Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-26

Committees Fails Down at the
Last nOm~nt-Ie Proposes TO
Await TWO Years for Rogers to
build the Capital From am In.
visible Fund.-
Hon. Charles f. Cline and 4. II.
Chamhcrs-what Contrasti The
former, from the extreme northern
part VI our State, instead ui whining
or crying EXPOSES the >ubtcriuses Of
our accidency and the violation OF the
solemn pledges made to secure his
election.
The chairman OF our committee"
whose home is i'll the city Of Olympia,
first supplcatr> on behalf of said com
mittcc and then admonishcs the pco-
Pile to adore the throne. Whatcom
county and ThurSton county We're
stricken down by tine man each had
elevated To power.
Prior to the veto the former, through
her able representative, in private con-
ference, pointed out to the Glover
nor" that bills vital to the existence of
the State had passed in the same man
ner as the capitol bill, and now, in Il
printed protest abiding to the princi-
pal reason for that veto, recitcs the
titles and numbers of bills in the same
category now under executive control
Il Il, II
allup construction, the constitutional
vote. Speaker Cline shows that Gov
Rogers is willing to violate his oath OF
office and trample down the constitu-
ton of the great State of Washington
to draw his salary of four thousand
dollars each Year, and in order to ere
ate market for his warrants signs Il
drastic bill compelling those who own
property to pay ID per cent. interest
for any delinquency in providing the
revenues for the king.
Our committee announces through
its chairman its perpetuation. Now
the committee failed to do its duty
as it now "secs it," or it was mis-
led by the executive" Ii it is now
the duty of this committee to "pre-
pare a law that will meet executive
approval" it certainly was important
to do so ut this session.
The very outline of the Rogers
Chambers plan demonstrates the flu
tility of action at the next session.
1t took four years under an executive
who signed all capital bills presented
to him to secure flaws and founda-
ton. Now they propose that we have
new flaws, new architect, new founda-
ton, new commission and new con-
tractors. Guided by experience, if we
had commenced at this session we
would at the end of four years have
81 new foundation, having incurred the
additional expense of carting off the
old one, with this difference that in
stead of Edmund Rice drawing five
dollars per day 4. II. Chambers by
qualifying himself 10y transient move
of a few miles would have drawn five
dollars per day.
Will any one point out wherein
John r. Rogers excels John ii. Nc
Graw? What pledge did the latter
make that he did not fulfill? 1t is
true that the former wrote a book.
Failing to find the suppressed copies of
the old, his enemies would welcome
and assist i'll the circulation of u new
edition.
In the management of their own af-
fairs, while the latter failed in his first
and youthful ventures, the first has
been failure all his life. The one
was courteous, affable and accessible
to all, the other is-well watch him
strut, trying to initiate Blaine's de-
scription of turkey gobbler whose
eyes only see his own paws and plum
age.
The Chambers committee, who I'M
dertOok to argue the merits with the
Governor, now acknowledge their ig-
nominious failure and that he con-
WINGED them that he is sincere in his
objection and that he believes he is
acting in the best interest of the State
and for that reason all good citizens
should give their moral support to his
administration" What sycophancy!
What grovelling! No wonder when
Governor Rogers read that article that
he could publish our bankruptcy and
cOmmiserate our condition. Can it be
possible that our committee" have
authorized their chairman to pledge
them and the people of Olympia to
favor the expenditure of seventy thou
sand dollars more to satisfy whim
and caprice?
The contractor under Rogers may
oppose the election of the next Cover
nor and thereby incur his enmity. If
Rogers will not build on McGraw
foundation, or act with contractor
who did not support him for office,
what assurance have we that his sue
cessor will not insist that "me to-"
must be the contriver and architect
of the capitol building and that from
foundation to dome it must conform
to his ideas and that no one connected
with the Rogers regime, shall by
thought or touch, contaminate the
temple.
All hail the Hon. Charles E. Cline!
Well knowing the futility of citing de-
cisions of our own Supreme Court,
you have by reference to his "great
admiration for consistency" impaled a
pompous egotist upon his own stake.
DANIEL GABY.