Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
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confined IT, comparative few sore
heads masl II whom weie present a~
,ieL fii,. a. then late convention held
al New Nu,k. anl tina, At has no
strength 90 hacking among the vot-
ing "a ase. ~ the party The iLdis-
rutable facts ate that the leaders of
this movement have hitherto been
ranked among the foremost mem
hers II the Republican party and
that quite q number of It's most IN
husn,isl papers have openly declared
themselves ~ opposition 10 Blalncs
election. upon the gro, al that haN'
ing accepted . recuu'ary compen-a-
ton Tor his influence q. a member al
Congress 10 favor of private corpora
tons, he 10 not . NJ person 10 be en-
trusted with the great Office Of Pres
,ieni If the United States. that II
elected Lls administration would
necessarily lie conducted upon the
old machine methods Of the Repub-
iicsn patty. snd ihs, With him nj the
helm there would ho uo hope los the
REFORMS demanded by the people IN
the tart, system and the general M.
min,s,,a,ion Of the Government
The Independents nigh, probably
have attracted more attention. ".
like the Antimonopolisis and Ma.
uonsl Prohibition parties. they had
brought out candidates 81 their own.
But In view Of The fact that the move.
mont is exclusively and professedly
one Of Republicans. who have and
pretend 10 have no purpose except
h defeat the candidates Of their own
party. and chat they have taken The
direct aud only practicable means u
accomplishing this purpose by boldly
declaring that they will vote for the
Democratic candidate. II becomes q
pointer that may we'll Gil the Grand
Old Party with alarm. II 10 q ques.
ton nov of discussion % 10 which Of
the two great parties the An,i.Mlo.
ncysllsis and the National Prohib-
itiosists will draw The most voters
iron. bat there 10 no such question
In regard 10 the Independents; their
strssgth whatever u Ia will 10 lost
10 the Republicans and gained by
The Democrats. Our readers know
just how THE thing worked here IN
our own local election two ysars
ago. And every man can form Tor
himself = tolsrsbls estimate OF the
true strength Of the Independent
movs0sst BY paying attention to
the sentiment Of Republicans in his
own community. Judging from this
source alone. the expressions We
have heard f,om lifelong Republic
cans Of our acquaintance. We feel
convinced that the views and deter
minasion expressed by the New York
Independent Convention are wide
spread, and that they will make
themselves felt ct almost every prs
csncs In the Union ct tho November
election.
Axornsa On ssrrrsm Cow
Mn. Catherine n. Wood. who dad
II The residence Of her son. ]. @.
Wood. In this CITY. ON the evening
Of the 26th inst, came 10 Tbu,ston
county in the sp,iuu Of 1874 From
whish time up 10 sbou, 1890 shs RI.
sided With her husband. the late
Isaac Wood. and family upon thu
we'll known Wood Donation Claim
sbovt four milss east Of this plsce
In those early Jsvs The family va.
noted for IL hospi,s,i,v and whilst
they continued 10 make n their resi-
dsscs. The old home,,ssd Was the
sr,ous,, rssort NJ mi. ,h., sr.r..,v
sst,l.d neishborhood. Thar latch.
airing slvsvs huns on, and vhosv.r
came 70 thsir doc, vhs,hs, ,or
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t..nmsst ar ns.d,d ...i.,.ncs w..
slvsvs aura nj . he.v,v o,.,.h.,a.a
welcome Ths.s fact. v,II h. ..,,v
thoush g,.,.tu,Iv ,sc.,,.d no m.r.
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