Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-02-19

0EWe have the pleasure OF announcing
That we Hot now own press on which we can
Presswork done for all parties, at this Office
cheap. Should we ever find publisher in
distress for press and refuse to do his work
ior d M OF extend him the use of our press,
form itself iuto being called JUSTICE on the
toe OF whose boot we may ride gracefully out
OF the city where such selfishness ought not
1t is unnecessary to state that the
above paragraph is from the Morning
Echo, the peculiar diction betraying its
origin beyond the possibility of doubt.
Considered in connection with the ver-
biage which has preceded it in that de-
lictable sheet, it can be but construed
into negative form of charging the
publishers of this place, with a disre-
gard of the common courtesies of life,
not to say of those neighborly acts
which usually prompt craftsmen in their
intercourse with one another. Such a
charge, coming from the source it does,
is not only an evidence of the basest
ingratitude, but stamps its author as de-
void of the common instincts of a gen.
tleman; for he has asked and received
favors from each of the " united pub
fishers" which should forever close his
lips against the utterance of the spleen
which his malevolent heart might
prompt. When the Farmer press was
removed, and the daily Echo was likely
to expire without n groan. we voluntar-
lily placed our press at his disposal,
only STIMULATING that it should be used
before the Office was closed for the
night-say 10 o'clock P. NJ. This ten
der was accepted with the condition
named, but no effort was subsequently
made to comply with the terms. Our
office was kept open almost continu.
ously by the nightly visits of Mr.. Cook
and his imps, until, forbearance ceasing
to be virtue, we locked the doors.
What will the public think of the per-
secuted editor of the Echo, when we
state that our office was entered by
stealth, admission having been forced,
our press, lamps, ink and other mater
ial were used to print the Echo, with
out permission, and against our oft
repeated protests? And We will here
remark, en- parenthesis, that Mr.. Cook
has never to this day offered us any
compensation or even thanked us for
the aid we extended him under the
above circumstances. This looks like
persecution, indeed, with the parties re-
versed; we occupying the position of
the poor outraged victim. deserving of
popular sympathy, and the bag of con-
ceit who edites the Echo that of the
burglar who feloinously enters the prem
Uses and appropriates the property of
another without his knowledge or con-
cent. Notwithstanding this treatment
we have, probably with a mistaken idea
of philanthropy, continued to extend
the favors formerly accorded, up to the
present time, it being but few days
ago that we sold him press and con-
scented to wait six months for portion
of the pay.
The public will discover in time, if
it has not already done so, what a
hypocrite we have i'll our midst,
who sets mp claim to special pre-
ferrment for virtue and morality. It
will learn that Dickens immortal char
aetar of Uriah: Heep is not wholly q
fancy sketch, but that it has its breath
ing, living and moving embodiment
in the meek and humble, but big
oted and malevolent editor OF the Echo.
ACCIDENT TO SAILoR.-A Sehome