Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-08
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON TER.
FRIDAY EVE'G, SEPT. s, 1882
Man-WOrShip.

The efforts of some very Jealous
conductors Of newspapers to advance
the political prospects OF their re-
spective favorites, is productive OF
anything but respect either for the
men they seek to advance or for their
profession as journalists. These |
consist mainly of fulsome laudauons
which made the objects of their So
licitude appear in an extremely ildic-
uIous attitude before the people. 1t
is only by assuming that their read
ers ore consummate fools and inca
pable of the most ordinary discern
ment. that some of the articles which
have appeared can be admitted to
possess the least force in directing
public opinion. Take for example
the bombastic praise of Mr.. Brents.
Had he the brain of Webster, they
could scarcely be couched in more
extravagant language. He is rep
resented as a veritable little god,
who the people so delight to honor
that they fairly grovel in the dust at
his feet. Now what has MIR. Brents
done to exact this homage? Has he
he accomplished more during his sec
ond term than he did the first? Has
he really done anything during the
four years of his stewardship? If he
has, will it exceed in value the mile
age and salary which goes into his
own pocket? The ordinary appro-
priations would have been, and were,
made without his aid. About all he
has done, according to the Union,
the leading Republican journal of
Eastern Washington. has been " to
draw his pay regularly, beg the
appropriation committees to give his
Territory something, ask and he
refused appointing nts for his friends,
introduce the few of the citizens of
the Territory who visit Washington
to some of the big men there, send
out to the voters who elected him
garden seeds, agricultural reports
and other public documents, and OBJ
tain permission to print speech or
two in the Congressional Record to
be sent free through the mails, by
stage loads, to his constituents. !"
Still there are journals which effect
to believe that the future welfare of
our Territory, if not the whole coast,
rests upon his frail shoulders. Oh
Mankind, where is thy blush ? Has
thy god-like intellect become so de-
based as to made thee a beast of
burden with the cringing instincts of
the cur? Heaven forbid that the
humblest should bow to the men
who aspire to lead in Washington
Territory politics!
The same may be said of the ad-
vocates of DR.. Minor. He is rep
resented as the embodiment of Wis
dom, a sage and statesman and" Pu-
get Sounds favorite," by his intem.
perate friends, while other Republi-
can papers knock this nonsense
higher than Gilroy's kite, by show
ing that, at least on one memorable
occasion, he played second-Gidle to
Bob Ingersoll, if indeed he did not
use the same instrument after it had
been unstrung and laid aside.
Others urge that Col. Sweet who
in Perdition is he?) having served
the Government faithfully on lib
eral salary, that the people must re-
ward him for such course; and
the chief claim set up for ex-Gov.
Ferry is, that, inasmuch as he has
"served the people" a score of years
as Surveyor General and Executive,
the people owe him debt of graft
tude which can only be discharged
by o term as Delegate to be followed
by an election as U. S. Senator
Out upon such senseless vaporings.