Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16
Running q Newspaper.


this town, . semi-weekly. / arrived
g: the place in the afternoon, aud
it was dark before l gave up look
ing for q piano. / had not visited
the newspaper Office and did not in.
tend to do so until the next day,
but after supper ] learned that the
paper was a semi-weekly and would
be issued next day.
Anxious to get in an advertise
ment and notice before the paper
went to press I hurried 20 the Office
soon as l obtained the information.
On arriving there I found the en-
ployees, who consisted of two young
women and a boy lounging around
in great discontentment and disgust.
The cause was soon explained. A
man lay on the floor with his head
on pile of newspapers. He was in
drunken stupor.
The employees explained that he
was the editor and proprietor. He
had been drinking for two or three
days and had undertook to sober
himself up that afternoon, to write
his editorials, by drinking whisky
and seltzer. His effort at SOLDERING
up had been attended with the re.
suit that presumed itself in his per-
son. Generally speaking he was a
sober man, but occasionally fell in.
to temptation. This was one of his
periodical departures from the path
Of sobriety.
The employees had set up all the
copy that had been given to them
and now waited for more. Not q
line of editorial had been written for
the paper, and they feared that its
issue would be a day late as had hap
pened to be the case once or twice
previously.
"What is the politics of the pa
PERI" I inquired.
"Republican," was the answer.
CAN right" said I, "you can
take your sucks, I will write some
editorials. But first I will give you
my advertisement. Let that be set
up first. It must go into this issue.
Don't be afraid; we'll get out the
paper"
1 took off my coat and sat down at
the edit6f.s desk. The work was
not new to me. 1 headed my first
editorial " The Advantages Of Musi-
cal Culture" Under this head I
said as much in favor of musical ed
ucation as could we'll be said in half
q column, of space, BREWER type,
and closed by saying:
"In this connection it gives us
pleasure to state that our citizens
will soon have an opportunity of OBJ
serving the wonderful strides we
have taken in musical culture with
in a decade. A glance at the dis
played advertisement on our inside
will recall the pleasant memories of
the past and excite joyous anticipa-
tions of the future. He is coming
among us again-the great --!|
the prince of violinists! Coming
again! the Jupiter Of the musical
armament! attended by galaxy of
stars of the first magnitude. Shall
he have a welcome? 1t is for our
music-loving citizens to answer.
They will answer! That answer will
be crowded house."
My next editorial Yves on politics.
The State was in the throes of tho
Fall campaign, and, although some
thing of mild Democra. myself,
yet approaching my position as tenn
porary editor Of Republican paper,
+ gave the Democrats particula. tor
idity, charging them, like good
Republican as was for the the time
being, with all the crimes in the cal
sndar. I closed this rousing editor
ial as follows:
"But while we claim that Repub- |
lican supremacy is necessary to the |
nations welfare, while we enter the |
emphatic declaration that this polit-
ical strife must 60 on until we are
victors, while we stand party OPP
posed to party, at daggers drawn as
1t W6te III tne hsScEllOu VI out loAa
cal principles, it is pleasure to re-
fleet that we can still meet on one
common ground in the affairs OF So
cial life, and as citizens we will see
TO it that we will raise one united
and unanimous shout of welcome 10
the great - when he comes amongst
us-one week from to-day-see sd.
inside"
l battered myself that this was
very neat way Of bringing in the
name o. the leading card OF the COM
pany, while, at the same time, II
took little Of the rough edge of
he editorial itself, without in the
least weakening its Espublicanism:
NY third editorial was entitled
/" Music in the Home" My remarks
on this subject had reference to the
influence Of music in promoting
harmony in the family circle. l also
gave this q neat turn in a closing
paragraph bringing in the concert
company. These editorials were