Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-10-16
state tanpaign.

tNdf.'N o. tL' cay mat was bcStONct
: notwithstanding the fact that he wa
q stranger 10 many OF our people II,
came recommended very highly. how
cr. uy n" p"opo who know him We.
and i proved a passport, united Will
his pleasing manners. to the hearts @
Tie people. His speech was a plain.
candid and .ogica. presentation O
some OF tho points OF difference b.
tween the tWo great parties in tn,
present contest. He dwc.t with Spc
cinl force upon the necessity Of SolA,
a'trquat" guaranty of bank deposits
and approved the plan suggested 10y
bryan and tried with complete sue
cess in Oklahoma %. Il mutual rcScrv,
fund. established and maintained by
Themselves. sufficient 10 meet any de
Hand that emergency may impose on
any Of It's members. He cOntra,tcd
this with the plan already provided
by the Republicans, 50 far at least as
having the remedial currency ready
for issue, by which the government
would 20 into partnership with the
banks by issue OF five hundred mil
lions of dollars of irredeemable cur
rency. with any sort of watcred rail
road stock for security. If silver,
with an intrinsic value as bullion was
deprecated to about forty per cent.
with other standard values during
the war, how could paper be held
from going toabout the value OF rags?
Mr.. Pattison presence is pleasing,
and his address was plain and outspo-
ken, commanding respect as the ut
terance Of an honest, conscientious
man of the people, true Democrat,
competent, and reflex of the will OF
| those he may represent in the cXecu-
tive Office. 1t is not too much to
claim that he left an excellent i'm
precision with all who saw and heard
him.
Mr.. Pattison was followed by c.
A. Reynolds, an attorney of Seattle,
who created a favorable impression
from an OratOrical standpoint. and
his remarks were. ia the main. en-
dorsed. But he reminded his audito-
ry of the proud Indian chief. when
complimented upon his erect stature
and he responded, Yes. me so
straight me lean backward. The
speaker went to the very verge of
liberation in advocacy of indcpcn-
dencc in political life. and many good |
Old-faShiOned Democrats. who have
been faithful to party 4 life time
rs the embodiment of about all that
is cOmmcndable, were shocked to have
the very suggestion made that the
ties be thus ruthlcSsly Sundered and
unity abandoned for Il futile struggle
of individuals or factions. 1t was
hardly the proper thing, either, to
teach the younger portion of the au-
diencc that there is Il higher law than
the National or State Constitutions.
in rambling and necessarily short
without some attempt to
impress the important and patriotic
truth that our Constitution and laws
are the crystalizatiOn of truth and
justice, and should be revered as such
until changed by amendment that ,
the deliberately expressed will of the
people has shown to be necessary. 1t |,
was the higher-law doctrine" that
established the Underground Rail-
road in the slavery days; that inau-
the Whisky Rebellion in the
North, far back as 1891, and caused
firing on the flag at Sumpter late as .
Civil War, in 1861, before it was ack-
nowledged that what might be JUS
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apply to law in its concrete form.
The difficulty is in determining just
what Justice may be, amid 80, 600. 900
minds, or when they might not con-
slider the suspension of any atural
right an usurpation.
MIR. Reynolds address might have
passed with less criticism among an
audience of adults, who would be
able to see that the widely separted
" frightful example" afterwards cit
ed of ROOsevelt's boss-rule, justified
the exordium, so far as the use of the
stick was concerned, but in no wise
in breaking down the down the con-
barriers that have main
tanned State integrity rs we'll as Ma
tiOnal unity.
THE Recorder reports County Audi. {
tor Morrison as stating in his cam. ;
paign speeches that he has ac. +;