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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
READY FOR MONARCHY
SOME EAPPARENT STRIDES MADE
TOWARDS IMPERIALISM.

Can Such Things Be and Overcome Us Like a
Summer Cloud Without Our Special Wonder?
will Our People Close their Eyes Against a
Painful Truth and Listen to the Song of That
Siren (iope) Till She Transforms Us Into
Beasts?
We quote from three Mckinley
organs words that seem unnatural and
un-American:
"There is nothing wrong about I'M
perialism.' On the contrary, there is
everything in it that is right. 1t is
the rule OF those who are fitest to rule,
and therefore who ought to rule
Oregoniam, Aug. 6.
/" Now is good time to do away
with our obsolete constitution and
adopt form of government that will
be logical with our new expansion
ideas and will give ample protection
to capital. We should not be dis
graced in the sight of civilized ma.
tions by such sight as the violence
and killing that accompany the oper-
alton of street cars in st. Louis, just
now. A constitutional monarchy is
probably the most desirable plan that
we could now adopt. Everything is
ripe for a change. We have a large
army and it can be increased under
almost any pretext without causing
any alarm to the masses. This coun.
try has been so prosperous that the
voters have lost that spirit of patriot
ism and honesty that are necessary
to the successful operation of repub.
lies. The strong iron hand of disci.
pline will have to be used to bring the
masses to a sense OF proper behavior
Des Moines Globe, May 81, 1900.
"The English executive is an i'm
perial executive. The British parlia-
ment is an English Legislature. To
the same system we are coming by the
degree of circumstances, as inevitable
as that of fate. If this be imperial
ism, make the most of it. So far as
citizenship is concerned, the British
empire is one, but beyond the limits
of the United Kingdom tho oitizsns
live under q rule essentially monar-
chical and not restricted by the con-
stitutional limitations of the parlia-
mentary system."-Army and Nary
Journal, Aug. !, 1900.
These quotations are from McKin-
ley organs and show plainly their
drift. In addition, Hanna on his re
turn from England declared that the
d" English system of government was
as good as ours"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
What q Change!

A few short years ago, one, William
Mckinley, was especially abusive of
Grover Cleveland, because the latter
gentleman had manifested disposi.
ton unfriendly to silver. This same
Mckinley declared that this same
Cleveland was in favor of "demouetiz.
ing one of the precious money
metals" These were his exact words,
dear reader. He pilloried Cleveland
because the latter had attempted to
"make money the master, everything
else the servant" Now that's strong
language, and more than that, it's
true. But where do we find this same
Mckinley, to-day! We find him
standing squarely where Cleveland
stood on the money question. He
changed his mind, if he had one, to fit
the platform constructed by the money
kings, and upon which he was COM
PEELED to stand. His was an uncondi-
tional surrender. He has never to
this day attempted to offer an excuse
for his utter dishonesty and lack of
principle. Always an advocate of the
free coinage of silver, this man Nc
Kinley deserted his position to keep
in line with his party and run for Of
fee. He is the most piteously con-
temptible coward who has ever ap-
peared in public life in this country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
Mr.. BRYAN A SURE WINNER.

George Fred Williams, of Massachu-
sets, member of the Democratic Ma.
tional Executive Committee, after a
tour through the Middle West, has
complete confidence that number of
the States in that region will go for
Bryan. He says:
"I have the very best of reports to
make from Indiana, where spoke at
three Congressional conventions, and
in two other Congressional districts.
/ did not find Democrat in Indiana
who did not feel perfectly confident Of
carrying that State for Bryan, and
my judgment that Indiana 10 safe is
based upon careful talk and critical
examination of dozens upon dozens of
local politicians, big and little, who all
gave me uniform testimony OF gains
among the gold Democrats and also
the Republicans. Everybody agrees
that the Democrats in Indiana have
not in a generation started a campaign
in that State with such confidence in
success as they have this year.
While, OF course, we must fight hard, /
feel that already Indiana may be
counted with us. l believe that Ohio
is one of the best fighting States we
have, and indeed am of the opinion
that the signs of landslide are very
strong everywhere. When we came
within few thousand votes of ma.
jority in the electoral college in '96
what shall be said OF our chances
when the gold Democrats are fast re-
turning, when there is infinite dissatis-
faction all through the Republican
party with the policy of the admins.
tration, when the Irish vote which
left us in "a is practically back with
us to a man, when the German vote is
tending nightly our way, and when
the Prohibitionists and even the
Methodists are up in arms against
President McKinley's practices, and
even the colored vote is organizing
against the Republican party. 1t
seems to me we have victory before lis,
and hope to see the day when I can
congratulate you that your work OF
years has at last been crowned with
deserved success"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
Feathers Are Fashionable.

