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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
A Good Move.
Mt. Vernon Argus.

The lawyers of the state have started
a movement to take the judiciary out
of politics. The plan provides that
the supreme and superior judges shall
be elected at judicial election;
that no general election nor municipal
election in cities of over 10000 in
habitants shall be held within 60 days
OF said judicial election; that nomina-
tions for judges Of the supreme and
superior courts of the State shall be
made by petition, and that no candi-
date who shall knowingly accept the
nomination or endorsement of any
organization or party shall have his
name printed on the official ticket,
nor shall any votes cast for him be
counted. A constitutional amend
ment is required to effect his change
from the present system, but if the
bar OF the State will give active sup
port to the movement it will not be
difficult to succeed. The only op-
position is likely to come from poll
ticians. and if they are given to
understand that the movement is
popular, they, too, will support it.
We all know the strength or weakness
which II party nomination carries.
But the lawyers of the State are not
the only ones interested in securing a
non-partisan judiciary. Every citi-
zen should be interested. If the
coming legislature will only submit
the amendment to the voters, they
will do the rest. And the legislature
will submit it if their constituents
will give them to understand what is
wanted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
Routed with a Hat-Pin,

That >innocent-looking and limo.
Gently used weapon, the hat-pin, may
be transformed into as deadly weapon
as the Italians stiletto, and we are
not quite sure bnt that there have
been cases in which it has been 80
used. An incident, however, of a
more amusing character in connection
with it occurred in the course of Gov
ernor Roosevelt's recent visit to Kan
sas. On reaching the town of Man
haitian, in that, State, he found large
crowd assembled to greet him, and the
men had so completely usurped all the
points OF vantage that there was no
chance for the women, who were gath
cred in the rear, to catch even an oc.
casional glimpse of what was going
on. In vain the women pleaded with
the men to get down. They held
their positions and resisted all appeals
In this emergency one young woman
shouted to her companions, "Try
your hat-pins!" In an instant every
woman started forward with her hat
pin leveled at the offending and obsti.
nate men. The latter hesitated, but
it was only for moment. AS they
watched the steady oncoming of the
determined phalanx panic seized
them, and they literally tumbled over
one another in their effort to get out
of the way. The rout was complete
and ended in the women getting the
best seats in the house. And they GER
tainly deserved to have them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04

ment for the army. This raises the
price of the commodities to every
American miner in the Klondike and
Cape Nome, or wherever else such
canned provisions may be consumed.
Thus the people pay taxes to main.
tain an imperial army, and this inn
perial army is the direct means of
raising the cost of living at home.
But this is only one small shoot in
the slowly spreading banyan tree Of
imperialism. What does the flag
stand for in Puerto Rico?
1t does not stand for the constitution
of this Republic. Its Specification
is that of the French flag over
Madagascar, the Russian flag over
Turkestan, and the British flag over
the Transvaal. And there still re-
mains the imperialism of the Philip
pines and our flag-protected harem in
the Snlu islands. Let us have 70
more OF it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
OUR ARMY AND TAXES.
New York Journal.

The Republican campaign com.
mittee is fighting strenuously and
hopefully against the idea of inn
perialism. 1t calls it a boggy-a
dream-idle chatter-an inchoate
chimera, and various other names
calculated to reassure the simple
minded inquirer.
To begin at the very foundation of
things, let us take the imperial war
tax, which rolls $6O,OOO,OOO yearly
into the treasury from the pockets of
the people.
Its very existence means i'm
perialism. 1t is tax to support an
army, not to prosecute a war. Before
Mckinley and his court became
blinded with the glamor of the purple
it had been resolved to abolish this tax
with the establishment of peace.
Peace had been duly established,
but the people are still paying a war
tax for the support OF regular army
five times as large as any that has
ever been called upon to uphold law
and order in this country in times OF
peace.
Is this not imperialism? Are not
these taxes a copy OF the stupendous
burden of militarism under which the
workingmen of Germany, France,
England and Russia are groaning, and
which in Italy has been the direct
cause of most dastardly regicide?
There is absolutely no necessity for
a regular army of the Mckinley
dimensions. If we have obligations
to perform in foreign countries, a
million volunteers are ready and
willing to spring to the front.
The people of this country pay
heavy war taxes for the support of an
unnecessary regular army; but that is
not all. This army must be supplied
ands provisioned. Note the effect
OF it:
Last week the price of canned
corned beef and roast beef advanced
from $1.25 to $l.5O per dozen for one
pound cans. The direct cause of the
advance was the demand for these
goods by the United States govern
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
Public Ownership.

