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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30
Death Of Ex-senator Allen.

Our people were inexpressibiy shocked,
Wednesday night by a telegram an
nouncing the sudden death OF ex-Sen-
ator John B. Allen, at his home in
Seattle. He had been all that day in
his ordinary good health, and had
retired, when about ii o'clock he was
attacked by angina pectoris Ga pecu-
liarly painful nervous affection of the
chest, always attended with great dam
ger) and at IL 40, soon after medical
aid, hastily summoned, had arrived, he
was dead.
Mr.. Allen was one Of our older resi-
dents, and had always held a prominent
position in the political and social life
OF our State. He was born in Craw-
louisville, Ind, May 18th, 1915. He
was . soldier in the 135th Indiana
Volunteers during the civil war and
came to Washington Territory in 1870.
In 1875 he was appointed U. S. District
Attorney, which office he held ten
years. He was elected Delegate to the
Fiftle,h Congress from the Territory,
but it became a State before he was
seated. He was elected Senator Of the
State by the Legislature of 1859, his
term expiring in 1893. Since then
he has followed his profession at Walls
Walla and Seattle. Deceased leaves q
widow and a son and daughter, the
latter being Mrs. Dovell, of Walla
Walla.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

THE way the Preston and Wilson
contingents regard the King county
delegations action on the Senatorial
question. 10 shown by the" cuss.words''
in the Ledger and other anti-Ankeny
papers. Here are the scare.heads oil
the Ledger: Astounding Instance
Of Political Per6dy," "King County
Members Take . Solemn Pledge 70
Stand by Preston and Not Go into
Caucus, and Then Break Il Within
an Hour" "Traitors are Played by
Former Friends" Advocates OF Rail.
road Commission Willing to Sacrifice
that Measure in Interest Of Preston y
etc. It looks - if the Governor by
aid OF those sore-heads might be able
to get even in many ways. The
Governors veto, judiciously used, ID
the equivalent Of about 80 Legislative
votes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

FIETY'Two insane women patient.
were burned 10 death in the Colney
asylum. London, Tuesday afternoon
The fire was in the Jewish wing of the
institution. There were about COG
women in the annex. The nurses had
much trouble in rescuing the panic
stricken creatures. The heat was o.
intense that the iron roof and bedsteads
we're melted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

CARNATION DAY. - A Mckinley
League lately established at Dayton,
Ohio, proposes to perpetuate the
memory OF the late President by
establishment Of . league who will
wear at each recurring Mckinley
birthday, one Of his fsvorite flowers
"A carnation-as . client but OK.
pressive tribute TO his memory. The
movement. it has been suggested, il
probably patterned after the Primrose
Club of England, which was formed
in appreciation of the public services
OF Lord Beaconsfield.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILwAY.-A
Washington dispatch Of Monday states
that the United States Supreme Court
had rendered through Justice Harlan
an opinion affecting the Northern Pa
Pacific land grant. The case was that
of Peter and Henry Nelson, who locat.
ed upon unsurveyed lands within the
Northern Pacific grant in the then
Territory of Washington, in 1881.
This was after the railroad company
had filed its general map showing its
area of definite location. In the opin-
ion of the court, it was held that the
title OF the settlers was better than
that of thefailroad company, and that
until the definite map was filed Con.
gress had control of the lands with
the grant, regardless Of the general
map. In a dissenting opinion, Justice
Brewer said the opinion reverses the
judgment of the court OF 20 years ago.
BY which the Interior Department had
ever since been controlled in dealing
with disputes between the railroad
company and settlers like the Nelson's.
The decision involves indirectly mil.
lions Of acres Of land, and 10 victory
for James Hamilton Lewis, attorney
for Nelson.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

THE steamer Dawson City arrived at
Port Townsend, Saturday, which has
been at sea since Oct. 3Oth. At Port
Moller,. coal Was carried to rerlenish
her bunkers, over . rugged trail Of five
miles in 6O.pound sacks on the shout
ders Of her men. This took two weeks
OF unceasing labor. In obtaining q
supply Of water, one Of her two avail.
able life-boats was smashed, but casks
were finally towed alongside and emp.
tied into the tanks.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

The U. 8. House OF Representa-.
lives hae passed = bill raising the
salaries Of Federal Judges. The Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court, under
it, is TO receive $4,000; Associate
Justices. $l2.t00; Circuit Judges. g..
600; District Judges. 5000; Chief
Justice Court Of Claims, $500; Ae.
sociate Justices, $1,000, and the JUS
tees Of the Supreme Court, D. c.,
5000. An amendment proposed by
Randall. of Texas, prohibiting Fed
eral Judges from accepting free trans.
portation from railroads and telegraph
or telephone franks. was lost-S8 to
ia. The bill passed-l25 to IA. A
proposition has likewise been submitted
to increase the Presidents salary to
100000. Truly we live in an age of
expansion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

