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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

Principles, Not Men.


The object of party organization is
to secure the success OF principles,
which can only be attained by united
effort. To centralize and unite popu-
lar sentiment on any given PROPOSE
ton. party conventions are essential /;
ct least that has been the only means
yet devised under popular govern.
ment, to develope and focus effort in q
line to ensure success.
1t therefore follows that the will of
party as expressed through its ordi-
nary forms and usage, should be bind
ing upon its members, and in ordi.
nary cases it is; all heart-burnings and
rivalries ceasing after q majority in
convention has selected its candidates.
II the choice falls upon men who have
not sought the distinction OF Office, il
generally centers upon men OF the
Jacksonian type, whose qualifications
embrace both honesty and compe-
tency. If, however, the convention is
packed by designing men who have
used their official position or corrupt
methods to foist Objectionable candi-
dates upon the party, the old-time slo-
gan, Principles, Not Men," expresses
duty which individual judgment
must determine. If corruption is to
be overcome with like corruption
within ones own party, the voter may
we'll pause and determine which is
the lesser evil before deposi,ing his
ballot.
The STANDARD has fought for true
Democracy for q term of two.score
years, and has never been barnacle
Cr drag upon it. Ithas never held TO
the party up for subsidies as has been
the custom OF many other papers, and
it feels, therefore, as if it had earned
right to independence OF judgment,
and individuality of action, when
ofiice-hunters invade the party aud by
the most corrupt methods make il
subordinate to their selfish ambition,
Before the late State convention
was held, there was not q corporal's
guard OF people in Thurston county,
outside his sppointees, who favored
John r. Rogers for executive, or any
other Office. Since then the lash has
been applied and many have been
whipped into the traces. There are,
however, many staunch and true
Democrats who have upheld their prin.
ciples when J. r. Rogers was . Popu-
list, or anything, and before Senator
Turner had Topped from the Republi.
cans-to say nothing of two
more recent flops-who will not
vote Tor Rogers, for the reason
that they firmly believe in the
doctrine embraced in the caption of
this article - Principles, Not Men.
Much is conceded by such men to the
judgment Of those who believe other
wise. by their silence. More than that
should not be expected. Conscience
will guide them at the polls.
A decent self.respect impels US to
make this statement. Under our code
OF ethics, reformation begins at the
fountain-head. Principle can only be
subserved by cleansing the stream of
its impurities at it's source, and care.
fully preserve it from contamination
as the current gathers volume to serve
the object of lite being.
DANIEL Gaby, an old resident OF
this county and city, now living in
Eugene, Oregon, is out in one of his
vigorous communications to the Ore
0onian of Monday, in which he tells
aoma vvhn1ooor,o <.rkh. &c A. III.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

GOVERNOR Hogg of Texas, calls
Roosevelt an "irridescent incubator"
of war ideas. That certainly ought to
hold Teddy for while,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

Ex.PosTMAsTER General VIM. l..
Wilson, died in Lexington, Va, sud-
denly. Wednesday. Deceased was ap-
pointed Postmaster General by Grover
Cleveland during his second admins
tration, in 1895. His predecessor in
Office was Wilson s. Bissell, of New
York, who was also appointed by
Cleveland and served from 1893 to
1895. William L. Wilson was from
West Virginia at the time of his ap-
pointment. He served until his sue
cessor, James A. Gary, of Maryland,
was appointed by Mckinley in 1897.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

OF course we understand that in n
campaign, things are said and charges
are banded about for mere political ef-
feet. 1t is, at times, very aggravating,
but sensible men soon learn to take
campaign charges with grain OF salt.
Cold facts are always difficult things
TO combat and the best answer which
can be given to the wholesale charges
against this administration made by
the Pr, is to invite aud urge criti-
cal examination OF the cold facts con-
tanned in the comparative statement
above referred to. If you doubt the
figures, test their accuracy. If they
are true, carefully and calmly consider
what you, as a taxpayer, should do.
The question is business proposition.
Solve it as you would any other bust
ness proposition, in the steady light
of clear reason rather than in the
spirit of heated partisanhip.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