The coming winter will be a feath.
cry" one unless all signs fail. Feath.
ers of gorgeous hue and great pro-
fusion are to deck the hats Of the
women. But in obedience to the
popular demand for the preservation
of native song birds from ruthless
slaughter to crafty the vanity of the
fair sex, only plumage of the edible
birds OF our country is to be laid un-
der contribution for millinery enrich
ment. Surely, too, in this would be
found enough for all that the mode at
any time might demand. What with
plumage of our barnyard fowla Gall
of which are more or less beautiful
and some of which are gloriously
brilliant in coloring) and that of our
game birds, the fowler may we'll leave
in safety those OF our native birds
that are sought only for the coat with
which they have been supplied by ma
ture. Besides, in utilizing only the
plumage of birds devoted to table use
a very prolific source of revenue would
be created for the farmer folk. As it
now 10 there is much in feathers de-
stroyed by scalding for picking, where
as by dry picking all this might be
saved and the manufacturers of feather
garnitures furnished with all that they
might need or desire for millinery
purposes, while fashionable women
might be spared the reproach of per-
sonal adornment at the expense of
life to the wild-winged wanderers of
the air.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
BEES CHARMED BY MUSIC.
whistlns Seems to Render Them Powerless
for Mischief
st. Louis Republic.

st. Louis Republic
Henry Fitch, a young farmer living
at Mountain End, invited death for
himself and his two oxen the other
day by whistling.
Young Fitch is whistler of much
ability. He has whistled at every
farmhouse and every gathering in the
neighborhood, and when he is whist.
ling nobody cares to listen to piano,
violin, flute, guitar or banjo.
The other day Fitch was blowing in
his field-plowing and whistling.
Two sleek, sleepy oxen were drawing
the pillow and neither they nor Fitch
paid any attention to anything but
the plowing and whistling.
Presently a swarm of thousands of
honey bees hovered over them. There
was no use to run, still less to fight
them, and Fitch simply kept on
whistling and plowing, while the bees
settled softly upon him and the oxen.
They seemed friendly enough as long
as Fitch whistled, and he admits that
he was willing to whistle as long as
they remained friendly and seemed in
clined to listen.
Fitch continued to plow along.
His path led toward his home, where
he could see his mother in the yard.
He caught the tails of the oxen and
held them so the beasts might not
anger the bees by switching them.
For the distance of half mile he held
those two oxtails and whistled.
His mother looked up and saw him.
He and his oxen looked like they
might be covered with a soft brown
fur. Fitch stopped whistling just
long enough to shout "Bees" and
then continued his tune without the
bees realizing that he had dropped a
note.
Mrs. Fitch acted at once. She
knows something OF bees and realized
that unless she got them hived in
short order they would probably sting
her son to death. For she argued
that he could not keep on whistling
forever.
So she got huge tin pan and be-
gan beating vigorously. The bees
stirred uneasily at this interruption OF
their concert, but they did not sting,
and after a few moments every one of
them rose in the air and started
toward the tin pan. Mrs. Fitch led
the way to an empty hive which had
luckily been prepared for another
swarm and by dint OF much beating
and coaxing got all the bees into it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
THE HOBO TICKET.
THEY DO NOT SEEM TO BE
TROUBLED ABOUT HEAD.