A MEETING OF 800 prominent liquor
dealers was held in Seattle, Tuesday,
TO organize Liquor Dealers Protec.
tive Association Of the State, to guard
the traffic from discriminating State
laws. James NJ. Morrison, of Seattle,
was elected President, and in the list oil
Vice Presidents is the name OF Chas.
VeioEen, OF Olympia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

The Oregon Legislature suggests by
resolution that the Washington Law.
makers appropriate 100000 for the
Lewis and Clark Fair. to be held in
Portland in 1906. Now our neighbora
needn't think We have money TO burn
because we sport . millionaire Senator.
If they get half that :mou mt they will
fare better than they deserve.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

MAYOR Hunt Of Walla Walla took q
I" business mans view" of the Sena.
torial situation when on returning to
his native heath he declared /" Ankeny
is out $3.50. 900, and any candidate who
wants to defeat him will have to put
up that amount" If that is not reduc.
ing the proposition to q coin basis, no
words can do it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

IT is reported that our government
has made dicker with England to
make no further endeavor to maintain
a strict Interpretation of the Alaskan
boundary lines, and under this act OF
amity and upon the principle that
one good turn deserves another, Eng
land has agreed to at once sever the
tie that has bound her to Germany
in a policy that might, soon or late,
result in treading upon Uncle Sans
corns-for corns, it must be admitted,
he has. from the gait he has trod since
the Venezuelan complications began.
1t m ust be admitted that while our
venerable relation is by no means q
coward, he regards warfare as a mis-
fortune it is we'll TO avoid, if possible.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

The United States naval tug Fortune,
sister craft Of the tug Leyden, which
was wrecked last week off Block Island,
N. Y. is now on her way around Cape
Horn, from Calebra, w. l.. to Puget
Sound, . distance Of 1900 miles.
Only once before has q small tug.boat
attempted this feat. The Fortune is
Of only 1878 tonnage, 1877 feet in length
and 26 feet beam. She has, however,
$40 indicated horsepower.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

The COLORADO ExBRoGLIo AT AN
END.-Senator Teller Was elected to
U. 8. Senate from Colorado. at q joint
session of the Legislature, Saturday, at
which only Democrats participated.
The Republican members have accept.
ed the situation and abandoned all
steps for contest. Teller's vote con-
stitutes . majority vote in both
branches. Separate organization has
been abandoned. and the Republican
Senators have returned TO the Senate
chamber, where the Democratic ma.
jority had been in continuous session
since the day for the Senatorial bal.
loting TO begin.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

A GIRL arrived at Tacoma the other
day all the way from Lancashire, Eng
land, who was attracted by q letter
written in jest by bad resident of the
terminal city and published in the
Boston Globe, some time ago, stating
that 500 young women were wanted as
wives in that city. Her name is Lii.
liam Whitaker, and she is said to be a
buxom, bonnie lassie who would honor
any mans homo. Immediately upon
of her arrival, proposals
began to pour in by mail and personal
application, but up to latest accounts
she had accepted nobody and was still
in the field for matrimony.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30
Emulation as a Business Factor.

One evil Of the trust is not generally
considered in summing up its effects
upon the class who "pay for all' when
settlement Of costs is traced to its log
ical source. By the trust is meant, of
course, those gigantic combines which
have swayed TO do their slavish bidding
one OF the great parties OF the nation
the trusts that have controlled millions
and hundreds OF millions of dollars by
organization, and who dictate about
all the conditions necessary to make
the largest dividends at the least e1.
penditure for the labor and material
upon which their exertions are based.
Man is, at best, an initiative animal,
and is easily led bysuccess. The won
derful results that have flown from
the large combines inspires an ambi.
ton for forming smaller ones, and we
find them in regular gradation till we
reach the counterpart of the three
tailors in London, who, we believe,
constituted the first politico business
combine on record.
Emulation in trade or business is
cOmmendable. 1t is generous i'm.
pulse which impels desire to equal
or excel Others, in the same business
or calling. 1t implies effort to attain
superiority. 1t is a higher incentive
than rivalry, for the latter has for its
basis simply desire for selfish ad-
vancement, while competition and
emulation seek to attain success by
deserving it.
Inasmuch as the smaller combines
restrain that cumulative spirit which
results in desire to please and afford.
ing the best service, they are detri-
mental to the public good. If a mum.
Der Of artisans agree upon using Ger.
tain grade of materials and class OF
labor, at a specific price, there will be
no incentive for improving the quality
of the product or lessening a price
which may have been in excess of
true value.
The same rule applies to the mer-
chant. who, with established prices
and defined rules of service, may be
able to say Take, or leave" with the
assurance that his bruskness will be
re-echoed by everybody in the same
line OF business, and the man who cuts
your hair may prescribe the style it
shall be worn and the polisher of your
boots the amount of shine that shall
be worn and when it shall be applied,
if the same perverted idea of power is
employed. Trade unionism is another
form Of trust, organized with the best
OF intent. to meet and curb the mo-
nopOlistic spirit which of late years
has controlled capital. As long as it
is actuated by the conservatism under
which it was inaugurated, it may do
much good, but when it becomes
dictatorial and dogmatic, much of its
power is lost.
Fair-minded emulation and honest
competition in all business affairs
should be encouraged. It is tho fly.
wheel of trade which keeps the ma.
chinery in vigorous and efficient mo-
ton. 1t is the constant incentive to
better and higher results. It is Q safe.
guard against sloth and stagnation,
and . promoter Of that enterprise
which makes communities grow and
guarantees steadfast prosperity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

