Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-08-28
The Twins" Obey Orders.

klnS twins TO convince the people o
ThurstOn county that are under ;
heavy obligation to Gov. Mead fOl
his veto of the capitol removal bill
necessitates a continual puncture OF
the bubble on which the claim is
based. To accomplish that object
let it be borne in mind that
When the removal bill passed tn,
Legislature. il met with immediat,
condemnation from every large news
paper in the State, except those con
trolled by the Perkins policy. 1t i,
10 be- presumed that the executive
mind was called to this trend of pub
lie opinion, by his official mentor
the private secretary who guards the
sacred precincts of the inner chamber
from possible harm, for up to that
time the Governor $ sympathy fOi
our local interests had been hidden
from all eyes
Afrer the bill had been numerically
scored by the Spokane .SpokesmaH-
Rrtc,c the Seattle Past Mte}iicnqcer.
and.the speckled-editorial Times, and
the owner of the P-L had made a
somewhat impaSsioned demand, that
Governor Mead became reluctant
friend to Olympia, and it will be
noted that contrary course would
have meant the estrangement of the
only city paper that had supported
his candidacy for the Office he held.
Lest the position of the executive
on this matter be regarded as based
mainly on apparently well-grOunded
suspicion of motive, we cite, in cor
federation of the attitude betrayed
by the COW incident, the fact that
Mr.. Fairchild, Chairman of the Rail
road Commission, we'll known to be
Mead's closest friend and political ad-
visor, made a vigorous attempt to
have his Office moved to Seattle. 1t
came in the form of an amendment to
q bill, in Mr.. F.'s own handwriting,
authorizing thecommisSion to remove
its Office to Seattle. The Thurston
county members succeeded in having
it stricken from the bill, for the rea-
son that it required a further appro-
priatiOn from the State of about two
thousand dollers per year for office
rent in Seattle. When the bill was
before the Senate Committee on Rail-
roads, Mr.. Fairchild appeared before
that committee, and got provision
incorporated permitting the commits
sion to move into rooms in the State
at either Seattle or Tacoma,
when those buildings were completed
thus avoiding the rent argument.
This provision Senator Ruth Sue
ceeded in having stricken from the
bill after strong fight. Would Mr..
Fairchild have made this persistent
claim for change without the Gov
consent or approval? Or is
probable the Executive would have
permitted that gentleman, panoplied
with the prestige Of official favor, to
give our delegation q bad half-hour,
unless he regretted his veto of the re-
noval bill 1.-TWO yearlsbefore-or was
It because the police arrested his CUB
lawn-mower?
But the worst break OF all in official
nisrule was another covert attempt
10 place the capitol on wheels. TWAS
planned for submission at the last
session, 4 bill wherein twas provided
|or Governor to appoint commission
TO examine all capitol sites offered
throughout the State and report to
the State Executive in October, 1908.
A more vicious bill, SO far as Olym-
pas interests are concerned, would
De hard to imagine. The general
opinion among members of the Legis-
azure, at the time was, that it had
been prepared, with Mead's consent,
oy one Of his appointees.
DAILY FOoD CONSUMPTION OF A
LARGE CITY.-The amount of q few
staple products consumed in New
York city for asingle mon th-June-