The P.-I. is making Wholesale
charges of corruption and mismanage.
ment against the chief factors that
have inaugurated this change. The
force of its accusations is . good deal
diminished by the number OF charges
it brings. II such a shocking condi.
ton of things As they allege has
existed, why have not proper steps
been taken 10 punish those individ.
uals who have 20 abused their trustsi
There is law enough, and there are
judges and prosecuting officers enaugh,
to protect the people from such
organized robbery as the Pr. insists,
has been going on under this admins.
tration. 1t only needed some man
who knew of these facts to step
forward and lay his information before
the proper officers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

DANIEL Gaby, an old resident of
this county and city, now living in
Eugene, Oregon, is out in one of his
vigorous communications to the Ore
oomian of Monday, in which he tells
some wholesome truths of the politi-
cal situation in this State, and especi.
ally as applied to this county.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

HANNA says that the only trust is
trust in Mckinley. Well, it seems
cruel to attack the dying, but if
Hanna will wait until November.
Bryan will swat that along with the
other trusts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

PAcIFIcATIoN costs money; it has cost
England $500, 600, 900 in South Africa.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

GREELEY and Blaine both took the
stump and both were defeated. Bryan
has fallen over the stump and his defeat
will be worse than Greeley's.-Oly.
Better fall over stump than hang
lover barrel" Lest our neighbor
should devote his valuable space to a
defence OF the tin.god's sobriety, we
explain that it is Hanna's "barrep
that is meant.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

What then has been the measure oil
business ability and fidelity the fusion
administration has brought 10 the
management of public affairs? II
found an outstanding indebtedness oil
81, ,918. By retrenchment all
along the line, by the employment oil
idle funds held in bank, by the pass.
age OF revenue law in 1897 which
discouraged tax delinquencies, by in.
creasing revenues in several depart.
ments and creating new revenues in
others, it has stopped the increase OIL
the State debt. More than that, il
has called and cancelled outstandine
State bonds and general fund war.
rants, amounting, with interest &C.
crued thereon, to s2,O7OOS2. Ate,
all elements in the case have been con.
sidered, this call and cancellation
amounts to a net debt reduction
of 81, POI ,2l5. That is to say: fol.
lowing an administration that
in four years added to the
State debt 81, 3l1 ,484, this administra.
ton has in three years and nine
months not only paid its own bills, ..
it went, but actually reduced the debt
nv 81 2G1 OLE That vould ho q
splendid showing alone. But while il
was doing that, it levied upon the
people OF the State 1896. Ol0 less than
the amount levied by its predecessors
in the form of general State taxes.
The result is. that the saving.in tax
and debt reduction amounts to 81 1885,.
225 as stated.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

Without entering into all the de-
tails of the comparison, these promi-
nent features may be recapitulated
here. Gov. McGraw. upon assuming
control of State affairs on the 18th Of
January, 1898, found . State debt Of
$751;, 435. When he went out of Office
on the 18th Of January, 1897, he left
State debt of $2.O63,918. The head.
long extravaganza that resulted in
this great debt increase, convinced
the people of the State that he was
not a good business man, or if he was,
that he did not give the business of
the public the same careful manage
ment which he brought to bear upon
his own private affairs and interests.
Consequently they turned him out.
Do you want 10 put him, or his party
back? In measure your answer will
depend on all intelligent inquiry into
the character of the management his
successors stand accredited with.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

The suppression of these incrimi-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

If corruption has been so wide
spread and collosal under this admin
istration rs the P-I., on this eve Of
the election, would have the people
believe, how could they have saved
the State $495, O1O in reduced tax levy
and at the same time diminished the
debt by $1,261,2I5? If after doing
that, there was any considerable
amount left to steal, what picnic the
Republican administration must have
had with 1896, 0l0 more tax levy and
an increase of the debt OF 1871 ,4S3
Truly, the Pr. has over-shot the mark.
if this administration, with the show
ing it makes, had still money to waste
or steal, what a champion band Of
"Forty Thieves" the former admins
tration must have been.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

