The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-10-20

democratic rally held in the
court house last night when
Hon. William Goodyear, of CoIfax,
democratic candidate for congress
from the third congressional district,
addressed the voters of this city. When
the speaker took the floor he was
unable to proceed for several
moments, owing to the prolonged
applause. Every mention of the name
of Bryan was the signal for pande-
Inonium to break loose, and those who
were present could not but be i'm
pressed with the idea that Walla Wal
la county democrats are in the cam
paign to win and to win with a hur-
rah.
AS Mayor Tausick entered the room
he was greeted with a hearty cheer,
and found it necessary to acknowledge
the compliments before the audience
would desist in the demonstration.
Attorney r. P. Gose presided as
chairman of the meeting, and in a
few appropriate. remarks, which were
well received. introduced Mr.. Good
year, who is one of the most popular
orators who ever addressed a Garden
City audience. In opening, Mr.. Good
year said it gave him great pleasure
TO be in Walla Walla for he felt that
he had as many friends here as in any
city in the state; that he was vitality
interested in the growth of Walla
Walla, as he intended, in the not far
distant future, to make this city his
permanent home; that he was also in
terested in the growth of Whitman
L
high school, who expects to- become a
student of the institution as soon as
he has completed the high school
course. The speakers announcement
that he intended to come here to live
brought forth hearty cheers, showing
that residents of the Garden City
would give him a royal welcome as
one of their fellow townsmen.
County Issues.
In pursuing the trend of his discus
sion, it was noticeable that the speak
er injected no sarcasm. abuse or Will
fication of any kind into his remarks,
and this. being in striking contrast to
the talks Of the opposition orators,
struck his hearers most favorably.
Dealing wholly with issues and cold,
hard facts Mr. Goodyear delved deep
into the subjects now before the vo-
ters. explaining first the necessity of
uphoding the county ticket, and es-
pecially the legislative ticket In il
lustration Of his point he told the
story of the old Baptist minister who,
when he waded out into the stream to
baptize a number of applicants, suf-
fered the humiliation of having a deck
C %N1< in, niS
long coat tail A small grandson,
when reprimanded by his mother for
putting the cards in his grandfather's
marked: well, mamma, if gran'0a
can't Pull out with a hand like that,
he isn't much good" SO, said the
speaker. if the democrats of Walla
Walla cannot pull out with the excel
lent ticket they have nominated, they
are not much good.
He laid special stress upon the ne
cessity of electing the entire legisla-
tive delegation and in voting for a
man for United States senator who is
head and shoulders above the repub-
hcan candidate Wesley L. Jones,
whose campaign in the primaries won
for him the disapproval of a vast
number of voters.
Regarding national affairs, Mr.
GOODYEAR referred to the republican
candidate as the man who, before ne
could deliver his speech of acceptance
Of the nomination as candidate for the
presidency. found it necessary to con-
fer with President Roosevelt; man
who was not "leader,'' but who had
10 be dictated to by the man in the
Whit. who the oX-
ponent of selfshness, while the dem
oCratc candidate was the exponent
Of service.
In Illustration of the vast difference
Of the two candidates, the speaker in
ringing tones which electrified the au
dience, compared the homecomings OF
the two men, after they had peeli
abroad for several months. Taft Wei
coined by members of his family ana
the detectives hired to protect him,
and w. ]. Bryan greeted by one OF
the largest gatherings ever known on
the American continent. The compar-
ison was a telling one, and it is safe
to say that many Taft men in the au-
dienCe did some hard thinking after
they heard it.
Mr. Goodyear denounced the trusts,
but while doing so introduced some ex-
cellent arguments in defense or MS
position, showing how the high tarln
enabled manufacturers to hold up the
common people for as much additional
on the price of each article as the
tariff amounted to; told how the varl-
Gus commodities manufactured in the
United States could be shipped to Eu-
rope, and. after the freight had been
paid sold at a lower figure than that
for which they could be bought in TINS
country and introduced figures show
ing how the revenues of the country
had increased in the ten years between
1850 and 1860, when the democratic
party and low tariff were in force.
Ihe increase during that period ne
showed. was greater than in any pc
rod since the landing of the Pilgrim
Fathers.
referring to his opponent, Miles,
Folhdexter of Spokane. and Cannon
IsIn Mr.. Goodyear said that, while ne
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