The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-13
Why he IS A REPUBLICAN.
.or~p AND sUBsTAyTIAL VIEWS OF
COL. FRANK wILKEsOS.
o,ee . Pillar of Jacksonian Democ-
,.ey. He Now Rejects the Plat
form OF Mr.. bryan ana Gives
Good Reasons for His Action.

Special Dispatch To the Post-1ntelligencer
sEpRO wOOLLEY. July 70. - Col.
rrsnt WiIkeson. one OF the pillars Of
r,smocracy for many years, later "a fus-
soniat. at one time associate editor OF the
nemorratic New York Sun. and quite a
s,oninent figure In the affairs OF this
st.te for more than a decade. has reject
"A the platform built by Bryan at Kansas
rsv and authorizes the statement that
hsr.affer he will vote with the Repub-
licsns.
That a man Of Col. Wllkeson's position
should voluntarily renounce his allie
dance 10 party Of which he has been
sach staunch and unwavering supporter
AIMING all the years OF his manhood In an
sct q more than ordinary significance.
Il roes 10 show that the better class Of
men IN the Democratic party are one by
one arriving at the conclusion that they
AN no longer AFFILIATE with those who
have secured control of that party's ma
ehlntry and have inserted planks in their
riafform that are repignant, impolitic
~ III Interview with Col. wnkeson at
Hamilton. q few days ago, he was asked
n make a formal statement OF his posi-
ton. when he said:
Wiikeson's vIews.
Il am an eypan-ionlst of the most ex-
trene type. and believe in holding the
PblIippine islands for commercial reasons
% well as base from which TO conduc.
our military operations in the great war
which am convinced is 10 be fought be-
tween Russia and European civilization
OF which We are part. We are launched
INTO world politics. and shall have TO bear
our share OF the burden. no matter what
Inc cost.
with the BoerH ! have no sympathy
being convinced hat England Is fighting
h Inc cnuse OF civilization in South Al
md \ III M haiiaVA ha tal
eouth African republics were republics.
but that they were and are oligarchies
Of the most narrow. oppressive kind
A Protectionist.
II have paid taxes for thirty years to
establish the Eastern manufacturing In
dustry-paid even under angry protests.
because ! lived in region remote from
III possibility ~ profitable manufacture
and now. when Washington has a chance
70 establish manufacturing industry TO
supply the people n Asia with finished
products. l am a high tariff advocate.
want the Industries ~ Washington diver
siAed: I want our Coast built up and
commerce established. I believe In sub
sidles for commerce: ! want to see the
Increased, so that Il viii consume all the
surplus wheat raised in Australia and on
the Pacific coasts OF the North and South
American continents. and this win in
crease the price Of wheat raised In the
Mississippi valley. where I have large
farm.
Cares Nothing About silver.
AS to silver coinage. / care nothing
about II. being n Arm believer In green
backs" and I have always regarded the
free coinage OF silver as but stepping
stone toward government paper money
The business method known as trusts
has come to stay and ! do not think Il
can he regulated by placing the products
u trusts on the free list: hut II Is a most
intricate problem involving the primary
cost OF production OF raw material trans
portatton, wages. expense OF management
cost Of distribation and selling the finish
edspfoducts, time given on accounts. over
production. brokerage, insurance and a
rofe 81 potent factors OF which the gen
efal public are wholly ignorant and which
4 political convention bidding for votes
h totally unqualified TO inteIligently solve
II believe that the success of Democ-
rary win directly and disastrousiy affect
my pocket; that II would. IL carried to
logical conclusion, create Industrial and
commercial ietharRy on the Pacific coast
and by curtailing the power of cousump-
ton OF the foreign and domestic markets,
cause breadstuffs and provisions 10 fall
IN value.
THAT is how stand. And I am con-
yinced that the party to which 7 have
belonged for thirty years has straved
away from Democracy as I understand n,
! have r~nounred my allegiance to the
Democratic party and will vote the Re
publican ticket this fail'