, 1867-05-31
Mr.. clark and the Hudson Bay c..

portion to the improbability of his assertion
having said that the Hudson Bay horse is seven.
teen feet high, Of course be will stick to il. and
Try TO prove that he is right, ifhe has to show
tnat everybody elseis fool to do it, lust as he
auFoeates the measures Of his own party by de.
nouncing those who do not endorse them.
NO iact has yet been elected upon the subject
except that Mr.. CLARK was employed as an at,
torney to examine witnesses in support of the
claims Of the Company against the U. S. Govern
ment. Men who were looking for a LAWYER to
transact business for themselves would certainly
consider this An argument in his favor. II the
Company pays as well as tue Tribune saws II
does, Mr.. Clark must have had good, fat lob.
and one which we have no reason TO believe an Y
attorney inthe Territory would not have been
glad to have taken. 10 fact we have been told
that friend of Mr. Gar6elde suggested his
name TO the Company for the business, but that
it preferred Mr.. Clark
Mr., Clark's connection with the Il. B. Co,
ceased when the purpose above mentioned for
which he had been employed, was accomplished,
out even were be retained generally, for the
purpose OF transacting all its legal business,
and professionally interested in obtaining the
largest bonus possible for theICsmpany, it could
not be shown that he, in his capacity of Dele
gate to Congress, could affect their claims one
way or the other, for those claims are questions
OF fact, to be determined by a board of three
Commissioners who have been appointed, and
are sworn to determine the matter according to
the evidence before them. When the amounts
due, if anything, are thus ascertained, it will
only remaio for Congress to say whether or not
ltwlll make the appropriation requisite to lioui.
date them. Mr.. Clark is the largest real estate
holder upon the premises involved and is there.
fore, Interested in providing titles for himself
and the other occupants of those lands upon
terms as liberal as are granted to settlers in
other parts of the Territory. The Journals of
our Territorial Legislature show that he has, by
memorializing the General Government, en-
deavored to accomplish that end, and since his
personal interests aud those of the public COM
olne to induce him to do so, there is every
reason to believe that he would exert his in
fuence as Delegate, in Congress to extinguish
the H. b. Co.'S claims at reasonable figure.
This hobby of the Tribune, in which the Hud-
son Bay Company is represented as placing en-.
tire confidence in the secret promises of knaVe
not to be trusted and spending its money like
water to secure the election of ninny, without
lnhnence, in order to wrongfully obtain vast
sums OF money out Of Congress which it be-
lieves to be the wisest, shrewdest, keenest, most
patriotic and honest body of men ever assembled
together, is just about creditable to the genius
who conducts it as is that other long story about
Pierre Soule, of Kitsap county, which seems to
carry the idea that Clark should DC held respon-
sible because the Treasurer of Kitsap Gu lty
and Gov. Pickering were sap,heads. 1t appears
that Mr. Clark, as counsel for St. Louis, who
had been convicted for an assault with intent
to Kill, and "sentenced to six months imprson
ment, and to pay fine of one thousand dollars, ;"
applied to Gov. Pickering for pardon, who,
according to the Tribune, finally promised that
III the learned counsel would obtain petition
from the people of Kitsap county asking for the
paruon of st. Louis, and bring receipts from the
treasurer of said county and the clerk of the |
Court, showing that the fine and cost had been !
duly paid over, he would remit the punishment |
In the case so far as the term Of mprisoument
was concerned the result of all which is re- |
lated by our able journalist. 1.-THE jealous
counsel was not long" says he, "in getting up |
the required petition; but how to obtain the |
receipts without paying the money, was not go
easy"
Let it be observed that upon the only point
which has any bearing upon the charge of dis
honest practice and Iwindling made against &r.
CLARK by this libeler, be expressly declares be |
knows nothing. GLOW" says he, "Clark man.
aged to get receipt from the Treasurer of Kits
sap county-whether he persuaded the said |
Treasurer that the money would assuredly be
paid as soon as his client was released from
prison, or borrowed receipt for the occasion
without such assurance, we don't know; but be
got the receipt" The question which will oc.
cur to every mind after reading the paragraph,
will naturally be, Does be know that Clark got
it without paying the money! If so, how does
be know it2 receipt according to all rules
of evidence, raises presumption of payment,
and though the party who gives it, may be per-
mitted to show by competent evidence that the
money never has been paid, his mere verbal de-
nial would be worth nothing against bis written
Ifit is true that "thus Pierre st. Louis went
uupunishsd for his crime, the school fund of
Kitsap county was minus one thousand dollars,
the courts and the laws made a mockery of and
public justice defeated, " we feel confident that
the public will agree with us that the Tribune
has established the fact that the Governor of
he Territory and the Treasurer of Kitsap coun-
y were, to say the least, great ounces, and unfit
10 be trusted with public interests. 1t is always
30 with these radicals, they endeavor to make
heir very crimes party advantages to them
Washington Standard.
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