Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-20
Disrcputablc Journalism.


Tie ore ,'y!e." has for Year. lecu
byewvrd an! standing reproach to the
newspaper PIE, Of oregon and WasLin.
ton. Ii deals in personalities with an ut.
ter rccA!c.,uc>> u; truth or deccncy no
degree Of purity Of private character is
proof a.tin,t il, yeuomous assaults moth
ins in social life sacred from its .limv
trail. The most cowardly aud malienan,
dciamcr Of private character finds in the
public press ready medium for vcntin.
his envious malice upon the objects Of his
spleen, whose socia! standing he cnves
without the moral qualities to emulate.
One of these moral assassins, under an
anonymous signature intended to cast the
suspicion Of his cowardly assault upon
another, chlracteIizes the acts of Marshal
}linn and Frank Tarbcli-mcn against
whose business integrity no breath of sus-
ricion was ever before exhaled-as ;. swim
ding" and by inuendo associates their
names with felony; at the same time pos
itively charging the editor of this paper
with being the subsidized advocate of their
. infamous swindle;" and this cowardly
lihcller finds a consuming medium of COM
muricating with the public in the Demo-
cratic Era, better known in Portland as
the " cotton seed organ" nomnally under
the editorial control of Urban f. Hicks,
whose characteristic name is Uriah Heap.
The personal denunciation of this o cotton
seed editor could in no way affect the
private character of any man in this COM
munity, where all the parties are known,
and as for his correspondent, there is not
loafer upon our streets so lost to all re-
gard for public respect as to publicly avow
its authorship. The scandal of the thing
is, that it will be read, and perhaps credit
ed, by persons who know nothing of the
character of the parties but what they see
of them in the public prints, thus placing
the assaiants and assailed on an equal
footing 1t is only for this reason that we
notice this anonymous malicious assault
upon two of our most highly respected
citizens and upon ourself through the me-
dunn of a paper published in Oregon.
The project which afforded the pretcxt
for this and several other newspaper at
tacks, is clearly stated, over the proper
signatures of the gentleman assailed 1t
is speculative project, it is true, but it
will readily be seen that there is no at
tempt at deception, misrepresentation, or
fraud nothing like swindling devise re-
sorted to to dispose of the property. The
maps which are submitted to the examina-
ton of every purchaser, show the exact
location of the lands offered and their re-
lations to the waters of the Sound. Their
future value depend in great measure
upon railroad connections, and were select
ed with reference to the apparent chances
in that direction. IF the road goes to deep
water on the West Side of Budd's Inlet,
as many believe it will, their location will
be much nearer the depot landing than
any portion of the present town of Olym-
pia; if to Port Townsend, they have Sc
cured one of the nearest and most eligible
points upon the bay, in the L formed by
the military reservation. A like judicious
discrimination has governed their other
selections. Not being able to discover
any attempt at fraud or deceit in this pro-
ject, and having, in common with large
majority Of the citizens of this community,
the most implicit confidence in the honor
and integrity Of the projectors, we volun-
tarlly defended their character against as
saults which were manifestly dictated by
envy or malice, influenced by no other
consideration than love Of justice and
fair dealing. In a somewhat extended ed
ltorlal career, We never in a single instance
advocated or assailed any project, public
or private, for pccuuiary consideration,
expressed or implied
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