The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-11-02

would make that promise good The
hing county delegation supported Mr..
McGregor IN securing the change in the
name of the college.
what | have stated here tonight is
a part of the public history of nv elec.
tion TO the senate. 1t was we'll known
at Olympia at that time, and | think
was published pretty generally through
out the country. know Mr.. McGregOr
was honest and sincere in bringing about
| the results have before mentioned. II
| the people, therefore, desire to honor a
man who has been faithful to his trust
a man who has kept faith with them,
who has worked honestly and energetic.
ally Tor that which they instructed him
to do, then the people Of this county
should support Mr. McGregor in his
present contest. Furthermore, / know
| that MIR. McGregOr is in a position to
accomplish much good for this county.
know there is not a man who will rep
resent King county in the next legisla-
ture who will not extend friendly hand
TO Peter McGregor for the great kind
ness which he rendered the people of nv
county in electng me to the United
States senate. | am certain that | will
have no friend in that body who will not
zealously support him in any reasonable
measure or do anything which they hon
Orably can to promote his welfare and
that OF the people Of Whitman county"
Senator Piles continued at length on
national issues, faying the democrats
Tor their many acts of inconsistency.
"Old fashioned democracy, the party of
Thomas jefferson, is dead I" he said. "It
has been killed by Bryan and Hearst,
and, in my judgment, will never live
again. | ask you to think as thought
ful men, not as partizans, regardless OF
politics, and get the best of the condi-
tiOns existing during the period from
1898 TO 1897, when 5000, 900 men were
marching through the country demand
ing work which the democratic party
was unable to give.
1.-The same country was here, the same
men and the same crops were produced,
yet why was it? 1t was the first time
since 1861 that the democratic party
had full control of all the branches of
government and could put in force the
policies OF that party. As a result the
revenues OF the country failed to provide
for the running expenses of the govern
ment and bonds to the amount of $780,
600, 600 we're issued to meet it.
when the republican party was again
restored to power in 1897 and declared
for the gold standard and the Dingley
tariff law things underwent wonderful
change and during the past ten years
our people have prOspered as never be
fore, and this condition can be construed
to the continuance of republican ad-
ministration with a republican congress
to help the president in the work.
''Ihp services nf a pnuurpaaman
senator become more valuable the longer
he remains in office. Important commit
tee work Is only given to men that have
demonstrated that ability. Congress
man Jones is now on one of the most
important committees, the river and
harbOr committee, and Congressman
Cushman and Humphrey have also i'm
pOrtant committee work. new man,
no matter how bright he may be, will
have to begin at the bottom of the lad
der and climb up as they have done, thus
showing the wisdom of retaining them.
Bryan taught falsely. No political
statement that be ever made ever ma
terialized in reality. He is a socialist,
who believed in spending billions Of dol
lars, almost as much money as there
was in circulation, to purchase two hun
dred and fifty thousand miles of railroad,
which would cause no end of trouble
Mr.. Piles closed with a rap at some
one who recently made speech at Wala
Walla, who repeated the old story that
the tariff is the nursery OF trusts, on
which they feed and foster. why" ex-
claimed the senator, England is the
worst trust-ridden country in the world
and England is a free trade country"
He exemplified bis statement further.
81 suppose that you will admit that the
Standard Oil Co. and the Anthracite
Coal Co. are the two greatest trusts in
this country, yet neither one puts out
single product that is covered by the
tariff, or anything that cannot be
shipped in free"
Mr.. Piles, at the close of his address,
was surrounded by many ladies and
gentlemen and warmly shaken by the
hand.