Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-09
THURsT0N COUNTY PEOPLES PARTY TICKET.
A Setback to Impartial Suffrage.

The labors OF the STANDARD in times
past to enfranchise women, and its
unchanged position on that question
at the present time, entities it to COM
ment upon such action as may be
taken by the better-half" OF hui
mainly which may impair the senti-
ment still existing for emancipation
from thralldom of man-made laws.
1t was urged in vindication of her right
to political equality that she would
enter the arena free from the arts Of
the demagogue, and prepared to inau-
gurate and sustain the principles OF
fairness and honesty in party endeav-
or. 1t was held that her purity OF mo-
tive would free her from the pre-
lenses by which old stagers" attempt
to pull the wool over the eyes OF the
unsophisticated voter. The result Of
her brief experience with the ballot,
justified to some extent this hope,
and it is therefore with unfeigned re-
greet that we note the formation Of
what is called "Woman's Non-parti.
san Sound Money League" in the
midst of an active campaign, and the
opening of regulation party club
headquarters, in this city, by its men,
bers, with the avowed purpose OF pro-
noting the political fortunes of Nc
Kinley and Sullivan, rank Republicans
of the machine" order.
Starting out with palpable false
hood in naming their organization,
the larger part of their influence is at
once lost. If there is anything that
is strictly partisan just now, it is the
money question; and the personnel Of
the organization, if any doubt existed
would, give ample proof that it is, not
outstanding its name, purely and
strictly partisan to all interests and
purposes. 1t is composed largely of
wives of bank officers and of old-time
political hacks OF those who would
be Vere-de-Veres in the social swim if
there were only depth of water for
ssssity" whales. Just how they can
influence a single vote for "sound
money" when all OF their kind are al
ready arrayed on the side of plutoc-
cracy, is where the query comes in.
1t looks for all the world like the
suggestion of some expiring politician
grasping for straw. Drowning men
never can see the difference between
o rye-straw and a fence-rail when
they are bobbing up the last time
for breath of air. The movement
is more than foolish, for while it can
not by any possibility do the slight
est good for the cause it espouses, it
will make suffragists of all other par
ties lukewarm by removing one of the
strongest arguments for women's en-
franchisement-that she would be fair
and honest in expression of her con-
victions.
THE goldbugs, in ridicule of the bull
lion value of silver, have in circulation
piece OF pewter about the size of a
silver dollar, stamped Gone Dime,"
which they say will represent the size
OF the smaller coin if made OF "hon.
est" weight and measure. These
coins" they sell at % cents apiece,
although the metal in them is nearly
valueless, another indication that the
stamp may constitute a large proper
ton of the true value of even spurious
coin. 1t will be observed that there
is two hundred and fifty per cent.
premium on the gold-bug counterfeit
"dime" without even fiat to sustain it.
The employers OF Hanna's Cleve-
land, Ohio, shipyards, are paid $1.15 a
day. A few days ago they struck for
$1.25. The foreman called them TO-
gether and said, that while 1925 was
ruinous price to pay for days
work, all who would agree to vote for
Mckinley would be given that price.
The Uympian compliments the
present county officials for economy.
But it is not the kind OF economy de-
manded by the people, when the in
debtedness last year increased over
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