Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-05-04
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n.y. i'i- r.irt-,uts'. n &: the thou>
aa..-v. a., 'r-un thcit pilgrimage
.:'l .n.a> lass Il the country FL
Was' .-'.1. J. embraced quite n
!. :'l.'or W!c had arrived from CA.iier-
80. with accc->ions from H.. ia, do
wells A..u- their line 81 march AMI in
Portland. 1t was The same dctach-
ment which captured train 4,
Troutdalc. Saturday, and were brought
hack under military escort from Fox,
Vail WaMA. the succeeding day.
IT," preston produced on the DO
server ny ;hc army IN camp is that
,l.cy ara Il happy and contentcd as
semhlage, intent upon deriving a.
as much pleasure as possible from
their surrOundir =. On the liue OF
march one cannot resist the idea that
these misguided men are endeavoring
10 pose a martyrs, and despite the
Tact that they are performing a role
which must almost obliterate all SELF
respect, find pride in the attention
they receive from the public. 1t is
only when rs auditors they listen TO
the disjointed, incongruous, incoherent
address Of some enc of their number,
whose forte certainly is not oratory,
that a real estimate Of the mental
and moral force OF the army can be
estimated. Facing the array OF up.
turned faces, it does not require much
prescience to read in this infallible in
dex OF the soul the objects which I'M
derlie the movement in which they
are engaged. Even were the Outlines
incendiary sentiments Of the speakers
not cheered to the echo, one could see
i'll the sparkling eyes, the blanched
cheeks, and the open, tremulous
mouths of the assemblages, that their
hearts went out in sympathy to the
utterances made, and gave the lie to
the claim, that the army's mission was
one of peace; to present solely I" liv-
ing petition" to Congress for aid.
Composed as the army necessarily
is OF n large proportion of hobos and
tramps, OF lawless people who care
little how they make a living so it is
made, it is not surprising that this
element should surge to the front and
give color to movement which, in its
incipient stages, was doubtless planned
as a peaceable movement; but right
there, we maintain, all popular SYM
pathy should stop. A stream cannot
rise higher than the fountain-head
nor can an assemblage Of men rank
higher for intelligence or morality
than the leaders they applaud and en-
dcrse. The animus of the army was
shown in Portland by its unmeasuret
hatred of the Oregonian, which had
performed a simple duty in alludine
to the army just as it WAS and in term.
which its lawless acts had warranted
Banners were carried excor;ating the
Oregoniam and its valiant editor, Mr.
Scott, and so rabid became the
speeches of the leaders on the plazs
that it was deemed the part of wisdom
to make provision for repelling an as
sault upon the Office of that paper
while Mr.. SCOTS residence was guarded
by the police Monday night.
The CommOnwealers are peaceablt
and orderly as long as they are pam
pered and fed; as long As they are de
MED nothing and nobody disputes
their right to do as they please. The,
would, under these conditions, doubt
less be peaceable petition" but i
is evident that among their member
ship is an element that would stop q
nothing if promised success.
1t is not probable that other armies
differ materially from that in Port
land. They are composed of a danger
GUS element, and sometimes thei
prominent leaders are men whose lif
are not calculated to inspire respect
Coxey is horse jockey and Jumbo
Cantwell tin-horn gambler; other
doubtless have records that are bes
kept in obscurity. The treatment o
our Executive by the Puyallup con
tingent was in keeping with the law
less character of the men who com
pose it. These classes cheered only 70
Jumbo" The Executive, the repre-
sentation of the law, was treated will
frigid contempt.
There is, therefore, but one way TO
law-abiding cisizens to deal with tn
Commonweal army-to give it an EN-
phatic disapproval. It's object is Wis
ionary, its methods revolutionary, an
its tendency toward vandalism. I'm
checked, it may be safely conceded. t
be the prelude to anarchy and the dc
struction Of the best OF governments.
The GOVERNOR AND THE COMMON
wEALERs.-The commonwealers a
Puyallup are literally eating the resi-
dents out of "house and home" on
of the evils which the selfish policy Q
passing them along" involves. 1t
shame to dump such responsibility
upon any community, and the result
may lead to lawless acts and mucl
trouble and expense. The appeal Q
citizens of Puyallup to the Governo
for aid, resulted in his visiting tn
army. When importuned to secur
transportation for the army, h
deciaraJ emphuticollv tbof ba r,,o