Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-10-17
THE RINGS" NOMINATIONS.

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allusion to the candidates nominated bv
the Ofice-holders' County Convention,
few weeks ago, believing that there
was not substance enough in it to with
stand vigorous kick and that it would
dry up and blow away of its own accord
before the third day of November dawns.
As matter of local history, however,
we now briefly allude to the patchwork
ticket pieced by Grandma Ferry and
Aunty Solomon. 1t is, without excep-
ton, the weakest ticket ever submitted
to the people of Thurston county, and
clearly indicates what suicidal policy
it is for such antagonistic elements to
attempt to harmonic in convention diff
ferences which could not be adjusted
outside after many weeks of determined
effort. Contending factions may, under
a truce, apportion the nomintions to
their respective favorites, but they are
debarred by the very nature of the pro-
ceeding, from effecting that systematic
work which carries with it an assurance
of success. No fact is better known to
the people than that the ticket is not
the choice of either of the contending
factions, nor indeed of a single delegate
in the convention. The people are
likewise dissatisfied, and their earnest
desire is that the opposition ticket may
be composed of men worthy of their
support.
The nominees for the legislature are
exceedingly Objectionable to many con-
scientious Republicans, and the candi-
dates for Commissioners are, if possible,
still more unsatisfactory. The more
their " claims" arediscussed, the great
er is the opposition to them in their
own party, while they will not draw
single vote from the opposition on
grounds of personal friendship or expe-
diency.
The nominees for Auditor and Sher-
if are recognized rs chronic office-seek-
ers, veritable Barnacles, who have been
fed SO long from the public crib, that
they appear to believe they have right
OF perpetual possession of two of the
best-paying offices in the gift of the
people. What they have done to merit
support, unless it las been to betray
both parties, it IS difficult to determine.
There are hundreds of our citizens who
are just as competent as they, and much
more deserving in many respects, with
far better claims for support, and to
some of these the people have made up
their minds they must yield the posi-
tions they now hold. The election of
Phillips and Killings cannot add a single
plume to the wreath Of victory should
it be worn by the Republican party, IN
organization they have shamefully be-
trayed, and which they would again sci!
for mess of pottage. Their triumph
would be virtually proof that the par
ty could not be saved without hanging
on to their coat-tails, and the precedent
once established would lead to the de-
struction of all recognized discipline.
1t would be better for the party to suf-
fer defeat than to succeed on such terms
as they exact as the price of their fealty.
Claiming to be no-party men, as they do
until bid is made, no conscientious
man is bound by party usage to vote for
them.
The candidate for Treasurer, Mr..
Munson, is playing the charity dodge,
a game at which he has been an adept
for many years. Violent partisan as he
is, he does not hesitate to ask for DEM
ocratic votes and sympathy. He is a
man whose misfortune it has been to
hold Office until he has abandoned all
hope of obtaining livelihood by other
means. A resort to manual labor is
fraught with all the horrors of . night
mare for him. Able-bodied and in the
prime of life, he implores those who
earn their support by "the sweat Of the
brow" to save him from such degrade
ton. We can see no more justice or
manifestation of mercy in yielding to
such persistent appeals than in contrib
uting to the hoard of professional
beggar. It is sometimes a mistake to
help those who are able to help them
selves, and this is an instance wherein
the assertion applies with peculiar force.
The remainder of the ticket is not
worthy of extended notice. It is COM
posed of the same aspirants who have