Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-29
A FEW FACTS.
Nothing Talks More to the Point Than Facts
and Figures.

and Figures.
YELM, Aug. a, 1902.
ED. STANDARD:
The matinee by the Republicans
of Thurston county, with high jinks
specialties," as mentioned in your issue
Of the 18th, has undoubtedly culmi.
mated in something. 1t always does.
! haven't seen the report but it is dead
easy to anticipate what a Republican
Convention will do. The first thing
in order, no doubt, was a resolution
endorsing the administration in every
thing it has done, either good or bad,
they are not particular. The main
thing is to endorse. 1t will be remem-
bered that in the campaigns of 1898
and 1900 they endorsed the gold stand
ard, though every mothers son OF
them denounced il in 1896. President
Mckinley said, during the Spanish
war, that Forciblc annexation was
criminal aggression" and then sent
$1,000 soldiers to the Philippines to
show that he didn't mean what lie
said, or rather that the capitalists
wouldn't allow him to carry out his
convictions.
As a rule, a great part of the time is
spent in telling the people what the
grand old party has done for them,
and they generally succeed in hood
winking the voter and that is all they
want, for if there is anything Repub.
lican sighs for it is Office. 1t is hi.
stock in trade, and he goes for all
there is in it as the records will show.
By examining the reports of the
various officials, you will find that
the expenses OF the State have been
from so to 100 per cent. greater when
the Republicans were in the harness.
1t is q fact that cannot be disputed
that the administration of State at.
fairs from 1896 to 1900 was the most
conservative, economical and prosper
Gus administration we have ever had.
Now why was the party defeated? In
my opinion for two causes:
First. Too much wrangling in the
fusion forces. Instead of union it was
disunion. 1t was simply failure to
conform to the old maxim "united we
stand, divided We fall"
Second, a Misrepresentation of facts
by campaign speakers and no one to
refute them.
The average voter is not generally
posted on political affairs, for his time
is employed in making q living. l
believe the average voter wants TO do
right, but he don't read enough of the
right kind of literature to enable him
to discriminate. The country is food
ed during campaign by all parties
with theories on political economy and
speeches in Congress setting forth the
fallacies OF this party and the beauties
OF that, till,the voter is bewildered with
verbosity, and it is not surprising that
he is as apt to vote wrong as right.
To the people living on this coast it
seems that times are better than they
we're from so till '96 and il not only
seems so but it is so and they natur.
ally attribnte it to the Republican
party and vote accordingly, but we had
good things in this State from sc till
the present, and two-thirds of the time
we had a fusion administration and
the good times commenced with that
administration and il was 10 conse.
quence OF the corruption of preceding
Republican administrations that the
fusion administration was placed in
power and it did just what was ex.
pected OF it except in cases where il
was thwarted by Republican holdovers.
The Republicans make great howl
about prosperity and attribute it all to
the wisdom of the &. o. p. Now that
10 just what we all want. Comfort.
happiness and liberty is what We ali
strive for, and if the Republican party
has secured these for all the people, let
US give it the credit and vote for it. A
good government works for ali the
people, not few privileged classes. It
has for its object the greatest good for
the greatest number. Now while
wags-earners on this coast are gettiue
from $3.50 to SO per day, they are get.
ting but $12 to SIS per month in the
southern States, and there art hun
dreds Of thousands working in the
mines for 81 80 per day. The party
has allowed corporate greed to con.
centrste into the hands OF 10 per
cent. of the population at least IS per
cent. of the wealth of the nation, II
has fostcred trusts and combines till
they virtually control the government.
It has verified the prediction made
by Abraham Lincoln, many years ago.
"that corporations would become en-.
throned and the money OF the country
would be concentrated in few hands
and all Of Liberty would be lost.
1t is . conceded that J. p. Morgan
controls total capitalization of S..
2l0, 993, 1856, which 10 more than all the
| gold coined or nncnined in thu cor,,