Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-07-20

The Republican platform says in ef-
feet, We don't know what TO do about
the tariff, but when it comes to free
whisky and tobacco, our name Is Eli"
The Republican ticket is headed by
Benjamin and tailed by Levi, which
would be Il matter Of considerable i'm
portance if they We're mp for Office in
Palestine
Susan Is. Anthony has been to see
Ben Harrison. She sees many resem-
blances between this campaign and
that in which Caesar ran in Rome, sup
ported by her brother Marc.-Aho.
The Mail o1d Express boasts that
7" Mr.. Morton did not have to seek his
nomination. 1t sought him." That
is TO say, it sought his barrel. The pig
goes to the swill, not the swill to the
pig.
Mayor Hewitt says: "The raw ma
terial and waste products of industry
should be free in all cases, because the
revenue collected from them is de-
Quoted from the fund available for the
payment OF wages
Mr.. John B. Allen, having read that
+" lightning always strikes in the most
unexpected places" has been posing
the past few months with his rod in
the air, hoping that the current might
be attracted thereby.
Neal Dow, the father OF Prohibition,
alludes to the Republicans as a party
with its nose just above water" What
an imagination that man possesses
His vivid fancy pictures the poor Re-
pubficans with noses drawn out to the
length of elephant trunks.
OF the ten Presidents renominated
for the Office, only three were beaten
for second term. Washington, JET
ferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson,
Lincoln and Grant were reelected,
and tho two Adamses and Van Buren,
were beaten. Cleveland will make the
eighth reelected.
The Owings faction of the Republi-
can party will be enabled to spend
Democratic money to promote Re-
publican success in this, as in the last
campaign, such are the senuosities of
civil service reform which retains in
one Of the highest positions the most
aggressive Tin a quiet way) of offensive
partisans.
Among all the men named there ia
not one leader" no one whose per
sonal or historical relations to the peo-
pie would make = difference Of one
thousand votes in the canvass. Sher-
nasu, Allison, Harrison, etc., have rec
ords that would be awkward on the tar
il. the currency. the Chinese question,
fetc.-Senator IngaHs' letter aboxt. can
didates at the Chicago Convention.
It will be real handy for Republican
campaign committees to have China
row in San Fsaneisco and Portland
available for political assessments.
They can doubtless be made to "pau
out" quite as Handsomely AZ the old
time levy ON office holders salaries
They can be brought into requisition
here, a. well, where only one lone
lorn Federal hold-over quietly
munches his oats at the crib, anG
Gen. O'Brien win not b. under tn.
necessity Of importing fambear
torches when China lanterns, squib,
and bombs can be had for the mer,
asking.
1 If the martial law episode 1t Seattle
was inevitable and justified by circum
stances Why is it that it has hermeti
cally sealed tho political futures Of &C
many prominent men who favored it
Blight seldom results from favorable
conditions or in the ordinary process
Of natural development. If the exi
gency demanded the use Of extraordi
nary power, popular sentiment, A. tn
excitement abated, would long ere thi
have recognized the fact, and politicx
ostracism would not have been the 10
Of those who simply saw their duty
clearer than others did. The verdic
of Time il rendered by Wisdom, ant
I've must abide by the finding.
This is what Mr.. De Young said a
Chicago. It Is mighty interesting
Ireading:' 1T h absurd to talk 0
agreeing ON Harrison; he cameo
carry the Pacific coast, nor can b.
carry severed other States, which woult
DE. Republican. on sccount Of his rec
ord ON the Chinese question. Th'
labor vots viii be against him. ant
California win never supports mai
who voted against the Chinese bill ant
every phase Of the Chinese treaty
Further than this, he voted to natural
ize Cinnamon and give them the righ
Of suffrage, and Allison did the sam,
thing. If either of these two are nom
Iinated, We might as well give up tn,
| fight in California." F.
+ Gen. Sherman says that Mr.. Cleve
land should have shouldered a muske
dusing the war. IL that what Sher
man did? Or did he cit in regiments
headquarters and help boss for biz
payf How much blood did he spill
on the sanguinary fieldi And wha
ishe kicking about anyhow? Has b.
not received ample compensation il
the muni6cent pay and perQuisites ap
portioned to his rank, without laying
claim to all the glory bought by tn.
vslor of soldiers who received but 81