Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-05

gold barons-it enabled millionsires to
become millionaires, and able TO
subsldze one OF the parties and &C.
tually maintain governmental control
by catering 10 conditions for amassing
colossal fortunes.
If this Is return to traditional
policy" it opens the whole matter to
discussion for better enlightment, and
that Is just what the reorganizers"
don't want, il we size the probable
result up properly.
What Shall the Harvest BeP"
The tabulated vote of Thurston
county for the past eight years, which
appears in this number, is an exceed
ingly interesting exhibit of the drift OF
the two leading parties for four sue.
cessive campaigns, two OF them ma
tional.
~ WIN ON StSi Ill WIS SOulltN,
as everywhere else, during the abnor-
NAL conditions OF 1896, the Peoples
Party was able to overcome the large
Republican vote OF former years and
elect the candidates by an average ma
jority OF about $1,000 on the ticket OF
the State. The Legislature was SO
largely Fusion that it became I'M
wieldy, and in many other counties
clean sweep was made for local officers.
The conditions are somewhat SINH.
lar this year. The unexpected has
happened in the death OF quite num-
Der OF prominent men in the dominant
party, men who possessed command.
ing influence and were splendid Or
ganizers. The dismay that is already
apparent in administrative circles in
preparing for the tray shows that they
are filled with serious apprehension
of results. The same condition pre-
walls in this State, in the full knowl-
edge that they have made mistake
in playing an open hand, so far as rail-
road influences were concerned, and
have nominated ticket that goes into
the field beaten before the battle is
fairly opened. The success of the
party, in National and State politics,
had emboldened the leaders to cast off
all reserve. It might have done Tor q
Hanna, after advising his clans to
Stand Pat" to supplement it with
the challenge, to all opposing forces,
"What are you going to do about
iti" Such stalwart barks may como
come from the mastiff, however, with
some effect, but the little ki.yi echoes of
the hounds and terriers, and the pugs
and poodles, excite only contempt. 1t
was thus in the State convention in
Tacoma, when every little deal was
laid out ON the stand like the buck
ster's wares on market.day.
The result was apparent before the
delegates had left the city. and it was
at one time seriously proposed to re-
call the convention to correct blum
ders OF omission, as we'll as commits.
sion, and had it not been for the
shame OF the proceeding a reassemb.
ling might have taken place still later
on.
On the other hand, the Democratic
party as q State organization has
made no mistakes. They have nomi-
mated an able candidate for Governor,
an exceptionally competent and hon.
est man for the second place and the
remainder of the ticket is made up of
men who will bear the test always
maintained by the Democratic party
as to honesty and competency.
The scattering vote at each Of these
elections summarized in this county,
were, in 1896, for Thomas Burke, high.
est vote for elector in the Palmer
Buckner Presidential ticket, A; for
Dunlap, the Prohibition candidate for
Governor, 100 votes, the other candi-
dates OF the party receiving an aver
age OF % votes. In 1883, the Socialist
vote was 80, and the Prohibitionists
cast IL in the county; in 1900 the
Socialist vote had increased to 6S and
the Prohibitionists to 80, and in 1902,
the Socialists had 155 and the Prohi.
bitionists had lost few votes, polling
only %.
SWALLOW, the Prohibition candidate