The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
REPUBLICANS
PRAYING FOR
MERCY NOW
coTTERlLl LlkENs THEM TO
The PENlTENT SINNERS
WHO ADMIT PAST GUILT
AND ADMIT EVERYTHING.

George F. Cotterill of Seattle, in
an address of an hour and forty
minutes at the Spokane theater
last night made a most favorable
impression and won support in his
race for election as a democratic
United States senator from the
state of Washington. Mr.. Cotterill
is deeply in earnest in what he
says, and tried to impress his audi
ence with the truth of his asser.
tons as he believes them, rather
than to entertain with flights of
oratory. He has the appearance
of a plain. practical man, with q
lot of good, hard common sense.
and differs materially both in dress
and speech from Cushman.
The theater was comfortably fill
ed, and F. c. Robertson, calling the
meeting to order, delivered a spir-
tied Introductory. He stated that
"The demand for Mr.. Bryan on
the Pacific has now equalled the
pillows of democratic success on
the Atlantic, and all indications
point to an old fashioned demo.
cratic victory in November"
Mr.. Robertson charged that Wes-
ley L. Jones, republican candidate
for senator, had for years repre-
sented all the railroads and trusts
in the country and is untitled to
represent the state of Washington
In the senate. He paid his respects
to Judge Poindexter and T. d.
Rockwell, whom he said were
democrats down south, but thank
God have left the party since COM
ing to the state Of Washington"
In his opening remarks Mr.. Cot
terill thanked the people of Spo-
kane for their support in the pri-
mary and referred to the $4,000
democrats who voted for the state
ticket in the primary as men who
could not be swerved from prin.
ciple by any band wagon move
ment.
He said the general indications
in the state today are similar to
those at this time in 1896, when
the state Of Washington recorded
it's preference on the side of the
plain people"
What republican orator today
tells us about the full dinner pail,
let well enough alone or urges
us to stand pat? Every speech
today is a plea of guilty as to past
shortcomings and a prayer that the
party be permitted to make amends
in the future"
Recently the Portland Oregon
ian denounced a quotation on the
tariff question taken from one of
Mr.. Bryan's speeches. The edi-
torial had TRANCE democratic ring
to it, which resulted in an investi-
cation showing that the portion of
Bryan's speech objected to was an
extract from the republican ma
tional platform from which, by
mistake, the suotation marks had
| been omitted
II see the Spokesman-Review Is
| very much exercised about the rec
ord of John w. Kern. If it would
turn its microscope on James
Sherman for a few moments it
would find enough to keep 1t busy
until after the election. Sherman
for years has been the official fat
fryer for the interests on Wall
street, and in his own home city
is known as Short Weight jim
because Of his opposition to bill
requiring the weight of canned
goods to be printed on the can in
order that the people might know
that they were getting all they paid
for"
Mr.. Cotterill said he attended the
republican national convention at
Chicago and saw the inglorious
manner in which the reforms pro-