Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-25
Hold On. E1r. Goddard

llN1r VIII lN'-' VIII l!till fhlWr'
d"wn,' ~ applying ~oothinS lotion
t. their ilcrra;'L feelings, in the hope
That it may hr :rmrntclc,l sometime
t. individual advantage. 1t is we'll,
However, :or such schcncrs to estab-
l,~h pretty sure foundation for their
sympathetic uLtcrance>. or the truth
may rise up 10 confront them and I'M
press the fact that n double edged
knife must be handled with care to
avoid cuts from either side.
Secretary Goddard, OF the Demo
cratic Central Committee, had the au-
dacitv to authorize Il statement Mon
day. in which he says that ain answer
to the reports sent out from Olym-
pia that delegates from that section
had declared that the State Demo
cratic convention had resulted in a
turn-down OF Governor Rogers and
the success OF the anti-Rogers ele-
mcnt," he is constrained to remark
that
"Such a statement is frivolous and
false. In the southeastern counties,
where my acquaintace is widest, | per-
sonally know that there are many warm
supporters of the Governor among the
delegates, and these delegates were GER
tainly among the victorious in the con-
tt,y no. Il,
rial matter before the recent convention
and those who say so simply show their
ignorance Of the actual conditions.
What have said about Governor Ro-
gers friends in my section of the State
applies, believe, with equal force to
the delegations from other sections.
Why, the convention actually Endorsed
the State administrator, of which Ro-
gers is the executive head"
While it may be true that Mr. G
found an occasional supporter OF the
ice-man in quite number of delega-
tions, it is not true that the conven-
ton, as body, favored his pretentions
for denomination, nor that there was
anything like respectable minority
favorable to his candidacy.
AS to the statement being sent out
from Olympia" to that effect, Mr..
Goddard is equally off his "nut."
The Post-Intelligencer of Sunday an.
nounced the prevailing sentiment of
OF the convention, as shown by word
and act, when its correspondent in
their midst wrote:
The result of the convention to-day
lthe 19th) was signal victory for the
neutrality-suspicious. faction of the
State Democracy, and the utter rout of
Gov. Rogers and his supporters. The
delegation elected to the national con-
vention is strictly the Mallory slate from
top to bottom.
That was the literal truth, although
there was no public denunciation of
his accidency. There was a deep un.
der-current, however, which could &C.
casionally be detected by the swirls
and eddies brought to the surface
from agitation below. 1t is indeed
strange that Mr.. Goddard could not
see them. Why should he shut his
eyes to these ebullitions and declare
they did not exist2 Why close his
ears to the deep murmurs OF discon.
tent when Rogers name was occasion.
ally mentioned, and declare that all is
harmony? Why claim that the gen.
eral endorsement of the State admin
istration, composed of such men as
Bridges, and jenkins, and Vance, and
others, carries with it approval of the
grotesque genius in the executive
chair? The fact is that the superla-
lively good services OF these gentle.
men have saved the State administra.
ton from contempt and disgrace, des-
pite the acts OF the executive, and, in
framing platform, an endorsement
is always based upon the aggregate of
virtue and merit. Even the Thurston
county delegation voted for the plat
form, but not one of them with the
slightest intent of approving any of
the acts OF the freak who claims to be
a Democrat simply to use that organi.
cation as a means of foisting himself
into a second term.
To further show how utterly Mr..
Goddard misrepresents the exact stu
alton, take the Oregonian's report OF
the same date, written just at the
close of the convention, by CORE
spondent who shows that he had been
behind the scenes and was thoroughly
posted regarding its controlling mo-
tives. In alluding to what he calls
the Mallory slate, he says:
Its basis was the exclusion of the
Hart delegation, which was there as the
emDodled representative of sentiments
and purposes to which Mr.. Malony is
emphatically opposed, viz, the defeat of
Lewis, the denomination of Rogers and
ehC OiCNotioh vi w dT IJOTSc Dill w mite
to the Supreme Bench. 1t happens
that many other Democrats are OF like
mind with Mallory, and therefore he
had rich soil to work in.
And again:
1t may be asserted as fact-because
1t IS an obvious and now notorious fact
that the Goodwin delegation was seated
because it was useful to the schemes of
the anti-Rogers people.
And still again:
1t is generally agreed that Lewis is
now candidate for Governor, and it is
also agreed that he has his eve on the
Senatorship Two years hence. The re-
suits of this convention were important
as affecting Senator Turner, inasmuch as
they indicated the continued power of
Lewis in the party and vested the or
ganization in the hands of his friends.
That it seems to us is enough to dis
prove MIR. Goddard's assertion that
the claim OF a rundown" to Rogers
was only "sent out from OLYMPIA