Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-02-22
Washinotun Standard.
OLYMPIA. SATURDAY MORNING. Yer. y. 1873.
THE COURIER AND OURSELr.

gods would destroy they first make
mad" and the expression finds album
dant verifcation in the recent rawlings
of the man selected by the Federal
clique to do their dirty work.
That the Courier has becn a failure,
in financial point of view and is now
sustained by contributions of few Fed
eral office holders, is apparent 10 every
bodyrwho cares to investigate the sub
ject. That these men have ngat to
print and circulate newspapers. we do
not deny, any more than we do the priv
ilege to DR.. Jayne to advertise his pills,
or DR.. Walker to disseminate the never
failing virtues of Vinegar Bitters. 1t
puts money in their purses, md if it
places feathers in our office-holder's
caps or prolonSs their stay at the public
crib, whereby they are enabled to draw
fat salaries for small services, the si,nile
holds good, and one means of adver-
Using is just as honorable as the Other.
When the publication of the Courier
was commenced, its projectors an
nouncement verify made one believe
they intended to Sc. the bay on fire. 1t
was to be first class in all respects. It
was to publish the Associate Press dis
patches entire, he edited with first-class
ability, embracing the several depart
ments of large daily newspaper. 1t
was to he an Independent Republican
journal, heightened, courteous, digni-
fed, and in all respects and under all
circumstances faithful reflex of pop
ular sentiment. In the verifcation of
oil these promises it has signally failed,
and the Cheap John style Oh which it
has been conducted shows that it was
never designed to he anything but a
medium through which official dignity
could air itself, as means of con-
trolling the politics of the Ter tory.
When it commenced its Car, the
rate of subscription to all country
newspapers in the Territory, in Oregon
and CALIFORNIA;, was from three to five
dollars per annum. The clique knew
that their advertising sheet would OBJ
tain but limited circulation at those
rates, and that it never could become
self-sustaining under the load it was des-
tined to carry. So the usual quack
dodge of free circulation and unlim-
tied brag was resorted to. One object
was declared to be to run out other
newspaper establishments that opposed
the ambitious projects of the empires
at it's head. Subscription price was
placed, in clubs, at the mere cost OF
blank paper, and advertisements were
inserted at any price or no price, as oc-
casion demanded. Everything was fish
that came into its net, and many seal,
transactions were projected to weaken
the patronage of rival journals.
This cut-throat game did not succeed
The Tribune arose from weakness tc
comparative strength; the transcript
and STANDARD succeeded, as the repre-
sentatives of the opposition, in bruis
ing the head of the serpent, and the
Courier remained greater burden
than ever, barren of any beneficial re-
suits. Those it abused most, were re-
warded by the people with their high
est honors and greatest manifestations
of confidence, and those it lauded were
overwhelmed by the silent but ilresist
able power of the ballot. Failing i'll al
its aspirations, standing on the verge Of
ruin, the Courier now makes the at
tempt to crush by the power of its
mighty hate. Foul ISLANDERS now oc
cupy the place Of its far promises ani
stalwart bravado. Private character il
seized upon with ravenous avidity
and perverted and torn to satiate it,
taste for blood. Revenge appears il
every line as it seeks for victims to i'm
molate upon its reeking altar.
Alas! that the STANDARD should be ,
victim to this remorseless jaggernaut
Weep with us, you who have fought il
many a close contested conflict, ant
who but few short weeks ago, fondl,
imagined that We had reached the sum
init of our political aspirations, let you
lamentations be heard from the house
tops, for the destroyer cometh. Davit
with his sling, or Jack with his lance
were not more powerful than the edito
of the Courier with his sharp pointed
pencil and remorseless scissors. SYM
pathize with US in our agony, and d.
not turn deaf ear to our piteous ap
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