ANOTHER coal train was held up in
Chicago, Monday, by about 500 men
and women, who soon emptied five
cars of their black diamonds. The
coal famine is not absolute, but the
prices asked for the limited supply
makes it beyond the reach of the
poorer classes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

A REBATE IN STATE TAXES. - A
proposition is before the Legislature
to rebate State taxes to certain coun.
ties which have paid more than .
fair proportion By return OF property
that was exempt. OF course Thurston
WAS one of these and 10 said now to
have valid claim for return OF e, 600
or over. The local Chamber Of Com.
merce has taken up the matter of
pressing this claim, and Messrs. Lord,
L. B. Faulkner and NJ. G. Royal, ha We
been authorized 10 present the claim
for . relief bill. supported by the data
that will show its justice. Il seems .
little strange that those charged with
county affairs should have allowed
such . large sum to slip through
their fingers when . little knowledge
Of Law would have been sufficient for
protection Of the peoples interests.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

SAY what you please about the inHu.
ence Roosevelt is supposed to WELD in
his party, when Hanna says Thumbs
up" you'll see Roosey always Wiggle
Maggie" and loses the game. The
reason is that Roosevelt is uncertain
and cannot be controlled. Hanna is
steady and needs no control. One is q
theoretical and the other q practical,
politician. Roosevelt's theories are
cratic, Hanna's policies grounded
upon the rock-ribbed principles OF his
party. Roosevelt may sway the rabble,
but Hanna absolutely commands the
motor-power of the machine, the sober
deliberate action of the party on any
given policy. When the National Con.
ventiOn meets, Roosevelt will be the
fly on the ox's horn, while Hanna will
be the sturdy taurus who holds the
horn erect.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

A BERLIN dispatch OF late date states
that the Grown Prince and Crown
Princess Of Saxony have arranged the
terms Of separation, in which the Prin.
Gees is to abandon all the titles, digni.
ties and rights appertaining to her
through marriage and resume her
maiden name, and the Crown Prince
is to pay her an annuity OF $500
The Princess maiden name is Louise
Antonette Maria, Archduchess OF Aus
tria.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

THE tariff is now off OF tea, bat have
you noted any fall in price Of either
gradef Why mott Alocal dealer says
that the moment the tariff rate was
abolished, the tea growers saw an op-
portunity for advancing the prices to
correspond. This may, or may not, be
the true reason, for conditions have
very little to do with prices when q
healthy spirit of business emulation
is throttled by combines all along the
line.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

THE Ankeny mems treatment OF the
dignity OF the executive Office has been
about on par with that OF the from.
tier Postmaster, . bad man who wore
buckskin and took his whisky straight,
when special agent called upon him
to turn over the Office for gross irregu-
larities. Without word, he gathered
the letters and papers into an old hat,
carried them in the middle OF the
street and by vigorous kick sent
them to the four winds with the ex.
pletive: "There, take your ID
postofice! And you, stranger, Gitw
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

SEATTLE, for the first time, has pre-.
scented divided front in q public
emergency, and hiss been routed by
that other city OF euphonic name
Walla Walla-which shares with Ia
coma much CONGREGATIONAL honor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30
Washinatnn Stauaard
OLYMPIA, WASH.
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 80, 1908.
The Logical" Candidate.

