The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-12-05
By HER OWN BOoTsERARS.


In lie reiteration Of the statement thai
Olympia will be the capital. 1t Is q
wearying ding-dong that ought to make
the home readers more tired than IL does
those on the outside, for there are more Of
them. The latest issue begins by stating
that:
II d universally conceded that Olympia will
Be the permanent capital Of the state. II IL also
declared that II ought 10 be.
To comment truthfully on this state
ment II need only be remarked that 1t d
not universally conceded that Olympia
viii DO the permanent capital Of the state,
nor l. Il, 10 any great extent, declared that
Il ought 10 be.
Possibly Olympia mlstOok the votes Of
those who did not want . change this
year for q declaration that she ought 10
b the capital.
As 10 the universal concession part Of
the statement 1t il all humbug. Olympia
would give Q pretty sum II It were "uni-
versally conceded" and hopes BY this
old-fashioned sort Of reiteration and
bFaggy editorial business to deceive some,
whils holding up the courage Of others
sort Of lifting itself BY its own bOOtstraps,
q one might say.
In the same issue Of the paper Is .
sehoolmasterish sort Of admonition which
shows how contentsdly certain ~ they
feel about the matter over there. Here
Il IL:
MS 70 Be hoped that the capital committee
have not disbanded OF retired from the struggle
for he capital. The next contest win be Waged
for all there h In Il by our opponents wisdom
would dictate that plan Of campaign shOud
be determined upon now and the contest be
opened up now. Olympia can win IN the next
contest By hard work and the assistance Of all
her friendA She should endeavoF 10 keep all Of
her old and odd many new friends 10 the list
We have the best Site. most accessible and con-
venlent location and should win.
Fit Is universally conceded" and all
that sort Of thing, who are 'Our oppo-
nents" to wage such Q contest; and why
should the state be worried by capital
committee" made up Of Olympia's tower
ing intellectsf
This sort Of talk Is all cheap and child
ish. It may be that Olympia will be the
permanent capital; II may be that Ellens-
burgh viii be the permanent capital, and
II may be that North Yakima will be the
permanent capital; but at present writing
nothing is universally conceded about any
Of them. In al pFObGbil ~ the question
viii not be settled before the election Of
1893, and then il will be settled BY votes
and not by universal concessions"
Many Of these votes viii be cast by men
who are not now in the state, and their
choices viii depend upon their locations.
What viii happen during three years no
one can iorstell; and why attempt 1T
An Of n were guilty Of too much bFag-
ging when the fight was on. The gener-
Gus ones in the three leading cities went
into tbe:T pockets 70 pay for pushing
ofpet claims, and there was importunats
and untiFing work BY night and by day.
Everybody knows what everybody else
attempted and what was accomplished
In this business, and everybody knows
that & d still an open question. Il may
not now be known by everybody that the
ehumpiest city in the state viii be the ons
that begins now to harp on the old ques-
tom but We give Il out a. . straight Zip
that such d The case. There 4 enough
10 do that il more profitable than handing
out old ehestnuis about the capital, now
that people and money are beginning 70
pour into the state, and all the chumpy
writing in Olympia or anywhere else will
not avail against the unknown footing ol
the column the Fates viii some day add.