Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-03-30
A Witness Against Itself.

az "a dttu ny l'tUiCCIhtlC iuIt. i
asserted unequivocaily, positively, an,
without any reservation, that tn,
Str!ngency in money was causeI b,
the Democratic policy Of revenue re
form, and that as long a. that polio,
was likely TO be enforced we woul'
experience Just such stagnstion 0
business and consequent financial dis
tress.
Fully impressed with these solemn
aIm"nitionS, what was the surprise O
the readers OF that journal, Saturday
to find that it predicted the speed,
return Of good times. 1t says: "Th,
indications are that times are growing
better. This opinion is base,
upon the signs as they appear in th'
active avenues OF trade. Business j.
better i'll Olympia than it was las
month. 1t is better in Portland, Ia
coma and Seattle. Chicago is becom
ing especially active, and is maxim.
preparations for year Of active pro
gress in trade and building surpassed
in no other year since the fire."
1t adds: "The information comes
by private advices and through thu
columns of the daily press. The
commercial activity of the great cen
tiers like Chicago, will soon set in mo-
ton the waves Of prosperity that will
reach every point throughout the
entire country"
Verify "Liars should have good
memories" to avoid the dilemma the
Oympian is now in. Its article Of
March 4th, entitled Gone Year oil
Misrule," arraigned the President for
all the accumulated evils OF the former
Administration, a policy which had
made multi-millionaires and paupers
1t declared that "not since the Dem.
ocratic days of 1857 had the nation
seen such financial and industrial ruin
as had strewn the country the past
twelve months. One year of Dem.
ocratic supremacy has plunged the
country into the deepest distress"
If that be true, and a logical Sc.
quence. is not that party entitled to
credit fo- the business revival which
the Olympian so confidently predicts
from year of the worst panic this
country has ever seen," and its con.
version into "a year of progress in
trade and building unsurpassed in
history"
The "waves of prosperity" that il
predicts twill reach every point
throughout the entire country, it is
plain, from the Olympian's own logic,
are Democratic waves, carrying on
their crest . complete vindication OF
the policy inaugurated by the installa-
ton of that party into power. Either
this is true, or the Olympian is guilty
OF the most fragrant perversion OF
facts.
Oh, consistency! thou art indeed a
jewel.
Obtuse as the Olympian usually is,
it has dropped on to the fact that its
position is decidedly incongruous, and
like all professionals who hazard a
guess, are ready to cooper" q risk
that shows signs of losing. Assuming
that some Eastern paper has discov-
ared the inoousistency between it's ut
terances of March 4th and at the
present time, it now endeavors to rec
oncile the wide disparity between
them. Its defense is one of reckless
assertion and bold denial. It says the
was prosperous and business
active when MI. Cleveland was inau.
gurated. This is such an unblushing
that refutation is unneces.
sary. 1t was, indeed, business distress
that elected Mr.. Cleveland and sent
Democratic majorities to both branches
of Congress. The Inauguration of q
Democratic President, it says, paralyzed
business. That is lie No. 2, for the
downward momentum acquired under
Harrison's administration eliminated
in panic, before the reform measures
Of the new Administration could be
applied as . brake. The Olympia.
then belittles it's former assertion, eats
its own words, as it were, that good
times were imminent and declares
that there is livery little revival oil
business. if any," and what little there
is is attributable to the attitude oil
Congress towards the Wilson bill!
Our contemporary efforts to har.
monte his assertions reminds us oil
the negro doctor who was called upon
to prescribe for case of hemorrhage
from an internal rupture. He prompt
ly recommended borax and rosin
When asked what effect he expected
would result from the prescription. he
said: eyer see, masss, de borax am
ter draw der parts togedder, and der
rosin am to solder 'em when dey are
togedder." So it seems to be with the
Olympian, but its ingredients, unfortu-
nately, do not seem to have the pc.
tency of the darkey's prescription.
They do not "draw togedder" at all,
its wide discrepancies.
"Oh what tangled web we weave,
When ere We practice to deceive"
MORE CHINESE COMMUNICATIONS
by one our prominent avenues of trade
are being absorbed by the yellow man
from the Orient. 1t is now reported
that Sam Wah King, q wealthy celes.