Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-09-04
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dates far ib- NOR. iDportant posi-
,;nr. JtLas surely .ghvcr.ed that
hitherto cherished principle OF " the
office seeking the man. and iuaugu-
rated Il scramble FOR pace IN which
modosty and decorun are east to the
winds and AL classes have piled over
each other in the scramble for place.
Under the pretcXt that il was an
attempt to prevent bribery OF the
press. the direct primary law prac-
tically forbids all effort of the press
TO direct popular sentiment towards
the selection of men who are thor
ouGhly fitted and in all ways quail
fed for Office, by making such effort
disreputable, in arouslng suspicion
that such support ispaid for clandes-
timely. in some indirect way, unless
headed by the prescribed stereo-
typed caption. Paid advertise
ment. whereupon whatever is said
loses It's force by degeneration
INTO \ purelv mercenary proposition
Centralized absolutely bv dollars and
o.r+s
oloam Of linht i, let into the
notbodc Of tho ast,,te nolitician. by
two Of those non.nartisan Judges Mr..
poh;,s,n bold nm ~ ublic view
wb;lo no 81 mcrcilessly dissectcd
', ono poo+
l'c'i'' IL" '''''.e
and Crow who have discovered
, matbod xyherehv they of all others.
lin .,:a.
may defeat the law py ah liio'rco'
anoeal through the Office of the Sec
80 .Lo pon,,h,;oor Stote Con-
lCttt vi Viz 1sN PucAAN0A 'De"NS
trail Committee, }. W. Lysons, IN
which n small sum of money. said in
e,o 20 cant 70 n
no cast W eAcecu Sio' 10 'o"'
line of obscure country papers, with
f,,,So,,o ort;olec Mandatory of Judocs
i"''o'0 - -,
Root and Grow unknown 10 tlcii''
of cOurse) - accompanied by half
IS .l,o;. rot ,ltoootber nre-
'ohe cuts VA ''ici' n0' '''o ~
possessing cOuntenances. The letter.
submitting the double-actiOn. hair
:: ,,. nc
trlgSereo propoS'''oii' Is III i''' do
follows, having been mlssent to a
,,o,or of o,,;ta n different cIasS-the
Aberdeen Uorid-frOm which we
quote:
80. SEATTLE aug io' i'oS.
am sendimc Won cuts and biographical
sketches of two or three OF the State can
uioa'es mno at e ,e espn1," and sar~;ce 70
the party in this State, and who have al
ways shown friendly interest IN party
vancad the s,,m Of 5000 to the committee
to subscribe for the Republican news
papers during the present cahipa'sn;
cuts are used the service must be gratis.
If you have already on hand cut OF
emae ~ :" '"' 1t ,ha h;nnranh;es sent von
are too lengthy for your columns. you
can readily prepare shorter ones me- from from
are 70 ha retained NV Won unless Won
have duplicates.
am senuins you ne '5s,;"n s,T c "p"s
of vour paper. formal order for which
will send in to you later
That tho halt took is shown by
tho annearance of the syndicate arti.
clos and cuts,often in the editorial
columns word for xord-wbich is q
st;u f,rtbor oxroSure of the infamous
"'
scheme, through whlch the olrec'
primary is to be evaded or perverted
from its true.lntent by these Jeremy
bidders.
1t will be observed by Mr.. Tyson
letter that one OF them-one OF those
mon-partisdm Judge-has advanced
the sum OF S20O to enable the COM
mittee to subscribe Tor Republican
newspapers during the campaign.
Can anybody be such fool as not tc
discover the immediate relation be-
tween these two transactions! Is II
not palpable that this $2OO has been
sent on precisely the missionary
work prescribed by the twO Judges