Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-11-05
yESPAPERS Of STA7E
I RAP HARTLEY POLICIES


Scanning the editorial columns Of
$50 papers Of the state shows that
a large majority of the newspapers
Of Washington comment in critical
fashion upon the polices of Governor
Hartley, whereas when he took office
the sane newspapers, with few exeep-
tions were not only open minded to
ward the executive, but in the ma
iority Of cases, supported him edi-
torially.
Below are reproduced some of the
comments appearing in newspapers
from all parts Of the state.
Tacoma News Tribune.-"No edu-
cation war;? Governor Hartley may
be honest in his belief that he is
engaged in no war on the schools, if.
indeed be has given it any construc-
tive thought at all. Possibly he has
not even seen the official statements,
which carry his name, much less
reads them, since Jay Thomas ticked
them off on his busy typewriter"
Chehalis Bee Nugget.-.'No one can
follow the gyrations of our chief ex-
eeutives unless it be a Chippewa In
dian trained in devious trailing"
Agricultural Grange News. -" "If
there is any question upon which the
people Of the state are united, It is
unanimous opposition to putting our
schools into politics and putting poll
tics into our schools. The governor
is carrying a nasty political fight di-
rectly into our schools, determined to
rule or ruin. The Grange (Washing-
ton tSate Grange) is made up Of men
and women who are probably carry
ing the heaviest burden of taxes in
the state in proportion to their in
come, yet we are practically unani-
nous in approving this needed support
for our schools"
Cashmere Valley Record -"This
high and mighty stuff doesn't seem to
get by very we'll"
Oakville Cruiser.-"If the governor
can remove officials without cause,
except perhaps the suspicion of the
executive, that they would refuse to
be servile and obedient appointees Of
their master, then something ought
to be done asaout IT,
Z Portland oregonian. - Governor
Hartley's attitude has disclosed lack
Of sympathy with all approved edu-
cational processes and the cost there
Of, and he has declared opinions that
run contrary to the best experience.
We are long past the time Of the little
red schoolhouse, the OK cart and the
old oaken bucket"
Yakima Daily Republic. Roland
H. Hartley sizes up with Alex Poison,
as a business man and as a citizen,
as a shrimp with an elephant. We
know Of no other man in the state
who has no time to listen to this
grand old pioneer who walked in with
pack on his back, builded his for
tune on his opportunities by hard
work and good sense, never was ac-
cused of accumulating a dishonest
dollar or injuring a neighbor, and who
never fell down on civic duty of any
kind. Hartley is the only one. Pol
son talks truth and sense about the
state timber lands and Hartley spouts
the bunk. That's the difference in
a few words"
Mason County Journal.-"The Jour
nal has followed the various moves
in the case Of Governor Hartley VS..
The Rest Of the State with interest.
The governor is playing a lone hand
and is his own advisor, wherein lies
the danger. It is going to
be a fight TO- the finish, and the Jour
nal thinks it can see the finish-of
the governor, at his terms end, if not
sooner. -. Z. In plain English, the
Journal thinks that Governor Hartley
is crazy for power and hopes to reign
the monarch of all he surveys in
Washington"
Island County Times.-"To make
Governor Hartley's haf-baked ideas
the Republican party platform would
be to invite defeat. It would give the
Democrats q chance to revive their
morbund party
Gle Elum Observation-Disclosures
Hartley, too, swung over from
business administration per cam
paign promises, to mere political
machine method"
Yakima Republic. opinion Of
this newspaper is that no man or
woman sent to the legislature of the
state should be permitted to have and
hold any appointive office under the
direction Of the states governor"
CARPENTERS UNION TO
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