The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-25
MORE NAILS FOB HIS COFFIN.

MORE NAILS FOR HIS COFFIN.
WHIST the People Say Absxt the Acei-
dental Gevernor's yetoes.
Spokane Review.
The employmsnt By private corporations o.
bodies Of armed men, equipped and maintained
BY interests other than the state, and commis-
stoned with . Quasi-authority Of the common
wealth, IL one Of the dangers which now men
sce popular government. The practice u VIC
ious, because Il insidiously saps the supreme
another arm than that Of the state; because Is
makes thee armed mercenaries dependent for
their employment upon corporations which are
necessarily soullea, and because tt aggTavatee
large bodies Of worhngmen in moments OF
great crises, and therefore incites
and fosters that lawlesmess which
II nominally Il commissioned TO queil. The
practice forbidden by the anti Pinkerton bill,
which Acting Governor LAughton has seen At
70 veto upon constitutional grounds, 10 itself
forbidden by the constitution Of the state. Sec
tlon "a Of the bill OF rights Is - follows:
The right Of the individual citizen to bear
arms In defense Of himself or the state shall not
be construed q authorizing individuals or cor
porations to organise, maintain and employ an
armed body OF men.
The organization and employment OF such
bodies Of armed men cannot be justified or de-
Tended BY single sound reason. Cities have
o1icers under the state, the commonwealth it,
militia, and the federal government its standing
army. II these safeguards prove defective in
the protection Of property against mob violence,
the state can be held to . strict accountability.
1t they are insufficient to preserve the peace and
protect Life and property, the evil cannot b
remedisd BY the organization Of armed hirelings.
Coulee City News
Outlines, during the last two months, articles
have appeared In the different state journals TO
the effect that different state appointments have
been made BY the acting governor, with the
object, mainly, Of Strengthening and securing
assistance to make him the Republican nominee
ct the next state convention for governor How
much this may b the desires Of the Hon.
Charles E.. It can't but be serious mistake to the
state If it should 90 b brought about It's true
this 10 long time ahead to look forward to, but
all the same IL IL q serious time for the party
ana the state at large. He may have the ability
to I'LL the position, but It Il intermixed with 30
many other qualities that are not 70 commenda-
BILE that We cannot afford to have him In the
executive chair Of our state. Chance put him
into the position he now holds, claiming at the
time his home In Okanogan county. from which
he had moved all his personal effects sur
prise to those who knew him was his nominal
ton, and . bitter pill to swallow by many
leaders OF his party. There are others who can
ill the position with ability, whose record II
above reproach, who, II they lack the cheek and
seif-complacence Of the Hon. Charles e. would
be In all other respects more creditable to all
the position.
Cheney Sentinel
Lieutenant Governor LAughton has vetoed all
the railroad legislation Of any importance that
was passed by the late Legislature. The one
regulating freight rates, and those to compel
railroads to construct and maintain connections
from one road to another, and to fence their
tracks. It begins to look - though the gov.
ernor had been seen by the railroad pool. II
farmers and others interested in the passage and
maintenance Of these laws, and Others Of like
nature, they must zee to it that honest men are
sent to Olympia to represent them in both legis-
lature and executive positions. "A legislature II
no menace to . railroad corporation pool
OF railroad corporations-if not strongh enough
to override an executive veto, and not even then
unless It passes acts Of railroad restraint early
enough In the session to force their approval or
veto before the Legislature adjourns.
Wooley Times.
Acting-Governor Laughton has vetoed KIN
near's anti Pinkerton bill. We would like to
know on what grounds the acting governor re-
fuses to sign the bill, the intention of which
was to prevent the employment by inscriptions
corporations of armed hirelings who have been
the cause of most Of the riots and shedding OF
innocent blood throughout the strikes and labor
agitations in which the wage-workers en-
deavored to secure recognition Of their griev-
ances by the corporations who employ these
hired sluggers We pay Thousands of dollars
annually for the maintenance OF our militia,
and il any trouble arises requiring armed force
to subdue II. the state militia y the proper force
to use, and not the hirelinss brought from
abroad, and whose only object 10 to obey the
commands of their Employer
Coulee City News
The substitute" at Olympia has shown his
fine hand and vetoed the only three important
railroad measures that passed our legislative
body. These bills were to compel railroads to
maintain and construct connections from one
railroad to another; also fence the tracks; and
the Wasson bill-to say nothing Of the anti
Pinkerton bin. Laughton should be q branded
Corp. TOOL, and transferred from Olympia
to Tacoma, or some other division point, and
used for q monkey wrench, as he has screwed
the railroad nut to the last thread and brought
the tension to bear on the people to the greatest
extent Of his power.
Oakesdale Sun.
Governor LAughtou vetoed the WATSON bin.
the principal measure OF importance to Eastern
Washington passed during recent session of the
legislature. LAughton believes any
thing class legislation that has Q tendency to
protect the farmer class from the greed of rail-
road corporations and also believes that 1919
cents per bushel freight to the Sound on wheat
is a reasonable maximum rate. But Governor
Laughton gets his salary and probably several
dollars on the side, and what does be care for
the Washington farmer?
Goldendale Courier.
Governor IAughton is knocking some of the
railroad bills, enacted by the legislature, silly
with that little veto power he carries around in
his vest pocket 1t the governor is going to
veto all legislation not wholly in the interest of
railroads when he comes up for that Office he il
in all probability looking forward to with a
longing eye in 1892, 1t is quite likely that the
farmers viii put him on the retired list,
Wooley Times.
ting-Governor Iaughton ID receiving severa
and merited condemnation for his veto of the
WATSON railroad bill from many different
sources. but more especially from the eastern
portion OF the state, where the farmer element
predominates. Laughton evidently intends to
make as lurid display of authority a the linn.
tied lease of his Official position will permit
Ahordeen Rufloffp