Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04

"iecfiahic IN the employ If the Y. p
X. Co. at Dayton.
Webster Davis, Assistant Sccrctar,
OF the Interior, is out on a tickct.of
ieave canvassing for the Republican
party, his salary going right on all tn,
time, same a> if he va. discharcin.
MS oiiicial duties elsewhere. He will
address the people OF thl, county in
the theater, tomorrow (Saturdav) af.
ternoon, at o'clock.
Jo McCarroghcr is back from Skag.
way having left the City of OLYMPIA
party engaged in various occupation.
while keeping An eye ont for the main
chance - mining. The party had
located Is claims ut Lake Atlin. whicl
they Will work in the spring and en-.
deavor to diSprove the existence OF the
ma!lgn influence which is supposed t,
surround that number.
Pat Dolan has again entered suit
against Scott 4 Quinn for rent OF the
Parlor saloon. This contention has
been IN court 50 many times that it
rivals the famous Jarndyce suit b,
which Dickens satirizes the dilatory
methods of English courts. In this
case, however, it is the Irish of the
plaintiff more than English circumlo.
cution, which keeps the matter in
court
Surveyor General McMcken, Regis
ter Deckebaugh, Receiver Scobev and
Postmaster Cavauagh have been con-
stituted 4 committee to receive and
entertain Webster Davis, the cabinet
officer sent out to make speeches in a
frantic endeavOr to save the g. O. D
1t is a noteworthy fact that the
saleries of all these officers 60 right
on while they are engaged in party
fiddle faddle.
A Puyailup Indian, clad in pretty
decent store clothes, has been peram.
bulating the streets OF Olympia during
the past week, claiming to have been
sent out by his people on Republican
electloneering mission. His name is
Charley" and he says he is a brother
OF the famous Peter Stanup of King
county. Drunk or crazy, he is not al
inapt representative of the politica
party he is whooping up.
The Capital city is not to have the
only Chrysanthcmum carnival. A
flower festival is now in progress in
the city of Pittsburg, under whose
auspices ten thousand ported plants
are on exhibition, embracing 3OC
varieties of Chrysanthemums alone.
The Marigold is the central figure in
this prolific gems of Towering peren.
malls and from the inception of botany
as a science, they have largely figured
in romance and literature.
One of the handsomest and most ar.
tistically arranged show windows ever
displayed in this city, is that of The
Fair, corner OF Main and Fourth
streets. The various wares are ar.
ranged in striking forms, and present
at glance revelation of grace amid
a symphony Of colOrs. In this respect
as in all others, Mr.. Clark does not
stop at mere excellence but strives for
perfection. Look at the window and
decide whether our eulogy is over.
wrought.
Congressman Jones had very large
audience Monday evening, equaled
only by that of Mr.. Lewis a month Ur
more ago. 1t was the spectacle of a
live Congressman, however, which at
tracts the element in every commun-
ity who simply obey the impulse Of
curiosity, and listen passively to each
speaker without much thought of the
merits of either, or Of the soundness oil
the arguments presented. There are
many such in the community and on
them will depend in large degree the
decision at the polls.
The maximum temperature for
October as recorded by Mr.. O'Connor
was 6S degrees, on the 7th, the mini
mum 33 on the 9th. The mean
temperature was 5O.46 degrees. The
precipitation was 2.57 inches; great
est precipitation in a hours, O.63, on
the 14th. There were 4 clear days. s
partially cloudy and 10 cloudy. The
prevailing direction of the wind has
been south and southwest. There
were frosts on the nights of the 9Th,
9th, 7th and 23d. A thunder storm
and light hail were recorded on the
I'd.
The people are in temper to pun.
ish the "Smart Alexis" who consider
Halloween as period for license to
do many mean and contemplate acts
The harmless pranks OF our ancestors
which established the custom, have
degenerated into lawlessness which
stops at nothing short of felony, and
it is only the difficulty of obtaining
evidence to convict which keeps some
people now out of serious trouble. 1t
is safe to predict, however, that such
Outrages as were committed Monday
night, will not always 60 undetected
or UNPUBLISHED.
A veritable ROLAND for an Oliver
was afforded by the challenges made
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