Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-08-16
CAMpAIAGN CONTRInI TIO\S.

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CAMPAIGN CONTRIRI TIONS.
Pursuant to the suggestion made u!
the Democrats of Washington at the
recent conference at Seattle. The
STANDARD Kill accept
from it's readers 10 the
state and national Democratic cnm-
pnfgn funds. holding the money In trust
for the treasurer of the state central
The co-Operati0u of the Democratic
newspapers of the stnte in the coiIec-
ton of campaign funds WINS urged at
this meeting aud the STANDARD de-
sires 10 aid as much as possible. Ii
was the sense of this meeting that the
names of the contributors be published
opposite the amount of the contribu-
ton. and this the STANDARD will do
unless otherwise requested.
Send your subscription to the STAND
ARD Office NOW Southwest Washing
ton does not want to lag behind the
other districts Of the state in it's aid Of
the state campaign.
FIGHT AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN.
Aggressiveness has won much where
gumshoeing has lost. Determining
ton, confidence, enthusiasm, persisten-
cy-these four qualities-have done
more to win political campaigns year
in and year out than all the pussy
foots" have been able to do.
Aggressiveness is more the political
watchword of the present awakened
American public than it was some
years ago. Then, when the hands OF
the few clutched the government of the
many and most Americans applied
applied themselves to business and let
the few run the government, gum
shoeing was the favorite and usually
successful method.
But gumshoeing depended solely on
the Indifference of the average Amer
lean to the men who ran his govern
ment for him. The day of the pussy
foot is past, however, particularly here
in the West, for now the average
American has an inordinate desire to
know who is running his government
and how he is running it. The Cranes
and the Platts and the Cannons are
passing away; the Ryans and the MUIR
phys and the Belmonts fell down be-
fore Bryan at Baltimore.
All of which applies, Of course, to
the Thurston county situation. In
years gone by the faithful Democrats
of this district have tried gumshOeing
and lost; in this year of 1912 they
have probably greater opportunity
than has fallen to their lot for many
years-it would be a mistake to try
gumshoeing again.
Aggressiveness is what the Demo
Gratis of Thurston county want to ex-
ert this fall-and the Democrats of the
whole state for that matter. Happily,
this Is the view taken by not few of
those who see victory ahead and pro-
pose to have it. Among the local can
didates is the spirit of Get there and
win" and It should and will permeate
the whole county organization.
Apparently all the gumshoeing that
Hay has done since providence landed
him in the gubernatorial chair has
availed him nothing, from the COM
ments Of the country press. What a
difference there is in the calibre Of
each of the seven Democrats aspiring
to succeed him!
MUDsLINGING-AND MEN.
The small boy who calls his play
mates names" never gets along very
well with them-he is smart Aleck"
and a smart Aleck" Is not INCH bet
ter than q ''tattle-tale" in the boys
world.
Isn't it true of politics. too?
Compare the mudslinging that is be-
ing INDUCED in by the four avOwed
Republican candidates for governor
with the absence of any such elements
in the campaigns which the seven
Democratic candidates are conducting;
compare the personalities that have
passed between Roosevelt and Taft
with the stand taken by Woodrow Will
son that his is not to be such per-
sonal campaign; and the lengths to
which Individual members of the two
warning Republican factions are going
with the spirit of cooperation that per-
meates the Democratic party.
Frankly, which method do you ap-
prove?
The four Republican candidates for
governor are calling each other all
sorts of names and their respective
newspapers are joining in the work.
Is that the kind of man you want for
governor? Or does not the campaign
of the seven Democratic candidates
appeal more to you as being made by
the caiibre of man you want to man.
age the government of your state, to
appear as your representative with
the governors of other states?
The secret of it all is so plain as to
be no secret. The Republicans are
fighting for selfish motives, for self
aggrandizement, the Democrats for
principle. for the success of their doc
trines and their party. in spite of the
fact that only two of their number will
be chosen at the primaries next month.
Do you want a smart Aleck" or a
governor?
Now wouldn't 1t be mean to guess
that our Republican friends are telling
the truth about each other for the first
time in many years?
IMPORTANCE OF THE PRIMARY.
Particular attention to the import
Ance of the September primaries, from
the standpoint of affOrding machinery
through which the party may work to
achieve success in the fall election,
has been called by the chairman of the
King county Democratic committee.
The recommendation, which should be
taken to heart and abided by bv every
Democrat in the state though framed
for King county, is:
"The primary law of this state re-
Quires every voter at the primaries to
designate his party preference. Such
being the case, it is hoped that every
Democrat in King county will call for
q Democratic ballot. Aside from the
fact that no Democrat can consistently
participate in the primary contests of
Republicans, it is important that the
Democratic party poll a large vote in
the primaries. for the number of votes
so cast will he significant as preSaginp