Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-06-01
As in Duty Bound

As in Duty Bound
! The Courier tries to make us lose
>i.l,' uf he rhtrary Na,ii>a, rrl NJ
. f III, Re-i>tci of the L1nd Office,
hv prnp">irg rduel with itself. HE
STANDARD has brtter use for its space
than devo'ing 1t tn an interminahle
wranTle Wi II an unscrupu:ous toe,
who has never .ecu actuated by a
higher incentive than greedy ;rarIc".
1t has aiwaNs conceded to the nurS-
Ing Jet of the flee holding ci que
al the pap which le3itlmateiy flows
from the capaclous bosom III the Re
publican party, but 1t claims for the
people night To sptLd their o@h
money as they please, and when
they raise the qu' >llnn, as WAS done
10y he ci'.ln.n II L., Wis count. L
proposes to sweep ASIDE the cob~rb,
of technicality by h.ch they u,e de-
frauded o. tier rights, and SHOW
just how contemplate such acts ap-
pear when subjected to the light of
reason.
Notwithstanding the fO"r"rs
twaddy on the subject, the fact le-
mains the same: The STAND s1iD was
not allowed to bid Oh ATTY adyertls-
ny, of whatever nature, for the
Land Office. Mr.. J. L. Brown will
not assert that it was, but mny claim
that the omission was unintentional
A better explanation would doubt
! less be, that he had gulped down
the Infamous party shibboleth, Dem
ocrats have no rights Republican
Cffice- holders are bound to respect.
The fact is, the idea of inviting bids
aud the farce OF awarding contract
Oh contingent business OF the future,
was only subterfuge by which
jealous office holders could make
their little streams of patronage flow
into desirable channels.
The Courier endeavors to stock
the cards and deal itself four aces,
by abiding to the price paid for the
county advertising few years ago,
when it received "legal' rates, or
50 IS per square for publishing the
delinquent tax list of this county. 1t
is true the other publishers "com-
bined" SO far as to allow the Courier
to receive the maximum price, with
the understanding that each should
have the coveted privilege of publish
ing the tax list consecutively but it
is quite as true that this paper pub.
llshed the list of 1881 for less than
one-half the price paid the Courier
the year before, aud the same service
Was rendered for last years list for
about one-fourth the amount which
had previously gone into the ,nsa-
tiate NAV Of the official organ for
the same thing. Timber land noli.
fcations, at these rates, would
amount to 81, at the rate allowed
last year, or Sc so the year before;
and d" final proof" advertisements, at
the same rates would amount to con-
siderably less than 81. The STANDARD
or any other paper, would contract
at these rates, if it was given u cor
ner" on the business, such as the
Courier at one time enjoyed, aud it
is ready now to publish timber land
notices, when they come in grists of
say twenty, as are sometimes ground
out to that paper. at SIS each.
The STANDARD freely admits that it
desires and expects the business pa
tronage of its friends. 1t believes
in the rule Live aud let live," and
objects to having its patrons led by
the nose to another newspaper aud
have it claim that they voluntarily
ignore their own journal in so dong.
The Courier has surpassed the
bounds Of prudence in its method of
shielding the little lactiferous duct
which now gives down the current
30 refreshing to its misery soul, but
we will let it pass this time, and
await until it makes another attempt
to obstruct our range before we
show up its hoggish characteristics
in detail. d.