Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-02-02

Notwithstanding. And although the
fact is that on the 18th day of January
Mr.. Gallagher was elected Printer, the
Governor, in his hot haste to forcstall
an election and secure to the Pioneer
the cmolumcnts of the printing, a right
to enjoy which this Legislature would
never have conferred, allows but eleven
DAYS t. follow, two of MlichMere Sun
days and must therefore be excluded
from the count, before he assumcs a va
cancy existed and that the Legislature
had no authority to do that which the
law positively says they must ""n"ulW do.
Again: Mr.. Gallagher, thoughllaving
a certificate of election, not having quail
flied, could not have resigned to the Gov
crnor, as the law says he must do, if an
officer elected by the Legislative AS
scmbly. AS he did not qualify, and
could not resign, it follows logically,
no vacancy occurred Of which the Gov
crnor could officially be appraised.
Nothing but the expiration of the Sos
sion, without filling that office would
justify such an appointment.
We could not approve asa journalist
the stepping outside of the printing
profession to find Il candidate for Prin-
ter, and we arc happy to see our per-
sonal friends receive these marks of IA
vor from the "powcrs that be-"
fGov. McGill has such an appoint
ing power, hissucccssor must have, and
we await patiently our turn. In the
meantime, however, we hesitate not to
record our opinion that the appoint
mcnt of Mr.. Lodge, sets ut defiance the
law of Washington Territory creating
the office of Territorial Printer.
ANOTHER NEWSPAPER !-Whmtin the
world are we coming to! Has the
time arrived when not only every po-
litical faction, but every church dcnonl-
nation, community, or clique, must
have its organ? 1t can safely be at
tirmed that no pcopie IN the Unta|S tutcs
is more misrepresentation than that Of
Oregon and Washington Territory.
The number of newspapers is totally
disproportionatc to the number of in
Northumberland what is the result? An
instance of the failure of SOME incxpc-
ricnccd publisher creates a distrust in
the mind of the reading public, and
support is refused to papers that merit
it, and which are started on Il permanent
basis. The new candidate for patron
age is to be called the Northern Light,
and will be issued ut Seattle, under the
auspices of Daniel Dodge, Esq. 1t is
to be "somewlat below the medium
size but what it lacks in that particu-
lar will be supplied i'll the cl,oiccncss
and excellence of its articles just so.
We congratulate the people of King
county that they are to have afirst-class
paper. We are not of those who would
discourage any who enter into colnpc-
tition with us, but sincercly-and with
out prcjudicc-how a paper can h""
printers, and pay expenses, is beyond
our ken.
Me- G. +. Weed, Esq, L. S. Mar
shall of Washington Territory, has
kindly furnished the following census
statistics of the county Of Spokane:
Total number Of inhabitants exclusive
of soldiers, 531. OF these are white
males over q years of age, 900; num-
Der OF persons under 81 years, with wo-
men and children, the latter of which
are mostly half-breeds, 81. U. S.
troops at Fort Colvillc, including six
women and eleven children, 2GS es-
cort to Lieut.. Mullan's Fort Benton
Wagon Road Expedition, (soldicrs) 70;
Engineer employees OH Wagon Road
Expedition, 20; attached to Commits
sion to run Northern Boundary, 1O5.
Total number enumerated, 900.
THE ALpHEAN AssOCIATIoN.-Thc
next question to come before this AS
ISOLATION is, "Resolved, That the abo-
lition of all laws for the collection Of
debts would tend to the advantage of