In Germany you can ride miles
for l cent. on the government-owned
lines. Yet wages are over 1875 per
cent. higher than they were.
Those who are SO fearful of gov
ernment ownership should read the
following:
In Australia on government owned
railroads you can ride a distance oi
1000 miles for $3.50, first-class, while
workingmen can ride 6 miles for 2
cents, IL miles for cents, 80 miles
for 10 cents, and workingmen receive
from 20 to 80 per cent more wages for
eight hours of labor than they are
paid in this country for ten hours.
In Victoria, where these rates prevail,
the net income from the railroads is
sufficient to pay all the federal taxes,
which is another convincing proof of
the possibility OF government without
taxation.
In Hungary, where the roads are
state.owned, you can ride 6 miles for
l cent, and since the roads were
bought by the government the mems
wages have doubled.
Belgium tells the same story
fares and freight rates cut down one.
half, and wages doubled. Yet the
roads pay yearly revenue to the
government of $4,OOO,OOO. In the
United States, under private owner
ship, it is the other way. We have
paid the railroads billions in land and
money, and are now paying them
miiiione yearly for carrying the mail
and yet freight ana passenger rates
are so extortionate.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
CAT DISPLAYS RARE STRATEGY.
Feline Ingenuity Which Might Have Done Fair
Credit to Military Expert
Grand Rapids Herald

Grand Rapids Herald.
1t was not his size or his beauty
which made him remarkable, though
his possession of these attributes Of
feline superiority easily made him
prominent among the cats of the
neighborhood with whom he waged
unrelenting warfare, but the fact is
that he possessed a controlling mind
and a strategic ability that would
have made him great commander
had he been born in a more exalted
sphere of life. For this cat, with true
diplomacy, made friends with the dogs
OF his particular domain and went
forth to battle attended by a body
guard whose appearance inspired re-
spect and assisted him in his combats.
An English mastifr, bird dog, and
small cocker spaniel shared his meals,
and later enabled him to gain victo-
ries over his hated rival, the gray cat
across the street.
This cat had had many contest
with that gray cat, but the combat al
ways resulted in draw, because of the
guerilla tactics of his wary opponent,
who preferred a short fight and a
rapid dash to safety to a prolonged
conflict where the superior weight and
fighting ability of the cat with the
controlling mini would have decid-
ed advantage.
The thought that victory, undisput-
ed, had never yet perched upon his
banners vexed the soul of the diplo-
patio feline and embittered his milk
and beefsteak with the wormwood OF
vengeance long delayed. But at last
diplomacy triumphed and retribution
overlook the gray prowler and dis
turber of midnight slumber.
One day in fatal hour the gray cat
invaded the precincts OF the feline
Bismarck when the allies of the latter
were at hand. When he struck sud.
den blow and ran, a smile OF JOY part
ed the whiskers OF the cat with the
controlling mind, and with him the
three dogs joined the chase.
Because OF their superior numbers
the dogs easily caught and brought to
bay the gray cat then formed ring
about him while the avenger entered
the arena and began the battle. Con-
tinually driven back into the ring by
the three dogs. tha gray cat was un-
able to pursue his favorite tactics, and
the result, after one of the prettiest
"cat scraps" that that ward had ever
seen. was complete victory for the cat
with the diplomatic inclinations.
Only when the gray cat, by flying
leap over the heads of the dogs, es-
capped did he let up in the work of
righteous retribution. Theo, in the
consciousness Of victory, the conquer
or returned, accompanied by his al
lies, to his repast of milk and beef
steak, lord of his own domain. And
the surrounding neighborhood as far
as three blocks owned his undisruted
sway.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04

