, 1856-02-29
who is Territorial Printer' 2

Wallace,
Is nominally democratic, but the knoWnothings and
softs have majority on joint ballot. The lines in
that Territory In times past, between pizzurnctuu-
dom and democracy have not been sufficiently marked,
and this il one Of the fruits Wiley deserved the cleo
ton for his vigorous and talented advocacy Of democ'
rcy and for his stern opposition to the hosts OF mid
night darkness"
We copy the above from the Oregon
Statesman of February 18th, which was evil
IDENTIFY written previous to our publication
of the base and fraudulent proceeding on
the part Of the majority of the late terrific
rial house Of representatives, to encompass
the powers of the council within its iniquit-
ous grasp, and force that body into the cleo
ton of an officer against its expressed will
and determination to the contrary-to rem
der nugatory the sovereign powers of CO.
ordinate legislative branch, and its existence
farce and fable
>For the information of the friends Of the
Pioneer and Democrat generally, and partic-
ularly those siz ont Of nine members of the
council, and those eleUeH out Of tlocntysereH
members of the house, who protested against
bowling the knee to kfnkey-headed know
nothingism, we would say that Col. WILLIAM
H. WALLACE is not the territoritorial print
er, and that unless falsehoOd, fraud, forgery
or perjury prevails with the department at
Washington, to which the question Of the lc-
gality of WalIace's election has been refer
red for decision, he 1OiH not be, at least until
legally elected by some future legislature.
That those who have stood firm by our
side, and sustained our course whilst doing
battle in the ranks Of the regular-line de-
mocracy, in opposition to all the isms music
ed under the "kLOnas" banner Of " free-louc" :"
RiggerdHm, may know that we have not'pro-
we'd unmindful, or recreant in the discharge Of
our duty to the party, in the premises, we
would say, that we have forwarded to Wash
ington true; authentic account Of the pro-
ceedings of Clark & Co.'s lone horse :"
joint convention, with all the testimony con
nected therewith-in which we have taken
especial care to embody all the faciS, and
nOthiHg bnt facts and, on the other hand,
have taken precautionary means to ascer-
tain whether or not the game of fraud, at
tempted by the opposition here, will be pre-
sisted in before the authorities at Washing
son. The democracy, and the people at
large can rest assured that the foul and in
famous crowd Of legislative conspirators
against the rights, interests and wishes Of
the people, will be closely watched, and the
record Of their past, and future meditated
iniquity, kept before them. sa. r
Ample time will be afforded prior to the
election in July, to investigate and lay bare
the motives which actuated the majority in
the house to attempt such disgraceful out
rage upon the rights and powers Of theroun-
Gil, and fraud upon the people 1t will suf-
fee for the present to say, that sectional an
tyests contributed, in aid Of desire for fH-
tsre political supremacy prompted Che ma
jority to disgrace themselves, and as far as
they were capable, cast On odium upon the
proceedings of the entire body. Before the
next election, we design to present to our
readers a daguervsOtype portrait gallery Of
the late assembly, in which some members
viii recognize certain features traced which
they would rather not have exposed to the
public gaze.
In order that the people may be able to
form some idea Of the miserable wreckless-
ness and utter disregard Of law and rule with
which the majority proceeded with the bu-
siness of the house, we would inform them,
that according to strict construction of ter
ritOrial law, at least three pizzerrincktums
were permitted to occupy seats who were
not legal or legitimate members.
Gnu WARD, elected representative for
Thurston county, was acknowledged q mem
Der, whilst at the same time he was contest
ing his right to land claim-claiming bis
residence in Lewis county-in violation of a.
clause in the 4th section Of the Organic Act,
which says
And the members Of the council and Of the house
Of representatives shall reside i and be inhabitants
o. the district or county counties for which they
shall be elected respectively"
FRANK CLARK, was elected to supply q
vacancyin Pierce county, (by the resignation
Of A. ]. BUReE, Esq., by special election,
. through special arrangement, by the votes,
in part, Of Col WALILcE's company of vol
unteers, in violation of the amendment to
the election lAw--passed January 25th, 1855
which says that
mo officer, soldier, seaman or marine in the army
or navy Of the United States attached 10 troops
he ssTvies Of the United States shall be allowed to
vote at any election in this territory" &c.
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