will be recorded in
favor of the administration that advocates it
As matter of fact, most of the fusion candi-
dates were strong expansIonizts up to the time
of the Kansas City convention, and publicly
declared themselves to be such. Their sud
den conversion at the dictation of the party
managers who were in need of a paramount
issue will have little effect upon the people at
large who have favored expansion from the
first because they believed it would result in
the more rapid upbuilding of this part of the
country.
Really, the talk of the politicians VINO are
expressing fears about neutrality-suspicious., -
''militarism" and the ''imperiIed liberties of
the country" is not entitled to respectful at
tention or serious consideration, says the Orc
gonian. 1t is silly; it is mere babble; it is old
stuff, drooled and droned at intervals ever
since the republic was founded. It was loud
Mexican war and loudest of all during the
war for the union and years afterwards
What is heard now is but feble imitation of
those old tones. 1t is ridiculous; and in fact
it is excusable to treat it with contempt.
Some of these prophets may be sincere
enough, but it is impossible to respect their
judgment. The American people have G
habit of standing by the flag, and are not to
be scared by twaddle about 'militarism" and
''imperied liberty.
Oregonian: Within month after his de-
feat in 1896 William Cummings BRYAN made
this confident prediction:
Before the year 1900 arrives the evil effects
of gold standard will be even more evident
than they are now, and the people, then
ready to demand an American financial policy
for the American people. will join with us in
the immediate restoration of the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver at the present legal
ratio of 16 to l"
The present query is whether Bryan knows
anything more now on any subjact--say on
'militarism," imperialism" ETC., than he
knew about the gold standard four years ago
Dr. William Everett of Boston is an anti
imperialist who sets forth the most serious OBJ
jections to Bryan in this truthful paragraph:
He Bryan has tried to set section against
section, state against state, class against class
and nation against nation. There never was
a man whose utterances and whose measures
breathed more of a spirit of rivalry and an
tagonism, and of that kind of civil war, the
war of classes and sections, which is worse for
us than any external war.
The Times says that Cushman threatens
among other terrible things to remove ''the
United States mint, now doing an Indifferent
business at Boise City. Idaho. to Tacoma
which simply means the humiliation of Sc
attle's assay Office" The Post Intelligencer
says: As there is not and never was a United
States mint at Boise City, we may escape
humiliation yet, though we cannot hope to
escape the campaign lie until six days more
are past.
Cotton News Letter: Governor Rogers be-
gan his campaign by advocating the republi-
can policy of commercial expansion, and he is
ending it by vain endeavor to dodge that, as
well as the terrible record of his administra-
ton in connection with the awful school-book
scandals, and his own record of using the
funds of the state for the payment Of bis
legitimate campaign expenses while eudeavor
ing to get the denomination for governor.
Seattle Post -Intelligencer: The democratic
party has such high and holy regard for the
constitution of the United States that it never
attempts to read ANYTHING into that instru-