THE Chicago Tribune says that
Bryan is hurting himself by his
speeches, and the Oregonian re-chews
the delectable paragraph and splits
and looks wise as a newsboy. Do
either of those wiseacres reflect for a
moment that it is no skin off either of
their noses if Mr.. Bryan chooses to
commit political suicide in that man.
nerf BY the way, the Oregonian has
never said worse of Bryan than it has
of Mckinley. What faith can be
placed in any of its utterances? As a
newspaper, that journal will pass av-
erage; as political prophet, it never
has attained a success which has in.
spired the slightest confidence.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

mating facts, if facts they be, for so
long time, even for the purpose CT
accumulating political ammunition to
he used in campaign, is enough to
make the P.-I., or its informers NOR
ally, if not legally, particeps criminis.
OF course it is all for political effect,
and sensible people who are not so
partisan as to be subject to blind stag
gers during Il campaign know it If
done solely for the purpose OF dis
crediting and defeating this admins
tration. If this happened to he Me-
Graw's administration, and he showed
tax levy increased by $495, Ol0 and a
debt increased by $1,311 1883, there
might be Il well-founded suspicion oil
the truth Of the charges.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

In another place in this issue will
be found q comparative statement
showing the exact net results of the
former Republican administration and
these of the present administration.
The figures have been carefully COM
piled from the books of the
State Auditor and the State Treas.
urer and can be relied upon in
every particular. If you doubt them
take the statement to those officials
aud tost ito absolute accuracy. In the
face of this showing, it is difficult to
understand how any man who repre-
sents dollars administration of pub
lie affairs, can vote on the 9Th day OF
next November for q return to former
methods for the coming four years.
The comparison referred to shows
how conclusively, and in so plain a
manner that everybody can thoroughly
comprehend it, that the people of this
State have been saved no less sum
than 81, 1925 during the three years
and nine months that the present
administration have been in power
If you doubt it, carefully study the
figures. You owe that much to your
self. There are two elements in this
saving: First, the outstanding State
indebtedness has been reduced 81 ,261 ;
215; second, the total tax levy for
State purposes for the years 1897,
1898, 1899 and 1900 has been $780,
010 less than the total tax levy for
the four years preceding. The large
sum OF 81, 756, 225 saved to the people
OF this State in three years and nine
months is pretty good record, and
if faithful service by your State bust.
ness agents deserves recognition you
should show it, by voting for the
Democratic candidates this fall. II
faithful service does not claim your
vote, at least self.interest should move
you to continue in power . party that
has wrought such results.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-19

1t was on this same trip Major
Pond published, in one OF the State
papers, his Impressions regarding the
management of Olympia Theater,
which he regarded as "truly ideal"
He said, in substance, that, while in
this city, he in the afternoon visited
the STANDARD, and talked with its
editor and became acquainted with his
sons, its publishers. What was bis
surprise, few hours later, to find the
editor performing the role of manager,
the sons selling and taking tickets and
his daughters gracefully perform.
ing the part of ushers, in one
of the neatest little theaters in the
West! 1t seemed to him to be a
charming ideal of family aid and CO.
operation in the biyouac of life.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-28
WHEN HE FEELS OFF COLOUR"

1t would no doubt, have been wise in
Mr.. d. Lanham to take a complete rest
on Sundays anyway, but all the more so
under the circumstances he mentions.
Mr.. Lanham is u cooper. and for the
last twenty-five years has pursued his
calling In Charlotte Street, Brisbane,
Queensland. That he is known to most
of the people of the city naturally fol-
lows; for Brisbane has attained it's
prominence within that period.
Some seven years ago." writes Mr.
Lanham, under date of Sept. 2S, 1899,
II began for the first time in my life
to suffer from indigestion. With 1t
We're asthmatic symptoms, although l
did not then understand that the latter
complaint Is often caused by the
former.
The combined diseases continued to
plague me for three years, and a miser-
able stretch of time 1t was. l was re-
luctantly obliged to give up some Of
my engagements. and found that after
working six days I needed a complete
rest on Sundays.
mo medicines, or kind of treatment,
doing me any good, l finally concluded
to see what virtue there might be in
Mother Seigel's Syrup. I had heard OF
it before, but never used it-possibly on
account of the unreasonable prejudice
so widely felt against advertised medi
cines.
However. about four years ago my
attention was strongly called to 1t by
an acquaintance. and l tried it, vet not
with any lively hope of its helping me.
Nevertheless, found ii extremely
beneficial. 1t did what no other remedy
had done or even begun to do; it set
me right.
Nowadays l always keep Mother
Seigels Syrup in the house, and when
ever l feel the approach of any OF my
former symptoms l resort to it; and it
never fails to give relief.
IAN my family use 1t whenever they
are i'll or depressed (probably from in
digestion). one OF my sons in particu-
lar, is enthusiastic in It's praises and
says there is nothing like Mother Sell
gels Syrup to set him right again
whenever he feels off colour.
Il am an old resident of Brisbane.
having carried on "A cooperage business
here for the last twenty-five years. You
are at liberty to publish what l have
said should you think tit to do so."--.
II. Lanham.
Probably from indigestion" says
Mr., Lanham In accounting for the feel
ing of mental depression He is who'll
ly, LUMINOSITY, right. In most instan-
ces II does come from Indigestion, and
so do the great majority OF our trou-
bles, OF mind or body. And for indiges-
ton. in all its forms and phases, the
cure is Mother Seigel's Syrup.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-28
1--WE sTIGATING HAZIEG.
Army Board of Inquiry Takes Fest
mony in Boose Case.

