Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-19
TRUTH rs MIGHTY

TRUTH is MIGHTY
For many years "the bOundless
West" has been glorious refuge Tor {
of people fleeing from all a
sorts of ills in the East, and for thou |
sands who have come here to build up |
their fortunes: to find comfort in the |
climate: to find exquisite enjoyment
in the grand and beautiful scenery; TO
make homes for themselves and loved
ones: for business; for adventure; for
good purposes and for bad ones. All
this has brought, among other ele-
ments, unsuccessful politicians OF
elsewhere, who hunger for Office, even
vet. and who are willing to practice
the small lodges they learned in ward
politics, county and township politics,
and to develOpe little schemes and
Machiavelsh designs that they have
themselves evolved. And thus Wash
ington has acquired hodge podge OF
selfish politicians who down in their
hearts. care nothing for the measures,
principles, tenets of any party, but
are simply seeking place and emolu-
ment. Such would, if they could, de-
stroy any party TO reach their ends,
but. fortunately, Washington is
possessed of patriots among the
people, and even among the
better class of politicians,'to subyert
the plans of all such self-seekers, and
while as new state we must suffer
trial and tribulatiOn in the work of
standing off the horde of hungry
place-hunters the commonwealth will
come out in the end strengthened and
purified in its public affairs by the
conflict.
Those things are generally best that
are most dearly bought, and when the
state has stamped out the political adj
venturers and all who have adopted
their methods, it will be, politically
purer and better than it ever was be-
fore. With that will come an abhor-
. renee OF the practice of attempting to
down any and every man, who may
with good warrant have political am
billions, by personal abuse, calumny
and conspiracy, in order to better the
chances of the self-seekers whose des-
perate motto is rule or ruin.
Indeed throughout the country, the
time is dawning, and the day will
reach its full glory in the next presi
S Dental campaign, when the marplot:
y and malcontents, will be utterly
o routed by the great truths of right
e reason; the cool judgment Of thu
2 great majority, that may always be de
# pended upon to see through thu
!, Vaccinations of the tricksters, who
II sporadically, but continually, here ant
,e there, endeavor to ride into higl
h place on ism and its attendant sensa
is tiOns.
Too much attention has been paid
1t heretofore, to fantasies, tictions
n erankeries and what not, that hay
lr been used by the designing selfish, +
- /
N ton of prejudice. And such hav
D. done much of their work through
X specious and misleading cry of "rea
Sc son." This" they pretend to boast
BY sis an age of reason" and by thci
n false-reasoning have desired and al
tempted to mislead and stultify tru
IN reason, the results of common sens
ne and enlightened judgment. Wheneve
n any portion of the people have bee
e. carried before any hue and cry the
gs have been decidedly and systematicall
H. unreasonable. They have only bee
IS. carried away by political vagaries tina
tie found consideration only through the
he newness, just as a toy-puzzle wi
ST. temporarily become a fad. In tn
he search for something new, valuab
truths are lost sight of and derang
w ment so far results, until cooler an
Re, calmer judgment overcomes the trou
he BILE.
IN There has been a party recent
N formed that aspires to lead the a.
ct vance thought of the age and yet u
of party represents simply a combinatit
OF sophstries. The fundamental pri
rk ciples are scarcely deserving the nam
rs Only in an age giving respectful ate
lt. tion to the incredulous could par
ar promulgate such visionary scheme
This is but the legitimate outcome
fit what has been working for some tim
IN. Isms Of all sorts have llourished ar