Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-10-13
WILSON MEETING
DRAWS BIG CROWD
FISHBURNE AND M'LEAN AID.
DRESS LARGE AUDIENCE ON
CAMPAIGN ISSUES.

DRESS LARGE AUDIENCE ON
CAMPAIGN ISSUES.
Emphasis on the progressive, hui
name idealism of President Wilson in
contrast to the reactionary, property
viewpoint of the Republican candi-
date, Charles E. Hughes, featured the
addresses delivered by Geo. P. Fish
burne of Tacoma, Democratic candi-
date for congress from this district,
and Henry Alberts Mclean of Seattle,
Progressive nominee for attorney
general, before a crowd of $50 men
and women. Democrats, Republicans,
Progressives and Socialists, at the
Y. M. c. A. hall Wednesday night.
1t was the first local campaign
meeting of the current presidential
and attracted consider
ably larger crowd than expected, .
crowd that cheered the speakers at
every mention of the name of Wood
row Wilson and every reference to
the progressive legislative and execu-
tive achievements of his administra-
tion. Attorney P. M. Troy, Demo-
cratic state committeeman for this
county, presided.
Mr.. Fishburne. who spoke first, re-
called the Roosevelt panic Of 1907
and Roosevelt's surrender to Wall
street to prevent more severe panic.
by permitting the United States Steel
corporation to take over the Tennes-
see Coal & Iron company, and then
pointed out how, under the federal
reserve bank act passed during the
Wilson administration, the power to
force panic had been taken out Of
the hands Of the big trusts and Of
Wall street and the money power
taken from an oligarchy and 'snut
with the government whore It bs-
longs"
The Squabble Over ssPork."
He referred to the campaign talks
of Hughes and Congressman John-
SON as being will O. the wisp, DIM
cult to follow, because Hughes went
the length and breadth Of the land
condemning pork while Johnson's
chief argument for reelection IL the
amount Of pork he has obtained for
his district Az . remedy for
pork" Mr.. Fishburne proposed the
creation Of board Of engineers conn
posed Of men such as Colonel 0oe-
thals. ito determine what improve
ments are needed. to standardiso
postofices according to the sire of
towns. and to put improvements
where they are needed" Z
Taking up the "Siamese twin" -
he called It - the tariff - MI. Fish
burne declared It to be . dead issue,
killed by President Wilson'S tari6
commission which II to flx tho tariff
rates just ~ the interstate commeros
commission flxes railroad rates," ana
suggested that Mr.. Hughes made hiG
best speeches on that subject bscausa.
"judging from tho speeches Of his I
have read he h better qualified to do
liver q funeral grafton than to b
president"
He discussed the federal shipping
bill and pointed out that Congress-
man johnson had voted against 1t a.
well ~ against the federal reserve
bank law. Recalling the pleas Of big
private interests for q ship subsidy
and their protests to the shipping
bill. he said: "The strange thing y
that they are always in favor Of gov
ernment assistance when 1t ID con-
fined to themselves, but when It II
spread to all the people, suddenly We
are threatened with the dangerous
doctrine of socialism,"
Discussing Wilson's foreign policy,
he said: ''They sneer at the pen
the only alternative 1s the sword"
and closed his address with the ques-
tion: "Shall we turn back the hands
to the dollar idealism Of the days Of
Mark Hanna, the hour Of war. or for
ward to the humane idealism Of
Woodrow Wilson. the hour of peacef''
In introducing Mr.. Mclean, Mr..
Troy praised ''the men who have the
courage to step out of the party and
speak for Wilson because they be-
lieve him to be right" but Mr.. Nc
Lean countered with the declaration:
"It doesn't take courage to work for
Wilson in this campaign-it is q mat
ter Of principle" At the outset he
referred briefly to the state campaign,
urging upon his hearers the necessity