Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-10-03


Cranks, and PeeIs His Coat to Vent His
Righteous indignation Tie DcmoIishes Ills
Adversaries With Strong Facts Hurled by the
Sling Of Truth-He Asks Them Some Trou.
bIesome Questions. Then "Bastes' Them
Again.
YELN, WASH, Sept. Is, 1902.
ED. STANDARD:
Through the courtesy of some friend,
l have just received copy of Little Oily,
dated Sept. 18th, in which l find an
article entitled can Estimate OF Co.
nine," taken from the Whatcom Rev.
ellie, and judging from the tenor of
the grist it was written by the same
egotistical ass that formerly wrote for
the N. w. Republican. had made up
my mind q" to choke of" on writing
for the press till after election, but
circumstances alter cases. am not
generally considered a combative cuss,
if undisturbed, but don't "tread on
the tail iv me coat"
1t goes against my grain to waste
time On one whose grey.matter is so
transparently developed as to prevent
him from comprehending the simplest
political problems, but as there are
others like him in the d. o. p, this ar
ticle may have the effect of, at least,
exercising their think-box, Q duty very
seldom exercised by many OF the d. o. p,
for the reason that the rank and file
let others do their thinking for them.
When their leaders take snuff they al
ways sneeze. When they hollored"
free silver, it was q 60, and when they
hollered gold standard, it vas youst
der same" When their leaders say,
"Well tax you all rich," every little
snob hollers "you bet." When Nc.
Kinley said, Forcible annexation was
criminal aggression" most of 'em
shouted "Amenw And when he sent
65 900 soldiers to enforce criminal az.
erosion, they said "give 'em H." or
words to that effect. So you see they
don't have to do much thinking. 1t
would be waste of time that could be
employed in making somebody rich so
he could give some poor devil job at
h dollar day, la Baer. Mr.. Baer,
you know, has gone into partnership
with the Almighty along with the rest
of the capitalistic anarchists. When
appealed to to grant the anthracite
strikers a slight concession he said in
part: "The rights and interests OF
the laboring man will be protected and
cared for, not by the labor sgitators,
but by the Christian men to whom
God, in his infinite wisdom, has given
the control OF the property interests of
the country" Ye gods! Did you
ever see such gall! Would any man
have dared utter such language fifty
years ago? Who created those prop.
erty interests! Every dollar OF 'em
was created by labor and we'll my face
tious friend knows it. 1t is by the
application OF labor to the earth that
all wealth is created. Say, you con.
ceited bigot, does labor get it!
Half the millionaires in the United
States never earned . dollar. Their
wealth is the result of the toll and
sweat and Drawn of half-pAid labor
exploited by the damnable legislation
Of the past forty years, and, according
TO Mark Hanna you must, Let we'll
enough alone" You mudsills mustn't
do anything to better your condition.
You mustn't think. Let those whom
God, in his infinite wisdom, has given
control Of the property interest OF the
country" do your thinking for you.
That's what we've been doing and
what 10 the RESULT More strikes and
lockonts than ever was known. Ty.
ranny and oppression rampant. Our
isils, penitentiaries and asylums over.
flowing and the spectacle OF one per
cent. of the population Of our coun try
in control of 80 per cent. Of the wealth
and debating every policy Ct the gov.
ernment. You talk to me about the
liberty and prosperity OF the people
when less than dozen men could, if
90 disposed, block every line OF trans
portation in the United States, and
that it wont do to interfere with their
lawless explorations for fear OF bring.
ing on panici Say, let one tap you
on the head and listen for an echo.
You would have made 0 good tory
during the Revolutionary war they
were in favor Of "lctting we'll enough
Alone" but Washington and Henry
and Adams and Jefferson wasn't in
favor OF that, and they are ~ good
company a. want. We are laboring
under the very conditions to-day that
the Pops and Dems and other REFORM
ers have been warning III against for
years and the very conditions that
Lincoln predicted 40 years ago. II the
money OF the country is not in control
Of the corportions, in the name Of
common sense who has control Of It!
Can't the banks draw in their loans 1t
any time they want to and refuse to
let the money out? Didn't they do it
in '93? Cannot the great factories
that have been built up by tariff legis.
lation close their doors when the mar
kets are supplied and throw millions
out::of employment. Didn't they do it