Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-11-20
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A CoYrup. Age.

A CoYrup. Age.
The Clmm.rclM ig> derp.ei eoa.Id-
e,ab,e spare 10 u. ls-s recs. We fee!
deli.Lreri tia. re are thorn 30 the .i..e
ct The corru;. clique shq low hold Tbs
rein. # Inyer sad ride r9aZk-.hf,i o'e'
every ser.ae II rrorr;e'r ADJ cnmuon DE-
ecney. ia their .crambs@ sgr tie srg:. and
.re..in... /. E.ly 10 reg VEL ~ NJ
>Sco.s and Mr. Hr32er.. the eiior. q; 'Ae
.sve. aad FL ;@s recip:ents Of ,i..7se sIoils. 10
atcmr,,o Justify MeIAne in ~ billing
aad .ea,ia- 4 C14nc:l WITHIN, 4aorum-
while prpnDunc!n: The same a:'.Da of
Nes.r.. Bl.nn and Clark a,iglas.pa 9f ,he.r
Official .a,h, f9r it va! IT, 70 their in'ere,'
to 10 -. aoi We exp; III higher la1i'Ts
in a Republican oE.ee h1!ier than ref
in,ere.,. They ealue t, this land Which
APPEARED 70 ,hsm l.,eral1: s,"in. With
nil. ard honey, shat they mi:hifil them
selre. with the yrpi ;hioys ia-i3en: To
h9,iipy q IA, ofsce. AMI Ike NcLsue. they
are ~, particular :. 70 shg Hsssus 'ise!
adyr, 10 seesre.his desirshle oi5ee,- Stall
,!feation ia a word pf which they appear
totally cbli.ious. Whatever they will i.
RICH, whatever eourse they u'sy adopt to
bag The spoil.. proper under Rad;ca! rule.
y few year. ago the Ieafle regarded
with decided aYer-iDn the importation Of
Of political !. =. ~ c1' Territory. TIL.
evil h. -I.ra i'm. b.! ~ vor.e. md the
,e>p'e h.,c ccasel 3. complain. so.~ing
from experience TIA, there IL 10 relief from
the burden. Now We have no. only Fed
cral appointcc. saddlcd upon US who have
no in,ere.. in common with the people,
but their relation. 10 the la.s generation
likewi.e. and ,h0.c Who have ba,i!ei with
the hardship. % frontier life and made a.
many sacrifice. FOR the party, are ruthless
ly ret aside and supplan,cd b. the plague
Of frog. and Iocus.s which now infe.t the
Territory.
Not only hare the mos. .laring ousrsyes
been perpe;ra,el in the Legislature dur
in; the presen, session. but the opinion
pretty generally prevails tina, still darker
dce!s Of yil!ainy than those which appea.
on the surface, have been enacted, 10 ar
complish their nefariou purrpses. This
il not surprising when VIC consider the
class Of men our imported Secretary has
constituted as leaders Of the " ring" and
the objects they have in view. Sam Coul-
ter, chief Of these, Ii too we'll known in
this community for us to say one word as
to his I" financial" and "diplomatic" abili-
ity. lie plays the game Of life just as he
docs one Of euchre. His reliance il placed
upon the knayes in the pack. With Scot,
as his right bower and Hewitt for jack Of
clubs, and Struye. Bradshaw and McI.ane
for low cards, he set himself to work.
His hand il not inyinc.ble, 80 he shuff1 -
aud cuts, and 10, and behold. We find
pr9fessed Democrats topping, McIlsne
swearing in Tom, Die. and Harry a. meui-
bers Of the Council without eyiIence of
election, struve stamping his feet and
Bradshaw ehat'eriny. a. only men Hop,
swear, stamp and chatter who 4, 10 a.
masters bldding JIo~ il this b,vsyh.
about: Now IL We regard CDsI.es a, the
Nomlna'ivc, ,teszen. m da>sr, the printing
contrac. the Objective, he ot,iee. souyhs,
to be acted np7a, sa4 tie rgineil a. an
Active Transis5ge yssS, ,he sentence IL
almost eompie:e, IL rsfsa;ses only few
parts Of sT~.eh, A,sse1ess Particles and
Conjunctions. 10 eonvey the whole mean
ing. These may cons;s, Of mere promises,
or more substantial recognition Of SER
vices rendered. We leave the sentence to
be completed as the good sense of our
readers aud the acts of individual men,
bers of the Assembly may suggest
Now we have but this advice to give.