Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-05-11


putty aiiI still have lG.tr Il bonanza
lift for himself Ia Irt'Im III
s'!tultd by the people - L"t con-
piete until tins IN liter i tG'iy iny"~-
tiyatcd an those vino nave bee Ii
swindielare ali ,rlcl redrt -. Then
these corrupt lea icr- viii be placed
so high Oh tie shelf that the longest
political stcp-lAddcr will not reach
them.
Brief AlluSiOn To Il Small Subject.
1t requires but the most casual
glance to discover the wide differ
ence between Republican and Demo
cratic rule, nor must we 20 outside
If our Territory to find evidence of
the perfection which has been at
tanned in ring rule. An instance, of
no further importance than to Illus
trate this fact, may be briefly stated:
\ few weeks ago, y farmer III Lewis
county, wishing to prove up OH his
homestead, and failing to receive
any reply to his application to the
Register for permission to take testi-
mony at Chehalis, wrote US request
ing that application be made and
notice given by an advertisement as
required by law, and inclosing the
fee for its insertion in the STANDARD.
After repeated efforts, we found Mr..
Convey at home enough to curtly in
for US that all homestead notices
must be published in the Couric,,
that gentleman's official organ; and
like the laws of the Modes and Per-
sains, his rule must be obeyed at
tie claimants cost, or he must neces-
sarily lose his land. The arbi rary
and unjust nature of this proceed
ing will strike those who have had
no experience with the machine pol
iticans with dlsmay, but we assure
our readers that it is my no means
unusual. Mr.. Brown, Conveys pre-
decessor, established rule that he
had absolute control over all adver-
Using done by land claimants, and
it was only after reference of the
matter of such service in timber
land claims to the Department at
Washington that he Tor rather Mr..
Convey received rap over the
knuckles by telegraph, that must
still leave a tingling sensation in
that gentleman's digits.
In the present instance, we do not
blame Mr.. Convey SO much as the
man who established the precedent.
MIR. G.. is nothing if lie is not a
meek worshiper at the political shrine
with "yea, yea," or a " nay, nay"
as his bosses direct. The public have
yet to discover any marked ability
i'll his line of official duty, and enter
ing a new and inexperienced field J.,
he probably acted wisely to fall in and
toe the mark by order. Nor do we
blame him now for being q mere
tigure-head, viewing the matter
from his position, that he must keep
n firm hold upon the Lullrushes or
float into water which will cover his
nose.
These may be reasonable utter.
ances now, under machine discipline.
Monarchical rule, to which we are
tending, recognizes the sanctity OF
the person of the king and his repre-.
sentatives. 1t may be, therefore
we'll to state that these structures
are entirely devoid of personal bias
and made under the old fogy idea
that the acts of public officer are
always subject to criticism. But il
n land claimant has no right to spend
his money as he pleases, probably
we are wrong in referring to the
matter at oil.
| Now let US contrast the Old with
the New. Let us see now differe nj
it was a score of years ago under
Democratic rule. Then the Govern
ment employees respected the right.
of the citizen enough to favor bis
wishes in all matters of minor i'm
portance. We venture to say tha
no request similar to that under
consideration was ever refused before
the machine politicians assuu lsway
The Democratic Administration
which framed our Organic Act, gave
the people supreme control of loca
legislation. All acts of the Legis.
lature were law without being sub
United for the approval of a Govern.
ment Executive. The people elected
all the officers whose salaries the,
paid, either directly or though thei
legally constituted representatives
and the appropriations made by tn,
| general Government xroro o~,l