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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26
Which l. Preferable?

1t is said Mr.. George \. hoffman
10y employing private parties to do
his street grading in the Third ward.
is enabled to do the work much more
chcaply than if the matter had gone
through the regular channel and the
city had let the contract for the per-
Torrance of the labor. For instance
lots have been graded for SD each
under the hoffman plan, that would
have cost three times as much had
the labor been done in the regular
way.
There are parties owning property
in the southern part Of the city, who
complain about the great expense
connected with grading and gravel
ing Il certain street under direction
OF the city. Would it not have been
better for the pocket-bookS of these
persons if they had come together
and employed some competent party
to do the work under Il private
agreement after the municipality
had first established the proper
grade? Such matters of local policy
are well worthy of study and con-
Sidcration,
If you expect your national, State
or city government to be too paternal
and treat you as children, you are
liable to be deceived and suffer for
your neglect. The majority of things
can be better managed by individual,
voluntary cooperation, on the basis
equity and good Judgment, than
through the agency Of any municipal
or political corporation with the at
tcndant rcd-tapc paraphernalia. If
Il street in your neighborhood shall
require grading, an influential indi-
vidual abutting property owner
generally speaking could get the
interested parties to agree on some
suitable plan, reduce the expense to
minimum to be borne by the own
erS according to the principles of
equity and fair dealing.
But you say this may be all right
regarding persons who wish to be
fair, but how about the nonresident
or stubborn owner? The most of us
are too apt to deceive ourselves and
prophesy objections which in all
human probability will never happen.
Every man has good side in his
makeup, ifyou approach him right.
The obstinate owner will rarely hold
out when he is made to understand
the work contemplated is for his
best interests as well rs his neigh
bors; that by cooperating he in
common with them will get the work
performed at a reduced figure, which
will be preferable to intcrposing OBJ
jcctions, thereby imposing unneccs-
Sary burdens on himself and other
interested parties, if the contract
shall be let to do the work under the
city ordinance.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

New YORK people lately after a
vigorous canvass secured a subscrip-
ton OF $1,000 to feed the starving
children of the poor districts. At
the same time, without half the ef-
fort, $4,000 were subscribed to care
for homeless cats and dogs. The
largest contribution to the children s
fund was $50. Mrs. Russell Sage
subscribed $500 to the dog and cat
fund, with the provision that auto
mobiles be provided to carry them
to homes where milk, blue ribbons
and mice are to be provided them,
while the human beneficiaries of
Eastside will have to walk to the
soup kitchens.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

THE COHESIVE POWER. The re-
markable influence of the spoils sys-
tenn, with master mind in control
of the avenues for dispensation of
every good and perfect gift" polit-
ical, is shown by the manipulation of
the Chicago Convention by telephone
from the White House at Washing
ton. The boiler was kept at the high
pressure mark for week before the
convention assembled, with steam
Sizing from every bolt and seam, but
steady hand at the throttle and a
watchful eye on the gauge. Quite
often the danger-point was passed by
a narrow margin that could have
only been averted by some powerful
restraint. AS it was. the programme
was enacted, with only an occasional
slur upon some one of the opposing
land merely posing) candidates, for
relief of disgruntled delegates. 1t is
safe to say that had it not been for
the cohesive power of public plum
der" under constituencies and re-
lentless crOnt troll, Taft would not have
been the nominee of the convention.
That many of the delegates bowed
their heads in humiliation is shown
by the curses not loud, but deep,
that have assailed the ears from all
sides.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

IT is reported that the President
will probably employ Secretary Cor
telyou to sit on the lido this Sum-
mer, while he is absent from the
capital swinging around the circle
to serve his party more than the
public. Mr.. Taft held it down while
the President was recreating, last
year, but his occupation now will be
for time, more of a standing than q
sitting Job.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

EscHEw MEAT. - 1t is reported
that hOusekeepers in the Empire
State, generally-where it was sup
posed rich people took no thought of
expense-have decreased their use
OF meat fully 20 per cent. to meet q
corresponding advance in the cost of
animal food, substituting fruit and
vegetables, which from the unusually
wet Spring are bountiful crops and
cheaper than usual. A trade paper
says: 1T is not generally known
just what substitute the public has
found for meat, but it is known that
all the big packers have experienced
this year the longest continual period
of bad business they ever knew"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

