The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-08

ana II the T poi, a assses. Gr: :nc.
furnish the corpse and az PAN ,r , n..pe 600 70
seats among the chief nourrers ~
yvu " made me awfully tired. The
but Notwithstanding this. and the new
associates We acquired in these years
ana the strange isms OF Others we have
rsav stuck TO 1t through all. like a
parry was wrong But events came so
sMiit and startling after 1896 that the
a asm. pehesrated even. my political cpl
uerinis. The wonderful results Of the
hppication OF wise business methods u,
tire administration Of public affairs nv
OUT patriotic statesman, President WIT
IAN mckinley. was such a swift sharp
ana complete answer and rpfhltation OF
~ our isms and prophecies OF that year
,nat even Democrat was forced to
immediately after hts assumption OF the
reins of government the paraiyzed and
aead industries of the country spring into
gician's wand idle and hopeless labor
went 10 work and had an opportunity to
work. and converted the raw material OF
,h fact country into food products and man
her white Wings and carried these pro-
ducts TO all lands until. before anyone
really reo realized T. the patio national ledger
the whole world, OF more than thousand
millions OF dollars. Great applause.)
Well. now. It was even possible, for a
than he bought he was prosperous; that
prosperity and life was better than stag
nation and death. tAppiause,)
These things caused me to reflect. and
In rejecting | was bound to be honest
with myself. and such reflection led me
into the Republican party. Let me pro-
pound 70 you the connndrum ! put TO my
popular vote. two elections. There was
a third case In which we failed 10 elect
our candidate: there was failure OF
choice at the polls and J. O.. Adams was
chosen by congress; but for nfty-six
years, with but two exceptions. the popu-
lar heart was ours. From SO TO 'es, for
ty years. the very best we have been able
And. oh. my. what mess of things We
made, especially the last time, Great
applause) Here Is the startling fact:
was ours devotedly for ffty-six years.
and have not been able to recover II for
forty years There must be some primary.
fundamental reason for the existence OF
of leaders We have had Just as many
and ms great men In our party since IS
as before: they have been Just as patriot
ic and sincere. What ts the true reason
for this state of affaIrs7
Democracy Not Equal 20 Occasion.
LET me suggest one for your consider
alton. In is6o and the succeeding few
years. through great travail and conflict,
a new political world was born In this
country. Politically 4 was q new heaven
chems Of our party were face to face with
new condition Of things. The hour was
instinct with life. with growth. with de-
velopment: the future preEnated with
more and greater events for humanity.
and especially for this country, than ever
before. These events were swiftly COM
ing with an Irresistible force. This was
the hour. for great men; men with broad
minds and strong hearts. This was the
supreme moment for our party IL we
could rise equal to the occasion, and had
We done so the popular heart would have
been ours by bands inseverabia. What
did we dos Why, We deliberately shut
our eyes TO the situation. deliberately
turned our backs to those coming events
and towards the future and our faces to-
ward the rear. We breathcd a political
gospel OF doubt and despair. we pursued
a policy OF pessimism. criticism, objection
and obstruction, and have kept Y up Tor
forty years. tAppiause) II you have any
doubt about this statement. so read your
party platforms. your public speeches.
newspapers and general literature, for
all these years. and see how many words
OF hope and cheer you Will md. I have
not the time now to read to you from
these sources nor you 10 hear. Will
give you few examples and you must
do the rest.
You viii md no words Of hope. no prom
iscs 10 do anything either for yourselves
or others, II II all In substance tale
DESPAIR criticism suspicion and reproof
for men whose shoes you were unworthy
10 stoop down and unioose Giant men,
men whcee great minds and hearts were
aevtsing measures and policies which.
like Archimedes' lever. would move the
world Chief among those upon whom
you poured out the walls OF anathema
and wrath was the great emanctpstor,
now In your new and revised calendar tho
great lincoln IL included as one or your
political saints. tGrcar Applause In
the great national structure reared In the
last forty years you have had no part,
nav more than that. you have, In your
blindness sought 70 dsface A. tear y
down and destroy u. To-Day you stana
blind 20 the mAsninssnt structure. resfs =.
hy other hands, and grnre and srovei Y
me damp and mould Of the basement
among moles and bats ana owls
Gone backward. Not Forward.
''You. AZ a party have gone backward,
and not forward. YOU have preached
death, no, life Your system for these
teachings and policies for all these years
hav. been 40 had and depressing that they
have distorted and weakened the nentsf
ynisaie and al the bottom You hare ,ali
xour tale ~ woe until your mental vision
Is distorted; yop see things 80 spenks.
ghosts and haesoeisns. political witches
cgme a CHEAT dance and your platform q
psps dream Great applaesel Today in
thia axe % the telcsragh- tefepoene, an-
sonsNflr ard shirt Waist, yog stand shsv-
ertng WITH horror al spcetes ~ your ewn
minds You see In a simple cifisen -
canton. o. a crowned ard eceptored eEn.
s.essr. dragring AT his chariot wheels the
r.tri,t Agtliuaida and the dusky females
II Ms household tArptau<dA For forty
vsars We have been cr1tnE -WoifF ana
fha wolf has not matcrialirad Tor that
fisne We have nes originated a single new
POLITICAL taea. every four wears Ike
t,V With q pcpFGn We crew up fhe sArDa
"a wafs put them In the same ola guns.
and shoot them me same Old way. Every
fssr vrars we - into the political grave
,-ars 81 the past. ga up fossils NOM
fh~.adhare Sad and mHstY Issues clothe
there a. decenliy as We can. send cut
s.,sf,bfvders Who arc expected with pure
tsw a. pat the breath % TIE into them,
49, r., matter hn~ carefully handled.
49, ~ bones would crcAk and rattle To
think Vas rank heresy O. thc tradition
ana legends - the rarta q slNe up any
Fl,g,s ~ 10 propose Go 81 -. uo matter
sexx obsolete or exploded "a was was 20
he A traitor g the party.
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