Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-06-15
&Pashln9ton Standard
Oi.INPIa, WASH.
fnlDii EENINi, ItNE Is. 1900.
j. r. Rogers.

Occasionally we hear the expression
that Rogers has made Il good Gov
crnor,' used by people, invariably,
Who have had little or no means for
forming AN accurate Judgment. The
rr','i-r phrl>eulpgy @! the continent,
Away uttered with t." same sequence
oi word- and accent in vocalization,
indicates that. like the chance words
uttered by the parrot, il has been
learned 10y rote and is repeated by q
mechanical twist Of the tongue. The
teachers, it is evident, have been the
halia-doIcn dependents who have
been afforded tidhits in the shape of
salaries hy executive favor, and who
are shouting holzanahs, "a the gro
t"-IIe sclf-imposcd candidate is be-
ing groomed 10y his manager for en-
trance at the race in the ides Of the
fall months.
Now We maintain that, prejudice
anu seif-lntrir.t aside, the people OF
the capital city have better means of
knowing and judging of the qualitica-
tions OF j. r. Rogers, than any other
people on Earth. This is the only op-
portunity he has ever had to demon
strate his official fitness and in con-
nection Herewith, the people have
been afforded splendid opportunity
for judging as we'll OF his personal
characteristics and moral qualities, at
close range as it were: to weigh every
individual attribute and fix its proper
value.
This has been done fairly and dis
passionately, by the majority OF our
people, and the verdict is as universal
As 1T is concise and unqualified. 1t is
that Rogers does not possess a single
qualification that exalts him above
hundreds OF other deserving men and
that he has engrained within his ma
ture so many Objectionable traits Of
character as to make him an exceed
ingly Objectionable candidate for DEM
ocrats to support for executive, or any
other Office.
First, the people who know him
best are firmly convinced that he is
untruthful; I'd, That he is inordinate-
ly selfish; Sd, That he is wholly I'M
scrupulous; 4th, That he has, at
times, so far prostituted his position
as Executive as to make official favor
a condition for personal service, both
to subserve fierce hatreds aud personal
ambition; 9th, That he is, at times
discourteous in his official manners
9th, That he is boorish in habit, and
wholly wanting in those social ameni-
ties which are so essential in the de.
pertinent of the chief executive. The
list might be indefinitely extended,
but this is sufficient to show Rogers
utter unfitness for retention in that
Office.
The reputation of the writer for YER
acity, which, during somewhat ex-
tended newspaper career, has never
been seriously questioned, is staked on
the proof of each and every one OF the
above statements. Those who COM
mend the Governors methods, are
either recipients of his favors or
have formed an opinion from an i'm
perfect knowledge of the INSCRIPTIONS
and vindictive nature OF the man.
All we ask of candid citizens is to
investigate, and we stand ready to
furnish indubitable proof that the
man who has changed his party for
denomination is as disreputable in all
respects as he has shown himself to be
untrue to his party friends.
The youngest commissioned officer