Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-10


.I...n LOGGER
NJ, John Ni.l,r Mnr,.hy, of the
- Nml,a SnNnNIr, Is II an hate
man, not tue ica>t cast down appai-
entity, h'rhu~" aS an al + icant for
lhc place of Deputy Collector Of In
i'intl Revenue for the Sound dis
tuct be iniled 10 be appointed. He
uu'N tNptcsscs some mlsIivinLs that
whether Mr. Hicks should he PIE
f,rr,d tu one who has devoted near.
~ Ia quater of century to party
service, J. "A matter which all unpie-
JUDGED people viii car, ,fully weigh
and Justly determine. In all sin
ccrc kindness to Mr.. Murphy, we
think that he was too mo lest in his
asplra'Ious. Had he aimed for a
higher POSITION, one to which his
abilities oie better adapted, and to
which, POLITICALLY speaking, his lon.
services entitle him, he might have
Jared better; or If he failed his foiled
ambition would not leave any more
irritating scar than III the present i'll
stance. He never should have
placed It within Whiteakci's power
Ia relu~e him anything, for White
akeis conduct during the war was
such ~ To warrant tho deduction
that ho ihlrsted for an opportunity
To snub mn old Union soldier, such
as was Mr. Murphy.
Bat 1t Is CALLING, John, after
twenty-five years of faithful party
service TO be brushed to one side
without ceremony. II is hard to
see the party controlled 10y these
coppcIhead mosshacks; TO witness
at the head OF the triumphant pro-
cesslon tho groteslae fossils moving
with The ghostly pomp of dead age,
holding tho offices or distributing re-
wards. 1t must make ones Democ-
iacy run with the cold shiveis to OBJ
serve these men guiding the party who
study political evolution by the light
Of tho Ordinance OF 1887; who nc
more recognize the three latest
amendments to tho Constitution
than they would three new stock
holders in the Trinity; who have OPP
posed every platform Of the Repub-
lican faith since crystallized into or.
ganic or statutory law only to camp
on the same platform four years
later; who set aside the offices fol
tho majors anl colonies and generals
of the defunct confederacy after they
have first had their fiji, who are al.
ways IN "a reminiscential stupor rs
they SEQ 20 by them The panorams
Of the DAYS of the weasel skin, huff
jeans. Locofoco CATERS, dog leg
plug. hard cider aud still harder
dow" Of the MonongaLela, and
who, Oh being walked up, pipe and
question garrulously from theil
toothlcss mouths, II Gineral Jack
son has moved them thar bank de.
posits yit p And 1t is further pro-
voking. John. nay it Kisses and sim
mers like an insult branded hot into
the flesh 10 observe these mummies
telling an old Union soldier that
Just because he is an old Union SOL
der quarter OF century Of faithful
political service isn't worth a pista.
reen that that is tho fly in his pot
of ointment--tbat that "coon skin
has two holes ia it.. Aud then,
John. here is where they Iub salt
INTO your smoking wound, by per
mitling young adventurer, IA Dem
ocratic "carpet-baggvr,' Voorhees,
10y name, TO read you out Of the
party. and hundreds Of independent
men like you; TO refuse you office
and portion. because you thought
that what n railroad earned it had u
title TO. just as would Ill individual
IA the same circumstance. Imagine
the strut cf Paul and the vigor Of his
feiuIe, after he has surmounted
Gamaliol' y brow with u Ounce cap to
punish him for his ignorance of phil
osopbyl As we said, Mr.. Murphy
Ia not breaking his heart over this
petty disappointment. He has a
good newspaper and knows how to
conduct IT, and that is always safer,
better and more respectable than
Office seeking. But there are scores
Of others who have no paper to fall
back upon. and who too are doomed
10 grIef. We speak OF
Thuss Democrat. with sni es most bl nd.
Who on either side of their Moses stand,
And tsiuly fnr places iRi bc-ccch;
They cry Were IN the promised land,
Win sunr RrsIe- oD every hand.
kui tie mik aud honey are out Of reach
Verify, blessed are those who ex-
pect nothing. for they shall not be
disappointed.