Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-12-26
Sunshine and SHADOW.

There are some episodes i'll life
which 30 very far towards redeeming
what might otherwise be considered
Il weary pilgrimage, Il journey alto
ecthcr protit.ess unless leading to
something better in the unknown
country beyond the dark river.
These are the bright GASES which re-
vlye the spirits and infuse new life
that carries one onward to the final
goal with some degree of content
nent. The brightest of these gar
den-spots for the soul have BEN dl.-
covered fer us by our brethren OF the
quill. The pleasantest Of remem-
brances connected with an experience
of nearly quarter century are con-
nected with the kind words and fra
telnal acts Of our brother craftsmen.
There have been occasional varia-
lions of the rule, but they have been
so infreuuent and 81 slight that they
do not dctrac; il IA least from the
unal!oycd pleasure = at: intercourse
Which we believe ia, been mutually
pleasant and profitable.
Tie writer has been led to This le-
lection by the Kindness of our old
time friend Wior. Of The ,irpIs, who
has again vA!ilu;iy engaged The H-
mcnt upon US, regarding the position
Of the STANDARD on the land grant in
the late canvass. While thanks are
due the .irGoH for its desire to See
fair play, we cpine that orr paper
will not lie altogether ignored by a
party which has had its SUPPORT
through evil as we'll as good report.
1t is no recent convert, and does not
have TO manifest the zeal of one; ;
nor has it ever yearned for the flesh
pots sufficiently to waver in principle
to obtain them, nor does it propose
to do SO now.
The STANDARD gave Mr.. Voorhees,
support which elected him. Less
than so votes changed would have
given the victor: TO his opponent.
Mr.. Voorhees, and his friends may
recognize this fact, or they may not !;
in either event, the STANDARD is not
mendicant, and it wants nothing
which it has not justly earned and
paid for by party service.
1t may be true, as the Inirliig'nr'r
alleges, that encomiums come mainly
from Republican papers. There
have been very few and at times no
Democratic papers in the Territory
to applaud our course, and even the
MtcItigenccr now censures us for en-
tertalning precisely the views it did
SO much to advance, UP to the time
the Northern Pacific directorate
changed. II went wild in support
of the " souliess monopoly" when Sc
attic literally turned itself inside out
to laud Willard; when the fattcd
calf. and the fatted OK as we'll, were
slaughtered to commemorate his sue
cess as managing spirit Of the " land
grabbing railroad company"
Our support of MIR. Voorhees, was
based upon the fact that he was II
Democrat, and not because he ex-
pected to receive some 1000 Repub-
lican votes as an advocate of forfeit
ere. The grant when it was made
received the votes of some of the
leading Democrats in Congress, and
its legality has been acknowledged
by some Of tho best Democratic jur-
lists of the nation, and AZ long as il
was an issue before the people, un-
trammeled by party edict, it was
II matter upon which all could ex-
press an opinion without any ques-
ton of recreancy to any distinctive
tenet of organization.
/ But the object of this article was
merely to thank our friends for kind
words, and not to dlscnss n subject
which cannot be obscured by all the
dirt-,hrowins Of interruptions pol
itical enemies, who would adopt
Napoleonic tactics, "Divide and
Conquer" before the Democrats had
fairly massed their forces.
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