Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-11
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OLYMPIA, " t>Il.
!ElDAi EVENING. NAY II. 1890.
A Dubious PropEc ct.

"A DAp4Ouo = v tA-~h.
liz EcW.tucAu papers a. placing
Murn >t.,>~ upon Il tail" ina,,c g.: tho
electoral ro,.,-c ;rr 1900. ty Gen
Cha-. II ->,nor, t.. Ohio, IN which
ho >hoN> qui'" conclu~i,r'y t" him.
-: 49,! TIA eminent satisfaction OF
Administration Republicans, that NJ
Mckinney Will ho reelected. They
ha-c their faith IN lim upon the allie
CATION that Ac made a reputation IL 4.
political prophet IN 1896, while acting
a ~tat;stician Of the Mckinley cam.
paign. That position doubtless gave
linn an insight to the extraordinary
means that were being used to cocrco
voters, as we'll a. the plans for count
iu- Ia or Out ly means OF corrupt cleo.
ton boards, and it may he that he
va, thus enabled To base hi> predic.
tons upon almost imprcgnablt
grounds. because ii his knowledge d
unknown and unprecedented means
OF controlling the expression at the
polls. The methods then employed
are now known and cannot be used sc
easily, if at all, and there are now
many issues of gigantic importance
even exceeding the great issue OF BIZ
metallism, each OF which will attract
adherents to the opposition party.
Then again, SO much is involved in
undeveloped conditions, all of which
seem to be rapidly crystalizing into
a clear course. OF action against ideas
which menace the very nature of free
government, that the friends of re.
form find much encouragement in the
outlook. 1t is beyond the power Of
man to discover just what will be the
exact course of important factors in
shaping political events, and without
they are taken into consideration in
forming an opinion, it might just as
well remain unexpressed. Faith in
readings from the stars, or confidence
in occult mysteries of nature which
depend upon successful guess fol-
verification, find little favor with
reasoning people, while the logic OF
events may be readily traced from
premise to conclusion.
Take for instance the appearance oil
Admiral Dewey on the stage OF action
as a possible entity in party matters.
While nobody seems to think that he
seriously menaces the nomination oil
man long since chosen in the hearts
OF the people, it is just as readily con.
coded that he would be an invincible
aid to the ticket, if his name is placed
beside that of Bryan, the one repre-
senting craftsmanship, truth and
honor, and the other courage valor
and patriotism. What a happy com.
bination it would be to wrest the
country from the course it is now pur.
suing with fearfully increasing mo-
mentum!
Gen. Grosvenor must bring some
thing more tangible than the bare as.
sertion that he "feels it in his bones"
and something more reasonably con-
elusive than anything which has yet
appeared among the political proba-
bilities, to induce a belief that there is
much credence to be placed in figures
which, to say the least, are evidently
invoked to appear at the right mo-
ment to perpetuate the reign of Will
liam /. This is an instance in which
it is exceedingly probable that the
wish is father to the thought.
JUDGE" White has been reconvert.
ed to Bryan's support. He flew off on
3 tangent. it will be remembered, sew.