Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-12-06
Would Not the Truth Do as Well


Ii, IL John Miller Murphy SAYS. the
l'crGh.lran party can max" Il" show
~ 81 devotion 10 tie system which
~."uld he maintained III "Ir city govern
lurut, how docs he ;ucrun, iur the
nomination Icy litr citizens convention"
II ttlcr Republicans iur the Council.
who. il elected will cnu,luuc the Council
~ Republican, h"iy" Why lid this
contention cilt!,r~' tn" nomination ui
thu Republican CIry Attorney If what
the >rANpAIp states j. true % 5mplta.
Easily answered, friend OIqlapian.
In the ,irst place the Citizens Con-
Ncntion did net nominate "thrce Re-
puh!ican- for the Council" only one,
Mr.. Lammon, belonging To that party,
and the system OF rigid rctrenchment
pursued 10y the last Council, upon
which that journal bases such Il
! persistent claim for party capital, was
begun under the same Mayor and in
part the same Council which was
4 81, ctcd 10y non-partisan movement,
/ two Years ago, of which the Oigmpina
was, at that time, a rroiesSed advocate.
The Citizens meeting nominated Mr.
Faulkner and Mr.. Schoiield, "a it had
a right to do, because they had made
efficient officers and in pursuance Of
their determination not to allow mar
row partisan prejudicios to influence
their action. That they were in earn
est, and honest in the support of these
gentlemen, was shown by the fact that
they took the necessary legal steps to
place them before the people as candi-
dates, which the Republican party
utterly failed to do. with all its boosted
experience in statecraft.
In nominating Mr.. Phipps, for
Mayor, the Citizens meeting selected
a man who has shown his fitness for
the position by many years OF labor
that has resulted in benefit to the
community. He inaugurated and
maintained for many years one of those
Infant industries" which the Repub-
lican party processes to foster, that
brought money from abroad to enter
into the life-current OF trade. He
made success of it, as he has at his
present business, and has paid his
share towards maintenance OF the
city, county, State and general gov
ernments. He was beaten by small
majority though machine methods.
He came in for all sorts of misrep-
resentation and abuse. He was de-
nounced as an A. p. A. AMI a Popu-
list, although if all belonging to these
organizations gave no more outward
evidence OF proscript;veness than Mr..
Phipps, the charge should find no
favor with men possessing an ounce
of brains and the capacity to use it.
The animus OF some of his Oppon-
ents was based solely upon selfish per-
sonal considerations, and the ring
politicians who occupy fat stalls at
the public crib had to shut their eyes
and swallow the prescription put up
by the Republican doctors, though it
might not be the dose which their
better judgment approved. MIR.
Phipps, We maintain, made splendid
race, considering the methods en-
ployed against him, and which in the
short time intervening between his
nomination and election, he had no
means of meeting and successfully
combating.
II the 6. o. p. can find cause for con-
graduation in the late contest, they
are welcome to it. The Citizens elect.
ed the men they wanted for Health
Officer, Clerk, Attorney, Councilman
at-Large and Councilman in the Third
ward, which is more than half the
ticket.
WERSTER IN SIJvER COJNAcE -Dan-