Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-12-05
wALLA wALLA Co, Nov. -. ls6'

Ep. SrANp.Hp: We cf this section Of
the Territory were much surprised, On re-
cei,t of the last copy Of the Olympia
Tyansc,,pf tina, reached Us. u find one
side Of the same filled up with what pur-
ports to be an sddre-- delivered before the
.Walla walla County Fair" last month.
by Mr.. Philip Ritz, and still more sur
p-i.cd to read the editorial comments on
the same.
Your contemporary must be an exceed
insly will posted individual, tn know what
has ,ranspircd in this section that the cit
liens whereof know nothing about. The
writer of this was ut the fair from the
commencement to the sclose. and no such
man as Phaip RE mas IN tie county dur
ing the mhoic time, nor did he send To any
one in this county the address published in
the Transcript, nor did he deliver the
same himself nor did any one else! So
much for the address.
In the Tranmriipt's editorial notice of
this "addrcss," it says, "That it should
have been published in the local paper at
Walla Walla, but Mr.. Ritz being a Rerub-
lican, he was refused" AS to this state
mcnt of the editor, We know nothing about
it. but az to the fact of the address never
having been delivered anywhere in this
county. we state what We know to be the
fact, except through the columns Of tho
Transcript, two hundred and fifty miles
away. We are right in supposing that the
editorial remarks are equally false, from the
fact that Mr.. Ritz. an old resident of this
county, is 4 man we all respect, in fact is
one of our best citizens, and has during
his residence among us, laborcd for the
benefit of the whole people Of the Terrific
ry, and not specially for those of one par
ticular party, like the Transcript. Yonr
contemporary would make us out set of
bigotcd fools before the world, (but no one
in this section believes HIM by stating that
this man Ritz. being Republican, his all
dress before county fair was refused adj
mittancc in Democratic newspaper.
Such II course may bc inaccordancc with
the narrow. contracted views of the editor
of the Olympia Transcript, but they don't
suit this market. The writer of this is Il
Democrat. but, thank God not the same
kind of a Democrat that he is Republican.
do believe that something good can come
out of Nazareth.
entertain high opinion of Mr.. Ritz,
as citizen of this section Of the Territory
and as gentleman of talent; as to his po-
litical opinions, he has the same right to
entertain such sentiments or believe what
he plcascs, same as l have. am sure,
had the Transcript published the address
without u word of comment, no one who
read it would have suspicioncd Mr.. Ritz of
being a political partisan Of any kind, but
on the contrary, he would have been looked
upon by all who read the address, as a
friend to the whole Territory. 't r.e
Mr.. Ritz has written n great deal in f,-
vor of this Territory, and believe all his
articles (savc his pamphlet published
in Washington City on the Northern Pa
cifc Railroad have been published in tho
Walla Walla Statesman, his local paper,
and the statement of the editor Of the
Transcript that the "County Fair Ad-
dress was refused by the editor of the
Statesmas, because Ritz was Republican,
don't believe word Of; know that Mr..
Newell, editor Of that paper, and Mr.. Rit.
arc close tunstxn.s. think the reason the
address was not published there was be-
cause it was not delivered there.
Try again. Mr.. Trasseyiipf, and don't be
$" foolish as tn try to enlighien us in this
portion Of the Territory on matters VIC
know more about than you do.
Cuintux JUSTICE,