BRISTOL, Pa. Dec, 1.-THE military
board Of inquiry appointed by the Sec
rotary of War to investigate charges
made by the relatives ana friends of
Oscar l.. Buuse, the former West Point
Cadrt that hv came tn his death ON De
uyWher a. hls home here as the result
nc hagHB by follow cadets az tho Auad-
ny Two years ugu began taking tHstl
ly here today
Ia board, consisting of Major Gen
suAu A. ilrlukr. commanding tNu
uUrut uf thr Fast hrgadiur
a. Alfred T. RaIes. ana Colonel
j House Deputy luige Advocate
tir. arrived Nerr this morning
INrf N.re met at lNr railroad station
m ~ HAM "A ln.sr tho father nl lhg
q ruu atrt ana liry Alexander Am
r.H pastor uf the iiTlstpl Presbyterian
tlWrh the WoHhlpplRB place ~ thr
lIus HmiN Tho Inquiry wac nrld W
tbs PASTORS STUDY
Ihr entire hNnfH family Mas present
? nH inquiry began Ai lH.bn upl0rk im
n WlinfsH called hainE hr llnusr
NRa invited ~ tpll an hp know
n ~ FiRtfi ih4i nsaAr rnifrri
q Academy nn iuUr 10 lsaa annn Nfl
On iifls Nfrr f0rlfsi tom hlW aipi
lI H'l no haa hesn hasei
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-28
SHELDoN'S FOLLOWER.
Rev. Jos. Psrker's Experiment. With
the Lond on Sun.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE first issue of
the London Sun. under the editorship
of the Rev. DIR. Jos. Parker. pastor OF
the City Temple. appears this after
noon. The column where the days
betting Is usually published contains
under the caption --latest News" The
wages of sin is DEATH" and other IA
mihar texts, followed up by vigorous
protests against gambling. The article
declares "If paper cannot live SIX
days without panderlng to the gambler,
the drurkard and the sensualist, let IT
wlther away"
In another editorial Or. Parker urges
the magistrates to apply the cat and
wipe out Hooliganism."
Otherwise the paper is much the same
as usual, the advertising columns be
ing filed with company prospectuses
and the news columns announcing AN
other CHASTITY East End tragedy"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-28
rNruMoNN pnGyGNrEp-

Among tbr tens of thousands who
have used rhlWpruglu's Cough Rem
rNF iur colds ana Ia Euppu during Iht
past Few years 40 uur knowledge, NOT
"a slnHlo case hAa resulted Ma purumn-
MIA Thus whitfield = '9 2lb wabash
avenue 'hlrlFn ono al enc most
prominent rrlail druggists lH nRt as,
M tt0lhus nf ihlf says "Wt rec
uWWfnl 'hnWhrrnn'a rWfh Rmtlg
iur IA rFppr in many rpses, as n not
nnlN rlNH rwWpl Rri uWlHif ~
.NNrn ll' alr0 rHuHifWHn ans in-
lrnrY nf "a W.upr 90 umli bon pneu
W'nH lnr HaN pr mo 1fHmTi ana
duFrFl nrpWp sW'ln Is Da ia
'aVpia n q
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-28
NrwrouNpLANp FlNANcEs,

