Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-09-17
Boys Play.

a Pullman dispatch of the Nth, be
sides being an cxcmplitication Of the
injunction to Go from home to hcal
the news" exhibits, ii true. remark
able state Of adolescence on the pan
Of the state Treasurer in dealing Will
what he considers an impcrtinrnt i'll
QUESTION OH the part OF his accidency
The dispatch reads:
Governor Rogers announcement tina
he, with one of the Supreme Cour
Judges. will investigate the books o
State Treasurer Young and count the
money in the State Treasury has aroused
the ire Of Mr.. Young. Ii Treasurer
Ioung's plans are carried out, the Gov
ernor will find several tons of silver dol
lars to count, and no gold or paper cur
rency will be there. This is the plan o
Treasurer Young and his Deputy, Mr.
Browne, has been instructed to eX-
change all gold and paper currency in
the Treasury for silver dollars. Besides
ordering the Deputy to prepare the
books and to collect every cent possible
and change all gold and paper for silver
dollars, Mr.. Young will demand that
both the Governor and the Supreme
Court Judge who assists him shall give
bonds, and unless they do this, /" they
will not be allowed to touch one cent OF
the States money nor enter the vault
wherein it is kept" 1t is estimated
that there will be from twelve to
eighteen tons of silver dollars in the
State Treasury when the money is
counted"
This is indeed remarkable pro.
ceeding for State officer to pursue.
Either the executive has right, or he
has no right, to expert the books and
count the money of the State Treas
urer. If he has the legal right, that
matter it seems might be very readily
and accurately determined; if not, he
should not be permitted to finger" a
dollar of the States money, except
what is paid him as salary-bond or
no bond.
The most remarkable feature of this
tempest in teapot is, however, the
course announced by Treasurer Young,
to make kindergarten exhibit of the
white metal, presumably in the inter.
est of his new goldbug bondsmen. If
the Governor is authorized or re-
quired, by law, to make this investiga-
ton, and the Treasurer is prepared to
meet it, Mr.. Young should extend all
the aid in his power to expedite the
inquiry. If his hands are clean, he
should not stir up the sediment that
may keep that fact from becoming APP
parent. If his conscience is clear, he
has no need to interpose boyish de-
vices to hamper and delay q proceed
ing which can do him no harm.
If the law does not require the exec
utive to make this examination and
count, he has no more right to 60 into
the treasury vault than the citizen
who has not been accidentally foisted
into power, and Mr.. Young has no
more right to admit him even though
he file bond, than he would be to ad-
nit Jesse James after he had given a
personal guaranty.
By what authority does Treasurer
Young authorize his deputy to change
one form of currency for another to
prepare, for this impressive display
The creditors of the State have right
to receive their dues in the precise
money that has been paid into the
treasury. Population in currency was
rife among Government officials dur
ing the war, when greenbacks were at
a discount, and though there is now
no discount on silver in ordinary bust
ness transactions, there may be vast
difference between a creditor OF the
State receiving his pay in a debt-pay-
ing currency and one which has by
law been deprived of that essential
prerogative of money.
The STANDARD has nothing but
kindly feeling for the State Treasurer,
and would regret to see him do any
thing that might impair the dignity of
State officer. If the executive has
authority for his contemplated raid on
the treasury, it is best for Mr.. Young
to quietly acquiesce; if he has not, he
should kick him out as he would any
other interloper.
HIS accidency has been brought up
with a round turn in his attempt to
detail Judge of the Supreme Court
to assist him in counting the coin in
the State Treasurer's possession. The
Supreme Judges decline to be cas-
signed" at the will of the Puyallup
chief. They say that the law does not
require, authorize or justify it, and
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