Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-21
A FEW Pertinent QUERIES.
Let Some d. o. p. Try to Answer These CUES.
tons, or Deny Their ReIevsnee.
YELM, Wash, Sept. 16, 1906.

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ED. STANDARD:
Judging from the proceedings of the
recent Republican Convention the
Ratchet has been buried, the belliger-
ent forces have been united, the kick
ers whipped into line, and everything
is lovely. No doubt there is great re.
joicing over the prospect of another
two years at the public crib. The d. o.
p. is always patriotic just before elec-
ton; their bread and butter depends
upon it. If it were not for the per
diem and salary, they would have to
work and that would be tough on most
OF 'em. They have become so used to
living on public funds, that they
couldn't exist without them. As q
matter OF charity perhaps it is all for
the best as our charitable institutions
are already pretty we'll filled.
l am very thankful there are no
strings on me, and that I am in a
position to free my mind. Ny great.
est happiness consists in damnipg the
d. o. p. l might say condemn" but
damn" is more expressive and adds
emphasis. Now why do I say this?
Because I consider the Republican
party the most stupendous organiza.
ton of bandits the world has ever
known. Why? Because the plumber.
ings of all other organizations OF the
past are dwarfed almost into mere petit
larcenies by the plunderings of this
Tho nvAsropvv karlsk Eel
the law in his own hands and takes
his chances. If caught. he is pun.
ished: but this octopus has 30 manip.
ulated the law and debauched the
courts that its votaries can escape
punishment no matter what they do,
and not only that but it has succeeded
in making its dupes believe that it 10
God and morality party" and that
their only hope for existence" is the
perpetuation OF the octopus. In other
words, the very victims, the wealth pro.
ducers are made to believe through
their subsidized press that it is neces.
sary for them to have some one on
their backs and the privileged class
are the boys to ride 'em. In other
words you must make somebody rich
in order to get q job. Listen to their
"yawp": 1--WE congratulate Republi.
cans everywhere upon the brilliant
achievements of the present national
administration, ETC." What are some
OF those brilliant achievements?" DO
they consist in the multiplicity Of
trusts established under the octopus
for exploiting the labor OF the country?
Do they consist of taking the money
out Of one mans pocket, through the
insidious protective policy, and putting
il in that of another, thereby enabling
him to pile up wealth by the million
in decade while the masses are grow
ing poorer? Do they consist in estab-
fishing what they call "The greatest
banking system the world has ever
known" and which has robbed the
people for the benefit of those corpor.
atoms of twice what it would take to
pay the national debti Do they con.
sist in the Establishment OF a bond
system whereby the past generation,
the present generation and future gen.
erations have, are and will be com.
PEELED to pay tribute to this octopus
90 long as its tantscles can be made to
operate? Do they consist in the ex.
ploitation of other nations and violat-
ing every principle Of the once revered
Declaration of Independence? Do
they consist in expanding and con.
tracing our currency according to the
whims and caprices of few plutocrats
to bring about periodical panics and
dire distress among the people such as
we have experienced in the past forty
yearsf Do they consist in kidnapping
people and throwing them in prison
to languish for months without trial,
deprived of the company and sym.
pathy of their wives and families? If
these are few of the brilliant achieve.
ments of the party (and they certainly
are) may the Lord have mercy on the
dupes, for the government of Russia
can't be much worse. There isn't a
man in the United States that hasn't
q mortgage on him and still the dupes
Of this monstrous aggregation OF ban
dts are continually bowling prosperity
till their lungs must be as raw AZ q
chunk OF fresh beef. Well it is pros
porous for the bond holder for he IS
not bothered with taxes and can clip