The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-01
HEAVEN SAVE THE MARK!

"Inasmuch as the Warmest admirers
already admitted that the utterances
of this paper against Mcbride are
clean and dignified and fully within the
purview of decent and fair opposition,
the attempt on the part of the evening
paper to arouse the personal anllros,ty
of the governors friends is very likely
to be another case of loves labor lost
Sundays Union.
| Clean and dignifed indeed! On
January 9TH the Union called Mcbride
and all supporters of a railway COM
mission enemies of the state few
weeks ago it called them two faced.
double dealers" on Sunday, January
17th the day before Governor Mcbride
arrived in Walla Walla to pay an Off
| cial visit to the penitentiary, as he is
required to do by law, the Union
warned the Holy Rollers in column
land-a-half editorial to watch HIM
| and watch the men who are for him.
1t declared that there are a number
| of republicans in this county making
| a big talk about being for the governor
who deep down in their hearts
care but little for him and his
policies. * There are lot
! of people who are claiming to be for a
commission who in reality care moth
| ing whatever for the measure.
Governor Mcbride is himself an
example. however. of double dealing.
Such Il man at the head of the
republican party in this state will ruin
it. He will build up a machine that
will lay anything of the kind ever at
tempted in the shade SO far that
comparison would be out of the ques
ton. When men engage in
the advocacy Of Mcbride look care
fully into their objects and aims"
The Statesman might make many
other quotations of the same tenor. in
the Boxers are a lot OF hypocrites
in their pretended advocacy of a rail
road commission and that in fact. as
it says. they regard it as purely a
political expedient that is good to work
the people on
1t is perhaps true as the Union as
Serts, that there are some weaklings
among the Boxers who would gladly
sacrifice principle if they could secure
for themselves. but the majority of
McBrde'S followers in this county are
sincere in their determination to rid |
the state of the corrupting influence of |
the railroad lobby and to restore the |
government Of the state in all its |
branches to the people.
The Statesman has commended the |
coura seous stand taken by Governo.!
Mcbride against the railroad lobby, |
Just as it has commended the course |
taken by President Roosevelt IN fight |
ing the railway merger. Both ROose- |
Welt and Mcbride in their efforts to |
protect the people from the usurpa
tons and the eXtortions of the preda-
tory corporations are working along !
democratic lines. and as long as they |
do that a democratic paper cannot |
withhold its approval. 1t is the duty |
of every citizen and of every news |
paper to labor for honest government |
and to participate in the discussion of |
all public questions. no matter what
party is in control of the government. |
a governor is supposed to serve all the |
people of his state regardless of party.
and the president of the United States |
is supposed to be the servant of the |
people as a whole and not the servant
of any party. The Statesman will, |
therefore, not keep it's hands OFF, the
discussion of the commission question
or any other question of public con-
Germ Moreover. it Will consult its own
pleasure as to whether or not II WIN
refrain from further efforts to pro-
mote peace and harmony between the
Boxers" and Holy Rollers in this