Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-11-28
1Frorn tie orcgoa Herald ]
"A Iudicrous Scene"

Er,h5ns Post relate. the following:
On, Of the Gernlsn PAPER Of this morn
ing contained an advertisement ann"unc-
in- that fifty men we're wanted from to
10 p. ". Il; the rate If -iN dollars Ter week
and that application must lee made this
morning. between : AMI . - clDck, at No.
lg> Broadway
lfthe advertiser could have fore-cen the
result he would probably have received his
applicants in Tompkins Square. Central
Park or some other ruomy place. At :
O'Clock. when the store was opened, no less
than FIVE hundred men were gathered
about the door. and each was determined
TO be one of the fifty. The reader can i'm
agine the confusion that ensued.
/ Six policemen club in hand. were totally
unequal to the task OF keeping back the
crowd. which increased every moment up
to9 O'Clock. The struggling crowd ex-
pressed their feelings in adjectives more
iorciblc than polished and as those on the
outside of the crowd saw their more iortu-
nate competitors near the door gain ac-
cess to the store, the crushing and push
ing increased
A large crowd on the opposite side ofthe
street, and another on the Broadway bridge,
enjoyed the amusing scene to the utmost.
At Q o'clock notice was posted that the
quota was full, and no more men were
needed. This had the effect to dispersc
five or six hundred disappointed applicants.
This scene demonstrated two facts most
conclusively-the value of newspaper adj
vertiscments and and the scarcity of work.
"Ludicrous,' indeed. A scene we'll
calculated to provoke mirth in the infer
nal regions and to make angels weep.
give hundred men" struggling with
frantic energy bordering upon dispair, re-
gardless of the bufletings of policcmen's S
clubs; for one chance in ten to achieve the
glorious privilege of toiling in some men
ial service for the magnificent stipend of
six grecnback dollars week, with which
to save themselves and their helpless fami-
lies from starvation. How funny! What
"ludicrous' spectacle to witness in the
most prosperous city in the world, under
the frecst and best government the sun
ever shown upon, where loyalty is reward
cd with single incomes equal to the joint
earning of thousands of laboring men. 1t
is curious and instructive, that the very cdi-
tor who for twenty years has devoted his
chief labors to firing the popular heart
against the wrongs Of African servitudc
perpetually wailing over the "unrcquitod
toil' of heather race whose care, keeping
and comfort was guaranteed by motives
ofself.intcrest no less than by sentiments
of humanity strengthened by domestic as
sociation, can see in the frantic struggles
of hundreds of gaunt and hungry white
men to pawn their bodies for the smallest
pittance which can maintain life, nothing
but food for merrimcnt--an "amusing
scene," "ludicrous' exhibition He
sees no cause of sadness or pity in the fact
that the fairest portion Of the land has
been desolated and its people made vaga-
bonds and paupcrs; that our Northern
cities are flooded with thousands of starv-
ing men, women and children, who seek in
vain the aims to labor for such pittance as
would appcase the keen anguish of hunger;
he takes no blame to himself that these are
the legitimate fruits Of the tree which he
planted and nurtured into fruition. No!
he sees only the negroes free-free from
life of responsible scrvitude, with all their
physical wants supplied, To become public
dependents, paupers and vagabonds. and
perish from the face Of the earth. the vic
tins Of self-indugcnce and native inability
to selfsuPpor,, while the vas, revenues
heretofore derived from their involuntary
labor is now laid in increased burden upon
the backs of the tciline whites, OF such Of
thea ~ may enjoy the privilege OF .9iliny
for q priee. and with thi. he see the ccun-
Try pro~rersas--oh. bew prosperous, !,
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revsrsle3." and trezs0n made ciisus, -
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srnnscus in ia. hs4r ef peei.- by exchaar-
in< the slePr~riaied sreeahseks rrreived far
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comnssrisas far exckzarins tho isse-es
psyisg securities ~ The Gev~rasrns for
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