Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-06-18
4 JudicIOuS Decision.
4" t"iqu~ ..L-gsi" Document.

The People. Plaintiffs. licking, vs. the
Republican Political Ring, in
Error in the Matter Of
Machine Politics.
| - POI :rIcs -TuE 'PRoPERTy or THE
froriL.- Politics are not an nipple.
mrni ni warfarcto be nsc,l bv "whoOp-
rf~ IA beating out the brains Of tax
PAYERS
- 1nEM M.-JURIsDICTIoN or THE Cow
S"NwE,LTH POPULAR CouRr-T This
court has jurisdiction over the case, or
nj least II IL willing Ia bet two to one
that il thinks il has. Eli?
g. kIcHI>G.-A LAWFUL METHOD OF
FRoC EprRr.-The mule has no patent
right on the amusing diversion known
~ krking II IL the perogativc of men
over twcnty-one wears Of age to stand
on one or two legs and buck il they
viii. t'ovc W.. Gault, LIST Multnomall
= l.
- SCRATCHED TI,KErs.-As Coon As
CURRY Conn SOMETIMES, s,-Scratch-
ing where the itch is merely temporary
may he allowed il done quietly; but
where the seven wear political itch pre-.
walls the hides Of ring nominees may
he scrapcd publicly and i'm broad dav-
light. tatlin W. Dement,, lst Multi
numah T. >.
PUBLIC OPINION, j.
This is case in which plaintiffs
allege defendants to be in error
nearly up to their eyes.
Proof is brought by plaintiffs to
show manipulation on tho part OF
defendants in lines past. Defend
ants set up that their financial dis.
tress has made active " work" neces-
sary on their part, and allcse that
their pockets are not more than half
filled with public plunder, whereas,
it is tho privilege of "manipulators'
to fill both their pockets and their
Lats If they SO will.
Plaintiffs show by the testimony
of competent witnesses that the
county and State conventions have
been mostly organized in these parts
in a certain historic apartment
known as back room and under
tho chairmanship of a celebrated
ubiquitous individual called q
boss" Testimony objected to and
leave asked to insert the word
manager" in lieu of /" boss." OBJ
lection not sustained by q slight ma,
jority.
Plaintiffs further show by unim-
peached witnesses that defe ndant q
have been and are unusually dexter
ous in the use of one certain rattling
little weapon known as the sack, -
| aud set up that tho use Of said weap-
on is contrary TO all rules OF honor
able political warfare. In rebuttal
defendants undertake to show that
the contents Of ",he sack" greatly
alleviates distress among the "agi
tating." gambling and wine.bibbing
classes.
Further testimony Of plaintiffs
witnesses establishes the fact of an
hermsphrodite combination. com.
pact or agreement made by and be-
tween the ring mnnipulators, parties
Of the first part, and the whisky ele-
went. parties Of the second part.
whereby candidates particularly love.
ly were to be rushed through the
ballot TO the Legislature. (Steel,
rushed, S,rahan, possibly rushed.
and Demeut. crushed.)
Corruption of primaries, debauoh-
ing Of the polls, vote purchasing.
bulldosing and trading are set up by
plaintiffs against defendants and
proven by n cloud OF witnesses.
Politics are q public weapon. to
be used in a public and honorable
manner for the settlement of issues
vital to the public veal. Whenever
any man or set Of mon undertake to
or do use said weapon for the ad.
vancement of personal and selfish
interests, then it becomes obnoxious
to the general public, and the per-
sons so using it may and should be
kicked into the middle Of next week.
The plea OF financial distress
set up by defendants is humorous,
in that fat hogs mny never be sus.
pected Of being short of swill, how.
ever they may grunt aud scramble al
prospect Of vegetables to be rooted
from the public garden. Defend
ants failed to show wherein they
were entitled to gormandize them
selves cny further mt the public
trough, and may therefore, in equity
be turned out into the cold world t
root or die. webb VS.. Marston su
pra).
Dexterous use OF the sack" il
jeopardy to The manipulators
Plaintiffs instauced several cases il
the testimony. and in their pleading
argued that it is unfair for one ma
nipulator' to steel into Office an(
leave a fellow " worker in a de-
mented condition on the charities of
kicking public. (The court would
bog to put its handkerchief to it
mouth and smile).