Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-31
letters from the feople.
Cause and Effect.
Things Catching the Eye Of an Observer

Things Catching the Eye of an Observer.
Ed. STANDARD:
In recent issue of Harper are ex-
tracts from a message of President
Adams to the assembled wisdom, y
in which the old man eloquent
implores that body to inaugurate a
system Of internal Improvements and
constructing roads and bridges over
the western plains. In his ierse
style he portrayed the excellence of
the roads, bridges and aquaducts
over the Roman Empire. and the
wisdom of initiating SUCH works over
our broad domain.
In supporting the construction of
the Cumberland road, Clay lent the
charm of eloquence. Benton, while
advocating the construction of a
road TO the continuous woods
where rolls the Oregon" quoted
Jefferson and lavished The keenest
FISHES of his genius on that laudable
enterprise. Humber advocates in
later years bestowed commendable
efforts in stimulating heroic pioneers
to cross the plains and seek homes in
this sunset land.
The genius of the Romans and the
aspirations of our early statesmen
failed to animate our Territorial leg
isators to open any roads in our
broad domain.
Our citizens should now exercise
due diligence in the election of ex-
perienced persons to the Legislature.
In the late session, Messrs. Hale,
Miles, Cation, Kuhn, Foster and
other experienced members formed
the forlorn hope and were helpless
for good; Till passed the Council
appropriating money for construct
ing a road from Duhgeness oyer the
Olympic range to the Quillehute on
the coast, the House sat on that
laudable project. During the past
century the tOrtures inflicted on ship
wrecked mariners by the fiendish
redskins are fresh in our memories.
The cruelties on Destruction Island
failed to stimulate our legislators to
open safe retreat to enable "Jack"
to save his hair. The periodical
crop of freshmen returned to our leg
islature and constituting " the great
majority" afford a genial pastipe to
our ring manipulators; the rich wines
and fragrant cigars so generously
lavished in the Secretary's Office bull
dose the rar material, and pave the
way to generous appropriations from
the treasury. Our concrete wisdom
freely lavishes "very hard cash." on
Auditor Keed, Secretary Owlngs and
kindred favorites.
Governor Newell, whose advent
into our Territory was ushered with
trumpets as a pronounced reformer,
not only failed to interpose a check
to the general squanderings of the
session, as it was his plain duty to
do, but be had grists of his own in
the legislative hopper, and we feel
justified in stating that the evident
collision of our ex Governor with the
spoilers constitute n powerful factor
in his retirement.
During the Legislative sessions of
10, 81 and '83, our soloHs failed to
build one mile of road in our vast
wilderness. In the meantime a sum
approaching $50, 900 had been Law
ished on Reed, Owings and other
favorites, q sum sufficient to con-
struct a wagon road over the Sno-
qualnie pass. While very liberal to
the favored few, our solons passed
acts which puzzled our judges and
have been acted upon by our ma
tional Congress to correct glazing
errors. 1t may be proper to notice
here that those sessions aforesaid
we're all organized and manipulated
by the Territorial Republican party,
and in the survival of the fittest, we
submit that this time is opportune
for that party to step down and out.
This being q transient period in
OuA ototUAy We V0AuOoSSy AW PbOAC
our citizens to vote for true and
tried persons to the Legislature.
DR.. Ostrander's mature wisdom COM
mends him as safe Representative.
Mr.. MeLane has been weighed in the
balance Of experience and will bring
to the discharge of his high duties
q fund of superior parliamentary lore
seldom surpassed, and will prove an
able aud discreet councillor. With
such experienced guardians the Ter
ritorial funds will be protected from
the raids of Reed, Owings and kin
dred grabbers.
In conclusion, we earnestly implorc
our lady voters now emerging from
the thrslldom of centuries to join rs
in this laudable effort to purge the
legislative stable from the scaven-
gers feeding on the forage provid-
ed by the burdened taxpayer.