Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-02-20

Political traWilNhing.
lb' ..t..r seems a. lace great
.lr,.. upou Nj Owing. ipmiunuon
nui ,,tup,ton q. Icu toiml See
I,Ai, WIZ % 81 80 toslri,d. We
caui,-. 900 ui',t luplnltN to discover
IT, vI.ln4i t,'n,n thc l"vhon ono
huur l.us,r ht the tIul fool !
l~l.o p,uc'ln'ol To- keep out other
applicants vhllo be- sought 10 secure
prompt Presidential action The
cam, tutn II tho waist which iaIsod
100 hia Official head Tor n hnef perod
vlli place il on the block for the oX-
,ruton,ra kuifc AMI It ~ just
.u,h gave away laudations A. the
'.I.t iululgos ga that will demon
,unio his political gu'l, Whon
tnat luunal asserts that o" Col. oN-
inn 81 consistent d, pll,n 10 Roruhl-
,,u nm,plos hus mad" lm r'tu"1.
hily uhuoti Hua to mhu, oi the u -
moc,a,y, Il gives Just ino 'au. G.
which Wa Cleveland u0tms. go has
letter p Mt tml.. a. D.,'m,'r
10Th. .hall iniuenco h,n g. mako ~
mu,ala Ito SAYS " Those Who
have proved thomscl'c. ofcns'No
paItisans aul usutrois, must 30
Now. acoofltng 60 such ,ost-l"chct
statesmen ne iho ncIlhc 81 :he ''"ur-
,.f. d,,uliun 81 Republican li'uc'.
pi,s tuiti,rs TO-, oNoicIsu IT al ili"
ats oi ihe put.houso politician.
which ns BE- admits haa mado Mr.
Owing= particularly obnoxious To
man, Democrats II this does not
place him under tho ban. then wo
must admit we do not understand
what state of circumstances MIR.
cleveland would require TO substan-
tat the charge Of offensive patti
sanship
The methods 10y which prom
ibeh, Republican officers controlled
conventions Tor many years. led Ia n
rebellion In the party. aud the more
independent members bottled MONT
nations made through uau,pation Of
a power belonging exclusively to the
people. aud finally beat the clique
II which Mr Owing- and his man
Friday we're tho central ligures
These facts will 10 made known al
Washington. aud the in,lecen, haste
oi Mr.. Arthur 90 bestow tenure Of
Office mol his own 10 give. an act
only eqealled by the impudencc OF
Satan on tho Mount. will give deci-
Sion to the hand which writes the
name 81 Mr Owings' successor.
n seems u little strange. however,
that tho present Secretary. usually
80 aslu,e. aud who las been engaged
so far since election In n still hunt
should allow hia devoted tool aud
tho organ he controls 10 iaud him
a., those very qsalilies which must,
81 necessity. u known. seal his polit'
icai doom. The only reasonable
sur,nise is that ,ha comments were
made without his knowledge ms well
~ tho statement that he went TO 30
attic 10 secure the requisite bonds
men for faithful service ms an officer.
Olympia IL where he IL hest known,
ani l, surely has enough men ol
means IN his own party to I'LL NJ
several such obligations as that re-
quirsd 10, Secretary.
I, may be that anxiety has turned
the alleged brain u the tournr. II
mus, be iorturing 10 give up after No
long occupying comfortable stall
II mss, come like pulling eyo.toe,h
for The public Printer 10 yield bic
hold on the public teat. and IN his
extremity he doubtless feels hk,
Llssing The big Toe II the mogul who
has held The COW Tor him 10 milk
bat ihi. IL no excuse Tor course
which brings both himself aud his
sponsor in contempt lie nigh, as
we'll yield gracefully, The day Of
small things has passed Tho op-
poftunity for iackassos to success
fully Ion the lions skin will not be
afforded under tho new rule. and he
ani his hind might M we'll die al
once aud stay lead
A. the meeting 81 the Democratic
Territorial Genital Committee. beld
81 wallula. on the i2,a instant,
were present jos. Kuhn. Of Jeiier-
snn, President. Cleo. Fuller. OF
Pierce. Secretary. Henry Miles. oi
Lewis aud 1hursion Alex. Mont.