Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-10-21
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON TER.
FRIDAY ENE'G, OCT. u, 1851.
Circumstances Alter Cases.

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circumstances Alter Cases.
Dcducing from the recent invitation ot
our ~ u st Legislature to Mr.. Willard.
would II not be we'll. tor our legislative
So,on's to establish fixed sum or sums oi
wealth. or rcputcd wealth. necessary To
cntitle the owner there of TO a special i'll
vitation from the Legislature ofWa>hii =
ton Territory to honor it 10y visit. OF
course there must be graded scales fla
man OF Mr.. NIllard's rcputcd wealth is
entitled To special invitation, then anv
one of double that wealth is Justly entitled
to humble petition from the same body
to confer said honor on them. Double
the wealth again, and it then becomes the
manifest duty of the Legislature to ad
journ, to receive the representative of
such wealth, and so On. 80 temp0iu'
q mOTeS.
Talk about the toadyism and snobbery
OF Europe. Where or when, could the
equal OF this action o. our Legislature
Inc parallel by any legislative body:
a man with nothing but his reIiitcd
wealth To make HIM. the invited guest %
the Legislature. Mr.. Editor, it is not
only the snobbery of this action that
ought to he reprchended: but on account
OF the baleful influence it may have on
our youth, who, reading of this invitation
to Mr.: Willard will naturally inquire
what has MIR. V. done to merit this
honor: Answer, lie is rich, or at least
Yours truly,
QUID NCNC.
The above caustic criticism is pub
lished no less to oblige an esteemed
friend, than to afford a hearing to
those who may differ radically with
the STANDARD in matters of judgment.
"Quid Nune," it is but fair to state,
lives at such a distance from the
growing cente1s of business on the
Sound. as to have utterly failed to
catch the inspiration of the hour, in
fused by the gigantic operations Of
the companies MIR. Willard repre-
sents. He is conservative, from
the mere fact that he has not been
in position to grasp all the facts
which have led to such an amicable
feeling between capital and the in
dustries which it has begun so Won
derfully to promote. If he had, he
would have acknowledged that there
is an exception to all rules, and this
is one which sets at variance the
well-worn axiom that Corporations
have no souls Far be it from us
to believe that the late courtesies ex.
tended to Mr.. Willard and the dis
tinguished party which accompanied
him, by our Legislature, were
prompted by any other motive than
a desire to affirm the appreciation of
the people;through their chosen re-
representatives., of the many enter
prises which are springing up
through the stimulus of the power
full capital swayed by that gentle
man. 1t was this view of the sub
ject which prompted the Legislature,
as one of its first acts, to remove
such restrictions as existed on the
statute-books against the usually
oppressive policy pursued by cor
porations. The unanimity of the
vete indicates the popularity of the
measure and the confidence which
a uniformly liberal policy soon in
spires among those whose best in
terests may be subservsd by it.
One of our most eminent states
mon once said that we have no bet
ter means of judging of the future
than by the past, and if we closely
examine Mr.. Wizards record in con-
nection with the great enterprises
ne has been instrumental in promot-
ing, we find that he has been singu-
larry faithful to his promises. If be
fulfills those made to the people of
the Sound, it is all we can reason
ably ask, and we can leave the final
question of commercial supremacy
just where Providence has placed it,
to be answered by the immutable
laws which control the business of
the world.
II. there should at any time be a
change of policy on the part of the
capitalists who now seek to develop
our resources, it will be time enough
to place in antagonism those who
have SO far received nothing but
benefit from these great enterprises.
The Glen Fern, a new bark of SIS
tons burden, consigned to Hewitt g.
Co., of Portland, was wrecked at
the " Columbia Gateway" on the
18th instant, and will prove total
loss. There was no pilot on board,