Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-15
In Little Business.

One would imagine, from reading
the Perkins dailics, that Mr.. p. J.
O Brien is candidate for office. from
the many malicious filings cast at
him, Il course which pot -house poll
ticians invariably pursue when they
attempt to criticiSe men whose char
actcrs for honesty and integrity ar,
massailablc That the object of as
Sault characterized in some of THEN
lucrubationS as One @ Bricn - is
an cntcrpriSiny business man. pro
vidlng large payroll and displac
ing articles that had long been i'm.
ports to our State, by home manu-
facturc. is well known. and most oI
people commend the fact that the
city has made certain improvements
on Third street, to enable him to eX-
tend his already extensive operations
by additional buildings and machin-
cry. 1t has always been considered
in good form to give site for just
such industries, and in a late in
stance the Chamber of Commerce
guaranteed Il railroad track, costing
several thousand dollars. for cstab-
! liShmcnt of another Sawnill on West
side. Why should the principle bt
favored for affording a subsidy to in
ducc people to come. and refusing
aid to those who have already cast
their lot with us and who are per-
sistcntly cndcavoring to develop 4
trade that brings money to the com
munity and affords labor for many
craftsmen?
The offending dailies will learn, in
the course of time, that gnawing 4
| file only wears ont their teeth and
makes the gums sore. There is Il
homcly truth expressed in this in
stance in the somewhat paradoXical
adagc. We love him for the enemies
he has made. This is specially true
when it is taken into consideration
that Mr.. O'Bricn's back is beaten to
thump the hcsd of altogether an
other person, which makes the act
all the more dastardly. Mr.. O 'Bricn
has secured u place in the hearts of
the people who know him best, that
renders his character unassailablc
by the amateur journalists who be-
long to the Tacoma detail.
The chief grievance of those pa
pcrs seems to be that the end Of
Columbia street has been extended
so as to connect with the alley and
enable teams to pass through anoth-
err way to Main street, which is in
some degree Il rcstration of a business
artery. that couple of decades ago
existed in better form than if does
now, even after the expenditure, as
alleged, of $500. \ good and sub
stantial bridge then extended from
Third to Second, and the latter street
was connected with PercivalS dock
by 60-foot roadway. If we would
restrict the Barbary Coast it
seems that Il few more such cXten-
sions should be made. That the eX-
penditure exceeded the estimate was
Il mistake, that neither the council
man aSSallcd, Mr.. Mackey, nor the
Street Committee, are responsible
for, and least of all Mr.. OBrien, who
shares Il portion of the expense him.
self.
From TIE FRYING-PAN INTO THE
fIRE-lt is reported in a Paris cable
gram that Mime Anna Gould and
Prince Hello dc Sagan, Count Boni
de Castcllanc's cousin, were married
in London about a fortnight ago. 1t
seems that her experience has gone
for nought. She has now forever
lost the sympathy of her countrymen,
that was very generally accorded for
her former miSalliancc. If bitter cX-
perience cannot teach, it is well to
waste no more sympathy upon one
who seems Joined to her idols, those
etfetc noodles whose only inheritance
is Il title.
IT is now reported that the Pacific
battlc-ship squadron will be split
into sections, and five of the best sea
fighters will be sent to the Philli
pines. There must be some force in
what we have maintained all along,
that the little Jap cannot be trusted,
when it is deemed necessary by this
move to guard the Asiatic station.
WHALE SWALLOWS THE SMALLER
FISH.-The present financial furry
1t is said has enabled the great tinan-
cier Morgan to acquire the owner
ship of the Consolidated Steamship
company, hitherto owned principally
by Charles W. Morse, capitalized at
500, 600, 600 for an actual cash cXpen-
diture of about 100000.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIS SON.
r. u. Rocket, of Castle Rock, this
State, accidentally killed his son
Earl, while at Il bear last Saturday.
The lad had closely followed the bear,
which he had dislodged from the
bush, when his father fired at the
brute and three of the buckshot
struck the boy.
A STRIKE of the miners has closed |
the WilkeSon coal mines. They num- |