The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-09-23
FIRST REPUBLICAN RALLY
Col. l.. B. Nash, Of Spokane, Opened
Republican Campaign Last FRI
day Night in Pavilion.

On last Friday night Col. Nash ad-
dressed the republican voters OF this
vicinity in the pavilion. He had a fairly
good sized audience, among which were
some democrats, and all gave him
respectful hearing.
MIR. Nash passed lightly over national
issues, only pausng long enough to re-
mark that the splendid record made by
Theodore Roosevelt, and the generally
prosperous condition of the country un-
der republican rule assured his trium-
phant election in November next.
When the people compared the condi-
ton under the last democratic admins
tration with present conditions there
was no doubt about the result of the ma
tional election.
In regard to state issues Mr.. Nash
said; against George Turner, per-
sonally, have nothing to say. He is
fellow townsman and know him to be
one of the most genial of companions
and good citizen in every way. His
! BOiltlCdl IGCO4Qs tHpliE IL VuDiiN pup
erty and it is with that intend to deal,
| He came to Washington from Alabama
with commission as judge from a re-
publican administration in his pocket.
In those days he made republican
speeches, denouncing the democratic
doctrines on tariff and showing the great
benefits OF republican tariff for pro-
| lection. No man in Washington ever
said more bitter things about the dem
ocraiic party than did this same George
Turner who is now a candidate for gov
ernor on the democratic ticket. In the
nineties he first became silver repub-
/ lican, but announced that be was still a
believer in the doctrines Of the repub-
lican party on every question save the
Shortly after he went into the fusion
convention at Ellensburg and before it
adjourned he declared himself con-
vert to the populist party and was
elected to the United States senate by
that party with The assistance of silver
republicans and democrats. When the
democratic party swallowed the popu-
list party he became Bryan democrat
and supported Mr.. Bryan in his two
campaigns for the presidency. When
Bryan stock began to wane he turned
his back on the statesman from Ne
braska and became a supporter OF the
cand idate of Grover Cleveland and
Dave Hill. 1t was owing 10 his intlu-
ence in the democratic convention that
the Washington delegation was not in
structed for Hearst. He himself being
a candidate for vice president on the
democratic ticket.
"In less than ten years Mr.. Turner
has been republican, silver republi-
can, populist, Bryan democrat and
now gold standard democrat. In less
tnan ten years he has advised the peo-
pie from the stump TO vote the repub-
lcan ticket because it advocated a pro-
tective tariff; then he advised the voter
against the republican party because it
was opposed to the free coinage of sill
yer: then for a short time he preached
the populist doctrine of fiat money from
the stump, and when he was swallowed
up with the uest Of the party by the
Bryan democrats, he taught the
doctrine of The free coinage of sill
yer, tariff for revenue, along with the
other vagaries of that party, and now
he can see no virtue in anything but
the single gold standard and "A regulat-
ed tariff. Ia less than ten years he has
drifted from one extreme on the two
questions of tariff and money 10 the
other. He has been all things to all
men in this short time.
Now, if there is any one thing more
than another that the average Ameri-
can voter admires it is consistency and
stabi ity. The voter will lose respect
for, and confidence in man who is con-
stantly changing his teaching and opin-
ion. One of the remarkable things
about the dark and dismal Georges 5
changes is that there was always some
thing Ia sight. The questions quite nat
urally arise; was he a republican when
he came toWashington because he had a
commission in his pocket from a repub-
lcan president? Again, was he pop
ulist because he was elected 10 the
United States senate by populist votes:
And yet again, is be now single gold
standard, free trade democrat because
he wants to be governor? a great
many voters will say to themselves,
with such a record for political flop
ping what assurance have that Mr.