Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-08-12
THE MILL STILL GRINDS.
August 9th.
To THE EDITOR:

august VtH.
To THE EDITOR:
Referring to Mr. Confines commu-
nication of July 30th ult., as to the
points of difference between the Re-
publican and Democratic parties.
having read it over several times
with a view of separating the wheat
from the chatf, in which my success
was OF doubtful quantity. am still
of the opinion he jumps the second
premise in the syllogism. To illus
trate. he uses forcible language to
emphasize the principles of justice,
honesty and liberty enunciated by
Jefferson and found in Democratic
party platforms.
TO quote: Il claim that the prin-
ciples of the Democratic party are
eternal-founded on truth and JUS
tice. Now he fails to furnish proofs
wherein his party makes any efforts
to carry out those principles, while
the writer has furnished facts and
evidence in abundance where and
when the Democratic party has been
placed in power it ignores those
principles just as much as the Repub-
iican party. 1t is prolific in prom
ises but weak in performance. A
party. like unto an individual. is to
be Judged by its deeds, rather than
by its words or promises. Faith
without works is dead. In Demo-
cratic Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina, Mr. Conine. your party has
declared repeatedly for the princi-
pies of humanity, liberty and justice,
still the party failed to advise or pro-
mote measures protecting small
children employed in factories and
mills, but on the contrary invited
Northern capital into those States on
the assurance employers business
would not be interfered with. III
such wicked practices exemplify the
principles of honesty. liberty and
justice. ! fail to see the connection
Please explain. You may say these
are only special instances in particu-.
lar States, but regarding national
policies the Democratic party has
been honest. just and in favor OF hui
man liberty. How about Chicago
during the Pullman strike, when
hungry men by the thousands were
asking for a chance to earn their
bread in the sweat of their faces,
both the Governor of Illinois and the
Mayor OF Chicago said the disturb
ances of such minor Importance the
local authorities had the situation
we'll in hand. protested against the
presence of Federal troops in the
great city, still Democratic Presi-
dent sent FIVE thousand soldiers to
break the strike. This was an evil
dent invasion of the rights of great
State contrary to the principles
stated in the Declaration of Iude-
pendence and the United States con-
stitution. Well you may say Cleve-
land did one good act by signing an
income tax bill, but did not Demo-
cratic U. S. Supreme Court Judges
vote to defeat the purposes of this
law?
I listened to some of the proceed
ings of the late Republican State
convention held at Tacoma on the Sd
of this month. Senator Jones acted
as permanent chairman and made a
wonderful speech in the matter OF
piling out words and more of them.
He was greatly concerned about the
insurgent movement in the Republi-
can ranks in this State, out had
words of praise for the Democratic-
party, said he regretted this party
is not stronger in Washington, for if
it were it might make the Republi-
can party better. "A fellow feeling
makes us wondrous kind" Recur-
ring to the year 1892, when you were,
a Populist, you will remember that
the national headquarters OF the two
old parties were located in adjoining
rooms with sliding doors between in
the city of New York. from which
literature was issued by the commit
tee of each party to be peddled out
by party spell-binders to gullible Re-
publicans and Democrats. The lat
ter won in the general election and
the country had panic; the same re-
suit would have followed had the
other party been successful, for each
stood for the same interests and like
privileges, and the break had to
come. We had another panic in 1907,
the effects from which we have not
yet entirely recovered. and it looks
now as if the country is about to en-.
ter upon another period of depres-
sion in the commercial realm.
Now, Brother Conine, it is not nice
that you should call your twin
brother in politics hard names and
work right along in the harness with
him. Yours truly,
BYRON MILLETr.