Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12
Organization That Does Not Organize

a lew weeks ago we Witnessed a very
amusing farce, enacted by the two Re-
publican faction of this city, in at
tempted organization Of so-called
Roosevelt Clubs. 1t was charged that
one faction deliberately planned a
dark-lantern organization, and per-
fected their time-lock TO the pie-coun-
ter by barely II score of participants,
under the management of Fugleman
Thacker. The benefit derived from a
small number, at all times is, that it
can act with prOmptness and decision,
and it it is not distracted by the wise
Cor otherwise) counsels of diverse
brains, representing conflicting ambi-
tons. The action OF the bob.tailed
effort was as rapid as its number was
small, and simultaneously with an
nouncement OF its organization came
notice from Secretary Lobe that it had
been formally received into the bosom
OF its patron saint at the political
Mecca, the White House.
CONSERVATION prevailed among the
regulars, at this audacious assumption
Of the robes OF righteousness by the
Boxer element of the party, which had
carried such long and keen knives in
the very recent city election. There
was weeping and wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth for a while, and then, as
usual, the leaders "bobbed up serene.
ly," and began roll-call OF the faithful,
with the result that authority was
obtained from Washington to organize
a branch of the simon.pure Republican
clubs OF the State capital. These differ
somewhat from the Roosevelt clubs,
inasmuch as they are not pinned to
anybody's coat-tail, and contemplate
organization, theoretically at least, for
principles, not men. John Rea saw
in this inhibition, however, q release
of one OF the strings to the rie.counter
and promptly introduced resolution
declaring Roosevelt to be the only
candidate and therefore the unani-
nous choice OF the club, and it passed
with a whirl. Since organization,
nothing has been heard from either OF
these presumably party aids, and it
seems they have sunk, a. their great
coadjutator would say. into "innocu.
Gus desuetude."
The only object we have in referring
to this unpleasant history At the pres.
ent time, is to show how utterly inef.
fective have proven such means for
infusing a little spirit into a waning
cause.
At Walla Walla, in 1896, Republi-
can club of over 400 members was or.
ganized, which split wide open, over
apparently as simple a matter as
whether it should be named after Lin.
coin or Mckinley. but in reality the
contention was over party leaders and
control OF patronage. The split led to
absorption Of quite number of the
true blues in the Silver Republican
organization. The leaven of the past
is now manifested in the perturbations
attending the reorganization OF q club,
in that city, and in order to assure
harmony, the Ankeny faction pursued
the policy of the Boxers here, and Or
ganized in secret, and after selecting
their officers, the malcontents wore
invited to come in and partake OF the
remnants Of the feast. The Boxers
held a meeting and sent in An ulti.
matum that the cards be stacked and
. new deal ordered. The Holy Rol.
lers" decline to accede TO this modest
request and now hades is to pay.
This is about the condition of the
party all over the State, and the result
Of 1896 10 very likely to be repeated.