The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-11-19
THE POLITICAL FOOLS.

The 0reeesisa Il trying TO act meanly
toward the state Of Washington, and is
succeeding fairly well. II Is hurting this
state more than any turn the election did
or might have taken, and seems to take
great pleasure in lis pssnme Of vitrol-
throwing. The editor Is undoubtedly .
great nxs 10 his profession; hut, all the
same, his paper L doing some mighty
szan work in Ne daily assertions con-
ce-nins this state since election. II Is
saying and restsrx;ing that Washington
b in disAstrous, financial, commercial
and Industrial condition, or, rather, pre-
dicAment on xccount Of the failure OF the
republicans 10 elect their ticket and give
. majority icx Mckinley.
Il 10 ssyine that no investor will come
10 THE st&fes that those having money
here viii take Il all away; that no immi-
grants viii come here, no land can be
cold, nortgaeors viii forecioee and take
Possession, ruin will sweep over the
state, fools and knayes viii govern II and
the people living within lie borders will
have to move out.
Meanwhile Oregon Is prosperous and
happy, feasting, fsttening and growing
rich. Its people are locking across the
Columbia river from the banqueting
tables to the pinched and hungry ones on
this side, and saying between mouthfuls !:
Behold Us, you starvelingsl See what
the Oregonian has done for u.s. but touch
not our garments" Why, one would
think, to read that purse-proud paper,
pot-gutted with its own goodness, that
the very salmon-aye, even the sturgeon
would all swim on its side Of the river
from now henceforward and forever. The
paper ought to be proud of itself, and is
for 1t wants to say nasty things about
Washington and it is reveling in the
qualification OF it's desire.
There are certain weakly limitations,
even in this state, that are continuing the
campaign by abusing the governor elect,
their neighbors who voted for him, evil
IDENTIFY with the purpose Of embarrassing
the incoming administration in every con
ceivable way, so as to have rs many er.
rors and failures as possible to point out
and gloat over. There are those who
consider this politics. They generally
expect q postoffice or something, in order
TO live independent Of the ruin they are
trying to bring about. Upon such we
look with regretful pity. But the big
Portland daily ought to stop its venom
GUS emissions, remembering that it has
much to gain for itself and its city by
being decent.
No small part OF the wealth oil Port
land has been drawn from our side OF the
river, and instead of acquiring the right
from this fact to abuse and misrepresent
MS, the Oregoniaa ought to consider itself
as our neighbor under all circumstances.
II is safe to assume that the business
men of Portland have a neighborly feel
ing toward the state that is so large q
part OF their field.
Az matter OF fact there is not the
slightest ground for the crocodile bewaiI-
ments OF the Oregonian. This state, as
. whole, il in better condition to catch
the rising tide Of business than Oregon
10, and more people are coming In upon
MS to increase the business and popula-
ton than are going to Oregon. We have
more waterfront, better harbors, richer
mines and more farming land. and vast
opportunities for irrigation which eastern
Oregon lacks from insnfficiency Of water.
And. more than this, nothing has oc-
CURED TO warrant the assumption, even
on the part Of goldbug and high-tariff
paper, that this state is not in TIE path
way OF all the good that may come of the
reviving business. The overhauling that
the state has undergone is q comparative
ly local matter, and state lines are i'm
sginary when 1t comes to great CONNER.
cial or industrial ups and downs. The
state ought to be benefited by the pledges
we have that economy shall prevail in all
places, high and low, and that taxes shall
be lessened in state and county, and we
have no reason to think it will not be.
The best republican papers in this
state are helping all they can to make
good times, recognizing the American
principle of majority rule, and leaving
the old clothes Of politics to take on 9
new business suit, and it is q mighty
small-bore man. in any profession--even
that OF pure politics-who will do differ.
emily.