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

canism, even in the free silver craze
days Of 1896"
Charley ToWne Of national fame
battled for the Democrats in this city
last Saturday to a crowded house,
and Senator Fairbanks, Of Indiana,
also Of national fame, did battle for
the Republican side Of the house in
this city last Wednesday. There was
a grand outpouring Of representative
partisans to both meetings, taxing
ArmOry hall each time to its utmost
capacity. There was 10 lack of en-
thusiasm at either meeting, but Mr..
Towne's admirers found a far differ
ent state Of public mind to confront
their arguments and high-sounding
free silver platitudes this year than
they did four years ago. While no
eXtravagant claims are going to be
made for the Republican cause at
this early date, yet even Mr.. Towne
and all Of his admirers who attended |
his meeting last Saturday evening, |
as well as the campaign workers in |
this state on the Bryan side, now
realize that different argument |
than the mere shouting Of Bryan's |
name and Is to 1 will have to be used |
to convince the voters this year. |
which was not true four years ago.
10 take the top Of the house off four
years ago all the speaker need do was
to shout in thunder tones, civilian
Jennings Bryan, and 16 to L. and
the cheering was something terrible.
That's quite thing of the past now.
Officer Ribbach, who shot and
killed a wOuld-be robber on last Sun
day morning, while the latter was in
the act of robbing a Chinese store
after a most desperate battle in
which at least twenty shots were ex-
changed, has been receiving numer-
Gus congratulations from the citizens
of the city during the past week.
While the police force of this city is
perhaps the rottenest thing in the
shape of police force in any city in
the West, there seems to be at least
one brave man" on the force.
The following extract from the
Olympia Capital shows whether it
proposes to eat crow or not. Much
has been said as to what course the
Capital would pursue in case Rogers
was renominated, but no speculation
IS so true as ones own words. Space
is therefore given for the following
quotation from the Capital, which is
self-explanatory:
'"Ihe Capital is the oldest Populist
paper in the state, and it did not
spring into existence to live off party
pelf, but left good support in the
ranks in 1891 to labor in
behalf of the common people for
purer politics and the rights Of the
people. In 1892, protesting against
ring rule in the affairs of the state, it
assisted in organizing the Peoples
party in this county, and had the sat
lsfaction Of seeing GIL votes polled
for G. W. Young, the Peoples party
for governor in that year.
For more than eight years the Capt.
Cal has labored for direct legislation
and clean partisan politics, and the
present publisher does not propose
to mar that record by now giving the
support of the Capital to the most
corrupt ring ever known in this state
the present Turner-Rogers ma
chine, which is alone responsible for
the state ticket nominated at Seattle.
In taking this position the publisher
does not stultify himself in any way,
for he announced before the conven-
ton was held that he would not sup
port John R. Rogers for reelection,
and after his nomination, left the
convention and took no part in it.
The Capital charges, which can be
proven, that Gov. Rogers machine
assessed state employees for a personal
denomination fund, which is suffi-
cient to absolve all Populists. from
support of the ticket"