Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-07-08
A REPLY IN TIME.
OLYMPIA, July 9th, 1910

OLl MPlA, Juiy Otn, lJIU.
EDITOR OF THE STANDARD:
Mr.. Conine in his communication
appearing in the columns of your
paper June oath ultimO, in reference
to the difference between the two
parties, Republican and Democratic,
says:
In fact there is no more similar
ity in the principles of :hc two par
ties than there is between Il band of
pirates and community of honest
men.
The difference, Mr.. Conine. is one
of degree and not in kind. General
ly speaking, the comparison reflects
the greater discredit upon your
party. In the South, where the DEM
Ocratic party is in full control of the
political affairs, we find children five
years of age at work in the mills;
greedy capitalists coin the bones
and blood of these little children into
profits and dividends that rich and
lazy Republican and Democratic
drones and parasites may live in idle
ness and luxury, there being no
laws to correct the evil; while in some
of the northern Republican States
there is legislation looking towards
the abatement of this great injustice.
Have you heard about the recent
strike in Democratic Florida, where
white workingmen, at the city of
Pensacola, tried to force the Trac-
ton Companies to pay them living
wages, and those peaceable men
were confronted by a regiment of
soldiers with gatling guns? But
you may say this was in the South,
matters are different in the North.
Look at New York City, the Tam
many combination is the most cor
rupt political machine on earth,
eclipses by far the steals and gratis
in Republican Philadelphia. Not so
very long ago, 300. 900 hungry men
tried peacably to assemble in Union
Square. New York. for the purpose
of stating their grievances. Under
q Democratic city administration,
were dubbed and ridden down by the
police. How about Democratic Leg
islators in Illinois accepting brides
and voting for the Republican candi-
date for the United States Senate F?
We Judge q tree by its fruits, Mr..
COnine. know you to be an honest
man, your official record as menu
Der of the Washington Legislature in
1897 was straight, but your own
party has no further use for you than
the Republican had for poor Metcalf.
When you run for Office, large per
centage of the voters in your party
will not support you because you
cannot be used. To refer to the
party of Jefferson and Jackson proves
nothing. Any crook imprisoned in
the penitentiary might say. with q
degree of truth, he had grandfather
who Graded grain and never stole
from his neighbors. In 1879, was
in Deadwood. S. D., the city had
just experienced a severe conflagra-
ton; many of the residents were
compelled to carry on their Occupa.
tiOns in tents for the time being. l
recollect while standing on the street
opposite to one Of those tents, /
heard the harsh voice Of a female,
singing, using words thus:
'Once was pure Ne the beautiful snow;
But oh It was long time ago ,"
The poor frail creature, however,
had no one to apologize for her and
assert she had remained pure. l be-
lieve the masses of the people mean
to do that which is right, but have
been misled by politicians in both Of
the old party machines, and the time
has arrived for q change OF pro-
gramme. When the shadow is dark
est, the sunlight is not far distant. !
Yours respectfully,
BYRON MILLErr.