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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

A TELEGRAPHIC AND TELEPHONE
CoMBINE.-And now we are going to
have trust which will include all the
leading telegraph. telephone and cable
lines in the country. 1t will be
known as the National Telegraph and
Telephone Co., and will have a capt.
talization of fifty million dollars, and
with that home of the trusts New Jer-
sey for the center of business manage.
ment. 1t is thought that this trust
will secure control of all telephone
lines in the west and northwest. The
consolidation under contemplation
embraces the Postal, the Western
Union, the Commercial Cable Co., the
Bell Telephone Co., the Latta- aloney
Co. and the new National Co. The
plan OF organization is for the Nation
al to buy up all the smaller companies
in the United States that are not now
controlled by the Bell Telephone or
the Latta-Maloney company. New
lines will be built wherever desirable
territory appears, and when these
small and independent companies
have been brought under the control
OF the National the opportunity for a
general consolidation will probably ap-
pear.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

All citizens who will be voters with
in the State at the general election to
be held on November 6, 1900, who
will pledge their support to Bryan
and Stevenson at said election, regard
less of past party affiliations, are in
vited to participate in the selection Of
delegates to said convention.
1t is recommended that County
Conventions determine whether separ-
ate Conventions to select candidates
in Joint Judicial and Joint Senatorial
Districts shall be held, or whether the
delegates selected to attend the State
Convention shall constitute such dele
gates and make such nominations ut
said State Convention.
1t is also recommended that pri-
maries to select delegates to County
Conventions he held on Tuesday,
August IA, 1900. and that County
Conventions be held on Saturday,
August Is, 1900.
II not otherwise ordered by County
Committees. it is recommended that
Mass County Conventions be held at
l o'clock P. NJ. on Saturday, August
IL, 1900, at the county seats of the
respective counties, for the purpose OF
selecting delegates to the State Con.
vention.
BY order of the Democratic State
Central Committee.
THos. MALoNEY,
Chairman.
Attest: c. H. GODDARD,
Secretary.
Dated at Seattle, July 16, 1900.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10
verdure Clad. or Bare Poles-Which7

OssNs " OesS
The aggressive advance of the tele.
phone service is rapidly showing it.
effects upon the shade.trees of Olym.
pia.
Only a short term of years ago, the
maple trees skirting the Main stree,
front of Sylvester Park were objects OF
admiration to every beholder. They
were tall, stately specimens of Natures
handiwork, but their beauty and SYM
metry are gone forever.
Successive trimming and looping oil
of their upper branches have at last
reduced them 10 hunchback monde
scripts, while slow but sure decay lie
written upon them all.
The erection Of forest of new poles
and stringing network of wires for
the new Office on Washington street
has caused trimming of the naples
in and about that vicinity.
Calling to mind that familiar math-
ematical precept, "Only one straight
line can be drawn between two
points," it is plainly to be seen that,
while telephone poles continue to he
planted along the same lines rs those
occupied by the city's ornamental
trees, it is but a question of time when
our principal thoroughfares will be
bordered by bare poles instead OF
shade trees.
Like all other public enterprises,
the Sunset Telephone company is
doubtless entitled to an adequate right
of way, but it will be doleful sunset
for Olympia when her streets and
parks are no longer verdure clad.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

THE late manifestation of generosity
of the administration towards Great
Britain, indicates a maintenance of
that good feeling which has been so
often shown by this government in
the tyrant's conflict with the South
African Republics. Good Mckinley
has made Great Britain a present of a
strip OF Alaskan territory 20 miles
wide and 100 in length, as an assur-
ance of the high esteem in which roy
atty is held by the promoters of i'm.
perialism. 1t does not seem to mat.
ter that the slice of land given up is
quite thickly peopled by American
miners and traders, they are regarded
but as the pawns to be moved wher-
ever support may be given by them to
kings and knights and other pieces
of superior worth, and it is doubtless
felt that they have been transferred to
government which our own is rapid
ly approaching in likeness and simili.
tude.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

