Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-07-31
Mills of the Gods Grind Slowly.

upon the evaSlOnS in that State OF the
. Constitutional provisions limitinr
the salaries Of It's State officers. writ
/ ten in It's usual arrogant. pcdantic
mancr whenever It attempts to lam
basic its NOR" humble ncighborS:
This from the Washington STANDARD
tOlympial Is one OF those peculiar deIiV-
MI; - g. rriticisc the Oreonnian vnt M. :.
all the facts. SIC, u sic
Although this is a po>itiyc plea OF
not guilty" of responsibility for
the facts CHARGED couchod in the
/ On9.aI,r's choicest rhetoric. every
careful reader Of that naprr even for
n lifetime. will marvel At the boast
that
There hasn't been A wear for more than
thlrty years ana scarcely a month III AL
! Inf tha, the Or4rnn,n has cried an,
against this very thing. But it
mas uSua''H ,"",.a .i'at II t taneS o. from
ton to anything OF Importance.
Fvo, oront;ro tbat i,s ,ool and
,,orcistonro bn concndod which thc
:. facts" nv no means s,,nror, Il COP.
family seems remarl,abln that with
ordinary effort = manor with tho inn
mcnso circnIation Of the Oy,oou;ao
and able 70 nresent ifs statements
and aro,monts with the nowor and
precision that has characterized its
editorial oninions has boon pound;no
away in and ont of season If spch
noInoble evasions perversions or di.
rrct violations Of the fundamental
law-and il being granted that the
people are normally ]aw-abidino and
bonest-and that all effort has been
absolutely without effect? Is il nos
possible that such an abiect denial
Of influence can he true when 50
meritorious = cause rs respect for.
law has been w,oed 50 continually
and with co much ners;stence9
Oh no. tho O,eooo;oo overdoes the
not Of b,,m;l;+r Il s,bst;t,tos IN
acknowledgements Of dutv for tho
d,+v nerforrod ord roSor+s 20 N,
,,sra, suhtorf,,oo 81 , ,ou,,,oxod 10 =,
rer WHOM bo ;ntor,ocos q ronorol do
NAL Of cboroos - ;s d;fBc,lt 20 die
nrove Re;na tho onlv NOV ont Of =
d;lommo = NOV onlr dooloro ~ ;ts
own elooort foru 90 ovnrosc;or q.
no1o -. :Io fT,, :. :. ;uoa -, ;.
must no !
DIT uho.hor oil ,oo,, h,,o ,>oor
,sod or not for soo,,r;nr - d,,o 70
snoct far lou nrosont a,,,1 ;s no ,oss
;mrorot;ro 1f th;r,,, ,oorc do NOT
suffioo +rv ton twortu on .b;r,r
vo,rs nova. n.,or ,,oor,, ~ rol, do
;ro "D,ors of uo.or ho,,ow tho
rocl If s,,ooost;ons NOW ho in
ordo. .hu "a. r,,,.o A.. ;.to.o.;o,,
50 snecif;c GIVING names and rort;c
MARS with citations Of low tho. u;l,
command o+tort;on Ror;n ,r;,h .ho
;,,d;c;al tr;hrra,c who owe sro,;o,Iv
cbarood with od,n;r;s+ro.;o, of .ho
law and ros,,ts nov ho oo+or;oll,,
bostor.d Tho roo,,,o .uo s,ou, =,
comrrobors;on of oonoroI ossout;on.
and will do,,ht,oss ho,.o, ,udous,ond
tho force of commonts e noros oro
o;von nth Tho tom. 90 ,,,,.uf,,I
ohor,o .,ono ,u;.h . .,o.,.;o. f,o,.,
tho nrov;s;ons wh;cl, aro v;o,o.od h,,
tho offo,aou.
xU.sh;,o.o,,. Cou..;4,.; :;
.h;rtv v.ars o,d 7. oonto;n. . .o
r;e;o, ,;,,;.;.u .ho Co., ;-aoh.os
.... % f,,,u I,,.,,.oa .Lo,,aoa A.,
Love ond ,ot - :. o,.;,.o.oa .Lo.
doht thot o,,,.o,oho. ,.o,,. o,o.o,-.
tho two ,;l,;o, do,lo. ,,,.,,, 10. 49,,
;.o,,..oa NJ - 49,. ~,o..Ia
o..o. j.. 49, 49, e 49,
culpable parties with a history of
the transaction in each case, it would
require more space than we can COM
mand, but metropolitan daily may
be able to do SO without much incon-
venience, and perform an inestima-
BILE service for both people and State.
The enlightenment of the public con-
corning delinquencies of men in high
official station, would surely fill that
paramount objectof newspaper incen-
tive of arousing and sustaining pub
lie interest on an absorbing subject.
Once and awhile, it is noted that an
acorn, becoming imbedded in a Gre