Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-12-31

the States composing the Southern
Confcdcmcy contributed but about
S93 600, and vet this il not surprising,
for all the great cities Of the nation
save New Orleans are 1T the North.
The contributions oi the Southern
border States, like Delaware, Ken
lucky, which includes Louisville, and
notably Missouri, which includes the
great and wealthy city Of 81. Louis,
are rather niggardly. The city OF
Washington alone gave more than the
old Southern cities OF st. Louis and
New Orleans put together. California
gave more than any southern state,
and Oregon, with Il small population,
gave more than the total contributions
Of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Ar
kansas and West Virginia, and singly
gave more than did either Delaware,
Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Mis-
souri, or Mississippi Minnesota, in
Guiding two cities that together boast
100000 people, gave but Sli5 more
than Oregon. The most generous
States North were New Jersey, Con-
nccticut and Massachusetts. The
most generous State South, i'll proper
ton to her wealth and population, was
South Carolina, that gave more even
than Georgia, the empire State of her
section, and her next ncighhor. North
Carolina, Il poor State, gave nobly, al
most as much rs Georgia. The con-
tributions from New York city amount
cd to $l52,G72 10. Philadelphia con-
tributcd $52,22l "a, Boston $4,000.
and Baltimore $37 ,9G6. The total
losses by earthquake We're S5,OO0,O00;
the total losses by cyclone in lSS5,
81 100000. Total loss $6,50O,00O. Re
lief fund, $500, 600; loss of corporations
and individuals, $5,700,M0.
This nuniiiccnt contribution by the
American people has saved 300 fami-
lies, representing 1900 souls, from
utter destitution; has given them
food, fire, shelter and clothing. The
unappropriatcd balance in the hands
&C ,.,1,nf
round numbers to SlS6,O0O. OF this
sum $4,000 will he reserved for COM
plcting and pcrfccting the relief work.
Far more than the apparent surplus
is needed for public purposes. The
committee accordingly recommend
that 100000 be specially deposited to
be applied hereafter to the rebuilding
of the city hospital and almshousc, the
repairing of the public school build
ings, the orphan home, the Old Folks
home, and other "charity cxpendi-
lures for the poor"
Let no one say after this that we are
not one people from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, from the great lakes to the
gulf. The Charleston NeWs and COur-
ier eloquently says:
"Surcly the city is sanctificd by the
universal goodwill OF mankind. No
other city on the continent has been
so sorely smitten, and none other has
been so singled out as the object OF
tender graciousncss and pathetic pity.
The old soldiers of the Union We'd with
the Confederate veterans in fastening
to the succor of Charleston. The very
tents which had, years gone by, shell
tered our armed opponents, became
arks of safety for the wives and child
rem of the good old rebels" of this
Palmetto city. The whole story will
never be told in fitting terms. Nor
tongue nor pen can ever tell, in the
beauty Of its holiness, what Solacc was
given, what strength was inspired by
the knowledge that sectional lines had
been ohlitcratcd at last aud forever;
that the war was over; that the bloody
chasm was bridged by charity and
love, and that the only strife remain
ing was in the contest for supremacy
in the bcncficcnt work of giving food
to the hungry and shelter to the home
less.
TIE new two-cent postage stamp
which is to he put in circulation about
the lst of January is to be one Of the
handsomcst designs ever issued by the
Postofiicc Department. Upon a blue
tinted background will rest an en-