ERNEsTA CRAvELLO, a young woman
still in her "teens," is leader Of the
Group" of anarchists, in Patterson,
New Jersey, who made way with
1taly's king, q few days ago. She
does not realize her power, and is sur
prised when told that she influences
men to deeds of bloodshed. "They
say l am leader?" she said in reply
to a reporter; "What nonsense. An
archists have no leader. We are all
equals. No one is over the other.
We believe in freedom and equality.
Not one of us could rule our society,
if he would, and not one of us would
If he could. And least of all does q
weak girl, like I, think to sway such
good and strong men as anarchists.
They have studied, they have thought,
they have suffered. What could q
girl like l tell them." She spoke calm
ly, and the dark proved men around
her listened jealousy to every word,
and drew closer to her, as If fearful of
losing a syllable. 1t WAS evident that
Ernesta Cravillo, with smiling mouth.
her dimpled cheeks, her big purple
eyes, her positive nature and the SUI
perb eloquence of expression by word
and act, was power to nerve the arm
OF the assassin to deeds OF blood. To-
tally oblivious of her power, she said
and did those things which fan to
flame the embers of discomfort.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10
EXIT Mr.. Patton AMID BLUE FIRE

EXIT Mr.. PATTON AMID BLUE FIRE.
Mr.. Robt. NJ. Patton, the contesting
Republican nominee for a place on
that ticket, against Thomas Isham,
who by an error in announcing the
vote was declared the nominee, has
withdrawn from the contest, after pro-
posing all the ordinary methods for an
amicable settlement. He has suggest
ed arbitration, decision by lot, or to
leave the matter to the remainder Of
the ticket, without avail. He then
suggested that they both withdraw
and allow new man to be nominated.
That course too was refused, and at
last Mr.. Patton to avoid "jeopardizing
the entire Republican ticket" as he
states in a column letter to the Olyn,-
plan, voluntarily places his own head
on the block and eliminates himself
from the contest. He gives in his let
ter, however. several good reasons why
Thomas 1smay is not proper man to
elect to any office: That he is unfair,
stiff.necked, bull.headed, selfish, dog
matte and dictatorial, which would be
an exceedingly unwise line of qualifi-
cations for deliberative officer when
peace and harmony is required.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

Now that the Tacoma News and the
Ledger. of the same city, are under the
same control, we hear no more slurs
upon the poor granny who was on
such prolonged and fruitless search
for a father. 1t is sincerely hoped
that all parties at interest are now sat.
isfed and especially those "outside
barbarians" who have had their fin.
gers burned by attempting jobs they
knew nothing about.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

THE method of bringing the insolent
and selfish Sunset Telephone Co. to
terms, in Seattle, is but illustrative of
the unity of purpose and action of
that wide-awake community. Having
agreed to fight the company, the citi-
zens as one man ordered their tele-
phones removed, and had made consid.
cradle progress in installing a new
company, when the grasping corpora
ton dropped its gun" and knelt in
supplication. 1t is we'll occasionally
to boil the starch out of arrogance
and greed, and it takes the people OF
Seattle to handle the stirring-stick
while the process is on.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

j. c. Connolly suffered a frightful
experience while going home from Ia
coma Thursday evening of last week.
He had taken load of pota. oes to the
city and was on his way back when he
was attacked by two men about four
miles out from Tacoma, says the
Sumner Herald. He was commanded
to" dig up" and when he attempted
to start up the team quickly in order
to escape from them, he was struck
with some weapon on the side of the
head and knocked senseless out of his
wagon, after which he was beaten
terribly on the face, and robbed of his
money, $1O.25. He awoke from his
Inconsistencies some time toward
morning. and seeing that his tea m
had disappeared, decided to wait till
daybreak in the hope of finding it.
But he got no trace of it, and so came
on home. At this writing nothing
new has been heard either OF the high.
waymen or the team.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

