Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-11-21
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fhltihiiN counted. hul TO returns
show that NJ io,o'nud la, a ma
Jouiy II over iuU votes. This
result - exceedingly glat f,iug. not
only NJ tho fototuunot 81 n iad.cal
change II polio, from tie fountain
head bat ~ solving the gfoa, qnos-
tl"n whether Change could be
made psAceably and without yio-
Lent disturbance 81 tho manifold IN
forests which seem 10 loto much hf-
fcclel by any variation IN government.
'al policy The slow progress OF
Tho count has allowed passion To
suhslde. aud the loosors have had
The Ioiguancy Of their giicf soothed
hy that best OF all mollcnis. time
Even Mr.. blaine ha- made ,illuc
~ necessity, and telegram an.
nominees that he bows gracefully 10
the ,e,iic, uf The American people. "
Tits ~ .minsntly sensible aud states
manlike The Spiut ~ 1876 hes
dormant. II II exists AT all. aud lbele
y not tho slightest doubt but that
Cleveland aud lIoudIicLs will lie
rcnceably lunuguiaIed on the 1 Ia Of
March
Then what That is tho question
which Republican newspapers heem
10 have but little trouble 10 answer
ing, Tho DrrgoHat, tho repre- seu-
ta'ise paper Of this party on the
northwest coast. has already don ned
war paint aud sounded tho war
wboop ltassumca that pubic inter
eSla are ma much IN peril M they
were before the war; that The South.
ern people are animated by precisely
The same sentiments and aspirations
az thew we've before they took up
aims 10 the futile endeavot 10 PER
peiuale their ownership IN slaves;
that they have been taught no p'ac.
teal lessons by the bitter experiences
OF war, and strong probability OK
isis that The issues buried by the TO-
suits OF tho grim arbitrator will be
revived 10 ngain vcx aud annoy The
people. Even moro than this is
promised by tho very iabid Webfoot
scribe. Ho seems 10 think that The
new Administration will be controlled
by this element OF political life.
Whether he holds 10 tho opinion
honestly. or for mere party effect,
isl pe,tinent query; but those who
know HIM best will rot do so much
violence 10 his judgment ns 10 be-
l,evs for an instant that the former
assumption ~ tho correct one. A
btief' extract from tho article 10
question shows its whole Tenor:
whsa ths county II spoken OF ~ ~ 20.
iittcai sense. os vita reference ton dec, sion
81 any question OF national policy. only
the uufth.tn aud national States can be
Included ~ Tho expression. The south.
ern aud SECTIONAL states cannot he includ-
ed ~ all, These last remain y compact
Ioiiih IA bosiv on the issues OF twenty-five
years aao. they refuse 10 consider any OF
the living issues. they are not national
hat southern. aud they remain ~ for
souihe n and sectional reasons. North
stn people that u Ia suy, people of the
u Allied states when they ~ Into the
South feel themselves ~ u foreign cnun-
nv. All tho ideas of the South are those
ot the oid slave and anie-ieliun period,
ansi upon these ideas the south IN still ~
soiid ~ u was thirty Yeats ago. or indeed
moro 80. II 10 Democratic because The
Democratic party has sympathized with
aud supported southern Ideas aud south
.rn opinions, aud u has kept solid"
awaiting the time. iong hoped Tor, when
some inriicnt would break the limo In the
northern az national States. and allow
southern principles ~ triumph.
There are some people who will
find II quito difficult 10 see The sub.
iect from this narrow point Of view.
They imagine they eau find a lsgiti-
mate cause for the sympathy which
the msjoriiies in tho South might
have shown for any party opposing
The many acts OF oppression devised
by the dominant party TO establish
and psrpstrais carpet. bag rule; while
IL 10 not altogether unknown that
the percentage Of majority for Gen.
HaucoSk four years ago. in several
Of The Southern States did not indi.
cate much solidity" Of sentiment,
norTAs much devotion 10 party as
has been shown by The same index
In some Of the Northern States.
These same old.fashioned people
hold 10 a belief, as old as our Gov.
eminent itself, that tue people should
rule. and until the monarchical ideas
Of the old Federal party are revived
so universally AZ TO change the basis
Of government Ivy a voluntary relin.
quishment Of this sovereign right Of
tho people. We can find no more
fault with Mississippi for voting
Democratic than we can with Iowa
for going Republican. All The ef-
forts OF fomeniers OF discord on this
ground will have little weight with
people who do their own thinking.
The very best OF evidence exists
that Gov. Cleveland is qualified 10
every sense for the peculiar duties
which The next term rs Chief Execu-
tive will impose. Ho is eminently
conservative aud just in the discharge
Of every official duty. He seems to
have been guided in his public acts
so far. solely by conscientious re.
card for Right. and he has not