Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-11-02

In view of the fact that every
step he has taken to secure to the
people their just and equitable
rights, he has had a powerful cor
poration to oppose him, the work
he has accomplished has been un-
predeoented.
We further ask that this record
and the positions which Mr.. Voor-
hees has always maintained, be
compared with that of Hon. Mr..
Allen, during the past five years of
struggle between the people of this
territory and a mighty corporation,
which has sought, at every turn, to
rob the people of their homes, by
demanding that they purchase their
lands of them at an enormous price
lands to which the company had
no right Or title to, as the decision
in the Guilford Miller case has fully
demonstrated-and which corpora
ton and others have worked fur
Their hardship upon the people by
fixing their frelghts and fares so ex.
brilliantly high as to give the peo-
pie but little margin for their hard
labor. In all this struggle, we say
Mr.. Allen has never, at any public
meeting, of which many have been
held, or out of these meetings, rails
ed his voice in behalf of the people;
but, on the contrary, has labored in
the interest of these corporations.
AS the Olympia Republican Partisan
whose title is a marked synonym to
it's politics stated, before his nomin-
alton: There never has been q
time in the last twelve years that
Mr.. John b. Allen has not been r,,-
tanned as an attorney for railroads.
We ask that the voters of this
commonwealth compare the position
of Mr.. Voorhees, with that of MIR.
Allen in the struggle made by the
citizens of the old town Of Yakima
against the Northern Pacific rail-
road company. at the time when
that arrogant company undertook
to, and did, destroy the town, and
brought financial loss to many Of
its citizens. In this matter Mr..
Allen appeared in the courts as at
torney for the N. P. On the other
hand, Mr.. voorhees, clearly stated
his position on that brutal outrage
upon the inhabitants of that little
town in q speech delivered in the
house of representatives July &c,
1856, of which the following is only
a part (see Congressional Record
10th congress):
More than twenty years ago. when the
suggestion Of transcontinental railroad
communication was regarded az the Off
spring OF the theOrist and the dreamer, q
few hardy spirits, who had picketed tho
outposts OF civilization, planted pioneer
town in the Yakima valley in central
: Washington territory, and called it Yak
ina City. Under their pro-
gressive touch it became the largest town
within radius Of 100 miles, and assumed
sufficient importance to justify the terri
torial legislature in clothing it with an
the functions of city by An act of incor.
poration. From the beginning the North
ern Pacific Railroad company had given
the inhabitants of this little city every
. assurance that the coming of the road
meant permanent prosperity for them,
Many made modest invest.
ments, from scant means, in the town,
with the purpose Of realizing the legit.
innate profits certain to attend the arrived
! of railroad facilities. In this instance. az
in every other, however, they
who placed any reliance in the promises
OF this corporation found them
selves the victims Of Punic faith,
To deliberately set on foot and
push forward speculation in ruined
homes, shattered fortunes, and broken
hearts requires such colossal and gigantic
scoundrelism that the mind instinctively
shrinks from it's contemplation. And yst
, this is just what the Northern Pacific
railroad company did in dealing with
Yakima City. When tho time came for
!. striking the blow, they pushed their road
through the corporate limits of the old
pioneer town of Yakima City to a point
about four miles beyond and there locat-
ed town upon one Of the odd sections
embraced within the limits of the grant
80 long since forfeited by the company,
and called it North Yakima. Tho
fact that this move carried CONSERVATION
into many hard-earned home was not
sufficient to turn them from their nefari.
Gus purpose. The fact that in pursuing
such q course they advertised themselves
as the monumental liars of the century
was insufficient to deter them from tho
infamy. The fact that bankruptcy and
ruin lowered over many q household "a
, the result of the success of the assault
upon the old town seemed to urge them
to renewed effort. Seemingly fear.
full lest, with any encouragement what
ever, the feeling of devotion to the home
of nearly generation might induce q re-.
sistance to this scheme of pillage and
plumber, the order was issued to afford
the old town no railroad facilities what
ever. A more daring, shameless
outrage has NJ place in the wide range Of
corporate villainy.
i -Four years ago Mr.. Allen can.
vassed portions of this territory to
secure the election of Major Arm
strong, whom the republican pa
pers, after his defeat, admitted was
a railroad candidate. Two years
ago Mr.. Allen labored hard in the
canvass to secure the saffrages of