Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-05-18
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tie treatment "a: the /. : Mar-hals,
at >'at,.' q lew iaH- ago. Presumably
y >ymlathscl> With the movement,
~; J., : quite evident without check
irom the l.5al police authorities. One
e.: two thing. must lie ti'Ir. either the
police favor the no, em'nt, or they fear
that popular sentiment viii not sus-
tain them IN very simple discharge
cf the lutte, OF peace officers.
The reports state that tie deputies
We're bounded from place 10 place UNI
I'll compelled to find refuge in flight
from the city or hiding themselves
away from the mob that seemed Vi
ciou-ly latent Oh Furnishing them for
simply upholIing the law under in
-tructiOns from the court We have
indeed fallen upon evil times when
the representatives 81 law and order
are treated with such indignitv. No
other government on earth would toll
crate it for an instant. The fact is,
that advantage is taken Of the Liberties
enjoyed under free government to
formulate conspiracies against the
rights OF Others and to defy the author
ity OF the nation itself, when no effort
is made to draw legal distinction be-
tween the privileges OF citizenship and
the acts of the fanatics who carry
within their brains higher law than
that under which their life and prop
ertv find protection.
a state of anarchy is already reached
when the people fail to sustain their
officers i'll the discharge Of duty. The
next step-and a short one it isis
attempted revolution. Revolution
means, war, bloodshed, misery, want,
restitution and ruin. Is there any
great portion of the American people
ready to risk all they possess in privi
leges and property on the turning of
die! Are we ready, in an effort to
escape temporary evils, to fly to ills we
know not Of? Has patriotism fallen
so low, that we are willing and ready
to blot out the brightest pages of his
tory ever made by any nation! Have
all our boosted professions of love for
free institutions been but bigoted bonn
bast. that had no place in the hearth
Are we to turn the wheels OF progress
backwards until the monarchial fet-
tiers are again fastened upon our limbs?
Shall we, who have once tasted of the
invigorating waters from Freedoms cup
see it dashed to atoms on the rock of
Discomfort
Oh no. Patriotism is not a mock
cry. Love of country is not extinct.
We have not been deluding ourselves
these long years of prosperity and
peace. There must be at the bottom
OF each American heart q reverence
and devotion for our gorgeous flag and
that glorious country which was wrest-
ed from British tyranny, and conse-
Grated anew to freedom in the conflict
which struck the shackles from the
limbs of the slave. The duty OF the
hour is plain. Stand by the law and
those charged with its execution. A
departure from it is to turn the Ship
OF State loose upon an angry sea, with
out rudder or compass. An unwavcr-
ing confidence in the craft and firm
hold upon the wheel will bring her
safely into port and ensure haven Of
rest.
THE CARNEGIE FRAUDs.-It seems
that the government is not yet done
with the fraudulent work of the Car
negie Co., in the plates and bolts fur
nished for the U. s. warships. It
seems that other workmen have made
affidavits, turning the light on other
frauds than those for which the gov.
eminent accepted compromise. It
seems that the defective workmanship
and insufficient material extended to
the bolts and screws furnished as we'll
as the plates. Some were too short,
some too small in diameter, some lam.
mated and others cracked. The latter
would be smeared with oil, to cover up
the defect. This fraud is said to have
entailed more dangers than tn. blow
holes in the plates, for q good plate
fastened with poor bolts is not as
good as a poor plate fastened with
good bolts. 1t is sincerely hoped that
thorough investigation will be made
as to the extent of this fraud and that
the damages assessed will not be re-
duced by the President as it was be-
fore, from fifteen the per cent. assessed
by the naval board, to ten per cent. on
the bills then under consideration.
A''N Nosuo6O W SuC AulCIlC8u navy
cannot be estimated in dollars and
cents, for it may not be known until
tested by actual engagement how de-
fective the war ships in which the ma
ton had felt so much pride may be.
1t may involve the death of many gal.
liant men, or the loss of battle which
may decide the fate of our nation.
Such frauds should rank with treason
and be punished by a penalty that
may be adequate to check such crime
against the whole people.
WHY THE TROOPS WERE CALLED
The Coxeyites who were giving so
much trouble at Spokane, last week,
I35 in number, were brought to Seat
tie Saturday, for trial before the U. S.
Court, on charge of contempt. Imme-
diately upon their arrival demonstra.
tons were made against the U. S.
Marshals in charge of the prisoners,
one of whom was followed through