Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-04-06
"Save Me from My Friends"

favor broad platform, it must tie adj.
mitted that his, which is to embrace
the whole sum of American citizen.
ship, is far too comprehensive ex-
pansive, if you prefer the tcrm-t to
embrace the essential characteristic oil
| practicability. No matter how hon.
est or sincere our fourteen millions OF
voters may be, there is no party or
ganization which can hold them all
in harmonious combination in fact
their individuality serves to separate
instead OF to combine, and two or
three parties in generous rivalry
would constitute the ideal condition
for successful government.
1t Is 10y no means sure that Mr..
Dewey is not making another mistake
in this matter. His true grandeur
has been shown in the line of action
which has placed him on the pinnacle
of Fame, and it would be far better for
him to pose as statue, admired by
all, than to fall from his high position
and crumble into dust from the
shock. He has already had evidence
of the capricious nature OF public sem
timent; how the idol of yesterday
may become an object of ridicule to.
day and the hero may have the laurels
plucked from his brow with all the
cold-blooded calculation that so poor
ly COMFORTS with the spirit of enthu-
siasm which animates the worship of
those who have achieved merited dis
tinctiOn.
Some people say that this resolution
has been promoted by Democratic
leaders, but We contend that circum.
stances afford quite as stable ground
for belief that certain disgruntled Re.
publican leaders have had a finger in
the pie, and that the movement has
been adopted as means of Kidding the
party of q man who has become odious
to many for his vacillating policy and
unstable nature. 1t is an open secret
that the party was looking for
a" Moses" and it may be that they
have forced Dewey to the front to
pose as non-partisan until such time
as they may chose him as means for
defeating certain members of their own
leadership quite as much as to prevail
over the common foe. 1t is a notable
fact that a party never has any respect
for standard.bearer that their lead
ers can buy and use and who can be
made to adopt any line of policy
marked out for him, and it is not un.
likely that McKinley's destiny will be
any exception to the rule.
THE CHINESE QUESTION UPON U.s.
The Chinese Consul General at San
Francisco has taken steps to have the
exclusion act modified, in such o
way as to practically make it a dead
letter. The movement has been in.
augurated in the interest of capital,
and considerable progress has already
been made. under the guise OF benefit
ing trade, by the Pacific Mail Steam.
ship Co., which incorporation made its
millions in days of yore in transporta-
ton of Chinese laborers to this coun.
try. The attempt is to enlarge the
Interpretation of the clause admitting
merchants and professional men, who
are already admitted under satisfac-
tory proof of the nature Of their call.
ing. The exclusion act bars laborers
only, and the present movement is
only to admit the latter class under
some guise. to enable capital to more
etfectually control and reduce the
cost of wage-labor. It is probable
that the whole battle fought to secure
the exclusion act will have to be re-
peated in the near future, with the
probability of failure enhanced by the
letters that capital has succeeded in
placing upon free expression Of pop
ular opinion at the ballot-box.
THE large hall in which the Demo-
cratic National Convention was to
have been held, in Kansas City, NO.,
was wholly destroyed by fire, Wednes-
Jov t. or;usrotad froc, xho f,,~r m.