Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-12-10

n osE.sinsssa 90 1ssn-
Ths Hsa-~ Of R<P-es~.,rir~s d th< ls-A
sessisa Il rhe legislative Assembly essve.eA
O. AOai.y last. ass-assslv ix tn PsP.< Il
rE-e,.Ee fs=ps-sry sre>si..fsas- hss the
.~9s<. sASss ia, the C~Ppshes4 ne1s<ss
h~. cosro<t-4 kssl~ sSArzD ~ skseh. DIS
regarding al sss=-&aers ID ha-sfy and tar
3<2lsng nv seczr-S th- eierfsoa Of M De-
gan a. >s-ak-r- IL uzSxss.s5y k.pprn~d
tia lsre~ sazaker Il Asr zenh<r. eozlA
hos-Os did na,-m2k- tL~;r .ygezrz~cr 10
tsrne 70 pariOiPaie IN tie Or-s@z@ss0s: asd
tie - D~M-~r.ssC- us-@b-rs. wish tia, STRAIT
-, iOr .hseh as = patty tA-y AZ o. rrnsrt-
abr. .dr,l'lv Frsdaer1 sk~ b-Iaf that th,-y
~-re sa- to at vail IL the mcuh<r-
gos IN and aeride the eUus~-s ~ q tar and
-qEaEevo;-. - ihaa a~ither Pary c.ssla claim
an advantage They lik--i-s represented
tia; Thy wrrr ' mach -pi up. ooaidn',
ssr-- uPoo a man for sF-~her, nolsow.- and
- didn't b-li-vr they e"sA d.eil- tor many
days h,-be-." IT, tic. The q oa men took
them q, their word. met. elected q temporary
organization. and b-lie,irg the days work
vas done, most Of them Ia the Crptol and
went about their business. No, so the Cops.
They remained within the lar. aud under q
call Of the house. brought back jus, enough
Union man 10 constitute, with themselves. .
quorum. and proceeded Immediately to y'srma-
nesfly organise tie House. 1t then became
evident that the much talked Of split" in
their ranks was but sham, trumped up to
enact the little bit Of strategy" which was
speedily accomplished: Mr.. D"gan received
10 votes, almost the unanimous "Democrat-
&c" strength, and was duly declared elected
Speaker for the ensuing term. This trick Of
the opposition msy be regarded as a very
smart manruvrr by its origiua'ors, but we are
greatly mistaken If they make as much by it
as they anticipated. We now know with
what We have to deal, and how to meet such
glaring Implicitly. They have succeeded in
accomplishing their end. and they are well
come to make the most of it. The lesson
will not b. lost upon Union men.
anything more was wanting to show how
utterly recreant to all assurances and pledges
were the democratic" members Of the House,
it was afforded on Wednesday last. 1t was
known that i, would be impossible for quo.
rum to be in attendance unless the Union
members were present. The previous day
the House had met without quorum. the or.
ganizaiion still being incomplete-ths House
having adjourned Immediately after the bril-
liant movement resulting in the election Of Mr..
Dugan. Union men had decided upon Mr..
Strive, Of Vancouver, for Clerk. Prominent
" Democratic" members now exhibited much
magnanimity, and kindly suggested that il
quorum could BE- obtained Mr.. s. should be
Clerk; that be having formerly affiliated
with tho Unter;fed. and being rcsidrn: Of
Clark county. was quite acceptable as
kiud Of compromise candidate. But
alas for the fallibility' Of "Democra,ic"
pledges. The Union men were again deceived.
Every officer Of the House. so far as we can
learn, is member ofthe opposition party. and
Washington Territory must not only submit
to the disgrace patiently borne of being repre-
sentrd i" Congress by Copperhead. but our
Legislature must By dsluged with the same
coppery element.
The contest. aside from numerical strength,
was by no means an even one. The oppose
ton had The advantage Of thorough organiza.
tion, and it was understood precisely how the
wires were to b. psllrd and who were to pull
them. They begun with gross discrimination.
concealing beneath it throughout .hsir real
purpose, until it was too late to Illustrate their
schemes. Our party had, however. agreed
upon no concert Of action, and until the meet
ing Of the House, many were not even &C.
quainted with their Union co-laborers. This
was wrong, and shows remarkable ncgli-
gence in those whose business it should have
been to receive and introduce members resid-
ing Al a distance. aud totally unacquaintsd
with the kind Of warfare to be expected from
the "rrpiiIrs' hrreabuots. But the deed IL
accomplished. and the diss race cannot he re-
moved. Precious little good. however. will
result from the acts Of the 18th Assembly.
The LEcisLATUlE.-There IL nothing to
report except the organization Of both
brsnchrs. this week. The Gov-rnor's Mes.
soge will be presented to b"th huusrs on Mon