Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-03-03
Waahln9tou Standard
OLYMPIA. WA>3s.
FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 3. 1905.
That Veto.

his address in Olympia Theater, near
the close OF the last State canvass,
that gentleman has interposcd his
veto III the infamous capital bill,
which was conceived III spite, born in
inl9uity and grown to active life by
an united effort to perpeirate the
gtos>c>t frauds upon the people. Its
INCEPTION l. charged To the suite work
OF George Stevenson, Il skilliul lobby.
list, who by combining the objects OF
many members who were serving their
first term, and flattery and cajolery of
Others, who are mighty in their own
estimation while strutting their brief
hour a, lawmakers, accomplished his
despicable object.
Aside from the enormous expense it
would incur, with the State already
hurdened by debt, and the ill-will that
/. always cngendered by measures
possessing adverse local interests,
there did not exist the least excuse for
making the matter an issue in the
next, or any near, campaign. That
the capitol is not what it ought to be,
goes without saying, but that it can
be made to answer for biennial ses.
eions, the next twenty years, is like
wise as susceptible OF proof. The Gov
ernor, in one of the best State papers
ever issued from the executive office,
presents all these points and others, in
convincing array, and it is safe to say
that did it require but majority vote
to override the veto, it could not now
be obtained.
The result shows that the people of
Thurston county and the whole State
made no mistake in selecting Gov.
Albert f. Mead for Chief Executive.
The partisan coat of the STANDARD
must hang on the nail, while we give
hearty shout for our most excellent
Governor, Albert E. Mead.
PROBABLE ASSASSINATION OF Mrs,
LELAND STANFoRD.-The mysterious
murder OF Mrs. Jane Lathrop STAN
ford, widow of the late u. s. Senator
Stanford, is reported from Honolulu,
where, the lady died at the Moano no.
tel, Tuesday night, it is supposed from
the effects OF strychnine, introduced
into bottle of bicarbonate of soda.
Before retiring she took dose of the
soda, purchased in San Francisco. 1t
seems this had not been the first at.
tempt upon her life, by unknown foes,
and it was this knowledge that i'm.
PEELED her to seek . foreign home.
Soon after she had retired, Tuesday
night. guest Of the hotel, in an ad-
joining room. heard groans of the VIC
tim, and on entering her room found
her on the floor, where she had fallen
in an effort to summon help. Amid
her agonizing groans the sufferer de-
clared, Il have been poisoned" and
her last words were. "This is horrible
death to die" A post mortcns exami-
nation and analysis of the vial of soda,
will. OF course, determine the cause of
death, but the assassin may never be
known, as Mrs. Stanford's declara.
tions do not criminate any one and
her fight seems to indicate that she
had no suspicious OF who the unknown
enemy could be.
A REFORM THAT HAS Our BEST
WlsHEs.-The Women's Christian
Temperance Union is undertaking Q
much better and more promising re.
form than Of the drunkard, who has an
insatiate appetite to fight, in an appeal
to women to quit swearing-whose in.
diligence, though in a modified form,
is true-but nevertheless AZ deeply felt
Is the the more sanguinary expletives
of her brother. "My lord!" GOOD
Heavens!" " Graciousw and kindred
expressions are familiar substitutes for
the recognized terms of profanity, and
are used in places where they are
shown to be plain recourse for mans
safety.valve to pent.up feeling. 1t is
understood that the w. c. T. u. will
devote much OF their time hereafter to
expurgating these redundant terms
from the household, and if they are
successful it will be indeed . com.
mendable reform and one that will not
be lost upon the sterner part of hu-
mainly. He will many times be
taught by example when precept is
ignored.
THE first consignment OF the new
seedless apple has been received in the
East from Colorado. Those dealers
who doubted the possibility Of propa-
eating such fruit are delighted and
predict that it will revolutionize trade
as did the naval orange. None know
the process of production except John
F. Spencer, OF Grand junction. Col.
orado. Some seem to think that the
apple is the result of cross grating of
an ordinary apple and . seedless Or
angs. others that the plum enters into
ths new fruit by the process of graft
ing.
A CALIFORNIAN has developed q
somewhat misnomer in flowers, q
green carnation. A. C. Stilson, Of
San Francisco, is its originator, after
work of six years. Except for color,
it is q duplication Of the white and
red carnations. Green roses are
known to horticulture but q green
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