The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-05
Wise and Serious.

President Mckinley struck a keynote
Ohio Society Saturday evening when he
said There are, unfortunately. those
among US. few in number. am sure.
who seem to thrive best under bad
times, and who when good times over
take them in the United States feel con-
strained to put us on bad terms with the
rest of mankind. With them can have
no sympathy"
To understand how true this is II is
only necessary to read from day to day
the utterances of a few public men who
are satisfied with themselves only when
finding fault and who are forever trying
to- imagine conditions of distress, to
create unrest by agitation and to en-
broil people. first one with another and
then all OF us as a nation with other
nations. These are the men who thrive
under bad times and who IL the times
be good are doing their utmost to make
them bad
There is a galaxy OF men OF more or
less prominence who have degenerated
into mere agtators. tramping the coun-
try and talking discomfort no matter
how bright the existing conditions may
be or how promising the outlook for
the future. At the head of them. of
course is Mr.. Bryan, the tireless. ire
pressible phrase maker, who for four
long years has been making the air
vocal with his TRADES and twaddie, on
issues alive and dead In season and
out Of season this indefatigable jaw
smith has been wandering through East
and through West. dealing out the same
doleful doctrine and attempting to con-
vince his hearers that there is no pros
perity. but that all around and about Is
only calamity dire and dreadful.
Closely following at Bryan's heels are
the virulent Sulzer. swollen with his
own importance and ever ready for
violent attack: Atkinson. the whining
pessimist who looks to the future with a
| vision dimmed by old age and weaken
ed mental powers: Altgeid, the vicious.
with hand and voice raised against
God. man and the world at large: Petit
grew, made mad by waning political
fortunes and forever allying himself
with error through loss of mental bal
anee: Mason, loud. vituperative and
meddlesome, who froths and fumes and
grows the happier the more reckless and
ridiculous he becomes. And with these
blatant fault finders is a small horde of
lesser lights who pipe up in unison. try
10 predict awful things to happen and
would paint the present and the future
in colors grewsome and forbidding
How different and more in tune with
the times and popular feeling are the
cheerful and confident words OF the
president. who said; 1--WE have had our
blessings and our burdens and still haze
both. We win soon have legislative as
suranoe OF the continuance Of the gold
standard with which we measure our
exchange. and we have the open door
In the far East through which 20 mar
ket our products We are neither In
alliance nor antagonism nor entangle-
ments with any foreign power. but on
terms OF amity and oordiality with all.
We buy from all of them and sell TO all
OF them. and our sales exceeded our
purchases in the past two years BY over
81 90 10000. Markets have been In
creased and mortgages have been re-
duced. Interest has fallen and wages
have advanced The public debt is de-
creasing. The country Is well-to-do.
It's people for the most part are happy
and eontented. They have good times
and are on good terms with the nations
q the world"
II win be a profitiess year for the
calamity preacher and mischief maker.
There Is no Gait for his services ana he
viii attempt In vain 70 ply his trade.
II viii be OF little use for him 20 talk
want when there Is plenty. to preach
! despair there is hope. 10 talk hard
times when we are prosperous. TO
groan at the great tasks before MS when
the American people are ready and anx-
| ious TO take them up. TO belittle the
| country and its chief magistrate when
men everywhere are loyal to the one
and ready 10 support the arm OF the
other. Grave responsibilities have fallen
| upon MS as a nation. but we are ready
| to meet them The president realizes