The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-12
5000 Cheer SEN. P0INDExTER
AS he DEFIES PARTY BOSSES
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! Wv u fANH FkAuts
Voted for Brandels
II am proud OF some Of those
votes am proud TO have done
my honest best against the pres.
sure q tho back door" politicians
and powerful influences that
sought 10 auhasninate the charac'
ter of an eHtinable man. am
glad TO have iad the opportunity
TO vote for Louis - HrandeiH. h
true progressive. democratic pro
gresaiye. II you please.
Every lever of political ma
chinery was employed 20 prevent
his confirmation. was told. For
heavens sake. be regular for once
aud vote against him
Not Afraid OF Facts
4 am not afraid OF the facts
But when they accuse me of hay.
inF supported free lumber. free
shingles. free Chinese eggs. free
Italian raspberries. | am compelled
TO say they are engaging In free
lies voted exactly opposite TO
what they say did They can
read The records have been made
Why do they 'aisreprsnent
4 am willing TO abide by the
peoples decision on the record
made, aud | am going 10 see that
they get them / don't propose TO
have my head cut off on any false
charge
For Lumber Tariff
Il myself Introduced an amend
~ linn he
in the tariff bill | fought for T..
debated II cited the laws of
Canada. our competitor In lumber
10 ahow shy Il should be passed
I voted for tsfiff on cherries and
Chinese eggs. for 10 cents bushel
"a wheel
= voted against tho free lumber
amendment introduced BY Congress
man TAwucy. uiandpat republican
For Income Tas
My vote did not pass the Under
wool tariff blll II would have
been different bill II I had ms
way about II nut voted for u
because Il was more than a tariff
bin. aud was the only way Of get
ting tho Payne Aldrlch measure off
the books For 20 years have be
lteycd tn an income tax voted
20 submit a United States constiiu.
tional amendment TO make such a
tax on exaggerated incomes posi-.
bic The various state legislatures
approved u And the Underwood
law contained such an income tar
kerehan, Marine
1T also contained another fe4e
,ure. which. II enforced. would.
hoped. restore a muchsueedcd Amer.
lean merchant marine This was
20 charge an additional 10 per cent
al yniorem duty for commodities
brought here IN foreign vessels.
nut the real reason for the OF.
position OF tho would be party
bosses In that tho organization cant
tell me where TO get off.
They say II was criminal for me
TO follow Roosevelt four years ago,
and pretend that I atm responsible
for breaking up the republican par.
". There Nere 1000 900 others
who did the same Bat wasn't
responsible. The republicans who
broke their pledges. who stole a
convention from Roosevelt. who
would have been president today
except for them. are the guilty
ones have no apologies 10 make
for my conduct there. Roosevelt
IL a thousand times better repub
ltcan than Sammy Perkins
My opponents claim ! am a 10
liiicnl accldcu, II so. have hap
pened several times have lived
In the state - years. All have
IL invested here have been hon
orcd in a judicial office and IN con
Kreasional office
The reward has not been the
small salaries. but something which
all the money OF Rockefeller
couldn't buy the c6tcem and conf
dcuce o. the people whom had
pledged myself to serve faithfully"
Terrace Speaks
Frank Terrace. a farmer Of Oril-
Tia. briefly addressed the meeting
after Senator Poindexter. telling
the story Of how the applicants for
settlement on the OreRon-California
land grant. OF whom there are 300
In Seattle and 1900 in the state
had been defrauded IN behalf OF
the Weyerhaeuser and other timber
barons He charged Congressman
Humphrey with refusing TO come 10
the aid Of the settlers. while Sena.
al hn GnAA ha
had never met until Friday night.
promptly came TO their assistance
Senator Poindexter speaks at
Snnhomish Saturday night.
slavery 10 partisauahip. and he alsc
charged that those who have mis-.
represented the facts about his
Votes on the tariff rs 10 lumber.
shingles and other commodities
have done SO knowingly and ma.
liciously.
Many at Depot
Senator Poindexter arrived at the
Union depot AZ s p. m. and was met
by several hundred people. Three
OF Seattle's councilmen were amonc
them-Robt. Hesketh. c. Allen Dale
and r. II. Bolton. State Senator
Dan Landon. Representative Thorn
as r. Murphine. Judge II. A. Has.
tings. former Mayor w. H. Ford OF
Arlington. many prominent worre
devoted to social and industrial bet.
terment. a number OF prominent
merchants. and committee from
the Central Labor Council were
among the volunteer welcoming
crowd at the depot.
An auto parade quickly formed
and the procession moved ut once
to Dreamland. where a band and
Thomas II. Reyelle. former council.
man. kept the audience interested.
Revelle pronounced PoindeXter's
OuDonpnt COuRrpgRman Iumnhrev