The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-08
is THE UNION AN ANARCHIST?
Walla Walla Argus, July IS, 1901.

| Walla Walla Argus, July IS, 1901.
An anarchist is one who rebels
against law and order. or does not
| recognize the government under
which he lives.
| Of all the sweet morsels rolled
under the tongues of machine editors
| during the last two presidential cam
| paigns, the term anarchist" was the
most delicious to those who most des-
| perately hurled anathemas at their
| political enemies. American citizens
| who wished to allay the horrors of the
| money famine by increasing the cir
| culating medium were berated as
| anarchists Electors of a nation
| founded upon the principles of liberty
and equality were branded "anarch-
lists" and traitors because they refus-
| ed to dip their hands in the blood of
the Fiipinos.
If the Union never resOrted to these
| bullying tactics, it is an exception
| among machine journals
The Argus does not object to the
use of the term ''anarchist" where its
| use is accurately descriptive neither
| does it hesitate to employ it when
| occasion requires.
Does the Union stand for law and
! order in the city of Walla Walla, or
| does it lend it's influence to the work
of ridiculing and making difficult the
statutes governing the traffic in in
| tOXicants? II the latter, is it not
equally "anarchistic" with those whom
| it abets?
| A few weeks ago, public sentiment
crystalized into a resolution by the
| city council to the effect that begin
ming on a certain date saloon licenses
should be raised to $500. The law
abiding and representative element Of
| the city OF Walla Walla endorsed and
commended this action, but the
| mayor, being melted by the utter
ances of the Union, disregarded the
| the resolution.
The Argus charges that the Union
| the very moment the proposition for
| a higher license was brought out. pro-
posed retaliation upon the respectable
business houses by imposing upon
! them a license. Dare the Union come
| out and deny what every reader of
| that paper knows to be true? Per-
haps the idea of retaliation did not
| ion echoed it and encouraged the low
| license advocates to make fight for
veto or a retaliatory measure. The
| Argus wondered at the time what
kind of a policy it was that caused
a newspaper to make war upon the
| representative interests of its own
city, neither does it understand now,
even though the Union may wish to
| double and treble the number of sa-
looms in the city, how it dares to an
tagonize the remaining interests of
the community.
And now what has it dOne-repent-
ed and begged forgiveness? Not at
all SO far as it dare express itself
it is back at it's old game of retalia-
ton again The farmers closed the
saloons on Sunday and the saloons
have closed all other places of bust
ness not excepted by the statutes.
The farmers drew their petition
not for crusade purposes, but o en-
able them to secure sober help to
! harvest their crops. At this, the I'm
ion plunges and cavorts around in a
rage, because the saloons are required
| 70 close on Sunday. How does the
Union reconcile its present attitude
| with the statement which it recently
made about being for the farmer AMI
! his interests first, last and all the
timer A lying witness always trips
| himself upon cross examination and
! l ly-a hypocritical newspaper
never can remember what it printed
| hree issues back or a few months
| Jack
The Union not only shakes it's fist
| t the farmers for their endeavor to
protect themselves; it not only an