The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-09-21

ing about over the hills and wales
dressed in a calico gown and an old
sunbonnet trying to dodge the Union
officers. Being in a similar condi- !
ton as was Jeff Davis may account
for the sympathy the South is show
ing to Dom Paul at this juncture.
Oh, yes, the world and his brother
are always for Bryan two months
before the election, but somehow or
other they fail to be for him when
he needs them worst, election day
Talk is cheap, and for that reason a
great many persons flock to hear
Bryan talk because it costs nothing.
Illinois is suffering from an over
dose Of mobocracy just at present,
which, we fear, will do it no good in
the future. Let the law have its
course, and if it is not stringent
nnOugh for the nature Of the crime.
then enact new laws that will be
stringent enough, that mobocracy
will not be necessary.
At last ex-Queen Lilioukalina
has become reconciled to the FLAG
md the customs Of the United
States, as she rose a few days ago
While the band played the "StaI
Spangled Banner" 1t was a long
ime coming, but it certainly came
md that, too, in spite of the unwill-
ngness Of the queen.
One of the worst types of impost-
rs, yea, downright liars, that you
will come across in this world of
voc is the pretended palmist-a mar
n woman who claims to read your
)ast and future from the palm of
our hand The person getting his
n her palm read is either a fool or a
anatic, and the one reading it is of
Il persons the prince of liars.
According to the followers of
Bryan great numbers Of Republi-
ans are rushing to the support of
heir leige lord, but, strange to say,
hose great numbers are always just
n ahead. Cast about you, if you
please, and, after you have done so,
write and tell us exactly how many
500 Republicans do you find sup
'Orting 1900 Democrats.
When women do foolish things
hey are generally very foolish
Kings. The women OF woman who
onceived the idea Of having the en-
ire ". c. T. I. organization inaug-
rate chain Of prayer for the defea
f Mckinley, were the most foolish
f foolish women. and the plan has
cen fatty rejected by the more SEN
ible leaders of the organization.
Illinois no longer has an Associ-
ted Press concern, as the affairs OF
he concern doing business under
hat name have been closed up and
new lease Of life taken out for it
n Greater New York This was con-
idered expediendt by those owning
, majority of the stock, owing to the
act that the most Of the news of this
ountry naturally gravitate to that
ity before reaching any other point.
ALREADY has the South cast her
vote for Bryan" innocently COM
nents a Southern paper. Oh. GER
ainly; it cast its vote for him four
years. ago, and that will stand per-
ectly good for the coming November
lection. When there is no change
f candidates, the same vote cast four
n eight years prior in the South is
IS accurate as the one that will be
'ast a subsequent Year
Bryan Boxers in Texas did not in
end to have such a destruction as
vas that visiting Galveston, Texas, a
ew days ago without making some
)ody pay for it, and so they murder
ID some fifty Negroes in order to
[ent their rage as well as disapprovaI
f misfortune sent on them by God
Almighty. Whether heaven or man
responsible for things that befall
he Southern Boxers the Negro al
ways has to answer for it.
If the Labor Day programme was
business proposition, pure and
simple" as said a certain labor lead
r in The Times one day last week,
hen, permit us to remark, in our
eeble judgment it was only a bust
less proposition for the men who got
out, and by no means for those
Who advertised in it. Who, save the
'ew who worked on the Labor Day
programme and those who advertised
n it ever saw single copy of it on
he streets or anywhere else?
Our Afro-American Democratic
brother, who is to educate the Negro
# this state into voting for the men
who shoot him down and disfran-
,hise him by the hundreds of thou
ands, does not use very convincing
arguments in that direction, in fact
lie is perfectly silent on it. The
Negro voter is open for conviction.
Mr.. Exponent, but like the Missouri
IN, you will have to show him some
hing before he will permit himself
to be convinced into voting a Demo
cratic ticket.
Stealing water in Chicago by large
manufacturing concerns and thus
avoiding the paying Ct water taxes.
las become quite a fad The ''blind
main" is quite common medium
through which municipalities are
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