, 1859-02-18
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1 1889

good ability; but his advocacy of the
cause of Ahe HudSon's Bay Company
when in Congress attack upon OIL
late candidate for delegate-his vote foI
AbernethyF Fare some of my reasons for not
presenting Ihis Claims, in preference to all
others, as B candidate. for the next dele.
gateship.
Mr. Garfield is certainly man of some
ability, and very much Of a gentleman; bat
| it is said that, although he holds the very
best Office y the territory, yet that it is
well known in this community that he
spends much time in speculations outside oI
his official duties, and some say to the
shameful neglect of those duties. 1t is
very certain that Mr.. Garfield is a late i'm
portation, and has never seen one quarter
of the territory. 1t will hardly be ex-
pected, then, that Mr G. will be the choice
of any considerable portion Of the real de-
mocracy of the territory.
| AS to Judge Chenoweth, il is scarcely
necessary to mentioa his name as in the ring
of aSpirants at all, for the Office in question
nor would we mention it, were he not con-
nccted with the gross attack on the Ad-
minstration and cur present delegate, by
basely slandering Judge Fitzhugh.
Why does Judge Chenowetb, or his par
ticular friends, send his or their anonymous
letters to the n Y Tribune? Why not
publish them here, where they could be
replied to at once, and their author held
responsible, and where the immediate effect
would be visited on Gov. Stevens and
Judge Fitzhugh, and not upon the Ad.
ministration? Let US try to find key to
this far-off attack.
n Now If Judge Chenoweth is Mormon,
it would be very natural for him to have
heartburnings towards the, President, from
the encouragement given by him TO parents
for recaiming their children. If the
Judges sympathies ore with the Mormons,
be would not, if he had children with them,
embrace the opportunity afforded by the
presence Of the U. S. Army at Salt Lake,
to require his children, as an English law
yer has lately done. Now we make the
statement, that Judge G. has children,
blood of hisklood, at or near Salt Lake
City. Two or three months time would
have been amply sufficient to have reclaimed
them and placed them under the paternal
roof yet we sec him remaining at home, at
ease, without making one effort to gather
them around the family Greside-at the
same time, raising the cry Of wicked ap-
pointments," "disgraceful conduct of Off
cials," &c. The Judge should remember
the adage, that "they who live in glass
houses" &c. We now say, that IF Judge
G. was NOT Mormon, he would make some
effort to regain his offspring from the sinks
of pollution where they were oyertaken in
infancy.
If, then, none of the above named gents
would be an available candidate against
such men as the Republicans can bring
out, it is well for The party that they hare
a man whom they can rally around with
the fullest confidence that his nomination
would be followed by triumphant election
"a man who, when dangers threatened
our very existence, braved hardships and
dangers for our safety; who toiled day and
night in the discharge Of his duties-who
was prompt in Warding of the foul ISLANDERS
Of Gen. Wool, and his miniOns-who never
failed TO answer the base attacks of the
eastern press, and the Inscriptions assaults
of underwriters from this coast;-a man
who has devoted his whole time, since he
was elected, whether in vacation or during
the sessions of Congress, to the interests Of
this territory, in connection with the great
Northwest and the Pacific coast generally.
1t is almost needless TO say that that man
is Hon. ISAAC l. STEVENS. With his name
at the head Of our ticket, we have no fears
Of the Opposition, no matter whether il be
the Republican or the still more contempt
ible "Gopher-Bolting" party.
VANCOUVER.