Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-10-23
The Territorial Priutine.

time be had resided in the Territory It was
urged that coming as he did, holding .
Federal commis. ion. the presamptioa was
be would not have come had be ~ been
recipient Of Federal Office in this Terri
tory, and that his stay would be 10 lpuee.
than the tenure Of his official position
Though this objection may have appeared
plausible to those whose prejudices re-
strained them from making that discrini.
nation warranted by the circumstances in
'ihs. case, the LITTLE squad Of camp-follow-
ere i'll Olympia. who frs, raised this howl
have mos, completely s,ultifed themselves
in their selection Of Public Printer and
given tie lie 1, all ;heir professions Of sin
ceriiy On this point in the last campai.n.
They have. in other words, shown that
their professions Of respec, for the pioneer
settlers Of our Territory, were but TIE arts
Of the demag9guc, intended TO cece;ve,
aud suiserve the most selfish and nerceaa-
- purposes
/, was certainly bad enough that tie
Secretary should be imported upon ". and
unlike Gov. Moore, settle down with all!
his possessions in carpet bag, without the
additional infection Of an imported nephew
to bag the fat Of land which, though: he
inay he advertised by his do,iug relative TO
be wealthy, he has shown no disposition TO
make his permanent atiiins-plaee. When,
O when, we ask will the plague Of locus,s
cease from troubling: When will the
toll and privation of frontier life enti;lc
the hardy pioneer TO som. consideration
from Government indebted TO him 50
much for the spread Of civilization and Tie
institutions Of free government
Personally. We have uought against Ell
ther Secretary Scott or his nephew, but
VIC do think there are men in our midst.
whose claims for preferuen; far outweigh
those of these incumbents. If DR.. Scott
had needed the prompungs Of wisdom and
Justice. We do not believe be would have ap-
POINTED near relative, new as himself in
the Territory, to 50 important position.
totally ignorant as lie is Of the details Of
the work under his control. Tie consc-
queace of,his incompc,ency is already ap-
parent. The printing is executed in a
manner which a competen; workman would
blush 10 own. Boys aud " blacksmith
printers are employed, and the whole
work is placed under the charge Of the
individual who attempted the swindle upon
the Government, three years ago in print
ing title-pages and afiixing them TO work
done by McElroy, and claiming allowance
for them as his own work.
Now we hold that if the Secretary was
oDe-tenth as patriotic as he prctends TO tie,
to lessen the disbursements of his Office
would be an object ever kept in view.
Compe;en. printers have rroherel, for
years past, 10 do the legislative printing
a, abou, one-half the rates now charged
against the Government. Their propo-
sitions have been spurncd by these loyal
aud patriotic Secretaries, aud the contract
invariably lie, TO subserve either partisan
or selfish ends Let us see what the
ring" is now composed Of and ifthey are
men who would be satisfied with moder
ate share in the spoils. The printing must
first enrich Mr.. Rogers, whose wealth was
hera!ded few weeks ago as already sufli-
Glen, to establish bank" 1t must then
satisfy the insatia,e NAV Of Sam Coulter,
man of means sufficiently large to
break bank. Then Reed alias McElroy
must make profit, and the people all
know he is extremely modest in his de-
sires. Then comes Tilley, another man Of
considerable means, and TO the climax,
Hewitt, whose wealth in "expedients" is
| unsurpassed. Net one Of the poor print
ers who have worked their finger nails of
in support of,he party come in for slice
but capitalists and ,rickstcrs, determined
to eucher Uncle Samif it takes every card
in the pack, have "hcgged" the game.
The consequence will be, the Government
will be "sinched," to Eve :imes the lgiti.
mate cost Of the printing, and the work
will be performed in manner disgracing
the craft besides. ..esy
If there is no remedy for this, if these
Infamous transactions must 60 on, we ask
one favor, that these loyal ofice-holders
cease their professions of extreme honesty
and patriotic devotion, aud assume the
position where the public know they
belong, as leeches upon the public Treas
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