Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-05-19
Mr.. Whites Position.

1t l. Up more than To- l." cNprttcd
that whvnc>rr man ii prominence
and wrl!-hn"Wu fidelity t" principle
,Nprr>,,, opinions which seem t. midi
cate an abandonment 81 recognized
ia !tnl,n;li ;r9rl>. IL >hp'i!d create :;
-,u>tl!pu am.d~' friends Il. we'll H.
foe. That WAS ju~t What !rirpcncd,
Saturday. when the r-L announced
with hig head, and douhic-column
cat that Hon. ". II. Whi;" had de-
clarcl himself Tor J. l.. Rogers for re-
nomination t. the position Of cxecu-
tive lie now mi>ill-. Had thunder
bolt fallen from the cl"udlcss political
sky it would not have created more
CONSERVATION among the Bourbons'
who have - long looked upon Mr..
White is the embodiment OF all that
i, true in Democracy.
Feeling quite sure that Mr.. White
had had little if any opportunity for
forming Il correct opinion OF the per-
s0nal character of J. r. Rogers, and
had not given his prcsumptuous, die
tatorial course officially, a proper con-
sidcration, and that he had attributed
the general benefits derived from a
wise administration of other depart
ments Of the State government solely
to the executive, who has had about
as much to do with it as Il dogs tail
has to do with the bark, we felt in
clined to demonstrate with Brother
White, rather than to condemn the
precipitate action which neither he
nor his party can support on 4 full
showing OF facts.
In searching for motive for Mr.
Whites usurpation of the privilege
and prerogative of the State conven-
ton, some very uncharitable and I'M
warranted differences have been drawn.
1t was stated on the street and believed
by many, that an antipathy to Mr..
Lewis, whose candidacy has been the
subject of frequent remark, was at the
bottom of Mr.. Whites action, but we
have the assurance from that gentle.
man that there is no truth in the sur
mise. Writing under date of the 10Th,
Mr.. White says: Gas for Col. Lewis,
shall willingly support him, if nomi-
hated, but he is not as strong man
for that position as he would be for a
place in Congress. There is his field
OF usefulness"
In reply to letter written Monday,
Mr. White says:
If Rogers is the man you say he is,
he will stand no show of nomination.
You must recollect that have not been
about Olympia very much the past two
years. have never asked Gov. Rogers
for favor; he has never made me any
promises. have not met him dozen
times since he was inaugurated."
That is precisely the position which
Mr.. Whites friends assumed with re.
gard to the announcement that he
favored Rogers for denomination.
They felt that he had no knowledge
OF the dirty work of the executive, or
of his Objectionable personality, that
has been made so apparent to those
who know him by long and close means
of observation but that did not lessen
the general regret felt at the spectacle
OF Chief Spit-Over-the-H eads-of-H His
Enemies dancing ton,anawus in Sun
days Pr. with Col. Whites scalp
dangling q! his belt.
And right here is another point
which it might be we'll to consider.
What interest has the P.-L. in the
matter that it should lend its stalwart
shoulders to the mighty task OF boost
ing Rogers into prominence? If it is
devotion to party which prompts a
recognized enemy to favor the claims
OF the weaker candidate of the opposi-
ton, it may pass as fair, under the
rules of warfare, but it can hardly be
held that such a course is not repre-
hensible when viewed from purely a
moral standpoint, and it should serve
as warning to Democrats, who are
always quite safe in doing just the op.
posite of what an overly-cordial enemy
advises.