REPUBLICAN PERFIDY.-A book is
now in the press OF w. b. Conkey &
Co.. entitled, "The Second Battle"
which is believed to be a malicious
device to burden the Bryan campaign
with iseues not involved and of an I'm.
popular nature. "The Second Bat.
tie" is accredited as the work of "W. j.
Bryan and Others" the words "and
others" appearing in very small letters,
conveying an impression to the casual
reader that the whole book is the
work of Mr.. Bryan and its sentiments
throughout his own. As Mr.. Conkey
is now a sincere admirer of the trust
administration, and has taken the
first step towards emphasizing his de-
votion to the campaign made by them
in placing non-union men in his
printing establishment, it is thought
that trap is hidden under the meal,
and an investigation of the books
contents has been ordered. So Ger.
tain is this surmise that Mr.. Bryan
has authorized Willis J. Abbott, OF the
Press Bureau, OF the National Com.
mittee, to disclaim the publication.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

WHILE King Humbert was only q
limited monarch, no country in Eu-
rope was so tax-ridden as Italy. 1t
is counterpart of the English gov
eminent, which Mark Hanna says is
good enough" but the load of public
debt has become so heavy as to make
it the worst of despotisms. There is
just where this government is drifting
under present conditions. Like causes
produce like results, and we have no
reason to expect that our experience
will be an exception to that OF other
nations.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

u. S. SENATOR Wellington, of Mary
land, the first Republican Senator from
that State in generation, says Of the
political situation: At am unaltera.
bly, opposed to imperialism, which I
shall fight with all my power. am
opposed to President Mckinley be-
cause he has deceived me in national
affairs, and shall oppose his re-elec-
tion." The Senator likewise said that
Maryland will be in the Bryan column
when the votes are counted in Novem-
hov
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

THE Commercial Travellers and Ho-
tel Mems Antitrust League, which
now numbers a membership of 10000
voters, has announced its support of
Bryan, through the National Associa-
ton of Democratic Clubs, and has
promised to enroll 100000 voters for
Bryan and Stevenson, before the 9th
of November.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

WELL SAID.-Hon. C. s. Voorhees,,
in late letter, writes to the editor of
this paper: "The people of this State
and of the United States have never
before been confronted by issues as
vital to the continuance OF our consti.
tutional form of government as they
are at this hour, and they have never
had, as candidates for their suffrages,
brave, more patriotic, or ADLER men
than Bryan and Stevenson"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10
Call For Democratic State Convention.

A Democratic State Convention is
hereby called to meet in the city o!
Seattle, Washington, Mt = +. NJ. on
Monday, August q, 1900, for the pur-
pose of nominating four Presidential
Electors, two Representative in Con-
gress, two Judges OF the Supreme
Court, Governor, Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of State, State Auditor,
State Treasurer, Attorney General.
Commissioner of Public Lands and
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The representation in the conven-
tiou is hereby apportioned among the
several counties as follows:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

-FOUR young women, members Of
prominent families in Philadelphia,
were drowned, last week, while bath
ing at Ocean Beach, N. J. They were
carried out to sea by treacherous
undertow, in plain sight of many bath
ers, who were unable to render them
assistance.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

In referring to our story of the
mule that is to be brought to Portland
to sing =" Peek-a-boo" in the street car
nival, next month, an exchange re.
marks: "That's nothing. We have
occasionally met with jackasses that
could sing in opera" We claim origi.
nality, however, in twisting the mules
tail to make him sing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

E. A. Guy, a druggist of Seattle, lost
his life while bathing at East Sound
the afternoon OF the 4th inst. His
friend, H. T. Gardiner, soon rescued
the body from the waters, but efforts
at resuscitation were unavailing. A
physician said he died of suffocation
from abdominal cramps. There was
no water in the deceased mans lungs,
but the cramps had forced undigested
food into the bronchial tubes, chok.
ing him. He had eaten lunch but a
short time before he entered the
water.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10
The Keynote Of the Campaign.

