Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-10-07
HOT STUFF.
How an American Citizen Views
Some Recent Occurrences.

The foundation stones OF this re-
public are free suffrage of its citizens
and freedom Of speech.
In looking over the New York
Journal, the other day, came across
IA piece OF news which throws light
upon the subject OF Hanna taking up
his abode in the Presidents home.
He Is called the man who holds the
mortgage on Mckinley. | haven't |
space to quote all OF it. Among other |!
things it says: This deep stomachcd |
vulgarian has 50 tar swallowed Me |
klnlev, even as the whale did Jonah |
that one should be more interested !
in Hanna's record than that of the |
President A world need not forget |
| the fact, even ii not reminded of it |
each day, that Mckinley is absolutely
the property OF syndicate which
paid llS,000 in direct dollars, aside
from millions OF dollars for campaign
expenses to place Linn in his exalted
position. Mckinley is only President
nOminallv, however. Hanna and the
pool which put up the purchase price
! run this government" and it follows
| Humans trail and runs backward all
through the Sailors war, which lasted
from 1852 to 1856, when Hanna
/ l,t,. 81,
lakes and it tracks him right through
the peninsula of Michigan, in the coal
strikes of Illinois, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania, As well as through the lumber
showers strike that shook up Chicago
in day. Hanna was the niger in
each wood-pilc. He makes money by
strikes. Hanna boasts that he, the
Winchcs, Sclah. Chamberlain and
Alva Bradley estate, have made over
from low wages paid-quite enough to
elect Mckinley; and that reminds us
that Hanna found Mckinley on a
strike, Hanna's coal men had struck.
Down near Canton, Mckinley was
their attorney, that was the first time
Mckinley and Hanna met. When
the strike was over, Hanna chad"
Mckinley and he's had him ever since.
"Oh what tangled web we weave
| When e'er we practice to deceive"
The editor of the Olympidn is like
the musical instrument which the
psalmist says must be struck to be
made to give forth its most effective
notes. Since Lewis spoke here, it is
astonishing how many lies he has
fathered in his paper, and there seems
to be an understanding amongst his
political adherents to back him up.
They do not seem to understand that
some things go for the saying and
some things won't go, no matter how
often repeated. | heard Col. Lewis
and heard the would-be funny man,
Cushman, and from all the blowing
that his advent was hernldcd in with,
l expected to hear fine speaker, but
it was nothing but an ordinary talk,
an attempted reputation of what
Lewis had said. l think Lewis, who
has been Mt the front, ought to know
what he is talking about more than n
pulled up, over-grown school boy.
wish Bobbie Burns prayer would be
granted that he might see him as
others see him. Why there are
dozens of men in this town that could
do him to death on any subject 1t is
an insult to the people to lie and tell
them he was such fine speaker. l
considered his speech simply unmiti-
gated trash, interlaced with coarse
and clumsy jokes. He is a product of
Republican fanaticism. know, with
out taking anyone's word for it, from
what I've read in reliable Eastern
papers and magazines, that the half
has not been Told about the misman-
agement of the war. If there Ind not
been corruption and swindling in
numerous forms, why has the Prcsi-
dent ordered an investigation? We
do not have any idea how the people
are stirred up about the abuses of the
war nearer the scene of action. ! con-
versed with a gentleman who had just
returned from the East, and he said
that on every street corner you could
see and hear any time in the day, men
who had returned from the war, de-
nouncing the leaders and their meth
DDS / am glad we have Representa-
tive who is fearless and has the COM
handing ability to meet the enemy at
every point and hurl defiance at the
nations foes. He is not n piece of
potter's clay that can be moulded to
their will. If any affect to scorn him,
let such his measure take and reflect
that the mind is the measure of the
man.
The non partisan contributor who
said in the Olympian that heads were
hung in shame and faces flushed with
disgust in Mr.. Lewis audience must
have been troubled with indigestion,
and the other correspondent signing
himself X" is too prejudiced to SEQ
straight, or think straight either, or
he'd realize the foolishness and incon-
sistency of advising people not to
throw mud, and worse than mud,
filth, and in the same breath call Col.
Lewis ga liar" "a copperhead," "a
backyard" an uncomfortable ass"
and other pet phrases. But the mind
is the measure of the man and we
must remember the source and that
Col. Lewis is only one of the many
that come in for share OF that gen.
tleman's pet names. see by the Post
that he calls the Peoples Party"
"Lousy Italians" "mendicants,"
hirelings" and "heelers." So re.
member and digest these things before
you cast your vote. MORE ANON.