Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-11-08
Even as We Know Them.

Even US we NuONt
Everett Labor Journal)
The state of Washington never saw
before nor will ever see again such q
filthy campaign as is being waged
against Bob Hodge by the Wilson
Perkins press. 1t is the last stand of
as dirty bunch of politicians as ever
groveled in the filth and slime of un.
foreground politics. Afraid to meet
him on a single clean-cut issue of the
campaign, the gang descended to it's
last and dirtiest mode of attack-slan-
der, villification and abuse. So, in
1896, they attacked John r. Rogers.
fusion candidate for governor. The
same papers during that campaign
reeked with scandal ana abuse, which
was re-echoed from the stump by Re.
publican speakers. John r. Rogers
was elected and reelected in 1900, and
today monument stands in front OF
the state house at Olympia, lasting
rebuke to the villifiers of that day.
Bob Hodge today is fighting for more
than his political life-he is fighting
for his good name-but refuses to re.
hearse his domestic occurrences for
the public ear, though 1t costs him the
governorship of the state of Washing
ton. There Is more manliness in Bob's
little finger than in the whole tribe Of
political jackals, who are attempting
to kill him morally and politically.
Clearly Illustrated Tuesday.
Saturday Review.)
The trend of political thought In
Washington during the past few years
has been in the direction of non-parti-
san voting. The people who vote the
ticket straight are in small minority
nowadays. The propensity to roam ali
over the blanket ballot has demonstrate
ed one thing If nothing else, namely.
that the average voter marks his bal
lot intelligently, and enters the poll.
ing place with fair idea of who and
what he is going to endorse. Intelli-
gent voting is doing away with the
party, and it would seem that It Is
only a matter of time now when the
people of this state will make one elec-
ton suffice.
Election Laws Unwleldy.
Saturday Review.)
The election laws of Washington are
good but unwieldy. For proof of this
broad assertion ask any of the candl.
dates. The cost of a campaign In this
state, for any Office, is out of all pro.
portion to the. salary any office pays.
Undoubtedly the next legislature viii,
be confronted with the task of modi-
flying the provisions of the existing
primary statute, an undertaking tina:
| uytl1 y,nn,riro nd oh
ity on the part of the lawmakers. The
problem is already before the people.
and many remedies have been suggest
ed. There are some who favor q re-
turn to the old convention system,
others who desire one election, nom
partisan ballot and a short ballot. The
state press could not do a better serv-
ice for its readers than to begin now
discussing the needed changes In the
election laws.
Dragging In the Bible.
Organs Commoner.)
Governor johnson, the Bull Moose
candidate for vice president, says that
Mr.. Roosevelt is the flaming arrow Of
God" A careful examination of the
prophets, both major and minor, dis
closes no prediction that a flaming ar
row will be sent at this time; but q
careful reading of the experiences of
Elijah would indicate that Governor
johnson is labOring under a delusiOn,
When Elijah stood upon the mount, he
learned that the Lord was not in the
strong wind, nor in the earthquake, nor
yet in the fire, but that He was in the
still small voice. Even Mr.. Roosevelt's
most devoted friend would not identity
him with still small voice.
Gone Are the "Glittering CArom0s."
(Creston News.)
We are well enough versed in his
tory and practical government to see
the back as well as the front of the re-
form pictures held up to us-thai is, to
see how they are most likely to work
In actual application to government
Some glittering chromos are being held
up in this state now that have q very
shadowy other side.
We Were Not Alone In This.
darlington Chronicle.)
Any man who hides behind the
ohA 10 VI d WOIudH ID not b III person
to be governor of the state of Wash
ington. Hay and his political gang of
tin horn politicians will wake up on
Wednesday morning, November 6, to
find out that the people rule and not a
has-been editor of Seattle.
Let's See-How Long IL Its
Ckettle River Journal.)
After next week the public will have
nothing to worry about except Thanks
giving dinner and the Christmas shop
ping.
How About This Excursi0ne
Vancouver COlumbian)
Tom Fisk certainly shows up some
interesting facts in his talks-especi-
ally when he begins to tell some of the
real truth about Miles Poindexter and
Stanton Warburton. These two politi-
cal pirates are destined to q speedy
trip to dark and dreary place from
which no political traveller e'er returnS