Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-16
Still Further Trouble IN the Camp.


remaining crumbs of official patron
age. 1t is reported that the Board OF
Control vigorously objected to the Gov
ernor's nomination OF Val Milroy for
Secretary OF that body. but as the
state Executive had promised A. j.
Falknor, who suggested Milroy, that
the appointment would be made, there
was tribulation over the matter. The
board don't want Milroy, and King
county wants recognition" 1t i,
said that Gov. Mead broke the news Of
his preference for Milroy by introduc
ing him to them as "your Secretary
This coming close upon the Fish Com
missioner episode, and the trouble ovel
the Insane Asylum and Soldiers Home
appointments, gives the Governor
enough occasion FOR him to busy him
self during spare moments.
The subsequent appointment oil
Chas. c. Aspinwall, as permanent Sec
rotary OF the board, shows that the
Governor was compelled to "revise'
his intention. The boards temporary
choice for bookkeeper, J. II. Brown,
was likewise made permanent. So
while that matter may be considered
permanently, if not pleasantly settled,
another rupture appears at a nearby
dispensary of official "fat". Samuel
C. Woodruff, man qualified by ability
and experience, has resigned his posi-.
ton as Warden and Accountant OF the
Western Hosyital for the Insane. 1t
must have been somewhat OF the
nature of a a." West Point" resignation,
however, for Sam is apparently dis
satisfied, judging from the statement
he makes. The inscrutable policy
which has been such a puzzle to the
public for some time past, seems to
have demanded his place as a desir.
able move on the board and it was
proposed to shift him willy-willy to a
place among the pawns. Though pub
lie service suffer thereby, does not the
party slogan apply, "The people be-?
And is not the comforting rehe ction
likewise apparently, So much the worse
for the public service? 1t is under
stood that the place offered Mr.. Wood
ruff, as an emollient, was the Secre.
taryship of the Board of Control. His
answer was that if he could not have
the position which he had fitted him
self for, he did not want any other
under the gift OF the administration.
A singular statement has been made
regarding possible undertow, in this
and other moves that have been made
by the controlling power of the State.
1t is noted that for every open place
for appointment, James H. Davis, OF
the board itself, has been a candidate
for appointment. He would, of course,
have to resign the present place, but
it would be to climb to a better, or
higher, or more secure position. It is
hinted that this may be the underly-
ing cause for Mr.. Woodruff's retire.
ment. In other words, Davis was not
Of the membership that urged him
to remain, and there were outside in
fluences at work to force him out.
So it seems that no sooner has the
Governor patched up one cause for
discord, than another gushes forth
with Pelee force and persistence. Let
Us hope that dissension and strife will
cease by extripation of the cause when
found. and that peace, happiness and
content will reign.
HEARST FOR NEXT GOVERNOR OF
New YoRK-A campaign for launch.
ing the Hearst boom for Governor OF
the Empire State, and the prestige
given him by election to the Office of
Mayor of New York. is intensified by
the temerity Of the machine in count.
ing him out. He said at a conferences
lately held at Albany Of leading men
in his party: IL am . Democrat, but
I cannot allow Belmont. Ryan, or any
representative of criminal corporations
to define party principle for me. l
refuse allegiance to any Democracy
that is controlled by corporations, for
the interest of favored class, and to
the detriment of the whole citizenship.
l believe that patriotic citizens should
unite for self-protection. Every cor.
porate and selfish interest has united
for extortion and oppression" Hearst
clubs are being formed all over the
State. No better candidate could be
named, fact which the people OF his
State seem to recognize.
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ANOTHER VIEW OF THE REBATE
EvIL-That the Government will
never overcome the rebate evil until
it goes after the shipper as we'll as
the railroads, is the conclusion arrived
at by Judge John F. Philips in bis
opinion delivered in the United States
District Court for the Western District
of Missouri, in Kansas City, in the
cases brought by the Government,
charging the Missouri Pacific, the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and
other railways with giving rebates on
shipments of salt in Kansas and on
coal in Colorado, and other products,
in violation of the Elkins act. Further.
it is held by Judge Philips that tho
Government should maintain fair play
and "square deal" and should not
allow the railroads TO be first "held
up by the shippers and punished by
tho Govarumont for ha;po, &c hold I'm -