Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-10-07
individuality the Test.

II" UyMpidn aliectS 10 belleVc that
Mr.. Jones, the fusion candidate for
Congress, delivered "hard blow"
upon his colleague, Mr.. Lewis, when
lie said that he would "take no part
i'll criticizing individuals" giving as a
reason that when it comes to a point
in politics when there is nothing to
discuss but individual shortcomings
there is little in politics." Whether
Mr.. Jones said this or not, is i'm
material. 1t is the meaning that has
been given to the words, and the i'm
plication that the speaker referred dis
paragingly to the methods of his COL
league, that We wish to brand as an
infamous pervcrsion of facts and
intent.
1t requires bat moments reflection
to convince any unprejudiced mind
that it is necessary to deal with per.
sons and facts to adequately discuss
the issues between the two great par
ties OF the nation. 1t is the acts of the
individual which give tone and temper
to the social realm in which he moves:
the industry, enterprise and zeal OF the
citizen which promotes the well-being
OF the State, and the patriotic endeavor
OF communities which secures their
happiness and content and assures the
stability OF government. The highest
degree of excellence in all that affects
the welfare OF the whole, is derived
from the aggregate of individual aids,
and can be no higher or brighter than
the sum total of the infinitesinlal acts
which tend to promote order and the
wcll-being OF society, in its wider sense,
which embraces the American people.
If this premise is sound, it follows as
logical sequence that when any part
OF the body polite is wanting in any
OF the essentials of sound health, that
Is the duty to apply the healing
lotion, or the knife if need be, to that
particular spot. The Holy Book en-
joins thnt if thine eye offend thee to
pluck it out, or if thine hand is at
fault to cut it off, the obvious intent
being to sacrifice the member rather
than that the whole body should
suffer from the faint. The same may
be said of the political doings of man.
No party can afford to palate or gloss
over the misdeeds of its leaders, and if
it persists in so doing, it must bear the
consequences.
When a party is dominated by a
man like Hanna, who stops at no in
fanny too gross to accomplish his OBJ
]ects, and the party is forced to accept
whatever he may cram down their
Threats Gas for instance the gold unit
at the Tacoma Convention) then it is
eminently proper to direct attention
to the meat upon which this Cesar
feeds and upon which he is grown SO
great. In fact it would be like the
play CT Hamlet without the ghost,
to endeavor to hold the Republican
party responsible for acts predicated
entirely upon that part.
1t is not surprising, however, that
papers like the Olympian should feel
aggrieved when its idols are shattered
by the hammer of truth, welded by
the stalwart arm Of outraged Justice.
Such papers live, move and have their
being by favor of the demagogues,
great and small, from Hanna to Will
SOU, who rule the 6. p. They have
no higher ambition than to be an echo
OF every sound that escapes them, and
interpose the party shield to ward off
the vengeance which their infamous
acts have aroused.