THAT superstition still lives, in
some parts of the country, is shown
by an ordinance introduced, last
week, in the Mont Claire, N. j.,
City Council, prepared by the City
Attorney, which provides that the
owner of any dog that shall howl
after 6 p. NJ, shall. be fined Sc for
the first yelp and SO for each sue
ceeding howl. A special dispatch to
the Chicago Lter-Ocean states that
this action was taken because it had
been noted that death had invaria-
bly, happened in that community
after each canine cutlery. Whether
this assault upon the owners pocket
will lessen the bowls by reducing
the number of dogs, or not, or
whether it will be so ordained that
deaths shall be admitted only in
daytime. or before the CANNES howl
at night, does not appear, but a
grave significance is given the mat
ter, by the statement that all the
undertakers of Mont Clair are OPP
posed to passage of the ordinance.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

A MIsTLETOE BOUGH" incident
happened at Fall River. N. Y, lately,
when two children, aged eight and
five, were found in a spring-lock
trunk, in which it is supposed they
had hid to escape going to school.
Their disappearance was a mystery
for several days until chance re-
vealed their hiding-place. 1t was
quite evident the end was due to
sutfocation, and both clothing and
bodies gave evidence of q terrible
struggle before death overcame their
efforts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

WOMEN DEMAND EQUALITY IN ENG
LAND.-A procession OF from IL, 600
to ID, 900 women suffragists paraded
in London, on the 18th inst, and held
a grand meeting, at which such we'll
known women as DR.. Anna Shaw.
Lady Henry Somerset and Lady
Frances Balfour voiced the demand
for immediate extension of the fran.
chise. Fifteen bands of music enli-
vened the parade and nearly 1000
banners were borne by the different
organizations. One of these was sew
eral thousand barmaids whose preca-
riOus livelihood was made so much
more difficult from imposition of a
special tax. All classes of women
took part in the demonstration.
There were university women, in
cap and gown, writer's, dramatists,
artists, doctors, clerks, nurses, fac
tory hands, domestic workers. from
all the walks of life, plebeian and aris-
tOcratic, united in one common cause,
for right and justice.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

RICHARD CROKER, the New York
millionaire, has set his heart upon
moving the ruins of the ancient
Temple of Phalae from the Nile to
Central Park, New York, which will
be a herculean task in comparison
with placing Pompey's Pillar on
American soil, aquarter of century
ago, also from Egypt, by one of the
Vanderbilts. 1t will be necessary.
of course, to obtain the consent of
the English and the Egyptian gov
ernmentS to do this.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26
OILY uPli. " ash.


Death al the Last EN-Prc~idcnt.
Grover Cleveland. twrnty-sc,ond
President If the United States.
and only living cx-Pr,Sidor'. died
Wednesday morning at loo.r,ort.
~ Princeton. :. j.. af.rrun Illness.
more or loss proS'rat.ng for many
months. lie WAS horn in Caldwell.
F.SSrX county. y. j.. in March. l-37.
He had an academic education. and
Al very cary are entered actively
upon tie business realities Of life
Although admitted to the bar in
lSjS. and after he had from the start
attained rank as Il lawyer for sim
pijcity and dircctncS, Of HI, logic and
through mastery Of his eases. it was
in official life that he became noted
for individuality. his independence
rs we'll as fcarlcsSncSS in checking
extravaganza and fraud in public cX-
pcnditlreS. This trait was mani
tested both as Sheriff Of his county.
Mayor af the city Of Buffalo. and
Governor of the State of New York.
and it was mostly due to his sterling
policy and firmness and decision.
that Tammanys corrupt rule was
overthrow.
AT the Democratic National Con-
vcntion. held in Chicago, July 10th.
1884, Grover Cleveland was nominat-
ed for President OF the United States.
receiving GS3 votes out of Il total of
$50, with only 557 necessary for
nomination. The nomination was
made unanimous, on motion of ThOS.
A. Hendricks, who was himself, the
next day, placed on the ticket for
Vice President. They were elected,
as we'll as q change of membership
that promised them a majority in
Congress, and had the adminiStra-
ton policy been, in all respects, in
confOrmance with the true tenets of
his party, it might have entered
upon a succession as lasting as the
principles upon which it is founded.
His prestige was sufficient, however,
to secure denomination in 1888, but
he was defeated by Benjamin Har-
rison; four years later, in 1892, he
was again nominated, so powerful
was the popular demand for Demo-
cratic principle that Republicanism
was again defeated, in the hope that
a protested Democrat, with doubtful
tendencies on some points, was bet
ter than a confessed Republican,
with probably unacceptable convic-
tions on all. The four years from
1892 to 1896, led to the choice of q
new candidate by the Democrats, in
William J. Bryan, that year, with
Mr.. Cleveland and his following
practically boiling the nomination,
DETECTING enough votes for Palmer
and Buckner, the National" or
gold' Democratic nominees, or to
Mckinley and Roosevelt, to have
elected the regular Democratic candi-
dates, Bryan and Stevenson.
This is, in brief, the political life
history of man who might have re-
instated his party in the confidence
of the nation, had he but recognized
and supported the cardinal principles
of an organization that distinguished
it from the imperial leaven of the old
Tory party, as exemplificd by the
teachings of Alexander Hamilton.
Mr.. Cleveland gravitated as readily
towards the aristocratic pretenses of
wealth as the needle to the pole, and
this disrupted his party at a time
when it had just embarked upon an
suspicious trend of public affairs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

