Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-30
Reiteration But Confirms.


II seems that the STANDARDS "a.
pier cut quite deeply last week, when
1t revealed the fact that the Recorder
had propensity to foster Tacoma
ambitions and promote Tacoman ideas
in nearly everything it advocates. Its
allusion to the splendid foundation for
a state capitol as monument to
somebody's folly" cannot, however, be
modified in true intent Of words by re-
iteration or dlsavowal OF their primary
and only meaning. The fact is that
the policy OF the paper has been out.
lined by its owner, and it must be
edited according to order or somebody
loses job.
1t will be remembered by our people
that capitol construction was stopped
by Gov. Rogers, a man who showed
uniriendliness if not hostility for Olym-
pia, when Representative in the Leg
islature from Pierce county, before he
became executive OF that State. That
soon as he assumed the Office he used
every means in his power to prevent
the construction OF State house, at.
firming first that the Indebtedness
would be greater than the State could
reasonably assume, and when the Su-
preme Court declared that warrant
holders would have recourse only on
the land grant, he became firmly i'm.
bued with the belief that the lands
could not be sold for enough to build
the capitol; when that was met by a
guaranty to raise the amount, upon
the lands. he persisted in vetoing the
construction bill on technical grounds,
and when these were met and shown
to be without any force, he petulantly
declared that while he was Governor
the capitol should not be constructed
on a "McGraw foundation" thus
showing that after all, he allowed per.
sonal spite, prejudice and animosity to
sway his judgment upon one of the
most important measures of his ad-
ministration that had thrice been Or
dered and ratified by the people. It
will be remembered that the State Leg
lslature paid Goss, the contractor,
for capitol construction 5000 for dam.
ages in breaking the contract.
Nobody will object to the State ~.
suming the indebtedness for the capt.
toll foundation to fund it at q lower
rate of interest, for that would be .
sound business proposition. but tho
Recorder will find it difficult task to
make people believe that its owner,
with extensive possessions at Tacoma,
feels greater desire to keep the capt.
tai at Olympia than either the STAND.
ARD or the Olympian. In fact, if that
selfish suggestion is a legitimate indi-
cation of motive, it must be conceded
that his first efforts will be directed
where his largest interests will be pro.
NOTED, and that will be, of course, Ia
coma. The puerile bluff is attempted
that OF proffer to show by tax rolls
the Recorder may ultimately pay more
taxes than either or both these papers,
but the fact that they have used Drawn
and brains, muscle and money, for
forty and twenty years, respectively,
to build up the capital and retain the
seat of government, standing for more
than an expenditure of dollars and
cents to promote the object, is carefully
ignored. Mr.. Perkins may, and doubt
less will become, . large taxpayer in
our county, but that is . matter Of
futurity, and hardly . guarantee that,
with his large possessions. he will GEN.
ter all bis efforts to upbuilding Olym-
pia, or that they would be more pro-
ductive of beneficial results than the
labors Of his more humble neiehbors.
The Recorder must adopt something
moro convincing than such childish
endeavors il it would become the
spokesman of the people and the arbi-
ter of their destinies.
GIRLS TO THE REsCUE.-Call il "fad,"
or what you will, the expressed deter
mination of young ladies of Howard,