Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-08-10
It a5hln9ton STANDARD
OLYMPIA. WASH.
FElNiY NOEN,NG, AUGUST 10, 1906.
Pattern Makers


The adoption of Mr.. Bryan'- idea OF
a small contribution from the rank
and file oi the Democratic party, to
pay legitimate expenses OF political
campaigns. has been stolen by the Re-
public Cnngr. ss!onal committee, just
as his platform Of principles has been
appropriated ty President Housewife
There j. lar deeper reason f.: this
however than appears at ~. glance.
As rats desert u sinking ship 10 take
chances on Il boundless waste oi wa
tiers, so we find the party Of greed
abandoning methods that have been
so plainly shown to have existed in
recent developments of methods for
trying fat out Of insurance companies
and other corporations in conside-a-
ton OF immunity from the operation
of outraged law.
Mr.. Bryan's plan was to ensure pub
LEFTY by giving names OF all contribut.
ing five dollars or over. The Congress
sional committee have ontdone this By
starting the list with Mr.. Roosevelts
subscription OF one dollar. By this
means, their list must OF course appear
much longer than that of the oppos.
ing party, and it is probably fondly
imagined that it will serve a better
purpose in apparent expression of the
heart Of tina people, in exact proper
ton to the relative strength Of "dol-
lar" and Give dollar" men. 1t is
probably the intention to enroll the
"thirty cent man to extend the list,
for it is by no means intended to place
the slightest reliance upon it as rev.
enue. getter. 1t is expected that the
trusts will contribute the usual amount
of "sugar" thereafter and place it on
the dollar limit, enrolling as many
names as they contributes dollars.
Does anybody believe for a moment
that the dollar list is anything more or
less than q blind rendered necessary
by late exposures? Is it not palpably
q means for easy accounting when
millions of dollars are scattered reck-
lessly to keep in constant activity
every pinion OF the partisan machine?
The suggestion of Mr.. Bryan was in
accord with past methods and usage of
the Democratic party. It has never
had corporations to bleed or millions
to exploi; for partisan work. What
ever of expense that has been incurred
has been from lean pockets and a con.
scientious sense OF patriotic duty. 1,
hut emphasizes the claim that. there
will be no bargain or sale of principle
Is q condition for supplying the sinew,
Of war, coming as it did from party
that never has and never will adopt
such means for partisan gain; whose
whole history has been against the
methods that have made so many
multi-millionaires and so widened the
breach between capital and labor.
DEsPONDENT LovERs.-The Kokomo
(Ind.) physicians have informed the
police of that city of proposition
from a pair OF lovers to sell their bod.
les, saying they had decided upon sui.
eide, as the future seemed dark and
without hope to them. They declared
that they had talked the matter over
carefully and calmly, and both being
Indifferent as to what became Of their
bodies they had decided to sell them,
and on receiving the money in ad-
vance spend it and end their lives.
The doctors tried to dissaude them
from their purpose but could get no
promise Of abstaining from the dread.
full act.
THE PARDoNING POWER OF DOUBT
Full ExPEDIENCY.-Our Governor ap.
pears to be imbued with the idea that
his chief function is pardon or parole
of State convicts. If he is right in
bis position, our courts must be at
fault in imposing unjust sentences
upon convicted persons. While we
admit the pardoning power may be q
necessary one to be used in rare in
stances, still we think the law never
designed that Governor should sit as
atribunal Of review upon the decisions
of our courts in the administration OF
criminal law, which is maintained at q
heavy expense to the public.
1T seems that Mt. Baker is the most
difficult of ascent of all mountains in
the range of snow giants on the Pa
cifc slope. A party of Mazamas sent
the President of their club and one OF