Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-02-08
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY :. i>Ga.
A Wori about 0urself.

l. j. n,i often that We iroablc cur readers
with matters en;irlv prrsnncl to "ur@,lt and
We r,..,ret tie necessity ol doing il now. hut
the fact that the course pursued towards IL
by Acting Governor Tunev. i'll relation 70
;he public printing. has become I i"aitcr %.
more or less comment in or town. TO avoid
Misrepresentation, We make brief statement
of the facts, and submit the subject /" the
Judgment of the public to determine WHO Is
in the MISUNDERSTANDING Turncy or ou'scii.
Before the Legislature convened, the Sec
retary informed us that lie had the disposal
of the Legislative printing; whereupon we
s:rivcd to induce him to make a contract with
us for the work, and our Republican friends
generally very kindly seconded our efforts.
The Secretary, however, refused to give Ills a
definite answer, and the matter remained un-
decided until after the organization of the
Legislature, when he appointed us to act as
Printer until tic Legislature should till the
racancy by election, thus declining to exercise
power he had no doubt Of possessing.
Enough has since TRANSFERRED to satisfy us
that he did not intend to confer any pccuna-
ny benefit upon us by the appointment be-
lieving that the Legislature would elect a
Printer almost as their first act after organic
ing; and this would have been done, but for
tho efforts of friends who succeeded in keep
ing off the election for some twenty days.
Secretary Turney expressed great satisiac-
ton in having it in his power to aid us i'll
establishing the STANDARD, and assured lis
that we could have our pay for the printing
as fast as the work was done, for he had the
money OH hand for disbursement. We
felt grateful for his kind expressions of good
will, and in the overflow Of our gratitude, we
inditcd an editorial complimenting his Mes
sage in general terms, without taking the
trouble to read it, presuming that leading
Republican from Illinois, and the confidential
friend and adriser of President Lincoln, could
write no other than one that all good Repub-
leans could venture with safety to endorse
in advance of seeing it, We had previously
given just cause Of offensc TO his very gentle
manly and honest predecessor, in our anxiety
to compliment his thanksgiving proclamation
Up to this time, the Secretary seemed very
well satisfied with our general course, but
finding that we had taken no further notice
of his Message in general terms, and had
avoided the slightest allusion to his specific
recommendations, he urged us to back up his
suggestions on the subject or the University
offering us great inducements 10 dc:end his
specific recommendations contained in li.af
very remarkable document. We then prom
ised to look into the University matter, and
if his views correspondent with our Own, We
,yonld take pleasure liz urging their adoption
Very much to our surprise, we found that he
had pronounced the course Of the University
Commissioners a gross fraud upon the people
and had made other equally groundless and
uncall-i-for accusations. Instead of con
dsssn;ag the University policy and the action
of the Commissioners. We. that week. ui.scn.
ditionally approved of both, bri without cen
suring in terms the recnsaEncada;ios.s Of the
Message. While We could 10. defend ths
Message. we declined to say anything against
it. lalshOush strongly pressed to d. 80 b,
good Republican fri-nds.l cut If detrrs-;ice ID
the ofier If Governor. filed a. il Nas hy 4
Republican aPPciniee. to hon We thea r.!
under personal obligations and mt bs'caus.
~e fela the slightest apprehension that til
Secretary would refuse Us payment for wcrl
we had faithfully executed Tor the Ccnera
Government at his SPECIAL regses. and il
strict conformity with the Law, and the uni
form custom Of his predecessors in sinila,
raseA
The new Printer was at last elected; bat
b~forr be had relieved US from the labor and
expense Of doing the work. the Secretary ad
vi-~d - to s~ll out to Mr.. Poe. remarking
that xr. Poe bad not got the printing vet, and
five desired be would isfimafe to Mr.. Poe
shas be ssa purchase our Office.
IL would have been as well for us had Mr..
Poe been excited the first day Of the session.
a. Was no doubt expected by the Secretary
when he appointed Us. 1t is now evident