Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-01-09

Three years ago Secretary Evans deliber-
ately spoke of Mr.. McGill's act in appointing
Mr.. Lodge Public Printer as usmpation.
To-day his friends claim for him that he has
only exercised the same power and that it is
right.
Three years ago Gov. McGill was Demo-
crat, and sustained by the Democratic party.
We opposed him.
To-day Secretary Evans friends claim that
he is following the precedent set by Gov. Nc
Gill. He likewise is sustained by the Dem
ocratic" party, and we oppose him.
ANOTHER MlssTATEMENT.-Byr reference
to our Legislative reports of Tuesday, it will
BE- seen that Mr.. Dugan, of Walla Walla We
believe, stated that thu Journals Of last ses-
SION were in the Printers hands ten months
This is not true. Whether the member knew
it to be- so or not, WE know not aud care less
We should not notice the charge, had it not
been pade several times by the same menu
Der, without our ever taking the trouble to
contradict it. Mr.. Dugan has stated that he
has been informed by practical! printers that
the Journals should have been done in three
mouths. How will the mighty labors of the
membrr to falsify Mr.. Barnes appear when
We state that both Journal, were printed with
in the time which he allows is requisite
three months! We commenced the volume
of laws in March, soon as we could receive adj
ditonal material requisite for tho speedy pros
ecution of the work from San Francisco. The
volume of laws was finished in September
seven months from the time we received the
manuscript from the Secretary. 1t contains
s24 pages, 100 of which are close printed in
dtx, arranged by the Secretary and Go. Not
wiihstanlng the volume is a third larger than
any which has been printed in the Territory,
and the fact that an attempt WAS made by
the very friend of the S, crctary upon which
he bestows his favors to delay if rot stop the
work and thereby, of course, afford a
p1ausoble prrtext, If successful for contract
ing,') the work was completed within the
period of time stated. About the first of
September we received the Journals from tho
Secretary, and finished both and delivered
them to the Secretary before tho meeting Of
the Legislature. The member referred to
should inform himself before making nsser-
tions which in this community appear simply
ridiculous. There are many men in the As.
sembly who have infinitely better advantages
Of forming just opinion, who may not have
access to the records and newspaper files of
the Secrtary's office. The remainder of Mr..
Dugan's haransue was unworthy of notice.
We care not what opinion he may entertain
of DIR. Henry, tho STANDARD or ourself, and
Mr.. Barnes cares as little. He is generally
about as near the point as when he attempted
to prove the President wrong in suspending
the hobeas corpus by citing the case Of Cen
Jackson, appearing totally oblivions of the
fact that the fine was afterwards refunded by
a Democratic Congress.
PORTLAND MAIL-until the last three
Or four mail-days, for the past three weeks our
mails have arrived within the schedule time,
thirty six hours from Portland. After the
failures of a whole month together, this was a
great Improvement, and We were congratulate
ing ourselves on getting our mails, as general
thing, within the schedule time. We are
again disappointed. The mail several times
of late has failed to connect at Monticello.
This may suit the convenience of steamboat
men, but il is a serious wrong to the citizens
of Olympia and tkc whole Sound. If the
Postmaster ut Portland does his d. ty, he will
refuse to longer deliver the mail to a contract.
or who habi'ually fails to comply with the
terms Of his contract. lie munifestly has the
power to declare the contract forfeited. and to
enter into a contract with some party who
will deliver it within the schedule time pre-.
J scribed by the P o. Department. Such per-
} sistent failures are equivalent to nh abandon
ment Of contract, in which case there is nc
} question Of its being the duty Of tho Postmas.
} ter at tho end of the route to contract for its
; transportation temporarily. and report the
, facts to the Department at Washington. W.
J hope the Postmaster at Portland will take
this responsibility, and thus secure to us the
delivery Of our mails within the thirty-sis
} hours stipulated by the Department, instead
Of seventy-two hours, as it is most Of the time
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