WHAT shall we do when the wood is
all gone? This question has been
asked from the beginning of the set
tlement of this country, and the ques.
tion has been answered as rapidly as
there was the necessity for an answer.
Wood has to large degree passed out
as fuel, and coal took its place. Wood
is rapidly passing out as building
material, and stone and brick and
iron are taking its place. Recently
the farmers have been asking what
they shall do for permanent fence
posts. The answer has come in the
discovery that most excellent posts
can be made of sand and Portland ce-
ment, prepared the came as for side
walk purposes, and nodded to the re-
quired form. Before it hardens holes
may be punched where it is desired to
insert wires, or Stats set in to which
boards may be nailed. They are no
more expensive than cedar posts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04

A FIvE-YEAR-oLD Buffalo boy went
with his mother to make a call. The
lady Of the house, who was fond of
children, told him she meant to ask
his mother to let her have him.
"Don't you think your mother would
let me buy your" she asked.
"No, ma'am," answered the little
fellow; "you haven't got money
enough"
"How much would it takef" she
continued.
"Three hundred dollars" said the
boy promptly, as if that would settle
the matter once for all.
"Oh, we'll, then," said the woman
l think 1 can manage it. If car
will you come and stay with me?"
"No, ma'am," he said with decision
" Mamma wouldn't sell me anyhow
There are five of tls, and mamma
wouldn't like to break the SET"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON FRIDAY EVENING" JAM T. 1901

"The Presidency seemed desirable
because it would have enabled me to
give effective aid to certain reforms
which l believe to be necessary to the
public welfare, but defeat-even a Sc
cond defeat-does not lessen my in
terest in these reforms, and time may
prove that my work is to advocate
rather than execute. The Commoner
will give me an opportunity to partici-
pate in public discussions, and l am
sure that an editorial position will
furnish as much intellectual enjoy
ment as / could have found in the
White House, and in addition thereto
give me more time for home pleasures"
John W. Kern Of Indiana spoke to
the toast Crank and File" He said in
part: "The Democracy OF Hendricks
was the Democracy of the Kansas City
platform. If living his voice would
have rung out in the last campaign in
behalf OF those principles always dear
to his heart. But while the Demo.
cratic party is still the conservative
party, as it was in the days of Hen
dricks,san is ready now, as then, to
strive to find common ground upon
which all Democrats who believe in
constitutional government may stand
in coming conflicts, it is to-day holding
no parley with deserters.
"There is no occasion for crimina.
ton and recrimination as between
Democrats, bat there should always be
generous and patriotic rivalry as to
who will render the most effective SER
vice in the work of building up the
party organization and strengthening
the party lines for the coming con.
flict."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
MARK is RESPONSIBLE
For the Amity which Exists Between England
and Us.

Tor the Amity which Exists Between England
and Us.
The Truth Seeker thus comments
upon Mark Twain's sarcastic COM
ments upon English love and Ameri-
can subserviency and the magnanim-
ity OF their open-door Chinese policy:
"There is no place where people all
think alike--well there is heaven; !;
there they do, but let US hope it won't
be so always" This was one OF Mark
Twain's observations in a speech intro
ducing Mr.. Winston Spencer Church.
i'll, the English war correspondent, to
an American audience. And he went
on: "For years I've been self-ap-
pointed missionary to bring about the
union of America and the mother
land. This ought to be union OF
friendship and esteem and fellowship,
an alliance of the heart which should
permanently and benefcently cement
the two peoples together. I've
warmed this mission of mine mp with
compliments to both peoples wherever
I've been. They ought to be united.
Behold America, the refuge of the op-
pressed from everywhere (who can pay
$50 admission) anyone except a
misunderstanding up for human
rights everywhere. even helping to
make China let people in free when
she wants to collect $50 from them.
And how unselfishly England has
wrought for the open door for all.
And how piously America has wrought
for that open door where it was not
her own. How generous England and
America have been in not compelling
China to pay exorbitantly for extin-
guished missionaries. They are will
ing to make produce for them-fire.
crackers and such; while the Germans
must have monuments and any other
Doodle that is lying around. They've
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
A High Mark.

