Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-02

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The above paragraph, 1t Is hardly
necessary to state, j. from the olga
par Trgss- riit, a journal which never
seems able to take a liberal or com
prehensive view Of matters of public
policy. Everything with it must run
in the narrow ruts which habit and
prejudice have worn. The single ex-
tract given, is sufficient evidence Of
this narrow-minded disposition. 1t
indicates that to make a showing of
zeal for /" tho cause of our citizens"
it is willing to do that which it has
unsparingly condemned in others,
to traduce those who have been
foremost in every effort to advance
the material interests of town and
county, as we'll as the whole Terri
tory.
Zeal without knowledge is dan
gerous thing. II not only renders
ts.possessor ridiculous, but results
in positive danger to the cause it es-
pouses. Like q fly in bottle, it
may produce commotion and noise,
but for advancing practical results its
influence is about as effective as the
subject of illustration.
We thought everybody in the
community had sense enough to see
by this time that had the the advice
of the STANDARD been followed at the
beginning of the mail disturbance,
Capt. Starts elegant steamers would
now be making the terminus of their
route at Olympia. Many who signed
the petition to patch up Postmasters
Burr's blunder admit it, and four
fifths Of the petitioners acknowledge
they signed it either without proper
consideration or under total mis-
apprehension of its object. To state
this is not "beratins" the citizens,
but aftording an excuse for IN ac-
ton whose disastrous results should
have been foreseen. IF we had any
words Of censure to bestow, it would
be because business men, of un-
doubted shrewness AID ability, al
low the use of their names in such a
reckless manner. If it" costs moth
ing" their sign-manual decorates
every thing presented for signature
This is wrong. The use of ones
name should be considered a matter
of utmost importance. 1t should
never be made to /" endorse" matters
of public concern, with less consider
alton than to back individual credit.
1t may, as in this instance, result in
the public paving principal and
costs. II may result, as il has done,
in the community becoming mere
puppets. TO serve the selfish pur-
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