Dewey Homeless for 40 Years Appeals to Thei
SymPathy-Filipino Joe Second Choice
Mckinley Hated Because he Promises WorI
to AIl-Bryan Not Liked Because He Advo.
Gates Homes for the Homeless.
Admiral Dewey and Filipino Joe
(alias Yellowstone, alias Red, alias
Irish Mack), whose real name is Mi
chael BRAZIL, of Faribault, Minn.,
were nominated for President and
Vice President OF the United States at
the fourth annual convention of ho-
boes held at Britt, Ia, on the 22d ult.
There was no opposition to Dewey,
and his name went through with a
whoop. The tramps were opposed to
Mckinley ON the ground that he
wanted to give work to everybody.
They were opposed to Bryan, saying
free silver was not enough; they want
ed free beer and free railroad rides.
Tomato Can Smith, of Michigan,
made hit when he declared they
were in favor of Dewey because the
Admiral had not had home for forty
years and then just as soon as he got
one he gave it away.
Filipino Joe won second place over
Jimmy Shields, OF Illinois, tramp
printer. Joe was a member of Com
pany A, Third Infantry, and served in
the Philippines for sixteen months.
Later he was a cowboy with Buffalo
Bill. He is now hitting the road, hav-
ing become professional tramp. The
hoboes believe that as he was with
Buffalo Bill he is Rough Rider and
therefore good to oppose Teddy Roosc.
velt, and as he fought for the flag he
will catch the imperialistic and expan-
sion vote.
Joe is a picturesque ruffian, who has
been all over the world. He is about
as tough as they make them.
Three Oaks, Mich, was selected as
the place of the notification.
The principal feature of the con-
vention outside of this was the parade
participated in by 400 hoboes and
hundreds of honorary members, in.
prominent citizens and State
representatives in Legislature. Ad.
dresses were made at the Fair Grounds
this afternoon by Head Pipe Charles
+. Now, of Sycamore, ILL.,; Big
Brother Onion Cotton, of Danville;
Filipino Joe, Father Naegel, a Catho-
lie priest, of Garner, and w. E. Bull
lard, of Humboldt, member of the
State Legislature.
The account of proceedings ends
with: The hobo convention ended
tonight, and the tramps will be driven
out of town tomorrow.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
Good Stuff in 1900.
S. F. Chronicle (Rep.l May l6, 1895:


"When an oil king and q sugar
king put their resources together and
buy a railroad. out and out, is it not
time to inquire whether such accumu.
lations should be permitted, and
whether millions held by these two
men should be allowed to be subject
to their individual will and controli
This is not anarchism nor communism,
agrarianism nor anything of the sort.
1t is simply an earnest, sincere inquiry
into question of public policy, and
one which must be settled sooner or
later. 1t does not look to tho taking
OF Rockefeller's or Havemeyer's money
away from them, or either of them,
and dividing it among q lot of lazy,
worthless and irresponsible loafers.
but it does regard absorption
confiscation if you like-of q portion
of the vast wealth Of individuals by
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
WHOLE NUMBER 2,1O3.
HARDTo LEARN THELANGUAGE.
Missionary Says the Devil Invented the Chi
nese Jare0n.

nese Jarson.
All linguists that have Investigated
the matter pronounce the Chinese the
most difficult OF all languages to mas
ter.
Every student that undertakes to
acquaint himself with this language
finds himself sympathizing with the
Jesuit missionary who, years ago, said:
"I believe the Devil invented the Chi.
nese language to keep the missionary
out" The most appropriate name for
the Chinese language would be "le-
gion," for there are many. The pre-.
vailing idea in the occident is that
there is but one language in China
and many dialects. The truth in the
case is this: There are many differ
ent languages in China, as there are
in Europe, and they differ as radically
as English and German. Then these
various languages are broken up into
at least 200 dialects-some say there
are as many dialects as there are days
in the year. In Dai-Chang, a district
city of 10000 inhabitants, the people
speak Annoy, Foo-Chow, Hinghua and
Mandarin; and DR.. Douglas (there is
no greater authority on Chinese Lam
guage question than hey says: "These
are not dialects of one language; they
are cognate languages, bearing to each
other relation similar to that which
subsists between the Arabic, the He
brew, the Syriac and Etheopic."
On the steamer with us going over
to China were 900 Chinese, all Cam
tonese, except two, who were from
Swatau. Canton and Swatau are in
the same province, yet these two class
es of men could not converse with
each other in their native languages.
They communicated with each other
in the mongrel tongue called Pidgin-
English, that is used in California as
we'll as in all the principal ports of
China and Japan. The leading Ian
guages of China are Mandarin, spoken
by about 2OO.OOO,OOO; Cantonese,
spoken by 100000; Annoy, spoken
by 100000; Shanghai, spoken by
5000. 900: Eoo-Chow. spokeu 10y tsOOO,-
600; Swatau, spoken by 5000, 900, and
Hinghua, spoken by 100000. And,
says sinelogue, the rigid adherence
OF all to the theoretical standards is
more perfect than in the European
languages"
The court language is the Mandarin,
which occupies the same position in
China that French did in Europe 100
years ago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21