DOUBTLESS the daily newspapers
realize that dead men cannot kick.
from the horrible caricaturcs they
are publishing of the late ex-Presi-
dent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

" BLIND Tom" the wonderful
negro musician, marvel of three
generations of playgoers, died on
the 18th inst. in Hoboken, New
Jersey. His real name was Thomas
Virgins, and he was born slave.
near Columbus, Ga, about 1850. In
early childhood Tom, who was born
entirely blind and more than half
idiOtic. showed himself remarkably
initiative, frequently stealing into
the house of his master to repro
duce on the piano-forte music he
had heard played by others. IN
1861 he became SO proficient on the
instrument that he was taken to
New York and exhibited as a phc-
nomeDon and later was widely heard
in the United States and Europe.
He played in Olympia Theater about
a decade ago, and surprised and de-
lighted all who heard him. His
mind appeared blank in everything
but music, but his execution of
classical music on the piano, solely
from memory, knowing nothing of
the written scores, was surprising
and lncomprehensible AS q test of
his memory, Mr. ]. c. Percival per-
formed one of his own improvised
pieces, of extended length, on the
piano, whereupon Tom Immediately
repeated it, note for note, with pre-
clsely the time, expression and
meditation of its author, who de-
clared that there had not been note
omitted, and he was positive that
" Blind Tom" could never have
heard the composition before.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

SOME of the country dalies are run
ming the Douglas shoe-man's cut. la
belled, The Late ex-President.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26
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piston back INTO the cylinder when
the gas has passed out and all is
ready Tor anothe" discharge. 1t is
prooable' however, that the sympa-
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achievement, IN his statement that
nothing but a slight click OF the lock
was heard and the spectators were
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

JOHN Flanagan, of the Irish Amer
lean Athletic association, last Satur.
day, at field and track games, held at
Torrington, Conn.,, established new
worlds record for the hammer throw
by sending the sledge a distance of
11o feet II inches. The former rec
ord was l73 feet inches. ME-.
Horr, of the same club, threw the
discus "a form of quoiD l42 feet / in.
which was claimed as a new world
record.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

The weather the past week has
had ssmc of the characteristics of Fall
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

STRAwS THAT SHOW DIRECTION OF
THE AIR CURRENTS. Already the
wonderful unanimity and intense
satisfaction of the Chicago Conven-
ton is being manifested by the use
of such choice and significant express
sions, oral and printed, as "Jugger-
naut Convention, Steam-Roller
Convention, Absent Treatment
Convention, White House Con-
vention, Long-Distance Conven-
ton, "Tennis-Court Convention,
and " Pantomime Convention, and
those applied to committee work.
while deciding the contests before
the convention met, as Roler-Oats
Delegates, Shredded Wheat Dele
gates. Battle Creek Delegates,
and "Battle-Axe Delegates. These
methods of expression show very
plainly the drift of popular feeling
regarding the arbitrary methods
adopted by the Administration for
perpetuating its rule. Even Roose-
welt had not the temerity to defy the
unwritten law against third-term
candidates, hence the decision to
wait four years before again enter
ing the lists for President.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26

WOMAN $ FEDERATION IN SESSION.
"A General Federation of Women S
Gibbs has been in session in Boston
since Monday, and will probably not
end their meetings till July. Several
hundred delegates have been in at
tendance. Mrs. Sarah II. Platt
Decker, of Denver, is President.
The topics to be discussed include
civil service, civil art, education.
literary, forestry, library extensions.
household economy, industrial condi-
tons, child labor and pure food. To-
morrow evening, Senator Albert J.
Beveridge will address the club
women on Child Labor" Other
speakers who will attend the con-
vention are Prof. Chas. Zueblin
formerly of Chicago University; Com
missioner of Labor Chas. p. Neill.
Owen r. Lovejoy, a member of the
National Committee on Child Labor.
Rabbi Morris Fuerlicht, of Indian
apolis, and Mrs. Ella NJ. ID. Glines
of London, former President of the
Society of American Women of Lon
don.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-26
That NcXed Question.

