Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-06
}. F. COTTERILL
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR CON.
GREss OPENS CAMPAIGN.
One Of the Cleanest Men in Political Life In
the State Of Washington Addresses the
People Of Aberdeen In Acme Opera House.
Saturday Evening.

The campaign of 1902 was opened, on
the part of the democratic party, in the
Acme opera house, Saturday evening,
with Hon. Geo. F. Cotterill, of Seattle,
democratic nominee for congress, as the
chief speaker.
While the house was not crowded, the
number present wac about as large as
the attendance at the republican rally a
, few evenings before. This was exceed.
! ingly gratifying to the local democrats,
when it was considered that at the last
election Aberdeen gave nearly $50 ma.
jority for the republican candidate for
president, and but for the fact that there
was another political meeting in the city
that night, the attendance would have
been considerably larger.
j. G. Cross presided at the meeting
with his usual dignity. and on the stage
with him were several local democrats
and the following candidates on the
county ticket: Senator, F. L. Morgan !;
representatives. VIC. Lloyd, G. +. Clay
and Phil. J. Mourant; assessor, John
Richardson; sheriff, P. J. McHugh; at
torney, B. q. Cheney; commissioner, P.
F. Clark, and school superintendent,
Mrs. H. X. Moore.
Chairman Cross opened the meeting
with few brief remarks on the science
OF American politics, and then introduced
Mr.. F. L. Morgan, candidate for state
senator. Mr.. Morgan briefly outlined
the dominant ideas upon which the
political parties had been divided since
the formation OF the government, and
was followed by G. E. Clay, of Elma,
candidate for representative. In the
course OF his short address Mr.. Clay
made it plain to his hearers that ii sent
to Olympia he would represent the peo-
pie OF Chehalis county to the best OF his
ability, and that there were no railroad
or other corporation strings attached to
him.
The speech of Mr.. Cotterill was a
scholarly effort, and betrayed the deep
student, while his earnest manner and
delivery carried conviction that was
clinched by his logical, courteous yet
forcible array of historical facts and
figures. He used the republican CAM
paign text book to show that the much
exploited republican prosperity did not
permit the working man to share it..
That while the number of workmen in
the United States had increased since
1900, as had the value of their product.
the average annual wages had slightly
decreased, while the necessaries of life
had advanced through the action of that
progeny Of the republican policy-the
trusts.
He showed how inconsistent it would
be for republican who favored uphold
ing the hands of President Roosevelt, in
his fight with the sugar trust, to vote to
send Cushman and Jones back to con
gress, where they had been the bitter
opponents of the presidents pet policy
all during the last session.
In closing, he observed the necessity
of supporting the democratic nominees
for the legislature. if another disgraceful
senatorial contest 10 to be avoided. The
democrats are pledged to vote for Tur.
s.ner. if they have majority, if not, they
are to vote for a republican, and thus
end the contest, and permit necessary
legislation to be proceeded with.
The speech of Mr.. Cotterill was favor.
ably contrasted with that of Mr.. Hum
phrey, who spoke in that hall few