The Union League champagne guz.
zlers and their newspapers, supported
from Republican high tariff profits, do
not know the American people.
Americans do not work on their stom-
achs. Only slimy things do that
things such as are fitting tools for
Hanna, Mckinley and their associ-
ates in the infamous work of degrad-
ing American manhood and seeking to
make the American worker content to
be a starveling slave of domineering
trusts. We say a "starveling," for
wherever the Anglo-Republican trust
magnates have succeeded in crushing
out trade-unions, starvation wages are
the rule, and the "full dinner paip is
a hollow mockery indeed.
The Democratic programme is not
only full dinner pail for the Ameri-
can workingman, but fair opportun.
ity in the competition of life for some.
thing besides dinner pail.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21

for it puts him out of the calculation
thoroughly and keeps him there for
from four to six hours afterward. The
total expense of thoroughly COM
pleted drunk is about 6 cents, about
one-fiftieth of what it costs for an
American to get full Of whisky or beer.
The drink is also of different charac-
ter. There is no bowling, hugging or
fighting about it, which is itself an i'm
provement. and very great one in
some cases, as is evidenced every day
in the police court. When the China.
man has his load aboard he feels
funny for a while and he says funny
things. but he never howls or fights.
All of a sudden he feels an intense
and terrible desire for a place to lie
down. Three minutes after he is
down he is out of the race. Another
thing about q Chinaman is that he
never drinks if he has anything else to
do. Tippling seems to be secondary
consideration with the race, and there
are no exceptions with US. Should a
lot of Cinnamon find that they had
time to have spree, and the inclina.
ton, each one of them would take his
own vial. Among the laundrymen
class Sunday afternoon and Sunday
night is the popular time, though
some observe blue Monday for sprees.
Unless some very unusual occasion
arises, New Years, the birthday OF the
Emperor or some other Chinese holi-
day, they never drink at any other
time. What lot We could learn from
them If we would"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
CA To1IA.
Bear. tn. Nlhs Kind You Have A!xays Bolgii
a',;'''' q &<zZzZzW

The Boston Beacon has the follow
ing kind notice for Oregon's cayuses {:
"The Secretary of Agriculture is au-
thority for the statement that thous.
ands of cayuse ponies are annually
killed and shipped to Sweden for eat
ing. Nor is this meat bad. The ami
NAL is small, weighing about 700
pounds. The ponies live entirely on
grass, and most of them never do q
days work. Their meat is said to be
of delicate flavor and tender"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21

the State and for the use of the State.
There is no inherent right to the
ownership of property except under
the law of superior strength and force.
Title is creation of legislation, and a
law which creates title in fee simple
may limit that title in amount OF
quantity. Sugar and petroleum will
not be allowed to dominate the COM
munity forever"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
CHINESE DO NOT DRINK MUCH.
Their Tipple. However. Is Too Strong for the
American Taste.
Washington Star.


"In the matter of tipple or drink
the Cinnamon are somewhat in ad-
vance of other nations, and particu-
larly Americans" volunteered a police
officer who has done duty for several
years in the locality known as "China.
town" to Star reporter. First, as
to the quantity. Ordinarily, when
our hoodlums start in for spree, with
beer as the basis, they have to calcu-
late on the wherewithal to purchase
from twenty to thirty glasses. This
means an expenditure of from 81 to
$l.5O, not including the amount that
is necessary should the spree indulge
to any extent in treating others, for
the average American seems to be
more happy when he is paying for the
drinks of Others than when he ia
drinking on the quiet. The drinker
therefore has to drink and carry
around all the way from five to six
quarts.
"The results of this drinking are
shown in many ways, not considering
the moral questions involved, and
which necessarily enter into the pro-
position. If whisky is the tipple,
though it does not mean the same
amount as far as quantity is con-
cerned, it costs about as much from a
financial standpoint, or even more.
Now, the Chinaman drinks q con.
densed and fearfully strong liquor,
made from rice, which is imported
from China, and comes in original
packages in stone jug holding about
pint. One jug of it is powerful
enough to put big party into thor.
oughly drunken condition. The usual
tipple of it is half a teaspoonful,
though old topers get so they can take
a whole teaspoonful. 1t is drunk in a
glass OF water, portion at time.
"Three teaspoonfuls taken inside of
two hours settles the question as far
as that particular drinker is concerned,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
FULL DINNER PAIL HUMeUc.
Mckinley and Mark Hanna Think that Am.-i-
cans Have no Thought for Anything but
Their Stomachs.