At indianapolis, Indiana, Wednes.
day, IN the presence OF many thous-
ands OF people, William J. Bryan and
Adlai f. Stevenson, were formally no.
titled OF their nomination for the ex-
allied positions OF President and Vice
President OF the United States.
Senator James X. Jones, chairman
OF the Democratic National Commit
tee was presented by Mayor Taggart
as presiding officer. Mr.. Jones in a
brief speech, introduced James b.
Richardson, OF Tennessee, who was
greeted with cheers as he mounted
the stand to officially notify Mr..
Bryan of his nomination for the Presi-
dency by the Kansas City Democratic
Convention.
The dispatches state that when Mr..
Bryan arose to reply, demonstration
took place which had never been
equaled in that city. The people sim.
ply "went Wild" in their enthusiasm
for the man who represents the mass
es so completely as to unite the turbu-
lent factions into solid irresistible
body of enthusiastic supporters. Or.
der was finally restored, when Mr..
Bryan began his address, which was OF
considerable length. Cheer upon
cheer greeted every period, and the
crowd shouted themselves hoarse in
the effort to demonstrate the extent OF
their approval of his we'll known sen.
timents.
Nobody since the days of Lincoln
has had firmer hold upon the popu.
lar heart, and it is safe to say that
were it not for the spirit of covetous.
ness which has tainted the political
stream; were it not for the selfishness
OF wealth, which has succeeded so
well i'll entrenching itself behind law
were it not for the cohesive power OF
public plumber" and the almost help
less condition of labor under the iron
rule OF selfish, greedy masters, Mr..
Bryan would be elected by majority
never equaled in American politics.
Mr.. Bryan's address was devoted
mainly to the question of Republic or
Empire, and what he said fills eight
columns of closely-printed matter OF
the city papers. The STANDARD, be-
lieving it to be one of the most i'm.
portant state papers issued at this
critical juncture in national affairs,
will present it in full in our next
issue. 1t should be read and its pre-
cepts treasured in the memory of
every citizen until his ballot is cast in
November.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

WHETHER the people call him
Webbing Willie" or "Bobbling Bill.
lie," he is still the same vacillating
tool of the moneyed power which
bought him and paid his debts to ever
have plant tool to do their bidding.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

How we'll Bret Harte knew the
Heather Chinee, late experience
shows, when he depicted his character
in the lines
For ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain,
The Heather Chinee lie peculiar"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

THE grain crops of Eastern Wash
ington are hereafter to be carried by
the N. P. over their own track to Ia
coma, instead of over the o. r. N. to
Portland, and that fact is creating
CONSERVATION in Portland.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

JOHN Clark Ridpath, the eminent
historian, died in New York city, on
the evening of July 3lst, from a COM
plication of diseases. He was native
of Indiana, and born in 1910. He en-
tered Indiana Ashbury University in
1859, and graduated in 1868. He
filled several important chairs in
prominent universities and in 1874 be-
gan his career as author, in historic
fields. A school history of the United
States was followed by popular his
tory covering the same ground, and a
history of the World and Great Races
Of Mankind. These were followed by
his Encyclopedia of Normal History,
the Standard Encyclopedia, and other
works of note.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10
Thurston County Democratic Convention.

ihurstoh Counsy Democratic Convention.
The Thurston County Democratic Cen
trail Committee, at meeting held in
olympia, WASH, this 4th day of August,
1910, pursuant to notice, has called a
Democratic County Convention, to be
held for said county of Thurston, at Good
Tmplar's hall, in o lympia, at O'Clock
p. NJ, on
saturday, August 18th, 1900,
for the purpose of nominating twelve
delegates to represent the Democratic
party of ThurstOn county in the State
Democratic Convention, 10 be held in
Seattle, on Monday, the eth day of Au-
gust, 1900, and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come be-
fore it. The basis of representation
agreed upon from each of the wards and
precincts in said county to said County
Convention is one delegate at large and
one delegate for each twenty votes cast
for N. T. Cation for Presidential Elector
at the general election of 1896.
Notice is hereby given that the said
County Convention will be held at the
ebove time and place and it is recon-
mended that all citizens of the county
who will be legal voters therein at the
general election to be held in the State
on Tuesday, Nov. 6. 1900. who will sup
port Hon. William Jennings Bryan for
the Presidency and Hon. Adlai E. Ste.
qenson or Vice President, during the
campaign, and will vote for them at said
election. are urged to participate in said
primaries and County Convention held
to elect delegates to the State Conven-
ton called to nominate candidates for
State, district and congressional officers.
1t is further recommended that mass
meetings be held at the usual places OF
voting in the several precincts on
Wednesday, the 18th day of August, at
z 80 O'Clock p. NJ. at Tumwater, and in
the different wards of Olympia, and at
the other precincts in the county al the
most convenient hour asdecided upan by
the committeeman of said precincts, and
elect delegates to the said County Con-
venlion, according to the following APP
pOrtionment. to-wit:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10


