Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-11-17
Washin9ton Standard
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iElbAi EVENING, NOVEMBER II, 1899.
Contemplate Party Methods

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Contemplate Party Methods
y Washington letter published IN
tin "r"oai'n says that the problem
II dealing with the trusts i. the sub
Jrrt 81 much Thought and speculation
81 leaders Of the dominant party in
t'' l'.t III view, 1t is quantity stated,
"i tie new responsibilities Of govern
mcnt. which makes Il specially dcSira-
DE that their party should remain in
power About the same state oi al
far Gems t. confront tl.cnl that was
presented At st. Louis in 1896, when
the leaders (thc moneyed power) had
an IN 10 grind which involved an i'm
mcn-c amount OF grindstone turning
and which they were determined to
have ground. The plan was to re-
stli,t redemption currency so as to
enable corners to be made and the
rlIn9 ~ of colossal fortunes speedy,
easy and certain. This dose could
never have been forced down the pop
ular gullct without sugar-coating
that would entirely disguise its ma
turc and objects. SO it was admitted,
and with an apparent show OF candor,
that bimetallism was desirable, and
that the Republican party would
pledge itself to bring the desired result
abont by international agreement.
How far this pledge was redeemed is
shown by subsequent events the APP
polntment OF the most virulent gold
bug OF the pack Secretary of the
Treasury, with authority, from his pc.
sitlon, to block the cndeavors of a
commission appointed as a blind, to
counsel and act with the foreign
powers in ostensibly bringing about a
reconciliation of silver.
Something like that game is now
proposed, but the truism of Mr.. Lin
coin, that "you cannot fool all the
people all the time" admonishes the
consplrators to prepare their next
double-horse act with unusual care
and consummate skill. The "desire
that the party should continue in
power seems to be accepted as JUS
LITIGATION OF any act of perfdy and
trcachery by those who arrange the
details for hoodwinking the people.
The time has come which was FORE
seen and dreaded by the founders of
free government, when an aggregation
OF wealth in the hands of the few
might lead to the exercise of a malign
power that would enable the wealthy
class to subvert the government itself
in movement to install and perpetu-
ate selfish greed. Fortunately the
people can see and appreciate the dan.
ger to be apprehended by an absolute
control of every product of industry
by the capital which pays for it rather
than the Drawn which produces it.
1t is this enlightenment of the people
the knowledge which massed six
and half million votes in protest
three years ago-which now creates
CONSERVATION amid the leaders of i'm
perialisrn, and impols them u appar.
emily condemn measures designed
solely to exalt wealth and degrade
labor.
If the great Patrick Henry's affirma.
ton be true, that there's no better way
OF judging the future than by the past,
what ray of hope for fairness and hon.
esty i'll the administration of public
affairs can be cleaned from the acts
of the present administration? Is it
not travesty on justice for party
reeking with corruption to profess a
virtue which its every act brands as a
deliberate lie?
The special desirableness that the
party should be successful, placing it
ostensibly on its good behavior, re-
minds us of the couplet
1.-THE Devil was sick. the Devil monk
The Devil was we'll, the Devil a monk
was he"