Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-03-20
Chickens Coming Home to Roost


read with considerable interest the
which appeared in vnnr last Issue and
was impressed with the truths ii con-
tanned. 1t is matter of fact that pres
ent valuations are the highest ever
placed upon property in this city and
county and the levy is also Il record
breaker and yet, not contcn. with that
! record. the present administration has
imposed a poll-taX of - upon each male
citizen over u years of age.
Isn't it about time 10 call halt? Isn't
it about time the people of Olympia
were doing Il little thinking in their own
behalf instead oi having it all done in
Tacoma, supplemented at this end al the
line by Boss Thacker and promulgated
through the Pcrkins-Thackcr papers of
this city?
During the DAYS when the Scobey-
Falknor 'f3fnic WAS in its zenith, there
was 10 such valuations and no such lew,
and no cry OF and IN warrants ont for
petty grating or yraiters. Ii was dur
ins those days the Perkins papers could
not find type large enough with which to
mslead our people, abuse, Islander and
slur our best citizens and drive them
from the community. 1t was during
these days the virus was spread that
has resulted in the present dcpiorable
condition of affairs in our city.
1t is upportune, in this connection, to
call attention TO the farewell receptions
rendered. the magnificent gifts bestowed
and the general good wishes extended by
agrateful citizenship, upon the departure
of these much maligned prominent cit-
Zcns for other and more congenial climes,
This incident leads me to the conclusion
that our people are gradually coming to
realizing sense OF matters as they have
been and as they are in this city, and
that iii due time all matters will even up.
have also read the reply to Mr.. Ste
venS correspondence, in the Moraing
.Htc@"y whose owner and manager is a
prominent member OF the present admin
istra,ion, i'll which Mr.. Stevens is told
that If he does not like our high taxes he
has the privilege OF selling ont and get
ting out. 1t has occurred to me that
MIR. ). need not 90 TO the trouble of
finding a buyer; his property will soon
enough be c0ntiscated unless Olympia
people administer their affairs in ra-
tional way and not blindly follow the
leadership of outsiders, assisted bv feel
low more noted for his avoirdupois
about the waist-lin" than of the head.
SUBSCRIBER.
OLYMPIA, Wash, March 10
To the Sage of Yelm'' tip my
hat; | Salaam. cease to shed tears.
How can | help it. after reading your
great, grand and glorious obligation
taken to the Mule, which will 90
laundering down the canyons of
Time bumpity-bump and bangity-
bang. Yet you will admit that He,
She or It. had good reason to imagine
you were about to say long fare
well to the Mule and enlist under the
banner of the Man With the Big
Stick-TheodOre Roosevelt! After
reading letter written by you and
published in the STANDARD some
time ago, at which even Hon. John
Miller Murphy. editor of the STAND
ARD, and an Old-time friend of yours,
saw tit to criticise in no uncertain
terms the manner in which YOU
laddled out praise to Teddy, though
posing Us Democrat. After read
ing this letter no one would have
been surprised to learn that you had
thrown over the old love for the new
Hence when l read the paragraph in
the STANDARD stating you wished tC
be a delegate to the Democratic Ma
tiOnal Convention. at Denver, did
not have the right to propose three
cheers and tiger? To learn you
had not deserted the Mule for the
Elephant was to made my patriotic
heart beat faster and my blood to
quicken, and the only way to vent
my joyous feelings were to call for
three cheers and Il tiger in honor OF
the news. The He, She or 1t" re
calls the tears. claiming however, al
the He. She or It. knows of your
politics is CLEANED by reading the
STANDARD. Again say, three
cheers and tiger, and / am de
lighted to learn that J. c. Conine
the Sage of Yelm," will never de
sert the Mule. Hurrah! WhOOpeei
lie r VERNON