N. Y. Daily News.
The first full dinner pail mentioned
in sacred history, or any kind of his
tory, is that which Esau acquired
when he sold his birthright for mess
of pottage to his ambitious and de-
signing brother, Jacob. Esau got the
dinner, and Jacob got-well, it's only
necessary to look around New York to
see that he hasn't stopped getting yet.
There are some things better than a
full dinner pail. So our forefathers
thought when they were starving at
Valley Forge, and could have had full
stomachs at any time by walking into
the English lines and swearing allegi-
ance to King George; and the expert.
ence OF the forefathers has often been
repeated by their descendants.
1t would be an evil day for the
American people and for humanity
everywhere if full dinner pail should
become the emblem of all that is to be
desired and esteemed in life. Perhaps
we can hardly blame the bloated mag
mates of the Anglo-Republican party
for taking the view that luxury, cham
pagne guzzling. Union League twenty
five-dollars-a-plate dinners, and the
other enjoyments of gluttons and epi-
cures are the supreme reward of a sue
cessful career, and that the American
workingman ought to look for nothing
better for himself and his children
than to be the slaves OF q factory
owner, and to sit down at the noon
hour and eat in the sweat of their
brows from a full dinner pail.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21

THOUSANDS OF our people are obliged
to live like Hottentots. In spite of
the organization OF industry and our
wonderful facilities for production,
they are compelled to live the pre-
carious, hand.to-mouth life of savages.
1t would have been better for them
had they been born in Central Africa
or Thibet. The nineteenth century
has brought nothing to them but suf-
fering and disaster. A great industrial
organism has been built up and they
are outside of it. The log.cabins
have been torn down to build q gi-
gantic palace OF commerce; and now
that the palace is built few contrac.
tors have moved in and barred the
door against the rest.-Herbert N.
Casson of N. Y, in Arena, January
1000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21

The superiority of the old.fashioned
hand-shaved pine shingles to much of
the machiue-sawed stuff that is used
nowadays is illustrated in the fact
that the shingles taken from George
Kamlin's barn at Avon, Me-, when he
recently recovered the roof, were still
in excellent condition, though they
had been laid in 1910.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21
Sixty Thousand for Bryan.

The most notable of recent acces-
sions to the ranks of the National AS
sociation OF Democratic Clubs, says an
exchange, is the Commercial Travel
ers' and Hotelmen's Antitrust
League, which now numbers nearly
10000 members and expects to enroll
100000 voters for Bryan and Steven
son between now and election.
The growth of the leagne has been
phenomenal and its enrolment in the
National Association OF Democratic
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21

FOSTER HovIEs, of Alpha, Lewis
county, has been arrested on the
charge of stealing timber on Govern
ment land. Before Commissioner
Dunckley, at Chehalis, his bonds were
fixed at 5000 to appear at Seattle for
trial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21

"DID you ever hear anything
against his honesty"
"No, subj" answered Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley. "But he eats chicken
mighty reg'lar on Sunday an he allus
oot an umbrell when it rains"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21

"WELL, uncle, which do you prefer
the white man of the north or the
white man of the south?" asked the
idle one.
"Boss, I'll tell yo' jes' how it is"
was the reply. "When de white man
am feelin' good he am all right any
where, but when de white man am
ieelin' wrong dom want muffin to do
with him nowhere"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-21

In Zante, one of the Ionian Islands,
there is . petroleum spring which has
been known for nearly three thousand
wears. It is mentioned by Herodotus.