Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-04-15
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON FRIDAY MORNING. ARPL Is 1904

gowns on, Sam?" I" / did not look un-
der the table," replied Sam.
ID. NJ. Parry. President of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers, is
hero in his way. He is not afraid
to say what he thinks OF the manner
in which organized labor unions are
carrying on their work. While his
speech "Mob Spirit in Organized
Labor" will not appear in the Union
Record of Seattle, it will be read by
thousands OF workingmen who must
confess to themselves, if not openly,
that there is whole lot OF genuine
horse-sense in what Parry says.
The thieves in Chicago Just cut
holes through the floors of stores in
broad daylight and steal thousands OF
dollars worth and get away with it.
Ranchers around Olympia should look
out or the thieves may tunnel their
fields and pasture, bob up, and pull
down horses, hogs and cattle, along
with farming machinery, as a salmon
pulls down bugs from the surface of
the water. Education helps the wits
of the thief, as it helps those OF the
honest person.
It's nice to he an editor OF q coun.
try weekly. If you say that Mr.. Moor,
recently visited Gate City, ON a Tues
day, he jumps on you, so to speak,
roasts you, curses you, says you are no
newspaper man, and 80 on, all be-
cause he can prove that he did not
visit Gate City until Wednesday; stops
the paper, and says mis- name was
spelled wrong, anyway. the editor hav-
ing left off the final &C." Running
weekly paper is almost as bad as liv.
ing in q town where the Olympia
Recorder is published, 'twould seem.
In almost every garret may he found
the faded crocheting of the old motto,
" God Bless Our Home" Long since
it served its purpose, but it seems a
pity to throw it on the rubbish heap,
go it has been given place beside the
old, discarded trunk or chest contain
ing letters, yellow with age, baby's
fret shoes and the little faded frock of
the one whose laughter is now only an
echo. The old motto is still useful to
remind US Of what We have lost, and
gazing upon it what crowd OF years
passed swiftly by gathers around you.
Three things supply themes for
tremendous masses OF petitions that
are showering upon Congress. The
churches and social purity crganiza-
tions are heaping up tons Of signatures
asking for the removal of Senator
Smoot OF Utah. All the small towns in
the country are out against parcels
post and the Grand Army veterans are
calling pension for all who enlisted
in the Union army and saw service.
The petition fake is being worked with
an assiduity never known before.
Anybody can procure signatures to a
petition for or against anything, so
petitions represent nothing.
Some time ago the STANDARD con.
tanned a letter. written by q party
from Los Angeles who lost some gold
pieces in the roadway in the "city of
Angeles" while on the Tally-ho ride.
He recovered the money. Still, from
what we know of Los Angeles, it is
wonder the gentleman ever obtained
possession Of the yellow metal again.
What is still more singular, 10 the fact
that anyone living in that dusty,
waterless, Southern Pacific advertised
berg, would have allowed the golden
coins to even have reached the dusty
road. Most Of the people in that con-
sumptive town, would have had the
money in their pocket before it could
possibly have reached the ground.
Some time ago a blind man shot
and killed his paramour-by the way
q married woman-in Missouls, Mon.
tana. Now, II he shot her when he
could not see her, isn't this scoop"
far some up-to-date newspaper writer,
to bring forth an article-not forget
ting the illustrations-headed:
BLIND MAN SHOOTS HIS SWEET
HEART.
"wHAT WOULD HE HAVE DONE, COULD
HE HAVE SEEN HER?"
There are many newspapers that
would buy such an article and use it
as a guessing contest. The guessers
to pay five years subscription, at four
dollars a year, in advance; while the
publication offers . prize OF thirteen
strest-car tickets to the subscriber
guessing what the blind man would
have done, if he could have only seen
the woman. A man in New York
city, 1. Albert Inglehart, died from
over-exertion at Ping-pong. Another
man died the other day, in Paris, from
too hard thinking over chess problems.
Still another man died in Texas from
trying to solve the late Frank r.
Stockton's story riddle, whether it was
the lady or the tiger that emerged
from the cage. So why not these
same style people tackle the subject
made ripe by the action of the blind
man at Missoula? "What would he
have done, could he have seen herP
would make as good q guessing puzzle
an any we have seen, and would have