WELL, WELL!-It is now ascertained
that his accidency has had the pre-
sumption, when he took his wife and
daughter with him on his jaunts over
the State, to present bills for their
transportation, meals in dining cars,
and first-class hotel accommodations,
to the State Auditor for allowance and
payment from the peoples money.
Great Scottl where will this assurance
end? Has the freak becom king that
he may pension his relatives upon the
public bounty? The Auditor prompt
ly refused to allow the bills and the
Attorneg General when appealed to
for aid in passing" the claim, declined
to be used as an executive cat's-paw.
The mind searches in vain for any JUS
LITIGATION, or appearance OF propriety
for the attempt to saddle the personal
expenses of relatives upon the backs
OF the people, while he himself is draw.
ing a salary that he never dreamed OF
attaining until he became the stump
that the lightning struck. His con-
duct as executive has been vertical
ton of the adage, "Put a beggar on
horseback and he'll ride to the devil"
Time was when the writer knew him
to 60 several blocks out of his way to
drink ten cent whiskey and avoid pay
ing the "plutocratic" price of l2a
cents a glass--or IL cents as it amount
ed to him, for he always drank alone.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

SCIENTISTS say that the heated
weather of July was caused by dis
turbance of the suns surface, in which
flashes of light (and heat) 100000
miles long were projected towards the
earth's orbit.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

TEN thousand pounds of the present
seasons hop crop have been contracted
for at Independence, Oregon, at nine
cents q pound.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

The cartoonists are just having a
picnic in making pictures of Roose.
welt. His distinguishing points of diff
ference from other men are carefully
brought out and into prominence by
the caustic pencil OF the artist. A
knight clad in coat OF mail riding a
hobby horse, with sword waving and
teeth cleaning and eyes protruding,
seem to be the artists conception OF
the Bombastes Furioso who adds some
life to the Republican cortage in the
present campaign. Teddy 10 as much
the clown of the present aggregation
as Dan Rice was to the old time, one.
ringed sawdust circus performance.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

UNEASY lies the head which wears
a CROWN" seems to bear a deeper sig
nifcance now that the anarcbistic
spirit has become rampant.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

Harry Arlington, of Detroit, Mich,
was looking up some lots in Harris
burg, suburb of Tacoma" last Satur-
day, only to learn that there is no
such suburb, and that the man to
whom he put up $500 had buncoed
him. He takes the matter philo-
sophically, saying that the fellow who
tricked him was so clever that lie feels
like forgiving him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

FRITZ Meyer, chief of n band of an
archists in New York, at an open
meeting for endorsement of the assas.
sination of King Humbert, on the LIST
inst, said: Humbert is dead TODAY ::
tomorrow it will be McKinley's turn.
Prince or President, it is all the same
Both are tyrants." Still, strange to
say, no arrest was made. If there is
any excuse for lynch law. it is in deal.
ing with red-handed anarchists. The
people OF the Empire State should de.
stroy such a menace to free govern
ment, as they would a wild animal
Get loose on the populace.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-10

"THE Republic Must and Shall be
Preserved" is the motto under which
the Democratic campaign was opened
in Peoria, Illinois, last week.