Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-06-06

Making u n Party Issue.
Tho Palou.e ',4.n IA ai.1drng
10 tho nol'gtt'-hp says that tie
Republicans & laat,rn Washington
eoicods ilo nomination To- a Sound
man. provided ono can ho agreed
ulon Who 3. pledged to night the
wrongs imposed upon the people 10y
tho Northern Pacific Railroad Com
PAW. II tho 1ag't speaks ~ the
earl aui th,s h. the sentiment e the
party cast 81 M mounlain'. 40 let.
tcr plank could b placed IA the
llhffOtn 90 ensure Waterloo de.
feat The people o,er here Damo-
Gratis aud Experimentation the
early completion # the Cascade livI
son, NJ a means ui enabling Puget
Sound to assert It's supr,mscy NJ the
commercial MATT oi tho Pacific
Coast. anI all the facts are too
N'li known 10 the people ia dcma
gngn,s lo ilay upon THEN crodu'iiy
1h', propose 40 longer To subordi-
nate then interests g. Oregon, when
the means At dolNoranco ~ within
Their gasp. lhoy IA We no disrosl-
ton To MI the goose which lays the
golden eggs.
II was Republican Congress
which made The grant, and from
late dispatches Il seems that n Dem
ocralio Judiciary Committee o' the
House sustains II ton purely judicial
grounds, howovct) While. there
fore, IL can hardly he said 10 Ice n
party question. the Republicans are
responsible for the inception of the
grant ms we'll as It's extraordinary
scope, while their opponents are
honest enough 10 acknowledge that
some good may come out OF MAJ
aretb, and favor making the most Of
n contrao, which when onco ac-
cep,ed cannot be broken. in letter
OF spirit. without violating that
principle Of justice which undcrlies
all transactions Of like nature.
Notwithstanding tho grant in i's
entirety may seem . colossal price
10 he paid . single corporation,
still u Ia. been no easy task for II
10 build the roaj with even this
backing Il has bankrup,ed several
Of the powerful mopeyod corpora
tons formed 10 push IL through
within the dates fixed by Congress.
There does not seem TO DO any
doubt but that u the company had
been able 10 complete the work on
time, that II would have come into
immediate possession OF the lands
named In tho charter. The people
will lose nothing by the delay. AL
ready the value Of their lands IL en-.
HANGED, their business haa been i'm
nsasarably increased. and Eastern
markets. Of demand and supply
brought 10 their very doors by the
shortening Of The distance nom New
Yosk 10 Olympia 10 single week,
about ons-sixth Of the time required
BY The rouadsbout way Of the Gen.
hal Pacific and the ocean service
combined. Besides, the saving In
frsishts and profits 10 middle mon
10 already issssning tho expenditures
II The consumer aud putting money
into the pockets Of those who have
wooa, hops. wheat. and other CON-
moditiss 70 place on the Eastern
market.
There does not seem TO DO two
aides 10 the question. Tho ground
work Of our hopes Of future growth
rests upon the speedy completion OF
the Cascade road. aud every pros
poet Of . permanen; prosperity
seems 10 be dependant upon liberal
dealing with = company which
shows every inclination TO push the
work forward 90 rapidly ~ possible.
should construction be stopped. by
adverse legislation Of Congress, IA
contingency no, ., nil probable). the
present generation weuld not live to
see The iime when Washington
would no, be o,ershsdowed by Ore
gon. Liie In too shor, Tor ua 10 af-
ford a loss Of the present opporiun-
ny.
Tins Democratic House seems de.
tsrminsd 10 cut down tho Ropubli-
can campaign fund this year. All
the senate amendments to appropri-
alton bills. whereby McDonalds and