Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
The New Superior JUGse

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Tor 1t vas not e"n, rally hu.sn thai
he va. AZ applicant Joy Ia" position
As IL usual with to-, uu. Ni,c',,i. th'
appointment WAS received with aliuoe,
every .halr ii feeling, irum cordial
approval 10 bitter condemnation. lht
class that seemed the most worried hy
the turn affairs had taken wtfr the
practicing attorneys, bat tii- was ow
ing, probably, to the aspirations 81
several e: It's members, each Of whom
had hS supporters, and IT would hc
beyond the hope Of mortal nature to
expect that they should readily acIui-
esce in the selection OF i 1T, ,lding OIL
Ger Of service in which hey have
such personal interest, Il At did not
accord with their prec"nc, we'd idca..
This feeling eliminated in resolution
Of the bar, soon as the contemplated
action OF the executive hccdme known,
RECOMMENDING that the appointment
be made of some practicing attorney "i
the said bar, but it reached the Cover
deed, their wishes would have had any
effect in changing his action.
The people generally approve OF the
appointment They regard Mr.. Reed
as an honest man, the essential requi-
site for fair and impartial Judge, and
he has lived long enough in the com
munity for everybody TO be able TO
have formed his own judgment on this
qualification. He is almost a native
OF the State, having first seen the light
OF day in California in 1857, and been
brought by his parents to this city
when but year old, where he has
continuously resided, except year or
two at Princeton college, where he
graduated in 1878, and four years resi-.
dence in Seattle while filling the office
OF Register of the Land Office in that
city. Mr.. Reed was admitted to prac-
tice as an attorney in 1881, by the
Supreme Court of the Territory Of
Washington, and for several years was
in active practice in this city. He re-
signed the office of Register to accept
place on the State Land Commits
sion in 1898. About year ago he re-
sumed his residence in Olympia, with
his family, he having been married in
1887 to Miss Ida McKenny, OF this
city.
Whatever may be the feeling ex-
pressed under the spur of disappoint-
ment, we believe that time will demon
strate that the Governors choice is
not without sound reason to back
his judgment. No Office requires an
application OF the JacEsonian test
more imperatively than that of Judge.
That Mr.. Reed is honest, we believe
is very generally conceded; that he is
capable, many who are competent for
expressing an unbiased and intelligent
opinion seem to be equally confident
His appointment will serve, at least
to calm turbulent waters within his
own party, if it does create few whirl-
pools here and there on the surface
That some of these have already sub.
sided is observed in the fact that some
who were the most determined to Sc
cure a change, have so far realized the
futility of effort in that direction as to
have ostentatiously extended their
congratulations to the new judge
This is as it should be and in accord
with that Scriptural injunction, which
if observed, would give free course te
to that milk OF human kindness which
makes the world akin.
THE STANDARD of this city reprints the das
tardly lie promulgated by an eastern Demo
cratic paper about Senator Wilson being intOx
icated and creating scene in Washington
restaurant. The story hasn't particle of truth
in It. but il It had the STANDARD Is about III,
last paper in the country that should be throw
Ing stones at any man for being too handy will
the spigot Of gin barrcl.-O'ympian.
The dastardly lie" was "promul
gated" by the Boston Herald, an indie
pendent (not Democratic) paper .
commanding circulation and influence
1t has likewise been promulgated" il
the Chicago and Washington papers
and was made the subject of All Asso
ciated Press dispatch, so wide was thi
departure OF the conduct of Washing
toms new Senator from that usuall
pursued by the grave and digniied
members of the h;g hest legislative de
partment of our government. 1t
very probably that tho assertion c
leading metropolitan journals is quit
as much entitled to credit as the ur
supported assertion OF little part
organ at the State capital. The fin
at the STANDARD is puerile and cor
temptible, and shows the smallness {
the mind tina. wings q shaft which
nerved by the arm of Malice.
A CYNICAL Republican, in con
menting on the late appointment {
Superior Judge, says that he favors
"chronic office holder to Q chronic offic
seeker" and gives the following reaso
for it. "The former ceEsainly demon
strates fitness for office by the usus
measure of merit-success; while tn
latter, by the same rule, shows tina
there is somewhere, either in the az
pointive power or with the people,
distrust of either his ability or hi
honesty" There is something b.
sides pomatum beneath that man
hair.
To "STEP Down AND OUT."-A s.
Louis dispatch of the LIST states tina
the council of Baptist bishops hav
announced their findings in the cas-
of Rev. C. C. Marston, charged wit
adultery and falsehood. 1t will be re
membered that he deserted his tamil
in this city and took up with Mr.