Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-19


There j. - disposition on the part
Oi til" SI>NI,Hu % hold the rank and
file oi the Iuru.>t~ Responsible Tor the
acts 81 th.ir ..,t,c boss Miller They
are. in TIN uAiu. honest dcyotet. OF a
thcorcticA, rciorm in gpycrnmental al
f4ir-, which Only wants the attribute
OF practicabiiity t. commend it to all
Failing t. realize the important fact
that many thing- which seem rlau,i
Ike enough in the abstract are def
cent in some essential necessary for
success, they are led to advocate the
most radical measures in the hope OF
relief from evils which all readily
acknowledge exist. \ man who is
gifted with CAB finds his opportu-
nifty to play upon the sensiblities Of
such people, and 10 lead them to the
most absurd lengths in support Of his
sophistical cant
1t is no wonder that man OF Mil
lcr's caliber can find in such material
men who are deaf to questions OF ex-
pcdiency, for honest themselves, they
fail to detect in his acts the utter
seltishne:s and sordidity OF his nature
He is to them the embodiment Of
their peculiar doctrines, and in re-
Spouse to his appeals cast 4 prospect
Of success to the winds to preserve the
iJRis .tttHus which emenates from the
rubbish that he so vigorously sets in
motion. The fact that they are led
by the nose by the little ego does not
seem to enter their brains until some
body calls attention to the fact. They
are, indeed, like those philosophers
portrayed by Dean Swift, who were so
intent upon pursuit OF scientific SUBJ
jects that their heads were continually
above the clouds, rendering them OBJ
livious Of acts which very materially
affected their personal interests, and
who in the course of time were
obliged to employ .fappers armed
with long poles to which were at
tached bladders filled with dry peas
whose duty it was to flap the ear of
the engrossed savant to recall his at
tention to sublunary affairs.
Very few, if any OF these absorbed
Populists could see in Mr.. Miller's
harrangue against the nomination Of
a colleague on their ticket for the
Legislature, the true animus and the
real incentive which impelled him to
denounce the man whose teachings
had aroused the people to the neces-
sity for some political form OF organi-
cation to hurl the corrupt and ex-
travagant ring politicians from power.
They failed to discover that it was
pure unadulterated selfishness which
prompted him to ask the reputation
OF DIR. Newell, whose election would
thus he assured, with very little hope
for his own success. The prospect of
a triumph of their principles, in part,
afforded no compensation for his own
defeat, and the convention for the
time-being were hypnotized into the
same belief. Il was not till that body
had adjourned that the sober second
thought prevailed, and they awakened
to the fact that the magnanimous and
patriotic act Of the Democratic party
had not been met in a proper spirit of
concession and compromise. The re-
suit is that some who opposed the
Doctor openly in convention are now
his supporters. and others who quietly
allowed the boss to ride his hobby are
now mounted and equipped, to head
him off from attaining the goal OF his
ambition. This determination is proof
OF the claim Americans are so found of
making that the people can be trusted.
Though they may al times be turned
aside from expediency's promptings,
by appeals to passion, their hearts
beat with steady stroke for the well
fare OF the institutions of our common
country.