The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-10-05
OPENED Up IN STYLE
Cushman Talked to People Like
Dutch Uncle.
The West Side Conpressn. g.
Voted All Right East of the
Mountains.

day. he shot true to the mark and
dropped one argumentative bomb afte,
another fairly inside the enemv's do.
lenses. His speech was hailed with do.
hight by his political friends and entbusi-
astlcally appauded at every turn. Tn
his entire address of nearly two hours
to a well filled house he held bis andi,
tors IN remarkable manner, and from
the opening TO the closing of his speech
but lew people on rear seats left the hall
me congressman was in fine feather
ana poured out logic, humor and sound
reasons why the republican principles of
Ine nation should be supported
hough strong in arrangement of fusion
lstlc doctrines, the happy faculty of
pleasing and not offending the opposing
elements was carried. Great speeches
have been made in the past from Colfax
rostrums, but none which have surpassed
the happy one OF Mr.. Cushman. He did
himself and bis party proud and GER
talnly did the cause in which he labors
benefit
Mr.. Cushman was presented to the
duuiehce by W. j. Davenport, chairman
OF the republican countyIcommittee, and
was received with a highly gratifying
round OF applause from all quarters in
the house. Alter speaking of former
visits to Colfax Mr. CLshman said. in
part:
when chosen as one of the represen-
tatlVes OF this great state in the halls of
congress, | accepted with a full realiza
ton of the honors conferred and the
duties and responsibilities upon me.
Speaking of the west, | am western
product, and am proud to be enrolled as
citizen of the mighty state OF Wash
lngton-mighty in continental domain,
mighty in citizenship and in natural re-
sources, with wealth of grain for the
awakening Orient, and with timber from
which to build habitations for the world.
In the citizenship of Washington are en-
rolled the best men and women God
Almighty ever made-men and women
whose hearts are stirred by the battle
hymns of this great and glorious re-
public.
Zone of the issues in this campaign is
the Star Spsnged Banner. Wherever
the flag is planted it stands for suprem-
acy. Well do | remember when the i'm
mortal First Washington regiment
marched down the avenues of my home
city of Tacoma and left for the front.
Flags waved from every window, from
every vantage point where the breezes
could catch the folds. Patriotism pure
and ardent welled from the hearts of the
mighty crush of people. Have we
changed in those two years? Do we be-
lieve less now than then? No; we stand
the same; our faith is builded upon
heroic rocks. Whether we expand is not
SO much the issue as whether we shall
contract. We have already expanded
81 will abuse no political party, but
grant to all their rights. | believe the
masses OF this nation are patriotic and
wish to see the nation prosper. There
may be one or two who fail in this re-
gard; but the great mass are patriotic
and earnestly desire the greatest good
to the greatest number. Patriotism of
this kind draws us nearer to one another
and brightens the links that bind US.
One part of the nation cannot be pros
porous and happy while another fails.
Experience is the only lamp by which
our feet may be safely guided. False
hood cannot take the place of truth
Mr.. Cushman then denied the garbled
extracts published by the fusion press
from a recent speech at Waterville, in
which he was made to cast insult upon
Germans and their Fatherland, denounc-
ing it as a vicious le He said: "This
nation is a mingIing of the people of all
nations, and the Germans have contrib
uted to it's welfare and honor as much
as any other class"
81 do not entertain for a moment an
idea that a majority of those who be-
lieved in and voted for the free silver
falIacy did so in spirit of dishonesty,
OF because they believed in a dishonest
dollar | believe this class to be Just as
loyal, Just as patriotic, as any other.
But cOncede to every American citizen
the right to think for himself and to dis
agree with the theories of others. And
in this connection, as an American cIti-
zen, and one who is entitled to voice his
opinions, there are few things to which
| want to call your attention.
False Prophet Bryan.
Lest we forget, permit me to remind
YOU in regard to the man who is now
leading the antiimperialist forces
Colonel Bryan. He is the same false
prophet who in 1896 told you in scare
crow tones Of impending poverty and
dire distress if Mckinley should be elect
ed and the gold standard idea OF finance
become triumphant - that we never
could be lifted from the swamps and
morasses of poverty and panic and
financial despair except by the boot
straps of Is to 1. We refused and pros
perity came without the aid or consent
of any other nation on earth.
This is the same prophet who has de-
clared at successive periods since 1890
that free trade, then tariff for revenue
only, then Is to 1, nov anti imperialism,
we're the only things which would save
the country. He was wrong every time
This is the same man who now seeks by
his utterances on imperialism TO stir up
the country once more and lead the peo
pie away on d tangent. He has al
ways proved out as a false prophet
Why do you think he is right this timei
Nv measure of belief in a man is the
truths he has told me before, not the un
tru lbs.
1T takes more than flashes OF rhetoric
such as crosses of gold and crowns o
thorns' to sustain the American people
over four years of government. My
friends, people are today listening to thu
Mckinley brand of elOquence-the roar
ing furnaces, the hum OF factories anC
the clank of the hammer.
"But the fusion argument is that TIT
republicans have had nothing to de
with the prosperity attained. Doe
YOUR individual Judgment and goot
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