Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-08-07

starting a libel suit. By that same
token that Michigan editor must
have told the truth when he accused
certain parsonage of drunkenness.
y
zone Glad, Sweet Song for Teddy"
(Chehalis Bee-Nugget.)
Teddy is having a bully time now
Barnes has sued him for $4,000
libel; Governor Johnson of Califor-
MIA, Teddy's running mate in 1912,
says he is a "hypocrite" and trait
or" and he doesn't like him any
more; some of his Bull Moose friends
want him to be governor of New
York and others do not; the doctors
tell him he has something the matter
with his talking apparatus; and some
antiquated scientist says that he
didn't discover any new river 1000
miles long which was lost in South
America. Life must be one glad.
sweet song for Teddy.
Here's One Guess-Take One Your
self.
(Ellensburg Democracy
The five-cornered senatorial race
for the Democratic nomination does
not seem to be affording the fire.
works expected. The truth is the
people are getting pretty sick and
tired Of politics. A candidate to be
assured of fair sized audience must
have a reputation of Demosthenes
and hire brass band. AS the line
up looks here it is Turner or Todd
first; Black or Cotterill second; and
Dege also ran. Mr.. Dege is not we'll
known here while all the other can
didates have made campaigns in this
county and are pretty well known.
Burleson and Civil Service.
(Sedro- Woolley Courier.)
All that chorus of cries that went
up year or so ago to the effect that
Albert Syrney Burleson. postmaster
general, was going to be the greatest
political headsman of the age and
upset the civil service rules by de-
CAPTIVATING every Republican post
master in the country must be dis
counted about 100 per cent in view
of Mr.. Burleson's, declaration that
he hopes, before the expiration Of the
present administration to obtain
through executive action and con-
gressional legislation, the inclusion
of postmasters of all grades and all
other postal officers and employees in
the civil service system. He intends
to 60 as far as he can without con-
gressionaI sanction, and next season
he will insist that law be passed
which will apply the civil service to
presidential as we'll as other post
masters. The postmaster general Is
ambitious to make the postal service
the best of its kind in the world. He
wants every man in it to give his
time, his thought and his work to
the community he serves. The pro-
test of the Republican newspapers
against, Mr.. Burleson's policy has
been based chiefly on the fact that he
has insisted that postmaster incum-
bents, Republican and Democratic
alike, must stand examination by
civil service board. Mr.. Burleson
insists that he has no objection to
postmaster holding his position, II
he can show that he is qualified.
That, he considers. is only fair to the
new appointees, who must pass the
required examination, and only fair
to the patrons Of the postofiices who
are entitled to efficient service.
If Mr.. Burleson succeeds in his
plan and thus removes the postal
service of the country from the field
of politics, he will have made an
enviable record as cabinet officer,
in the adoption of reform which the
country has long demanded.