Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-07-13


There are few people in the world
who have queer ideas concerning the
rights and duties OF the public press, as
rs we'll as the individual sentiments of
those who conduct them. 1t is seldom
that q Journalist can advocate the in
terests of one locality without mourning
the eImity Of this class in rival neigh
borhoods, Notwithstanding his course
may have for its object the advance
men: of the vital interests of the whole
section. If a word is said in favor Of
measures which may benefit rival dis
trict, the l,ages are eagerly scanned for
weeks afterward to find something IA
voring their peculiar interests, and if it
is not found, the cdict goes forth Stop
my papcr!" We say there is class Of
such narrow-minded people; thank
heaven, their number is small. Such
men never take the paper for the news
it contains, but only to "support the
papcr;" they do not give you few
lines in they way of advertising to ia
cilitate the disposal of their wares but
that they philanthropically inform you
that it is "only TO support the paper"
In fact they seem to consider that they
never receive the slightest degree of
benefit for the money paid for suscrip-
ton, job-work, or advertising, but all
is done merely for the "support of the
paper" Such man when he discon-
tinues his paper fondly imagincs that
he seriously Injuries the business of the
unfortunate editor who may have by
chance melted his revengeful ire, and if
he can induce three or four others to
league with him the humiliation is
made doubly sure. and he is astounded
if the paper survives the shock! De-
liver us from all such misery, narrow
soulcd men. We envy them not the
the pleasure they may experience in
penning those words Of concentrated
enmity and hate, "Stop my paper"
If it would lessen their pleasure, we
would hesitate to state that their "sup-
port" amounts to almost nothingin tho
aggregate Of subscriptions which sus-
tain a newspaper. Ifan action as trivi-
al in it's nature, and malignant though
it be, can bestow one thrill Of selfish
pleasure, we cheerfully accord it to such
a being.
IN our last issue we published, with
out comment, the address Of the Board
OF Trustees of the town Of Olympia,
making proposals to secure the location
Of the county-seat, not merely because
we were personally favorable to the
object sought to be attained by the
board, but as matter Of news, and for
the reason that portion ofthat address
was ordered to be printed as an adver-
tisement by the Town Trustees-just
what we would have done for Tumwa-
ter had we been requested-and yet
this action on our part has reduced our
list four names at Tumwater!
1t by this demonstration of ill-will we
were lead to see the error of our ways,
if we erred in ente,ta ming a private
opinion in regard to the eligibility of
either place for said location; or if by
it they obtained pleasing revenge, if
revenge was the object, we would have
no difficulty in reconciling the action
with that of sane mind. But when
we consider that each man is response
BILE to himself alone for his private sem
timents, and that the only effect pro-
duced by their silly order Of discontinu.
ance was afseling Of supreme contempt
for its authors, which any man of COM
mon penetration should have known
would have been the natural resuf>xe
are not disposed to class them h
those Of strong mental endowments.
SARJESr GRAss.-Asher SaIcnt, ESQ.,,
has left at our Office sample Of this