Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
A Nest that was not Feathered.

B IOr SOlu0 tllIC poos oeOh iAi'
flickering on the dim horizon of I'M
certainty and now seems to have
plunged into some nnfatbOmable
abyss and is entirely lost to the
vision. The Governors change of
/ fortunes has not escaped the notice
Of his friends. 1t has been pain
fully evident to them that the Joyous
heart whose arithmetic beats once
{ found expression i'll the sweet strains
I Of the violin, had met with some
reverse, some check to its melodious
flow. The brisk notes of the
" Fisher Is Ilnrupipe' or the Devil Is
: Dream" which have so often email
ated flom his humble cottage at the
dead hour of night. forming, SO to
speak, veritable fountain of melody
over his rooftree, have been for
many months silent. The fiddle and
the bow have been hanging on the
willow tree, and bu. few have been
able to 70 III anything like a correct
conjecture of the cause. And now,
when the cause is laid bare, we can
ouly contrast the beginning of the
Governor career with its unfortun-
ate ending, IN spirit of profound
commiseration and sorrow. 1t seems
sometimes to be peualty imposed
for the enjoyment of the honors of
the world that misfortune must
follow; that in drinking from the ex-
hilerating cup Of JOY the dregs in
the bottom must necessarily rise to
the brim, and the Governors life
affords an illustration of this com.
pensatlng fatality. The man who
Understanding to his own vera
clous story-was n prime fAvorite of
Englands good Queen and an es-
teemed friend of the renowned can
tatrice, Jenny Lind. in the zenith of
her glory; the man who led the first
company of United States engineers
to Puget Sound and who aided Gov.
Stevens in setting the wheels of our
Territorial government in motion and
was his chief advisor during the
whole of his successful administra-
ton, deserves some mention of these
recoSnitions of his worth, when the
storms of adversely threaten to over.
whelm. Scared be the brain and
palsied the hand which would be
recreant to such duty! Ours lie
the task to ward off the force of the
blow which Adversely aims at q
helpless victim!
Gov. Agnew's troubles, BIZ it said,
originate principally from free ex.
ercise of the better impulses of the
human heart. His latch-string is
always out, and his banquet board
continually spread for all who will
accept his cheer. There congregate
the weary, oppressed and downtrod.
den, of oil ages, sexes and conditions
OF men. There in revelry and mirth,
have many regained mbition aud
courage to renew the stern battle of
life.
Fain would we draw q veil over
the Governors present humiliation,
but sense of duty impels us on
ward. Let US take, however, the
most charitable view of the situation
and accept (as bare possibility
that his neighbours chickens, came
from far and near to roost on the
Governors hospitable premises, of
their own free will and accord.
This supposition may do violence to
the sworn testimony in the Justices
Court, but it must be remembered
that it is that of one who admits
he was particeps criminis and who
turns states evidence to save his
own bacon. birds of a feather
will flock together" but there are
many in the community who, while
not wholly exoLerating the Governor,
firmly believe that he is more
slnned against than SHINING.