The New York Almanac for 1901,
issued by Chas. H. Fletcher of New
York City, has set high mark for
similar publications during the new
century, and shows remarkable enter
prise on the part of the publisher
when we consider that it is intended
solely for free distribution. The nu.
merous publications of this character
are usually gotten up with the single
idea of cheapness, while the thought
of expense has certainly been set aside
in the case Of the New York Almanac.
The artistic colorings of the cover,
the accuracy of its calenders and its
fund of information all 60 to make it
we'll worthy OF perusal and preserva-
ton. 1t has innumerable hints for
mothers as to the care of children. A
unique page is the "Baby's Record"
page, which is in blank, to be filled
in with baby's name, date of birth, cut
first tooth, etc.
The whole is very creditable piece
OF work and may be procured at any
drug store or direct on request, free.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
OAsToRTA,
s..nsh. 11hs Kind You Have A!xa: ossk
''';;''' q &Mzzz;zT
Does This Mean You Z?

How dear to my heart is the steady
subscriber, who pays in advance at the
birth of each year, who lays down his
dollar and does it quite gladly and
casts round the Office halo of cheer.
He never says stop it, can't afford
it, nor Pm getting more papers now
than l read; but always send it, the
family likes it, in fact we all think it a
real household need. How welcome
he is when he steps in the sanctum.
How he makes our hearts throb, how
he makes our hearts dance! We out
wardly thank him, we inwardly bless
him; the steady subscriber who pays
in advance.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
THE TREATY ALL RIGHT.

1t Is Self.Evident Proposition that We Could
Not Make Treaty that Would Permit Ships
Of Hostile Power to Use the Canal.
Senator Spooner, OF Wisconsin, in
discussing the action of the Senate in
amending the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
and conditions regarding the isthmian
canal, says:
"1t seems quite clear, although
men differ about it, that Section l of
Article II would give TO Great Britain,
if at war with US, a right to pass its
warships through the canal. At any
rate it is debatable whether that is
not the proper construction. There
is no difference of opinion, so far as I
have heard, upon the proposition that
we would not, while building a canal
with our own money. owning and
managing it, hold it open to the COM
merce of the world, in peace or war,
and to the war vessels of the powers
engaged in war with each other and
permit fleet of warships of power
engaged in war with us to pass
through this public work of ours, to
attack our cities ON the Atlantic, Pa
cifc or Gulf coast.
"The right of self-defense is just as
much the first law of nature in its ap-
plicability to nations as it is to indi-
viduals. nor is it peculiar to any one
nation. To most men studying the
subject it would seem unwise to ratify
treaty permanent in its nature, leav-
ing it open to question whether in the
event of war with us, the canal
should become a facility afforded by
us and at our cost for an attack upon
us. 1t would seem to be wise, if it
were our purpose to close the canal
against fleet hostile to US, to say so,
in order to exempt US, if we exercise
that right hereafter, from the we'll
founded charge of having violated
solemn treaty obligation. ~
Second-At the time the Davis
amendment was proposed and adopted
Article III was in the treaty. That
article bound both Great Britain and
the United States to seeure the sad.
herence' OF other governments to the
terms of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Every power which 'adheres' to q
treaty, or what is the same thing, be.
Comes n party to 1t by accession, is
entitled to the benefits of its stipula.
tions, and without the Davis amend.
ment or any equivalent many think
that if we closed the canal, at least
against any adhering power hostile to
us, we would thereby afford founda-
tion for the claim by all the adhering
powers that we had violated the treaty
and furnish them with q casus beui
against US which might lead to com.
bination against us hostile in its
character, or might at least be taken
to justify refusal to enforce the neu-
trality rules of international law.
This could not be true with the Davis
amendment adopted, because every
adhering nation would have become
party with knowledge of this reserved
right of self-defense. Later the third
article for the adherence of other ma
tions was stricken out"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04

made Christianity so expensive that
China can't afford German mission
aries any more" There were many
Christians among Twain's hearers, by
whom it is not believed his sarcasms
were thoroughly enjoyed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04