The election OF Mr.. Ankeny for Sen.
ator will occasion no surprise to those
who have kept strict tab on tho Re.
Republican party. He was just as
much logical candidate, as Mark
Hanna is the legitimate head OF the
party. Admission to the American
House OF Lords" ever since the party
bowed down to Mammon, has been
based upon a financial standard. Poll
ticians who strike quartz ledge, run
modern bank, or stumble upon big
fortune in ony other way, have been
shown that it is possible TO "round
out" successful mission on Earth, by
buying a seat in the Senate, where dol
lars discount brains.
The manner OF Mr.. Ankeny's cleo.
ton was logical" in other respects.
1t was, to some degree, a repetition Of
history. While he rode in on a plat
form that was most outspoken in its
protested intention Of controlling the
trusts. embodying a plank for Rail.
road Commission that could not have
been drawn in more expressive Ian
guage, while the issue presented in the
Legislature could not have been closer
cut, still we find men, representing q
constituency which by an overwhelm-
ing vote sustained the platform. and
which has never before been divided
upon any matter of purely selfish pol.
icy, repudiating their party platform
and local candidate, in obedience to
that higher law which has decreed
that "platform and Preston may be
ID" when the great gold-bug pa.
trician party's interests are to be SUBJ
served by it.
1t has often been said that the Re-
publican party makes platforms as the
fisherman spreads his nets. to catch
fish, but never before have we been
afforded more striking haul of suck.
ers," even though the corporations
gave less pull ON the line than usual,
as q premonition OF what might be the
consequence if the secret understand
ing for reputation was not carried out
in good faith.
The result has been just as it was in
1896. when the Republican party, with
its standard. bearer, McKcKinley, who
were protested bimetallists, became
goldbugs when the conventions met,
as readily as o member of the U. S.
Supreme Court changed q majority
vote on the constitutionality of the
income tax, when these matters we're
made objects of seeming party neces.
city.
It might have been in keeping with
Rooseveltian hobbies" to have sent
a non-cosporation Senator to Wash.
ingtOn, but it would not have pleased
Hanna, who fixes the party gait and
tries out the fat TO oil the tendons and
keep the motion supple. 1t is 10 the
boss that the fsr-seeing ones acknowl-
edge allegiance, though they may emit
few faint mouthings for the man
now in the saddle, who rides rough.
shod. at times. over many Of their
cherished idols.
They could 40 readily shout their
hozannahs from the heart, but the
long wavering finger pointing to fu.
turity describes too wide an arc from
the White House lode-stone TO justify
more than the glad hand at this time.
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ce and in profound silence.

The opening of the south half of
the Colville reservation, contemplated
by Jones' bill, has received q backset
from an adverse recommendation of
the Indian bureau. Is is held that
the Indians have vested rights, which
should be respected.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

Col. LYNCH, an Englishman, who
helped the Beers and has been con.
victed Of treason will not be lynched
but CONDEMNED to life servitude.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

JUDGE w. r. Day, of Canton, Ohio,
has accepted the appointment OF Jus.
tice of the United States Supreme
Court, lately declined by Gov. Taft.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

A GIRL 19 years OF age was shot and
killed, last Monday. at Spokane, by Ed.
Spencer, . would-be suitor, who was
forcing his attentions upon her. She
WAS domestic in . family and pos.
sessed . good character and the MUIR
derer whisky-saturated flunky," as
the local papers express it. There is
not the slightest sxtsnuating circum.
stance connected with this tragedy,
and if Spencer escapes the gallows his
trial will make . mockery OF justice.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

FLOUR prices are soaring in the re.
gion Of the blest, and soon it will be a
case of starve ~ we'll rs freeze among
the larger poor families.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

IT Is not expected that the King
county members will adjourn and 60
home this week. The political tenn
perature is quite hot there Just now.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

THE DRINKING HABIT IN HOMES
Miss Katherine Kelly, Of Kansas City,
Supreme President OF the Ladies' Aux
Hilary of the knights OF Father Math-
ew, declares that the habit of serving
alcoholic drinks to visitors is spreading
rapidly, and that children OF tender
age are thus being familiarized with
an evil whose paralyzing effect upon
humanity nobody attempts to dispute.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

RUSSIA may now congratulate her.
self upon not being as small and help.
less 90 Venezuela.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

THE wooden and paper mills of Ore.
gon City have been closed by high
water.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

The total number Of insane patients
in the two State hospitals for that
class, il 1875.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

JOHN c. Spooner has been reelected
Senator from Wisconsin.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

WHEN Blue Jeans talks of hard
times on the street corner, he is q pop.
ocrat, and an anarchist, but when Jim
Hill and Charley Yerkes, prophecy
ruin and disaster from the tower.of.
babel housetop, it is the uttersnce of
oracles and must be received with rev.
erence and in profound silence.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30

MARcoNI thinks that when he gets
his wireless system Of telegraphy in.
stalled he will be able to reduce the
cost OF messages across the ocean to
one cent a word. 1t will probably cost
no more for messages across the cont.
nent and thus even poor people will be
able to say How d. do"-by light.
ming!
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-02

vice of the county. including the time
spent in travelling, for which he shall
have eight cents a mile for the distance
actually Travelled; but he shall not have
more than one travel in the same hearing
or session, nor for more than two ad-
Journments OF any regular term, nor for
service or travel on more than one petit
ton or ease at the same time, nor any
legislature connected with the annual
county estimates, nor for any additional
trouble or expense of any kind.
lApproVed Feb. L.