Washington Standard

That unwise people are not all dead is shown by the fact that another weekly paper has succeeded the moribund State Journal, with about equal chances for profit to its publishers or of being any benefit to the public. It must not be imagined for a moment that this judgment is in any manner influenced by any feeling of rivalry. Far from it. The STANDARD would gladly welcome worthy competitors, were they backed by the ordinary evidences of business judgment; but it does seem like "crowding the mourners" to inflict a fourth so-called newspaper upon a community the size of ours. We are sorry, neighbor, that our greeting cannot be more cordial, but we believe this is the time and place when duty requires that we serve up cold facts.