Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-09-21

ing's proposition was before him. IN
wLich Was q clsuse offering TO carry
rhe mail seni-weekly. Is which Mr..
Bradford in his last letter called the
Postmaster attention. The fc-'Ina>-
ter. thus driven 10 the wall, tells MIR.
Bradford that he viii he compelled to
consult before final answer Is given /;
and after consultation the Postmaster
deliberately comes to the conclusion
that me =. cannot. under the authority To
procure Temporary service. enter into
amy arrangement contemplating ser
vice t. commence in the future. Herr
our Postmaster commits himself. IL
his reply to Mr.. Fleming's letter pro-
posing a semi-weckiy service lac yiriu-
ally rejected that Offer, aud BOW four
weeks aftcrwari. when cornercd. lie
iuml,lv a-k-io lie ailowedto consult.
and thea gives il ~ his dsLGerate ol';n-
ion that the reason he rejected the
semi-weckly service four weeks ago
was because lie did not feel author
lied 10 enter into any arrangements
contemplating service TO commence
in the future -
We trust that the people will now
perceive exactly where the blame lies
for the present prostration of business
upon the Sound. The fact that notori-
Gus fancy man.. by the name of >cran-
ton. who has sat like II nightmare upon
the commerce of the Sound for the past
eight years, has much to say upon the
subject, does not Tighten the ro,tinas
ter's accountability. This man had
concoctcd plan by which he tondly
hoped to abstract from the public treas
ury the modest sum of $4,000 per an
num-:for his mtlucnce. Scranton came
here with letter in his pocket from
Mr.. Geo. Wright, of San Francisco,
with an agreement by which Wright
was to perform semi-wcekly service
to Whatcom for $50, 900, and pro rata
to Victoria. Scranton is sent to pro-
cure the service for Mr.. Wright, and
he, the agent, has the magnanimity to
to demand the contract at $4,000 with
pro rat0 to Victoria, the surplus to 60
as wh;sky-moncy for himself. This he
did, and at the time toM the Post
master that Wright mas to receirc but $50,
900 ndpro ratu to Victoria for The SER
rtce he rus to perform, and that the
Postmaster must give him (Scranton)
the contract in Mr.. Wright's name for
$4,000.
This man Scranton knew he had an
inexperienced subject to deal with, and
with the assistance of several cX-Judges
who gave an "opinion" the same
day that one of their number was en-
titled to preside over the present term
Of the District Court-it is not surpris-
gin that our Postmaster should become
Il tool, unwittingly no doubt at first, of
the man who boasts of bribingmcmbcrs
of Congress. These advisers are NOR
ally to blame, and not the Postmaster.
We have now given a candid, unprcj-
udiced view of the matter receiving ia
vor from neither party. We ask our
friends on the Sound, those whose in
tercsts have been so ruthlcssly outraged,
those who arc aware Of the low, de-
PRAYED conduct of Scranton here and
elsewhere, to bcstow the blame upon
the proper source.
"SEcEDED. MIR. j. II. Slater has
withdrawn from the editorial control
of the Corvallis (Ogn.) Union. Hesays
that he leaves the editorial tripod with
"few regrets" We arc not surprised
that he is rejoiced to get out of the
jeff Davis boat. Mr.. p. j. Malone is
his successor, and the paper is to re-
main "sccesh."
A Row IN THE CAMp.-An exchange
says: "The Governor of Georgia, liz
an official proclamation made by him,
charges that the j. Davis Government
has no regard for State rights; that it
is in favor Of establishing monarchial
government; and he directs the dis