Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-19
Unchristian Methods.

In glazing contrast with the noble
work OF Chas. 8. Crittenden, the mil.
lionaire engaged in establishing Rescue
homes for fallen women all over the
country, to whose noble work reference
was made in these columns last week,
comes tho announcement that Mayor
Boyd will be prosecuted by the Spo.
kane Ministerial Alliance, for failure
to drive out the class who are in the
main victims of misfortune, and made
so BY mans perfidy.
At meeting Of . committee OF the
Alliance, hold last week, . plan of
action was mapped out, which includ.
ed, as its main feature, profound secre-
cy a. to the methods to be employed.
1t has leaked out, however, that if the
demand upon tho public prosecutor il
not obeyed. they will ask Judge Rich.
ardson to name special prosecutor to
arTaign the Mayor.
How different IL this from Christ's
example! Instead of An order 10 get
of the Earth, he spoke words of kind
ness: Go thy way and sin no more"
Instead Of emulating the example Of
Crittenden, which has met with great
success in affording the means for
abandonment of life that is worse
than death, these whited sepulchers
mark the boundary line of intolerance
and bigotry. Instead of the peaceful
injunction of the Saviour comes the
imperative commsnd, "Drive them
out; send them to perdition il need be,
but relieve our moral atmosphere Of
their pestiferous presencep
"Alasi the rarity,
OF Christian charity
Shows THE STATURE OF THE MAN.
One needs no further evidence of
the lop.sided nature for public man
than the treatment accorded by Roose.
welt on retirement from Office of Gen.
Miles and Secretary Root. While the
former with over forty years of brilliant
service was precipitately dismissed
and was denied the sparing words oil
commentator which the Secretary oil
War had prepared As formal tribute
to duty we'll performed, Secretary
Roots exit was an ovation, with every
army officer on duty as . guard oil
honor to escort him to the train that
Was waiting to carry him back to pri.
vate life in his profession. Every
honor thatit was in the power of the
autocrat in the White House to be.
stow was unstintingly heaped upon
the man who it is expected will help
mould popular opinion to subserve
the interests OF the President for an.
other term, while the usual honors
were denied much greater man fol-
the same reason, that he could not be
used for that purpose. All this shows
the venality and sel6shness of . man
whose soul 10 not large enough to fill
the Office which circumstance placed
within his grasp and which bis vaulting
ambition inspires him to seek by such
despicable means.
IT seems that the Congressional ap.
preparations for the Lewis and Clarke
Fair is not yet law, the bill having
been sent TO and fro from one house
to the other for amendment. The
appropriation recommended by the
House committee is for 81, 225. 900, or q
less amount. The Plat amendment
for closing exhibitions on Sundays it
recommends to be erased, and substi-
tuition Of provision for the State 10
regulate that matter as il sees proper.
A MUNICIPAL store has been con.
Quoted at Knoshs, Wis, the past six
months during which time ten de.