The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-09-25
A Nauseous Monopoly

of Washington that they are in the
vise-like hold of heartless monopoly,
composed of institutions, that are pop
ularly supposed to be the champions
of American liberty, will doubtless
startle many. That such is the case
will be seen from the present trend of
affairs as shown by the three large
daily papers of the state. The exact
date of the nefarious compact is i'm
material, but its existence became
painfully evident to the manly mem
bers of the last legislature when they
tried with might and main TO get law
upon the statute books of the state that
would forever prevent the papers pub
lished within its borders from being
real schools Of crime, by the heartless
intimidation and the threats to which
they were subjected. Senator Graves
OF Spokane had the clearness Of vision
to see the terrible danger to which the
youth of this fair state is subjected by
the publication OF detailed reports of
crime, social evil and its long train of
blood-sucking vipers, and the patent
medicine deluge, upon which the daily
press of the state depends for hundreds
OF thousands of dollars annually that
are literally filched from the purses or
their unsuspecting readers. This mo-
nopoly with one blow of its murderous
club successfully felled those who would
effectively protect the home from such
inSidious assaults. Its next brazen
assault was upon the three largest
cities of the state, all OF which were
captured by its policies of villifcation
and misrepresentation OF every officer
and policy that did not promise humil-
ity and profit to the monopoly. Spo-
kane, Seattle and Tacoma for nearly
two hears, have been in the grasp, of
the Cowles, Wilson and Perkins COM
bine and every policy of any real i'm
portance to the people have been die
tated by these three men. The first
step in the control OF the state was
taken when they decided that Senator
Ankeny was to. be slaughtered, as a
move in the elimination of Senator
Piles two years hence, to make room
and place for the Wilson member OF
the combine in the United States SEN
ate, and to enable the other two to
dictate the patronage of the state.
There is not county, city or town in
the whole of Washington that has not
been blighted, directly or indirectly,
by this combination during the past
two years and it is probably true that
every community in the state will feel
its strangling grasp more terribly than
ever. Young men Of the state, if you
would serve the good people OF Wash
ington in any of the several positions
of honor or trust for which you may
desire their suffrage, prepare to get
down and crawl before these fellows
who are too dishonest to decline adj
vertising that is smeared with the blood
of innocents, who are insensible to the
dictates of common decency, and
whose insane ambition it is to rule
million of free people for their own
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, for until their rule is
broken, you can have absolutely, moth
ing without their favor. Mr.. Business
man, you of the cowardly caliber, who
do not dare to spend farthing Of your
advertising appropriation in any but
these filthy channels that are so laden
with putrid matter that your customers
must hold their noses as they wade
through the mire to the place where
you have deposited your tribute of
cowardice, is it pleasing to know that
you have yoked your neck to the wheel
that is making an exhibition OF you and
your business. And you, Mr.. Citizen,
who were led by the nose to the mu-
nicipal ballot box, and are now follow
ing the same hand to the general
election ballot box, has the blood of
your forefathers become SO impotent
that you cannot stand up and act as
we'll as think for YOURSELF The laws
that go uponthe statute books at Olym-
pia next January will be dictated by
Cowles, Wilson and Perkins, and every
oHoa IN tou,n citu cnuntv and state