Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-10
ThOmpscn o., the Ragged Edge.

IhOmpsCn Oh the Ragged EuSe.
1t was our hope and expectation
tina; i'll the canvass just clio ed notn-
IL = would he SAID or done that would
cnsen.ler iil-wiil, OF n.ce>sltate tie
reuewal o: ccntrItio, after 'Le Jesuit
should be ANNOUNCED The con
duet of all but one of our Repub
lican opponents has justified this
uupe; in fact, there has been noii.-
III. III the I'rSoni{ cund@ct OF ANY
IF the candidates. with this ot. ex
ceptIUn, but tina; wc have regarded az
.ii.uitied and honorable. They have
all shown IL respect for the opinion
Of Others, no matter how much 1t
might coLtllc. with their own judS-
meut or their individual interests,
aud in this cLivalrous spirit Of for
beaiance they have been fully net
and rivaled Ly tie nominees OF the
Peoples party.
The exception, to which we allude
purely from SENSE Of duty aud not
III anger, is the Republican nominee
for School Superintendent, Mr..
Thompson. We little realized,
when he told US among other things
that IF Mr. Thompson ran for the
office he would be elected" the
means he intended to employ to &C.
complish that object. We bad al
ways thought there were some things
in politics preacher would not do,
Lut we find that under the slang
term of "spiking guns" used by
him, he embraced many of the
tricks and artful lodges of the pro-
fessional politician, totally at var
lance with his sacred calling as min
lister of the Gospel.
The night before election, after he
had published his defense in the
Dempsey matter, he issued a revised
edition of that remarkable docu-
ment, in tho form of an open letter
addressed TO the editor of this paper.
This eleventh. hour secret circular
was, we are informed, sent to the
country precincts, and not until the
closing OF the polls, Tuesday even
ing, were we afforded an opportun.
| ty of perusing it, a copy having
been placed by Mr.. Thompson in
tho Postofice, after the distribution
of Mondays mail, which would
not of course reach US until the
evening of the next day.
There is no necessity of review.
ing the letter now that the object of
its publication is past. and it has
been SO barren Of the results it was
designed to accomplish. Suffice it
to say, that its tone is more in keep
ing with that of pot-house politi-
clan than of meek follower of the
Great Exemplar. and that its state
ments are untrue in several impor-
tant particulars, as may be proven
by Mr.. Thompson's own admissions.
II that gentleman is satisfied to let
the matter rest here, We shall chari-
tably say no more. but if he again
endeavors to place the lie upon US,
We shall prove, by irrefutable testi-
mony already in our possession.
every state ment we have made and
more. This much we owe to our
self.
Now, in conclusion, Mr.. Thomp-
SOD, you ask what kind of man we
are ? Know you not that this is the
most difficult question which can be
submitted to the human understand
ing? Though your question seems
to be what you would call imper-
fluent, we shall endesvor to tell you
what we are not. We are no bypo-
critic. nor sychophant, nor time.ser-
yer. nor tale-bearer; we are no
blusterer, nor bagsart, nor street.
bully; we do not profess to be bet
ter than the generality Of men;
vanity forms NO part of our compo-
sition; we have never learned to
crook the knee that thrift may
fawning follow; we are not untrue
to friendship, or forgetful of acts of
kindness; we are not false to the
tenets of our religion, belief which
We firmly trust will finally serve "a
good purpose as much more pre-
tentious creed, oftentimes worn as q
cloak to be put off or on as personal
inclination may direct.
Probably we have answered your
question as fully as you desire us to
do SO. and will drop the subject I'm.
+, til you resume it.
If the Republican convention had
! nominated MunsOn for Treasurer, would
there have been an independent move
ments Oh! No. He had the power with
the STANDARD man, and the STANDARD ma n
had the power over the Democratic party
in this county, t. turn it into the tail to
the kite Of Munson; and to give respec,.
ability to it called it the indepen dent
party: This is misnOmer. 1t should
have been dubbed the Munson. Murphy
combination, for that is the size Of it..
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