FT JOHNS, N F, Dec, H. Mr.
Bond ne Premier IN his negotiation.
with MI Reid, the contractor is en-
deavurirr On cnect an amirabln er
rarfrmeut whereby Mr. Reid win sui
render ris rlrrt 90 TIE rnvorsion ot ~.
oWnrrshlp n the railroads, being cons
penfHtri fnr the purchase ana accept
iup nfiy year 0urrHt'nr Tense instead
rho colony Is in favorable circum-
stances now On make hrlier financial
ArranFrrfris The balance sheet fol
The last fsrHl yrnr shows an actual sur
pns ~ Ishs 600 nWrfs never previous.
W spnmarhfd ln ne history ~ New
fanndland
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-28
The FRENCH
IN BRAZIL
Said To Want Land in
State of Para.
UNCLE SAM UNWILLING
Monroe Doctrine Would not Submit
TO Sale Without a
Protest.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA special tc
abe Times from Washington says: The
territory until recently in dispute be.
tween Brazil and France and which has
been decreed to belong to Brazil, may
shortly become the subject of dispute
between France and the United states
under the Monroe doctrine.
This territory. lying south of French
Guiana in the Brazilian state of Para,
and containing 100000 square miles,
was claimed by Brazil and France and
Switzerland was made arbitrator. Her
decision was in favor OF Brazil. 1t Is
now reported that some French tinan-
ciers. anticipating that the decision
would he favorable to France, had al
ready invested their carital in this ter
ritory. They are row, II is said, trying
TO engineer n dea1 nv which the French
Government will buy this land from
Brazil.
The state Department has absolutely
no knopledsre on the subject It's at
aention as. however beer called to the
matter ard the attempt OF the French
yap'ta1ists to secure government aid In
ettirr their money hack win be
atchet with interest There Is hard
,y any rueetion. II is said. at the de-
part-rert that such action would be
VIOLATION of tho Monroe doctrine and
would coll forth a protest from the
United states.
As long as the claim was in its orig
inal form. France might have main
tanned that she was simply rectfvlng
her boundaries ard that the United
States could not object to that. Even
in that case. n rectifcation of bour-
daries which involved an area OF 100 900
square miles would he closely scrutln
AGED. France has, however. forfeited
the right to make that claim by sub
hitting the matter to arbitration by
ard getting an adverse de-
cision. The territory has been officially
decreed by the Swiss tribunal to be
outside the boundaries OF French Gut
ana.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-28
HANcocK's CHINESE FIRED,

WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-Represent-
atiVe Kahn has succeeded in obtaining
an order replacing the Chinese crew of
the transport Hancock with white men.
He received the following telegram this
morning from j. Bell, secretary of the
Pacific Coast Marine Firemen's Union:
Transport Hancock has Chinese crew.
am ready to replace them with white
men at any time"
Mr. Kahn Immediately called the mat
ter to the attention of Quartermaster
General Ludington and after n confer
ence with Assistant MeilSlejohn, who
gave him full authority. Ludington wir-
San Francisco to discharge the Chinese
crew, make arrangements to transport
the Chinese back to China and engage
n white crew in both the Quartermas-
ter's and Commissary's departments.
This affects about seventy-flve men.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-28
HARD WORK FOR CABLE BILL.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Represent-
alive Corliss of Michigan, whose Pa
citic cable bill seems to be favored over
that passed last session by the Senate,
today announced that he had secured
the signatures of $50 members of the
House agreeing to ask for n rule making
his bill the special order after the hoii-
day recess. The COrliss bill provided for
the laying of the cable by the War De-
partfnent and the ownership and con-
troll of the line by the Government in
stead of granting a subsidy to a pri-
vate company as the Senate bill con-
templates The general sentiment of
the House seems to be in favor of the
Corliss bill, and with such large pro-
portion of members pledged to consider
1t its chances seem to be good. Repre-
sentative Kahn, who is devoting much
effort to securing consideration of the
bill said tonight he believed it would
be favored and that the Senate would
eventually accept 1t.