Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-16
A Logical Sequence.

A Logical Sequence.
The late result Of state elections
y.,ts lu.ut 10 the ;,lag, \ house li-
sr!,l against it-oli rlnnut stand"
" la'., ..,t tu,,r,d upon discharge
60. Il dn'.r, better prepared for speedy
Inauguration "t IL policy, under the
'hech, imposed hv existing laws, than
~" l''IHo,ratic party IN l>'@. soon
- Congress met and the Executive
had tccn installed. there was nothing
in the way 81 thrilling the promise
made to tn" people and accepted 10y
them 10y their expression OF the ballot,
except IA reasonable time for perfecting
"a schedule II duties that would be in
accordance with the policy directed
10y the people. Instead Of this, many
months were consumed IN ciiecting
the rcpcAl 81 the Silver ii'. a compar-
atilc.y unImpoTtant Iuca re, and il
wa- not I'LL Feb. % OF this year that
Congress got down TO determined work
on tariff reform, and passed the bill,
and il went to the Senate, to enc0un- :
ter bitter hostility from its supposed
friends. members who belong to the
party which had made the specific /
pledges OF reform. Here it hung fire !
for some months longer, and when ,
adopted was shorn OF much OF its
strength as a reformatory measure
Especially i. this shown in the reten-
ton Of heavy duty on sugar, an arti-
Gle that enters into the household ex-
penses OF every family in the nation.
The inexcusable delay and the i'm
perfect work done by a Democratic |
Congress, added to the dissatisfaction
felt over the wcll-known disposition of
the Administration to favor the Wall |
street side of all questions affecting !
financial conditions, has left many
Democrats practically without party,
for there is too much independence OF
action in American politics to bind
anybody to blind support OF party |
which has departed from what the vot.
considers the land marks of time hon
ored principle.
1t 10 sometimes necessary to ad-
minister heroic doses to save the
patient, and it is quite probable that
many good Democrats could see no
more searching" remedy than a lib
eral dose of Republicanism at this
time. 1t is rebuke which may lead
to better realization Of the necessity
OF party unity and closer adherence |
to the principles the masses cherish
as the safeguard of popular govern
ment. 1t it has this effect, the lesson
will not have been too dearly learned.
THE BOoT ON THE OTHER LEG.-It
seems that it is not always to be the
mans leg that is pulled" by impecu-
NOUS sufferers from misplaced conf
dence, as witness late suit brought
by Geo. B. Stevenson, a manufacturer
of Cook county, Illinois, for $4,000
damages for breach OF promise OF mar
riage against Mrs. Louise Potter, of
New York. In his petition the heart
broken plaintiff alleges that Mrs. Pot.
ter did the counting, and after siege
OF considerable duration captured his
heart and secured his assent to q mat
rimonial alliance which che later on
utterly repudiated to the great mental
distress Of said plaintiff. 1t is difficult
to see wherein he has not as good .
case as were the conditions reversed,
for many young men possess fine sus-
capabilities that may be irreparably
damaged by vigorous assault of the
average American widow, and as in this
instance these suits are only brought
against those who are able to pay for
their tritiing conduct, there is no good
reason why she should not be made to |
pay an amount commensurate with |
the suffering of her victim. The out
come OF this suit will be awaited with |
great interest, and if it results in a |
just verdict may end in removing
some of the snares to which even
Sampson fell victim.