\ few weeks ago the Socialists of
olympia. at public meeting held in
the Lyric theatcr building protested
against the collection of the city
poll-tax and asked the local trades
union to cooperate and bring about
a repeal of til" ordinance imposing
his tax Far as known, the labor
unions have not, a. 4 body. expressed
themselves on the subject. There
are however, individual working
men who unhesitatingly pronounce
the tax unjust. especially when it
was provided that grand army men
and tircmcn were to he exempt. The
ordinance is general in its terms.
and the claim # these parties is that
the city officials have no right. of
their own initiative, to modify or
create exemptions to the law.
In the Idc case, decided by the
'7di'I fIilf NVdI l. II Wis iltItt liItiI llIt
Port Townsend poll-tax ordinance
WAS unconstitutional, in that ii
exempted tircmcn and members of
the MALTA from its operation. Now
some of our laboring population are
asking by what authority do the
city poll-taX collectors make diScrim-
nations and not obey the ordinance
to is fullest extent, if it has to be
enforced at all? Why discriminate?
OF course from moral standpoint,
our firemen have a good reason for
claiming the exemption. In view of
the high 43-mll taX-levy for 1907,
there are business men of good stand
ing who think this poll-taX measure
incXpedicnt at this time.
From the hay language found in
the State Constitution. which is at
tempted to be explained by the
the courts, one feels justified in stat
ing there is no warrant for such tax.
The STANDARD takes the position
that there has been too great an eff
fort employed in creating offices and
attendant clerical assistance. so that
the officials might give their time
and attention towards booming po-
litical schemes, instead of directing
energy towards frugality and saving
expenses to relieve taxpayers from
these high levies and excessive pub
lie burdens. 1t is evident that cor
pOrate interests do not give the mat
ter much consideration, because their
property escapes these burdens by
reason OF low valuations and the
weight of the affection is cast upon
the middle class property and home
owners. 1t is said there is no use
for Il few individuals to protest, be-
cause they can accomplish nothing;
besides their interests would be
made target by the taxing officials
for the intermeddling. But, we I'M
derstand, that despite this dismal
fOreboding, quite a number of people
have organized to carry the question
into the courts for final adjudication
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-15
The latest In neckwear at Nathan's

]. A. Hanson of Verdure, north of
Bluff, was In Cortez last week. lie is
Interested in mines at Telluride and
also in the Blue mountains, besides be-
ing large rarch owner. He has asso=
ciated with him several acquaintances
and will put in a big drilling outfit in
the Bluff oil fields, where they eva
several thousand acres. While here
he was very desiIops of getting home
quick, and Offered Mr.. Bozman $50
to take him to Monticello in his auto
mobile. This was quite an attempt
over a new and untried road, but Boz
man accepted the proposition and Fri
day morning himself and Claire man
ned the machine and with Mr. Han
son snugly sitting in the back seat
they started on their journey, running
the seventy-five miles without event in
six hours, returning the same day
Having become acquainted with the
road Mr.. Bozman says he can make
the trip there in four hours, and a
round trip easily in day. He speaks
highly of the beauty of Monticello and
the hospitality of It's people.-Corte2
journal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-15
CARING FOR CATS.

At a cattery conducted by Miss
Cathcart, in New Jersey, the tenants
are bred and cared for with a strict
observance of all the laws of feline
hygiene. The kennels, or rather houses,
are of Queen Anna style of architec-
lure and provided with doors and
windows and hooks and corners to af-
ford pussy the opportunity she so
loves of looking out the parlor window
or retiring TO her chamber for a siesta
at will. Each member of this colony
in provided with two houses, and is
moved from one TO the other every
being cleaned and renovated. The
bedding In each house in removed
each day and burned. The cats toilet
consists of a thorough combing follow
ed by rubbing with cloth several
times week. Miss Cathcart says
that a cat should never be washed.
For food kitty is given a drink of
fresh milk in the morning and two
meals during the day. There is a
constant change in menu, which in
cludes table scraps, fresh meats, chick
en-, rabbit. raw eggs. cereals, and vege-
tables. cow is kept for milk.
Among the ninety or more inmates
of this cat home are number of blue
blooded, short-haired celebrities who
have wone regulations in this country
and in Europe. Prissy is black cat,
without a white hair anywhere, and
considered the most perfect specimen
of her class to be found; she came
from London, and is valued at the
price of good horse Belle of Brad
ford is another Britisher, and is orange
even to the color of the eyes. Re
quiqui is of Siamese descent, but is a
native of Paris, and is dark brown
with blue eyes. Buster Brown would
be black If he were not tinged with
a plum tint, and is what is known as
a smoke.
Miss Cathcart's interest is not, how.
ever, entirely confined to cat aristoc-
racy. She is doing a humane work In
affording refuge for tramp cats until
she can secure them good homes.