A SPIRITUAL medium who claims to
hrve held confab with the spirit OF
Jay Gould says the shade appeared
with a harp in its hand. Perhaps il
the medium had looked closer he
would have discovered that it was an
asbestus fan.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04

PROF. WYKoFF says: ain the mat.
ter of labor organizations this country
is fifty years behind. England. Never
in the history Of the world was there q
system of labor so grinding as in Eng
land at the close OF the eighteenth
century. But the workmen of Eng
land did organize, and to-day they are
better, receive higher wages, and work
half as many hours day as they did
at the close of the eighteenth CEN
turY."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04

A TRULY patriotic woman is Mrs.
Margaret Ward of Allentown, Pa, who
has given birth to eight children, in
every instance choosing the Fourth of
July as the birthday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04
NEVER EAT A BREAKFAST.
Inhabitants OF an Entire Town Foreso the
Morning Meal.
New York World.

New 1Ork World.
Breakfasts have practically gone
out OF fashion in Meadville, Pa. The
crusade against them, so vigorously
conducted for several years past by
DIR. L. II. Dewey, has accomplished
its ohirc.. Butchers, bakers and
buckwheat-cakc makers are threaten
ing to move to some city where theo-
ries flourish less readily.
DIR. Dewey, leader of the no.break-
fast movement" as it is called here,
began to be suspicious of breakfast as
an Institution some fifteen years ago.
A robust meal taken directly after ris.
ing seemed to him, as he thought of
it, an unjustifable indulgence, and
the European fashion of beginning the
day with coffee and rolls eminently
rational in comparison, while fasting
until noon seemed more sensible still.
Hesitating at first to prescribe this
regimen for his patients, DR.. Dewey
tried the application of his theories on
himself with such success that he has
ever since urgently advocated their
adoption by others.
The result is that the popular break
fast in Meadville has been reduced to
its lowest terms. There are scores of
DR.. Dewey's followers who eat no
breakfast until noon, and many more
who limit themselves to coffee in the
morning.
"My theory" explained DR.. Dewey
to the Sunday Worlds correspondent,
ais that it is wrong TO impose the task
of digestion on a body freshly recuper
ated by sleep, and in condition to
work. Digestion, it is we'll known,
draws heavily on the brain and nerve
forces, which should not be taxed at
the beginning of the days work.
Food should be left alone, therefore,
until such time as there has been a
physical waste OF tissue which needs
to be replaced by fSod."
In support OF this DIR. Dewey points
out the improved health of his disci-
Piles here. The no-breakfast" believ-
ers, he will assure you, really eat more
food, after all, than those who begin
the day with heavy meal, for their
acquired habit so improves their
health that a demand is created for
additional nourishment.
1t is, of course, self.evident that
every sensible housekeeper encourages
the movement, as the saving of weari-
| nass and work is we'll worth consider
ing. ------------
When the patient is suffering from
actual disease DR.. Dewey goes still
further and recommends absolute
fasting, for he believes not only that
people eat too much, but that most
ills are caused by eating. Leonard
Thress of Philadelphia underwent a
fifty days fast. Colonel Jacobson OF
Chicago has just returned to his home
after sixty days fast in the Mead
vile City hospital under DR.. Dewey's
personal care.
One of DIR. Dewey's most prominent
followers is George Schwartzman, who
began the "no-breakfast" plan ten
years ago, when in poor health. He
weighed l60 pounds when he began
the experiment, and now weighs 199
pounds. He has not eaten breakfast
in ten years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04

THERE is cigar factory in Pennsyl-
vania where women work from 7 A. NJ.
until 10P. NJ.