Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-31
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imatiou into The CORPSE of thti if once
powerful county organic /. II The
people refuse to listen /. TEN,
knowing that in times pas, they have
been made the victims of repeated
deception whenever their votes were
needed to sustain clique rule. 1t
was announced early in the week, 10y
mammoth poster, that on Wednes-
day a grand rally would be held at
Tenino. The day came. The dis
srunt.ed crew hired Il s,cciai train
and went to the Junction, their
hearts filled with mingled emotions
of hope and fear. Alas! the clouds
which obscured the horizon When
the train pulled out from the depot
were emblematic of the pail which
would fall over their political spirits
when they arrived at their journeys
end. Billy Houston and Brad Davis
we're the only fellow citizens on
the platform to receive them. Cease
bowed heart your troubled beatings.
The hour selected fer the meeting
was five o'clock. They waited till six,
still nobody came except some stray
Cling candidates who had been beat
ing the bush for votes, and sorrow.
fully they wended their way to the
school-house, the place Of meeting.
MIR. Rasless having been elected
chairman and Nc Irving Secre-
tary the meeting opened by speech
from the king-pin of the clique, Mr..
Owlngs, with Mr.. Israel as acting
private Secretary. Before he liber-
ated his eagle, however, he poured
out glass of water with delibera-
ton, pulled off imaginary froth with
precision, while it is presumed his
giant intellect scared in the realms
of space gathering material for the
pyrotechnic display which followed,
with absolute abandon. Space will
not admit of review. Suffice it
to say his zeal was up to the reg
ulation gauge of a $4,000 Office.
Everybody who disagreed with him
were liars. Hendricks was a liar,
Voorhees, was a liar aud (sad to re-
late) the STANDARD was liar, and
then he proceeded to tell some lies
himself. He asserted that when tbs
went out of Office they
left the nation bankrupt and could
not obtain a loan at IL per cent. per
But we must leave this
pocket edition of Senator Dilworthy,
to prod the main speaker Of the even
ing, Mr.. Israel.
Those who have witnessed the
ludicrous efforts of a little man TO
impress his audience with dignity OF
department, can see the gentleman
in their minds eye as lie posed for
admiration. He, it seems, had been
to ego for the county
ticket. The edicts of the Ring ad-
NIT of no refusal and he at once bent
his back to the heavy load. He
waved copy of tho STANDARD in bis
right hand, while lie sawed the air
with his left, and when ideas came
too slowly, his eyeroved over the pa
per 10 gain time. This dodge is
about as convenient crutch to the
amateur speaker, as is the glass Of
water to the orator or the window
to the masher. He affirmed that
there was no Peoples Party. and
then followed the assertion so closely
with the statement that the Peoples
Party was controlled by ring of
three, consisting of Murphy, Muuson
and Ruddell, that it completely mys.
titled his hearers. 1t seems that the
incopgruity of the statement did not
strike his attention, or possibly he,
too, relied upon an assumed ignor-
ance of his auditors, which does not
exist. The Same charge was made
by the Courier and the Transcript,
two years ago, without the least ef-
feet on people who have the brains
to do their own thinking. 1t is the
same now, and the voter is able to
diaw wide distinction between the
individuals, who, of necessity, are
placed in the attitude of leaders OF
reform and those who en-
deavor 10 use the people as tools,
and by gross deception induce them
to aid jobs to perpetuate the rule of
q corrupt clique. Mr.. I. placed
great stress upon the fact that the
Peoples nominees appear under the
Democratic national ticket as printed
in the STANDARD of last week. There
is no significance in this. There was
no desire to cal! it anything else
than a" Peoples Ticket" and it was
SO designated many times in the
same issue of the paper. The STAND
ARD is no less q Democratic paper
because i! supports the action of the
People, nor are the Independents
less true Republicans because they
strike hands with Democrats to Sc
cure Government of the people,